Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Paolo Bacigalupi has written a unusual but compelling novel involving the biotechnology of food sources, mutant animals and insects, and ...

If Guy Gavriel Kay wanted to write a trilogy or adapt a novel for a TV miniseries, this was his chance. This great book is similar to Geor...

Seth Grahame-Smith writes another novel out of the new genre of books that marries historical fiction with fantasy/horror. What's next...

Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen leave the Civil War and World War II to write their first book about the Revolutionary War. The boo...

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...