Dr. Futurity: A Novel8 reviews
Philip K. Dick

Vintage, 2005

Not his best, but good for Dick fans to read

This short PKD novel is not at the top of the list in execution but for Dick completists, it is an interesting time travel/paradox story. Many of us are now searching out more obscure stories by PKD, having read all his "classsics," and this novel certainly deserves a reading to compare it to his ...
  
  











  



  
Wolves Eat Dogs (Arkady Renko Novels)77 reviews
Martin Cruz Smith

Pocket, 2006

Unmatched

+ Sturdy Renko returns
+ Part history, part travelogue, part mystery
+ I saw Baba Yaga today.
  
  











  



  
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay596 reviews
Michael Chabon

Picador, 2001

The Most Super of All Powers

+ Chabon vents his issues
+ Great Fiction
+ Comic history in the making
  
  











  



  
The Crossing (The Border Trilogy)82 reviews
Cormac Mccarthy

Knopf, 1994

Highly recommend!!

+ A Western Sorrow.

This story has all the elements that draw a reader in and hold them fast: love, tragedy, revenge, hope. Try it, you'll like it!
  
  











  



  
All the Pretty Horses301 reviews
Cormac Mccarthy

Vintage, 1993

A Masterpiece

+ A compelling story that sacrifices some of its insight, in favor of action and adventure
+ A beautiful masterpiece of Western literature
+ a raw yet elegant coming of age story; hablas espagnol?
  
  











  



  
All Tomorrow's Parties131 reviews
William Gibson

Ace Trade, 2000

Oddly Interesting Story

+ "And what shall she do with Thursday's rags / When Monday comes around"

A very odd story. There are shifts of location that sort of take you by surprise and then there are the trips through a computer land. Eventually you understand that this is a future world. It is an odd jumble of events that create the interest. At first there is the odd character, Laney, who ...
  
  











  



  
Cities of the Plain103 reviews
Cormac McCarthy

Vintage International, 1999

Omit epilogue

+ The Ending Of Two
+ My first Cormac McCarthy book

I think the epilogue adds nothing to the novel, unless somehow I missed the point entirely. C. M. has elsewhere more skillfully put forth his theme that our destinies are predetermined practically from the "big bang" and that, appearances to the contrary, we really have no choices. The last ...
  
  











  



  
The Man in the High Castle168 reviews
Philip K. Dick

Vintage, 1992

What if the Nazis / Japanese Won WWII, the U.S. Conquered & Divided?

+ Nothing else quite like it
+ Hugo winning classic
+ Our world as it might have been ...
  
  











  



  
1776654 reviews
David McCullough

Simon & Schuster, 2006

The Struggle of an Infant Nation

+ Popular History That Reads Like Suspense
+ A very intelligent account of 1776
+ Remarkable Historical Account
  
  











  



  
Cities of the Plain103 reviews
Cormac McCarthy

Vintage International, 1999

Omit epilogue

+ The Ending Of Two
+ My first Cormac McCarthy book

I think the epilogue adds nothing to the novel, unless somehow I missed the point entirely. C. M. has elsewhere more skillfully put forth his theme that our destinies are predetermined practically from the "big bang" and that, appearances to the contrary, we really have no choices. The last ...
  
  











  



  
The Man in the High Castle168 reviews
Philip K. Dick

Vintage, 1992

What if the Nazis / Japanese Won WWII, the U.S. Conquered & Divided?

+ Nothing else quite like it
+ Hugo winning classic
+ Our world as it might have been ...
  
  











  



  
Dr. Futurity: A Novel8 reviews
Philip K. Dick

Vintage, 2005

Not his best, but good for Dick fans to read

This short PKD novel is not at the top of the list in execution but for Dick completists, it is an interesting time travel/paradox story. Many of us are now searching out more obscure stories by PKD, having read all his "classsics," and this novel certainly deserves a reading to compare it to his ...
  
  











  



  
Wolves Eat Dogs (Arkady Renko Novels)77 reviews
Martin Cruz Smith

Pocket, 2006

Unmatched

+ Sturdy Renko returns
+ Part history, part travelogue, part mystery
+ I saw Baba Yaga today.
  
  











  



  
The Crossing (The Border Trilogy)82 reviews
Cormac Mccarthy

Knopf, 1994

Highly recommend!!

+ A Western Sorrow.

This story has all the elements that draw a reader in and hold them fast: love, tragedy, revenge, hope. Try it, you'll like it!
  
  











  



  
All the Pretty Horses301 reviews
Cormac Mccarthy

Vintage, 1993

A Masterpiece

+ A compelling story that sacrifices some of its insight, in favor of action and adventure
+ A beautiful masterpiece of Western literature
+ a raw yet elegant coming of age story; hablas espagnol?
  
  











  



  
1776654 reviews
David McCullough

Simon & Schuster, 2006

The Struggle of an Infant Nation

+ Popular History That Reads Like Suspense
+ A very intelligent account of 1776
+ Remarkable Historical Account
  
  











  



  
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay596 reviews
Michael Chabon

Picador, 2001

The Most Super of All Powers

+ Chabon vents his issues
+ Great Fiction
+ Comic history in the making
  
  











  



  
All Tomorrow's Parties131 reviews
William Gibson

Ace Trade, 2000

Oddly Interesting Story

+ "And what shall she do with Thursday's rags / When Monday comes around"

A very odd story. There are shifts of location that sort of take you by surprise and then there are the trips through a computer land. Eventually you understand that this is a future world. It is an odd jumble of events that create the interest. At first there is the odd character, Laney, who ...