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Review Date: 3/14/2019
The recipes in this book are excellent. However, its biggest drawback is that there is no index! Trying to find a recipe/usage of an ingredient is pretty much ridiculous.
Review Date: 10/24/2020
Wonderful book. You know what's coming but you're very intrigued as to HOW it's going to get here.
Review Date: 10/3/2017
An excellent short story. Significant changes were made in the movie, but both work. (The movie has a happier progression.) And the forward, explaining how the story came to be in Fitzgerald's works, was also informative.
Review Date: 4/2/2015
I love it when different aspects of my life connect. Anyhow, my Italian Cinema club was showing a 2013 film, Capitale Umano. I couldn't make that showing, but the reviews were intriguing: The reviewers were pleasantly surprised that the (American) book translated so well to an Italian setting. So, I looked for the book, first in my local library (no dice), then here. Voila!
An excellent book. Written in 2003, covering a financial meltdown current then, but still vibrant and utterly convincing (and relevant) today. The characters were realistic -- no out-and-out villains, but recognizable shades of gray. And the writing was excellent and non-obtrusive.
I highly recommend this book. I'm going to look for more by the author.
An excellent book. Written in 2003, covering a financial meltdown current then, but still vibrant and utterly convincing (and relevant) today. The characters were realistic -- no out-and-out villains, but recognizable shades of gray. And the writing was excellent and non-obtrusive.
I highly recommend this book. I'm going to look for more by the author.
Review Date: 7/5/2016
Interesting anthology -- some standard (classic) stuff, some new stuff. Definitely worth a look-through.
Review Date: 3/16/2024
Not great. A short story, evidently rewritten/republished in 2014, based on an original that appeared in 1973. (That's the title story in the book, which contains two other stories.) I don't remember who/what recommended the book, but I suspect it may have been a Star Trek group on Facebook, because of the story's use of a device like a Star Trek transporter, that provides instantaneous movement of objects or people, and how that device's use and promulgation on Earth changed the tenor of everyday life. Interesting premise, ok execution.
Review Date: 9/6/2015
This is the second book by Amidon that I've read. The first was Human Capital. I would rate both of them as superb. The author effectively communicates the points of view of multiple characters. Even though the characters have flaws, the characters (and the flaws) are believable, and you can empathize or sympathize with them (except, in this book, the villain.) Amidon's style is also effective, but not obtrusive. A huge thumbs up.
Review Date: 10/13/2015
Helpful Score: 1
A wonderful book. The first book that has made me (almost) understand religious faith. The book has a science fiction framework -- a Jesuit mission to a newly discovered planet with intelligent inhabitants. It has likeable protagonists, a fascinating story (with switches in time and perspective that are really well done), and, a great integration of foreign language/linguistics knowledge in a way that is well done, not overbearing, and enriches the story. Heartily recommended.
Review Date: 9/6/2015
This book was recommended as a dystopian novel. It's very dated (even for a dystopian novel) and had too much current day (and prior day) politics and not enough speculation for it to be truly enjoyable to me. It also had the disadvantage of being read just after a newly published dystopian novel (Station Eleven) which is truly superb.
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