Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

Thursday, March 28, 2013

THE AGE OF MIRACLES

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Earth’s rotation is really slowing down! Don’t get alarmed, because it slows down 1.7 milliseconds every 100 years, or so. But in Kare...
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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Goblin Night Fever

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The author sent me a copy of this novel to review: According to folklore, goblins are evil spirits that cause mischief and harm. Indigo...
Monday, March 18, 2013

LIFE of PI

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Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, let him go, Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. For some reason that children’s ...
Monday, March 11, 2013

A HIGHER CALL

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My God, what a book! Adam Makos with Larry Alexander bring us this harrowing and chivalrous story of two World War II Air Forces. This is...
Friday, March 1, 2013

OUTER DARK

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This 1968 novel written by Cormac McCarthy is brilliant but also one of the most disheartening stories that I’ve ever read. Warning: If y...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

RINGWORLD

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What do a puppeteer, a kzin, and two humans have in common? They are going to Ringworld ! You thought I was going to say Disney World , ...

Time and Again

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This is a guest review from my eldest son, Deron: Time and Again is the classic time travel story by Jack Finney set in New York City...
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rick o.
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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