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The Martian Book Review

The Martian by Andy Weir Broadway Books, 2014 $15.00; 387 pages ISBN 978-0-553-41802-6 This is a book for nerds. Clearly written by a big fat nerd, for other big fat nerds. I mean that in the best possible way, since I absolutely loved reading it. From his dust jacket

The Long View: The Demoralization of Society from Victorian Times to Modern Values

This book is probably best read in productive counter-point to Gregory Clark's A Farewell to Alms. It is not possible to understand the modern world without understanding both genetics and moral reform. Victorian England was the product of at least 1500 years of selection that made the most

Commando Dad: New Recruits Book review

Commando Dad: New Recruits A Guide to Pregnancy and Birth for Dads-to-Be By Neil Sinclair Chronicle Books, 2015 $16.95; 192 pages ISBN 978-1-4521-4552-5 I received this book for free from LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program. This book is a nice, quick overview of what to expect during pregnancy,

The Long View: Incubus

I read this particular book based upon John's review. I think the review is more interesting than the book was, which is why I read John's blog. Incubus: A Novel by Ann Arensberg Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1999 322 Pages, $24.00 (US) ISBN: 0-394-55696-8 Dr.

The Long View: Archetype of the Apocalypse

I've always been impressed that John could wade his way through a book like this and find something interesting to say about it. I am not sure I could have managed to finish it. John, and others of my favorite authors like Tim Powers have managed to make

The Long View: Little, Big

The book reviewed by John here is now old enough that its fantastical future has become alternative history. Little, Big By John Crowley Perennial (Harper Collins), 2002 First Published 1981 538 Pages, US$15.95 ISBN 0-06-093793-9 "'Paracelsus is of the opinion,' Dr. Bramble told the theosophists,

The Long View: The Future of Freedom

This is a book about the failure of democracy. That is inflammatory language, and I adopt it advisedly. One of John's projects was to show how the best guess we can make, from past experience, is that the world will tire of democracy sometime in the twenty-first century