BlogHide Resteemsterry93d (58)in review • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Astounding | Alec Nevala-Lee (2018)Fully: Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction . This remarkable book which clocks in at 408 pages…terry93d (58)in review • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Power Broker - Robert Caro | 1974From an unelected bureaucrat who served for forty years, an epic. Published 1974 by Knopf. I fear that if I were to ever become rich and famous that a biography of equal talent to Robert…terry93d (58)in review • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.VICE - Adam McKay (2018) | Film ReviewThe new film on the life of Dick Cheney, former Secretary of Defense, Vice-President, and war criminal. WARNING: SPOILERS. There, maybe that caught your eye. I went to see this Friday -…terry93d (58)in steemit • 6 years ago2017-18 Masterpost & RetrospectiveAs promised in my review of The Lies of Locke Lamora , this will be my masterpost for everything I have written and published on Steemit up to the date of posting, everything I have written and…terry93d (58)in books • 6 years agoBook Review: The Lies of Locke Lamora | Scott Lynch (Gentlemen Bastards #1)I've heard many, many great things about this, Scott Lynch's debut novel, and the first of his Gentlemen Bastards sequence. Does it live up to the high praise? Image from Amazon .…terry93d (58)in review • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Series Review: The Years of Lyndon Johnson | Robert Caro (1982-present)Since October 30th, I have been reading every book of Robert Caro's immense biography of Lyndon Johnson, and it has taken me a month and a half, roughly, to do it, though I did occasionally read…terry93d (58)in books • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Book Review: Strange Weather - Four Short Novels | Joe HillNow that it's been another two weeks it's time for another of my increasingly irregular review posts. Today, some more horror, which is a little bit odd because I'm (still) not much of a horror…terry93d (58)in review • 6 years agoTV Review: Watergate | dir. Charles FergusonSunday the 4th History Channel finished its three-night event airing a documentary about the Watergate scandal. I tuned in to each night and watched with great pleasure. Here are my thoughts.…terry93d (58)in books • 6 years agoBook Review: Shoggoths in Bloom | Elizabeth BearElizabeth Bear's short story collection Shoggoths in Bloom is just one of the things I have spent the month reading. Here is my review of it. Published in 2012 by Prime Books. My…terry93d (58)in books • 6 years agoBook Review: Leviathan Wept and Other Stories | Daniel AbrahamHigh fantasy to hard science fiction, screwball comedy to gut-punching tragedy, but always, always intelligent, compassionate, thoughtful, and deeply, deeply human. A sadly now out-of-print…terry93d (58)in books • 6 years agoFirst Impressions - Paul Auster's 4 3 2 1For the past couple weeks I've been reading Paul Auster's newest novel, 4 3 2 1 , an 866-page tome of a book that tells the four independent life stories of the same person... Courtesy…terry93d (58)in review • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Soundtrack Review Addendum | Lufia: Curse of the SinistralsMy review of the soundtrack of the Nintendo DS remake of Lufia II , Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals . From GameFAQs . This remake of Lufia II was co-developed by Square Enix…terry93d (58)in books • 6 years agoBook Review: Hope Never Dies | Andrew Shaffer (Obama Biden Mysteries #1)Hope Never Dies , written by Andrew Shaffer who previously has written other comedy books such as Fifty Shames of Earl Grey , The Day of the Donald , and Catsby , published by Quirk Books…terry93d (58)in books • 6 years agoBook Review: John Adams | David McCulloughNearly ten years after Truman came out, John Adams , a 751-page biography of the second President, came out - Adams, one of our more forgotten presidents, and yet, as becomes clear over the…terry93d (58)in books • 6 years agoBook Review: 20th Century Ghosts | Joe HillIn this, the first short story collection by Joe Hill, both horror and beauty alike abound in fourteen fascinating tales... This is a collection of short stories written by author Joe Hill…resteemedmodernzorker (66)in books • 6 years agoFiction Review: Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami (1979, Kodansha International)Murakami isn't for everybody. I'm not claiming hipster status here, declaring that I'm somehow a superior human being because I enjoy his writing, or that if you hate him your parents used…terry93d (58)in books • 6 years agoBook Review: Truman | David McCulloughAfter ten years of work, in 1992 David McCullough finished writing - and Simon & Schuster published - this 1117-page long biography of former President Harry S. Truman, FDR's successor, who went on…terry93d (58)in books • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.DOUBLE REVIEW - Shattered Pillars & Steles of the Sky | Elizabeth Bear (Eternal Sky #2 & #3)It's been a good while, so here is my two-in-one review of the last two books of Elizabeth Bear's Eternal Sky trilogy. Both of these come from their respective Amazon pages.…resteemedmodernzorker (66)in books • 6 years agoNonfiction Review: You Have the Right to Remain Innocent by James Duane (2016, Little A)Believe it or not, this is the single most important self-defense tip you will ever learn from the Internet, and the best part is, anyone, regardless of age or gender, can put it into practice.…terry93d (58)in books • 6 years agoAddendum to The Dagger & the Coin RetrospectiveWARNING: SPOILERS. About three weeks ago I posted a retrospective of Daniel Abraham's The Dagger and the Coin , a sort of mixture of analysis and commentary on the series as a whole. Well, in…
