Omphalos' Book Review Update

Post by **Omphalos** » 10 Oct 2008 23:48

Some of you may have noticed that I have not put up many book reviews lately. My brother and I have been making some major changes to my book review site. None of them are visible yet, but they all hopefully will be before the end of the month. I can promise an awesome slew of search features that will make navigating the book pages simple, and be an interesting and fun exercise in its own right. For now though I have put up reviews of all the materials I have read since August. I was not able to make changes to the content of the site, so I had quite a few sitting on my hard drive, just waiting for the right moment. Well, that moment is here. I will let you know more as the other features come on-line. Actually, I'm on pins and needles about some of them. I want them NOW! But, Ill have to be patient. Hope you enjoy the new reviews.

Novels

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, 1979

Looking Backward, by Edward Bellamy, 1887

Rogue Moon, by Algis Budrys, 1960

Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler, 1993

Camouflage, by Joe Haldeman, 2004

Marsbound, by Joe Haldeman, 2008

The Stand, The Complete and Uncut Edition, by Stephen King, 1991

The Futurological Congress, by Stanislaw Lem, 1974

On the Beach, by Nevil Shute, 1957

Son of Man, by Robert Silverberg, 1971

The Man Who Fell to Earth, by Walter Tevis, 1963

The Languages of Pao, by Jack Vance, 1958

Galapagos, by Kurt Vonnegut, 1985

We, by Yevgeny Zamayitn, 1924/1980

Coyote, by Allen Steele, 2003

Coyote Rising, by Allen Steele, 2004

Coyote Frontier, by Allen Steele, 2005

Reference

The Anatomy of Wonder, 4th Edition, edited by Neil Barron, 1995

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, edited by Clute and Nichols, 1999

The Way the Future Was, by Frederik Pohl, 1978

The Encyclopedia of Science Ficion Places, edited by Brian Stableford, 1999

Novellas & Novelettes

Sergeant Chip, by Bradley Denton, 2004

Exploration Team, by Murray Leinster, 1956

Jigoku no Mokushiroku, by John G. McDaid, 1996

The Darfsteller, by Walter Miller, Jr.

Blood's A Rover, by Chad Oliver, 1952

Guide Dog, by Mike Connor, 1991

Rachel in Love, by Pat Murphy, 1987

Collections

The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury, 1951

Short Stories

The Star, by Arthur C. Clarke, 1955

Or All the Seas with Oysters, by Avram Davidson, 1957

Allamagoosa, by Eric Frank Russell

Harrison Bergeron, by Kurt Vonnegut, 1961

Nekhrun · Post by **Nekhrun** » 11 Oct 2008 00:37

Nice yellow font, you prick.

Post by **Omphalos** » 11 Oct 2008 01:15

Suck it!

Seriously, sorry if that's hard to read. I use subblack, so I picked a hypertext color that would stand out for what I was looking at.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 11 Oct 2008 02:00

Seriously, though, that really is unreadable.

Post by **Omphalos** » 11 Oct 2008 03:23

Sorry. I took the color tags out. I dont think Ive ever posted a link here without coloring the hyperlink yellow and nobody ever said a word to me before this.

Mr. Teg · Post by **Mr. Teg** » 11 Oct 2008 06:18

Omphalos wrote:Sorry. I took the color tags out. I dont think Ive ever posted a link here without coloring the hyperlink yellow and nobody ever said a word to me before this.

Because nobody ever checked

Nekhrun · Post by **Nekhrun** » 11 Oct 2008 09:01

Omphalos wrote:Sorry. I took the color tags out. I dont think Ive ever posted a link here without coloring the hyperlink yellow and nobody ever said a word to me before this.

Now my post makes no sense! I demand you put it back!

Post by **Omphalos** » 11 Oct 2008 13:30

Mr. Teg wrote:
Omphalos wrote:Sorry. I took the color tags out. I dont think Ive ever posted a link here without coloring the hyperlink yellow and nobody ever said a word to me before this.
Because nobody ever checked

Always ray of sunshine

Mr. Teg · Post by **Mr. Teg** » 11 Oct 2008 20:15

Omphalos wrote:
Mr. Teg wrote:
Omphalos wrote:Sorry. I took the color tags out. I dont think Ive ever posted a link here without coloring the hyperlink yellow and nobody ever said a word to me before this.
Because nobody ever checked
Always ray of sunshine

"It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine."

guild navigator · Post by **guild navigator** » 20 Oct 2008 18:47

Hey Omphalos, have you ever read the Gormenghast Trilogy? It's fantasy, claims to be better than LOTR on the back, and a PBS documentary called it the best work of the English language since Ulysses.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 20 Oct 2008 20:35

(Friend at work gave me an omnibus edition of that someone had given him. Haven't read any of it yet.... Omph?)

Post by **Omphalos** » 21 Oct 2008 11:47

Ive read it. Its very dreary, and I thought quite boring. Though I generally dont like fantasy, so dont take my word for it. Ive noticed a major resurgence in the books in the last several years.

guild navigator · Post by **guild navigator** » 21 Oct 2008 19:22

Yeah, I got the omnibus as a present too, and was somewhat hesitant at reading it. I'm not so sure after hearing Omph's opinion, so I'll start Titus Groan tentatively and see how I do with it. Reviews on Amazon call it a masterpiece of Gothic literature...very dark. We'll see.