Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Ken Follett's spectacular historical novel reminds me of one of my favorite movie titles: The Good (Prior Phillip), The Bad (Bishop Wa...

Having read four previous Dan Simmons novels, I anxiously awaited this 2010 novel. I certainly was not disappointed! This is a imaginative...

It took great imagination to write a historical novel about people who left no written history. Not only did Bernard Cornwell succeed, but...

This is a guest review from my eldest son, Deron: Have you ever been unable to figure out how to work an appliance, a remote control, a ...

This book by John Scalzi literally starts off with a lot of gas. During trade negotiations between the planets Earth and Nidu, Dirk Moelle...

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

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

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...

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

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...