Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Sunday, November 28, 2010

THE MESSENGER

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It seems our protagonist, Tyler Hawthorne, should have died on the battlefield of Waterloo some 200 years ago. Luckily Adrian deville, Lor...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

BLASPHEMY

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Isabella is not a character in this book, but is a 40 billion dollar supercollider particle accelerator. America hopes to find new sources...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

OLD MAN'S WAR

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This is a 2004 sci-fi book that I'm reviewing because I think it's important to sci-fi fans. Once you read this book, you will imm...
Saturday, November 20, 2010

THE FORT, A Novel of the Revolutionary War

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Bernard Cornwell, the great historical novelist, has written a tale about a little known battle between Britain and America in the summer ...
Monday, November 15, 2010

THE LAST BOY: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood

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Jane Leavy has written a wonderful book about my boyhood hero, Mickey Mantle. This was a view shared by millions in the 1950s and 1960s, b...
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I started reading in earnest during high school, because of a wonderful English teacher. I basically read the classics. I would buy one Signet Classic after another. My favorite being David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. I stopped serious reading while serving four years in the U.S.Marine Corps. When I got out, I started reading every genre possible. I still like reading all types of novels including sci-fi, historical fiction, non-fiction and lately I like non-fiction that reads like fiction. A example would be 'Destiny of the Republic' by Candice Millard, or 'The Devil in the White City' by Erik Larson. But knowing me, a new genre of writing could get my interest and I'll start reading that. I still read sci-fi, even if I'm hot on a new genre. So my thanks goes out to my teacher for opening my eyes to the likes of Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Fenimore Cooper, Daniel Defoe, and my favorite name, William Makepeace Thackeray.
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