Great biography of CliffyB I read for some work inspiration. Lots of good lessons
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Olap finished reading Control Freak by Cliff Bleszinski
Olap reviewed The Eastern Front by Nick Lloyd
Central Europe like you've never known
5 stars
Where to begin? Nick Lloyd here has out shone his at times dry western front with a tour de force blow by blow account of the eastern fronts. Poland, Serbia, Romania, Italy, of course Russia and its revolution and the central powers' heights of victory in the east. You can scarecely believe things end like they did for the entente in November 1918 in even March 1918. Full of quotes bringing a touch more life and human touch to the generals and emperors who are clearly flawed humans. Cannot wait for his third book on this already, though I suspect 2027
Olap finished reading The Eastern Front by Nick Lloyd
220k words. A biggie
Olap started reading Para Handy Tales by Neil Munro
I've the 4th edition from 1963 that I found in a charity shop, seeing as I'm off to Argyll soon it would be rude not to!
Olap started reading The Eastern Front by Nick Lloyd
Big epic, but have been looking forward to it since finishing The Western Front last year
Olap finished reading The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis (SF Masterworks)
Thomas Jerome Newton is an extraterrestrial from the planet Anthea, which has been devastated by …
A quick little read in between some of my behemoths. Started strong with an intriguing main character but petered out at the last pages after the bib reveal
Olap started reading The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis (SF Masterworks)
The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis (SF Masterworks)
Thomas Jerome Newton is an extraterrestrial from the planet Anthea, which has been devastated by a series of nuclear wars, …
Olap reviewed Chapter House Dune by Frank Herbert
Chapterhouse: Dune is a 1985 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the last in his …
Best of post Mua' Dib
4 stars
Well, this has it all - transhumanism, leadership, politics, wars, ethics. Written in Herbert's, even after 6 novels, rather challenging prose and with little brevity; the last 100 pages are page turners indeed. Will have to see what Brian and Kevin did also with notes about #7. But maybe next year
Olap finished reading Chapter House Dune by Frank Herbert
Chapter House Dune by Frank Herbert
Chapterhouse: Dune is a 1985 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the last in his Dune series of six novels. …
Olap started reading Chapter House Dune by Frank Herbert
Chapter House Dune by Frank Herbert
Chapterhouse: Dune is a 1985 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the last in his Dune series of six novels. …
The Time Traveller, a dreamer obsessed with traveling through time, builds himself a time machine …
To visit the future
4 stars
HG Wells was truly visionary. Almost written for the silver screen, this holds up well by today's standards though fails a bechdel test. Left me wondering indeed what the future may hold, but probably not cannibalism communism
Olap finished reading The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, Fiction, Classics by H. G. Wells
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, Fiction, Classics by H. G. Wells, H. G. Wells (Duplicate)
The Time Traveller, a dreamer obsessed with traveling through time, builds himself a time machine and, much to his surprise, …
Olap started reading The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, Fiction, Classics by H. G. Wells
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, Fiction, Classics by H. G. Wells, H. G. Wells (Duplicate)
The Time Traveller, a dreamer obsessed with traveling through time, builds himself a time machine and, much to his surprise, …