Posts tagged Eras
Time Travelers Never Die by Jack McDevitt – Review
Dec 29th
Time Travelers Never Die by Jack McDevitt
BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A pair of time travelers, Shel and Dave, travel to past eras looking for Shel's father.
MY REVIEW:
PROS: Skillful storytelling; engaging story; showcases cool uses of a time travel device.
CONS: The tendency of the characters to show advanced technology in past centuries undermines the respect they're supposed to More >
Anathem by Neal Stephenson – Review
Oct 27th
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
Too much of the book is dominated by lengthy dialectical debates, whose conclusions are hardly earth-shattering (if you are reading this review, I suspect you already know how to divide a rectangular cake into eight equal servings) and which do little to promote a reader’s engagement with the characters of “Anathem,†any More >




