David Scrimshaw rated Dune: 5 stars
Dune by Frank Herbert
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family …
Lost interest and didn't finish.
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An avid sci-fi and fantasy reader who sometimes does historical fiction or even mainstream.
You might notice that most of my reviews are 5 stars. That's because if I start reading a book that doesn't engage me, I stop reading it. Life is too short. I've realized that it's not fair to review a book I haven't read and nobody really needs to hear why I didn't get into a book especially when they might like it.
My goals with reviews are to be brief and give other potential readers an idea of why they might like the book. I leave it to the marketing people and other reviewers to describe the plots.
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David Scrimshaw rated THE DOSADI EXPERIMENT: 5 stars
David Scrimshaw rated The Diamond Age: 4 stars
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Decades into our future, a stone’s throw from the ancient city of Shanghai, a brilliant nanotechnologist named John Percival Hackworth …
David Scrimshaw rated The girl in the road: 3 stars
The girl in the road by Monica Byrne
Waking up in a futuristic Mumbai with five snake bites, Meena is compelled to return to her native Ethiopia by …
David Scrimshaw rated Holes (Holes, #1): 5 stars
David Scrimshaw rated Summer Knight: 4 stars
David Scrimshaw reviewed Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
There are no heroes, only villains. My father believed that a hero was going to …
Review of 'Steelheart' on 'Storygraph'
Lost interest and didn't finish.
There are no heroes, only villains. My father believed that a hero was going to …
Review of 'Steelheart (The Reckoners)' on 'Storygraph'
Lost interest and didn't finish.
Lost interest and didn't finish.
Review of 'Thraxas and the Dance of Death' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
Complications involving sorcery prevent Thraxas from drinking and eating and Makri is accused of theft. Spoiler They work it all out in the end and their town survives to face being over-run by the orcs to another day.
Complications involving sorcery prevent Thraxas from drinking and eating and Makri is accused of theft. Spoiler They work it all out in the end and their town survives to face being over-run by the orcs to another day.
David Scrimshaw rated The Starry Rift: 5 stars
David Scrimshaw rated Crystal express: 5 stars
Crystal express by Bruce Sterling
Cyberpunk and Beyond...
The literature of science fiction is, to employ the customary buzz word, the literature of "extrapolation," …
David Scrimshaw rated All Things Bright and Beautiful: 5 stars
All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
This beloved sequel to Herriot's first collection, “All Creatures Great and Small”, picks up as Herriot, now newly married, journeys …
David Scrimshaw rated Thraxas at War: 5 stars
Thraxas at War by Martin Millar
Fighting crime in magical Turai is a very tricky business if you don't know what you're doing. Thankfully, private investigator …
David Scrimshaw rated Thraxas: 4 stars
Thraxas by Martin Millar
Thraxas, a new star of comic fantasy, is born.Welcome to the magical city of Turai. You might not like it …
