Followers 2
Following 1

like a wizard

Today
March
29
2013
03
reviewed: Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
someday.
Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon
reviewed: On Time - New Contributions to the Husserlian Phenomenology of Time (Phaenomenologica)
wanky.
On Time New Contributions To The Husserlian Phenomenology Of Time (Phaenomenologica) - Dieter Lohmar, Ichiro Yamaguchi
2013
19
reviewed: On Dreams (Dover Thrift Editions)
What a goofball. The parts where he talks about his own dreams are really great!
On Dreams - Sigmund Freud, Montague David Eder
finished reading:
On Dreams - Sigmund Freud, Montague David Eder
On Dreams Sigmund Freud, Montague David Eder
2013
13
reviewed: A Room with a View (Dover Thrift Editions)
If the ending hadn't lost me, this would have been a five-star'er. So much funnier than I thought it would be, similar to Wau...
A Room with a View - E.M. Forster
finished reading:
A Room with a View - E.M. Forster
A Room with a View E.M. Forster
2013
12
finished reading:
Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay Suzanne Collins
2013
11
finished reading:
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides
2013
10
finished reading:
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire Suzanne Collins
2012
26
reviewed: The Hunger Games
Not as bad or as good as people had warned/enthused. A perfectly reasonable way to spend a day!Dystopian elements checklist:-...
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
finished reading:
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
2012
23
reviewed: The Handmaid's Tale (Everyman's Library)
Liked this more after reading her chapter about it in her [b:In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination|10356713|In Other ...
The Handmaid's Tale - Valerie Martin, Margaret Atwood
finished reading:
The Handmaid's Tale - Valerie Martin, Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale Valerie Martin, Margaret Atwood
2012
19
reviewed: 1984: 60th-Anniversary Edition (Plume)
Dystopian elements checklist:-New names for current geopolitical locations (Britain --> Airstrip One); -Forced propaganda con...
1984 - George Orwell
finished reading:
1984 - George Orwell
1984 George Orwell
2012
16
reviewed: The Once and Future King
Great one to listen to on audiobook-- Neville Jason is really fantastic.
The Once and Future King - T.H. White
finished reading:
The Once and Future King - T.H. White
The Once and Future King T.H. White
2012
07
reviewed: Tigana
I'm stuck between 2 and 3 stars. There were some parts of the world I really like, the set up is a good one, and I will read ...
Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay
finished reading:
Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay
Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay
2012
1
finished reading:
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure - William Goldman
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure William Goldman
2012
11
reviewed: Time and the Gods
Time and the Gods is probably one of the most metal things I have ever read. If I make a prog rock concept album, I have my s...
Time and the Gods - Lord Dunsany
finished reading:
Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers J.K. Rowling
finished reading:
Time and the Gods - Lord Dunsany
Time and the Gods Lord Dunsany
2012
27
reviewed: American Gods: A Novel
This one sent me on a wikipedia adventure - highlights included: List of confidence tricks Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel...
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
finished reading:
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
American Gods Neil Gaiman
2012
01
reviewed: The Fall of Hyperion
Like in the first book in this series, my favorite parts related to the socioeconomic and political consequences of relativit...
The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons
finished reading:
The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons
The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons
2012
12
reviewed: Through the Looking Glass
"The shop seemed to be full of all manner of curious things-- but the oddest part of it all was, that whenever she looked har...
Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
finished reading:
Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll
2012
11
reviewed: Hyperion
I liked Simmons' take on time and space, especially the geopolitics and social implications of relativity. Some of my quibble...
Hyperion (Hyperion, #1) - Dan Simmons
finished reading:
Hyperion (Hyperion, #1) - Dan Simmons
Hyperion (Hyperion, #1) Dan Simmons
2012
30
reviewed: I, Robot
It was fun! More like a book of puzzles relating to how Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics have caused a problem, how the charac...
I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
finished reading:
I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
I, Robot Isaac Asimov
next »
behemothing
Number of books: 320

Blog

Shelf

Timeline

Currently reading

The Healthcare Handbook - Nathan Moore, Elisabeth Askin
The Healthcare Handbook
Nathan Moore, Elisabeth Askin
L'apprenti assassin (L'assassin royal, #1) - Robin Hobb
L'apprenti assassin (L'assassin royal, #1)
Robin Hobb
Witch World (Witch World : Estcarp Cycle No. 1) - Andre Norton
Witch World (Witch World : Estcarp Cycle No. 1)
Andre Norton
Science Fiction (The New Critical Idiom) - Adam Roberts
Science Fiction (The New Critical Idiom)
Adam Roberts

Recently added

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil - Hannah Arendt
Hyperion (Hyperion, #1) - Dan Simmons
The Politics of the Veil (Public Square) - Joan Wallach Scott
Powered by BookLikes © 2015 | RSS