Category Archives: Reviews

Book reviews, as well as Reads to Reels

Buy Jupiter and Other Stories

Posted on November 14, 2008 by smellincoffee

Buy Jupiter and Other StoriesIsaac Asimov, © 1979207 pages Today while in the library taking notes for my two term papers, I read through Buy Jupiter and Other Stories. I did not intend to finish it, but I realized I … Continue reading →

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I, Asimov

Posted on November 12, 2008 by smellincoffee

I, Asimov© Isaac Asimov, 1994Doubleday, New York Ben Bova visited me [in the hospital] and, noticing the manuscript spread over my bed, asked what I was doing. I explained. “In this autobiography,” I said, “I’m including every stupid thing I … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (12/11)

Posted on November 12, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Robot Dreams, Isaac Asimov World Made by Hand, James Kunstler I began this week with World Made By Hand, written by James Kunstler. Kunstler is a social critic who spoke at my university a few weeks back, … Continue reading →

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Robot Dreams

Posted on November 11, 2008 by smellincoffee

Robot DreamsIsaac Asimov © 1986Berkely Publishing, NY349 pages When I first started reading Asimov’s fiction, I started with short story collections — and this week I returned to that type of literature. Robot Dreams is a collection of short stories … Continue reading →

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World Made By Hand

Posted on November 8, 2008 by smellincoffee

World Made By Hand © 2008, James Kunstler Atlantic Monthly Press, NY 317 pages I think this is the first book I’ve ever seen with its own trailer — with the narration taken directly from the plot summary on the … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (5/11)

Posted on November 5, 2008 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Wampeters, Foma, and Granfallons, Kurt Vonnegut Communism, Richard Pipes Nemesis, Isaac Asimov Marriage and the Family in the Middle Ages, Frances and Joseph Gies Puzzles of the Black Widowers, Isaac Asimov I started this week with Wampeters, … Continue reading →

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Puzzles of the Black Widowers

Posted on November 5, 2008 by smellincoffee

I’ve been reading Puzzles of the Black Widowers on and off for a couple of months now. Rather than reading it straight through, I’d read a puzzle or two whenever I ran out of my weekly reading. This morning, I … Continue reading →

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Marriage and the Family in the Middle Ages

Posted on November 4, 2008 by smellincoffee

Marriage and the Family in the Middle AgesJoseph and Frances Gies, © 1987Harper & Row, New York369 pages. This week I continued reading Gies, this time one of their books concerning changes in the family during the middle ages — … Continue reading →

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Nemesis

Posted on November 2, 2008 by smellincoffee

Nemesis© Isaac Asimov 1989Doubleday, New York364 pages Having completed Asimov’s Foundation series, I decided to return to a volume of short stories, Robot Dreams. I had some difficulty in finding a copy, and so in the meantime I read Nemesis. … Continue reading →

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Communism

Posted on October 31, 2008 by smellincoffee

Communism Richard Pipes While wandering aimlessly through the stacks at my university library recently, my eyes fell upon Communism by Richard Pipes. I opened it up and it appeared to contain a history of the Russian Revolution. Since this is … Continue reading →

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