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Linkfest 2017-09-09

Posting has been light of late, my home PC needs a new power supply. The replacement should be here by Tuesday. When Correlation Is Not Causation, But Something Much More Screwy UCLA sociologist Gabriel Rossman explains how easy it is to fool yourself with the way you collect your data.

Conquistador Book Review

by S. M. Stirling Roc Books, 2003 ISBN 0-451-45908-3 This book continues the tradition that Stirling never writes sequels to the books of his I like best. Ah well. I especially like the acknowledgments to this volume: To Jerry Pournelle, for help and assistance; Giovanni Spinella and Mario Panzanelli, for

Earthquake Weather Book Review

Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers Orb Books 2007 $15.95; 414 pages ISBN 0765318229 Earthquake Weather is Tim Powers' third book in the Fault Lines trilogy. Powers wraps up all the weirdness of the first two into something even stranger than either. In much the same way Last Call

Expiration Date Book Review

Expiration Date by Tim Powers Orb Books 2007 $15.95; 381 pages ISBN 0765317524 Expiration Date is a "companion novel" to Last Call. It isn't a sequel, but it shares the same world. A few characters with minor roles in Last Call end up being central

The Long View: The Domination

I consider Stirling one of my favorite authors, but I could never get into this one. The premise is pretty interesting, it was the execution that put me off. The Draka society is truly horrible, and described in detail, but also this series of novels, like the Island in the

Last Call Book Review

Last Call Book Review

Last Call by Tim Powers Perennial 2003 $15.95; 535 pages ISBN 038072846X Last Call [Amazon link] is one of my all time favorite books. I can return to this book again and again, and find something different in it each time. According to LibraryThing, the last time I read

The Red King Book Review

The Red King by Nick Cole Amazon Digital 2005 $0.00; 285 pages ASIN B019S9WEHA I don't usually read ebooks. I have an irrational love of physical books, with their scent of slowly oxidizing paper. I find that I will do almost anything to avoid reading ebooks. Thus