David Scrimshaw rated Catch-22: 4 stars
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, Heller, Joseph
Catch-22 is like no other novel. It has its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth …
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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 Stranger in a Strange Land: 3 stars
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
"A deluxe hardcover edition of the most famous science-fiction novel of all time--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of …
David Scrimshaw rated Snow Crash: 5 stars
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosaNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he’s a warrior prince. …
David Scrimshaw rated Gridlinked: 5 stars
David Scrimshaw rated The Fellowship of the Ring: 4 stars
The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (Middle-earth, #1)
The first part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS
In a sleepy village in the …
David Scrimshaw rated The uplift war: 4 stars
The uplift war by David Brin (Uplift (3))
Earth has been allowed to colonize the Planet Garth only because its previous occupants went berserk and wiped out virtually …
David Scrimshaw rated The Quiet War: 4 stars
The Quiet War by Paul J. McAuley (The Quiet War #1)
Twenty-third century Earth, ravaged by climate change, looks backwards to the holy ideal of a pre-industrial Eden. Political power has …
David Scrimshaw rated Mission of Gravity: 5 stars
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
From back cover Del Rey paperback January 1978:
CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS
For a profit -- and adventure -- Barlennan …
David Scrimshaw rated Rule 34: 4 stars
David Scrimshaw rated The claw of the conciliator: 5 stars
The claw of the conciliator by Gene Wolfe (His The book of the new sun ;)
David Scrimshaw rated Animal Farm: 3 stars
A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought series Book 2) by Vernor Vinge
From inside cover Tor First Edition March 1999:
Thirty thousand years before the events of A Fire upon the …
David Scrimshaw rated The Night Circus: 3 stars
Erin Morgenstern: The Night Circus (Hardcover, 2011, Doubleday)
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the …
David Scrimshaw rated The Hobbit: 4 stars
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings)
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends …
