The Silmarillion (Illustrated Edition)664 reviews
J.R.R. Tolkien

Houghton Mifflin, 1998

Must read

+ Tough read but well worth it
+ Gorgeous Production!!
+ Middle Earth Bible
  
  











  



  
198411 reviews
George Orwell

Signet Classics, 1950

Amazing

+ A Haunting, Believable Look At the End of Human Freedom
+ A very disturbing book
+ What It Means to Be Human
+ the hobo philosopher
  
  











  



  
Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth (Star Trek: Voyager)10 reviews
Dean Wesley Smith

Star Trek, 1999

Captain Proton's REAL Basis

A number of other reviewers have stated that the Captain Proton character is based on either Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers. They are incorrect. In reality the character is the Republic Pictures "Rocketman" character who appeared in 4 Republic Serials under the names Jeff King aka "The Rocketman", ...
  
  











  



  
Gormenghast Trilogy1 review
Mervyn Peake

VINTAGE (RAND), 1999

THE PEAKE OF CREATIVITY

I have been reading some of the more negative reviews of these books and decided it was time to update my remarks. Let me put it this way: Gormenghast, (like the Magic Theater in Hesse's STEPPENWOLF) is NOT for everybody. It is, indeed, just as great as others (including myself) have said. But! If ...
  
  











  



  
Brave New World4 reviews
Aldous Huxley

Flamingo, 1977

A few thoughts with "religious" considerations

+ God does not change. But people do.
+ Great dystopian classic
+ An interesting twist on an alternate reality
  
  











  



  
Harry Potter Boxset Books 1-7287 reviews
J. K. Rowling

Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007

i love amazon.com

+ Harry Potter Boxset

i'm very glad that i pushed through with my order from amazon,being a resident in Asia.i received the product in a very good condition,without a dent on the box!i recommend amazon.com to all of u who reads this review.amazon really takes care not only of your orders but of your satisfaction as ...
  
  











  



  
Chronicles Of Narnia Boxed Set1014 reviews
C.S. Lewis

Scholastic Inc., 1948

Further up and further in!

+ Fantastic
+ First time reading through
+ Just what I ordered
+ Cs Lewis Chronicles of narnia
  
  











  



  
The Hobbit (Illustrated Edition)1630 reviews
J.R.R. Tolkien

Houghton Mifflin, 1997

UNabr CD read by Rob Inglis is EXCELLENT!!!

+ Excellent book
+ Really Good MUST READ
+ The Lord of the Rings
+ Definitely There and Back Again
  
  











  



  
The Lord of the Rings (Illustrated Edition)1002 reviews
J.R.R. Tolkien

Houghton Mifflin, 1991

Lord of the Rings Book Review

+ Amazing trilogy
+ Great book, great illustrations, great buy!

Hello there, I am about half-way through the first book of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and I am loving it. I am amazed at how Tolkien is so descriptive in his writing and puts so much thought to it. The first one-hundred pages are a little rough, but after that it is impossible to put the ...
  
  











  



  
Orlando (Wordsworth Classics)45 reviews
Virginia Woolf

Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1999

This Book is Still Hip -- Hard to Believe Written and Published in 1928 Edwardian England [63]

+ 4.5 out of 5: Sexuality through the ages
+ As Only Virginia Woolf Could Write
+ A zany tour through English history based on a house
  
  











  



  
The Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf (Contemporary English language fiction)7 reviews
David Madsen

Dedalus,, 1998

Completely over the top

+ The funky 1500's
+ Delicious decadence
+ Rabelaisian--for better or more grotesque....
+ A lyrical account of a of a very intresting life.
  
  











  



  
Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth (Star Trek: Voyager)10 reviews
Dean Wesley Smith

Star Trek, 1999

Captain Proton's REAL Basis

A number of other reviewers have stated that the Captain Proton character is based on either Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers. They are incorrect. In reality the character is the Republic Pictures "Rocketman" character who appeared in 4 Republic Serials under the names Jeff King aka "The Rocketman", ...
  
  











  



  
The Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf (Contemporary English language fiction)7 reviews
David Madsen

Dedalus,, 1998

Completely over the top

+ The funky 1500's
+ Delicious decadence
+ Rabelaisian--for better or more grotesque....
+ A lyrical account of a of a very intresting life.
  
  











  



  
Gormenghast Trilogy1 review
Mervyn Peake

VINTAGE (RAND), 1999

THE PEAKE OF CREATIVITY

I have been reading some of the more negative reviews of these books and decided it was time to update my remarks. Let me put it this way: Gormenghast, (like the Magic Theater in Hesse's STEPPENWOLF) is NOT for everybody. It is, indeed, just as great as others (including myself) have said. But! If ...
  
  











  



  
Brave New World4 reviews
Aldous Huxley

Flamingo, 1977

A few thoughts with "religious" considerations

+ God does not change. But people do.
+ Great dystopian classic
+ An interesting twist on an alternate reality
  
  











  



  
Harry Potter Boxset Books 1-7287 reviews
J. K. Rowling

Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007

i love amazon.com

+ Harry Potter Boxset

i'm very glad that i pushed through with my order from amazon,being a resident in Asia.i received the product in a very good condition,without a dent on the box!i recommend amazon.com to all of u who reads this review.amazon really takes care not only of your orders but of your satisfaction as ...
  
  











  



  
The Silmarillion (Illustrated Edition)664 reviews
J.R.R. Tolkien

Houghton Mifflin, 1998

Must read

+ Tough read but well worth it
+ Gorgeous Production!!
+ Middle Earth Bible
  
  











  



  
Orlando (Wordsworth Classics)45 reviews
Virginia Woolf

Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1999

This Book is Still Hip -- Hard to Believe Written and Published in 1928 Edwardian England [63]

+ 4.5 out of 5: Sexuality through the ages
+ As Only Virginia Woolf Could Write
+ A zany tour through English history based on a house
  
  











  



  
198411 reviews
George Orwell

Signet Classics, 1950

Amazing

+ A Haunting, Believable Look At the End of Human Freedom
+ A very disturbing book
+ What It Means to Be Human
+ the hobo philosopher
  
  











  



  
The Lord of the Rings (Illustrated Edition)1002 reviews
J.R.R. Tolkien

Houghton Mifflin, 1991

Lord of the Rings Book Review

+ Amazing trilogy
+ Great book, great illustrations, great buy!

Hello there, I am about half-way through the first book of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and I am loving it. I am amazed at how Tolkien is so descriptive in his writing and puts so much thought to it. The first one-hundred pages are a little rough, but after that it is impossible to put the ...