This the most important book I’ve read all year—quite possibly, the most important book I’ve read since graduating from university in 2010. In some ways, it’s the antithesis of Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, or at least it provides a useful and practical counterpoint to it. In other ways, it’s a history of the parts …
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Review: Anti Life by Allen Kuzara
I got to about the halfway mark of this one before I gave up on it. When I skipped to the end, though, it looked like the action picks up in the second half, so if none of my issues are problems for you, it may be worth checking out. First, I felt like there …
Review: Legend by David Gemmell
[This review originally appeared on my writing blog in July 2009.] This book was incredible. Magnificent. It made me think, it made me cry–it made me want to be a better man. David Gemmell examines issues and themes such as life, death, and love in ways that are as meaningful and honest as they are …
Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
DNF after the first chapter. Here’s why: Strike one: the book is aggressively atheistic. I’m fine with reading a book by an atheist or with an atheist’s general world view, but when the book explicitly states that there is no God and all religions are false, and beats you over the head with that message …
Review: The Maze Runner by James Dashner
There were a lot of things I enjoyed about this book. It was very fast paced, had some interesting turns, and definitely had me rooting for the main character. It was also a fairly clean book, aside from the constant violence—but I never felt that the violence got too graphic. This is the kind of …
Welcome to 1001 Parsecs Books!
Hello, and welcome to my new book blog! I hope you find it interesting and useful. I launched this site a little over a year ago, but until now I’ve only put up landing pages for the books I share in my author newsletter. I’ve decided to expand it, though, because I want to make …
Review: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
I have tried twice now to read this book, and both times I found I couldn’t stand it. Perhaps the third time will be the charm, but I doubt it. The first time, it was all the moon slang. Some people find it interesting and clever, but honestly, it just grated on me. It’s kind …
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