Advantages: A big, thick, thought-provoking and challenging read Disadvantages: Might be to much for some people
This is a real gem of a book, weighing in at a hefty 918 pages for a mere £8.99. The thing that surprised me most of all was just how much ground Stephenson manages to cover. The plot is set in two time zones, World War 2 and the present day. Some of the ...
Advantages: Fine, enjoyable read which stimulates and informs Disadvantages: Maybe too long for some
This is easily the best book I've read so far this year. You know the kind, one that brings feeling s of disappoinment as the end nears. I wanted it to go on for at least a couple of hundred pages past the 900 provided.
It is written in the same vein ...
Advantages: Nothing else out there comes close Disadvantages: Nothing else out there comes close
This is Stephenson's masterwork. Forget Snow Crash and Zodiac (both good but not in this league - and, for my money, pass by The Diamond Age), this book sprawls across continents, drips nerd humour, history, cryptography and conspiracy theory from its eve ...
Advantages: Great ideas and imagination Disadvantages: none
'I Robot' is a collection of short stories written in the 40’s and 50’s, originally as stand alone short stories in Science Fiction magazines but here they are published as a collection. In these stories the nature and principles of robots are examined i ...
Asimov’s pallet crafts a world of fantasy. The scientific undertones providing a girder like realism upon which the skin of fiction is affixed.
The composer, crafting his vision of art in lettering, leads us ever further into the glorious world of scienc ...
