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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 Fear and loathing in Las Vegas: 4 stars
Hunter S. Thompson: Fear and loathing in Las Vegas (1998, Vintage Books)
Fear and loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
A journalist and his lawyer head to las Vegas in the hopes of finding The American Dream. Instead they trip …
David Scrimshaw rated Jem: 4 stars
Frederik Pohl: Jem (Paperback, Spanish language, 2004, Minotauro)
Jem by Frederik Pohl
The discovery of another habitable world might spell salvation to the three (Food Bloc, Fuel Bloc & People Bloc) bitterly …
David Scrimshaw rated The Praxis: 4 stars
David Scrimshaw rated A Fine Balance: 5 stars
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (Oprah's Book Club, #44)
With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the …
David Scrimshaw rated Hardwired: 5 stars
David Scrimshaw rated Post Office: 5 stars
David Scrimshaw rated Master and commander: 5 stars
Master and commander by Patrick O'Brian (Aubrey-Maturin (1))
David Scrimshaw rated The science of homeopathy: 5 stars
David Scrimshaw rated Ringworld: 5 stars
Ringworld by Larry Niven (S.F.Masterworks S.)
David Scrimshaw rated Mother of Storms: 4 stars
Mother of Storms by John Barnes
In the middle of the Pacific, a gigantic hurricane accidentally triggered by nuclear explosions spawns dozens more in its wake.
…David Scrimshaw rated Les misérables, Victor Hugo: 3 stars
Les misérables, Victor Hugo by SparkNotes Staff, Victor Hugo (SparkNotes)
Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, each title in the 'Sparknotes' series contains complete plot summary and analysis, key …
David Scrimshaw rated Vanity Fair (Penguin Classics): 4 stars
David Scrimshaw rated The Risen Empire: 5 stars
The Risen Empire by Scott Westerfeld (Succession, Book One)
The undead Emperor has ruled his mighty interstellar empire of eighty human worlds for sixteen hundred years. Because he can …