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Comment on Wish You Were Here: The Official Biography of Douglas Adams - Nick Webb by Ray

Ray — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:27:33 +0000

I quite agree. Also, it may be that the book was written too close to his death to put things into perspective. Shame, because Adams was a fine writer and a great mind and I would hate for anyone to use this book to get a picture of him.

Comment on Wish You Were Here: The Official Biography of Douglas Adams - Nick Webb by Midfinger

Midfinger — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:55:36 +0000

Please never read official biographies. Read the authors themselves for they are talking to you, revealing their very souls, their thoughts and dreams (if they are really good authors which Douglas Adams quite vividly is), and don’t take into concideration what other people (who very often never read the author) want to press into your mind.

Comment on Nothing To Lose - Lee Child by Lee Child: Nothing to Lose (Teil 2) « Planet9

Lee Child: Nothing to Lose (Teil 2) « Planet9 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:43:57 +0000

[...] Gedanken als in früheren Romanen. Meiner Meinung nach schadet das nicht, aber das kann man auch anders sehen… Meine Lieblingsszene ist die, in der es ums Rasieren geht (bewußt so schwammig [...]

Comment on Nothing To Lose - Lee Child by Ray

Ray — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:19:03 +0000

I always saw reacher as a Batman-like character - he has no special powers, just his training and experience and knowledge. While some introspection is good for fictional heroes, I miss the Reacher who knows exactly what he’s doing and how he’ll do it. This one just didn’t feel right to me….

Comment on Nothing To Lose - Lee Child by Jessebird

Jessebird — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:17:42 +0000

I have just finished reading the novel, and I feel it is one of the best I have read! And I guess exactly because of the things you mentioned! This time Reacher is wrong a couple of times, he even regrets diverting to Despair. Of course he wins every fight (anything else would have been really disappointing), but he has in fact grown older. The young girls aren’t attracted to him anymore, and Reacher knows it. Maybe he’s growing weary, maybe he’s just growing wiser… And I liked the political implications about the war in Iraq. It’s not the hooray-patriotism (is there such a word in English?) of earlier novels, it’s more of what one would expect from an ex-soldier who knows what’s going on.
I agree that you shouldn’t start reading the Reacher-novels with this one. But I think in moves in the right direction. Reacher is becoming a person again after being just a hero in a few of the former books.
There is a “but” to this of course: But is it still Reacher then? I don’t know. Let’s see…

Comment on Dead Simple - Peter James by jameswillisisthebest

jameswillisisthebest — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:05:48 +0000

This is my first post
just saying HI

Comment on Deathstalker - Simon R Green by Blog Drive-Bys for 2007-04-29 - Untwisted Vortex - Living in a Different Land

Blog Drive-Bys for 2007-04-29 - Untwisted Vortex - Living in a Different Land — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:44:03 +0000

[...] at Bookstuff did a book review of the Deathstalker series. It’s been a long time since I’ve read a [...]

Comment on The Forever War - Joe Haldeman by Bookstuff Forever Free - Joe Haldeman «

Bookstuff Forever Free - Joe Haldeman « — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:05:14 +0000

[...] Free - Joe Haldeman April 23rd, 2007 — rayb Sequel to the novel The Forever War, this story picks up with William Mandella after many years of living on a remote outpost with his [...]

Comment on The Forever War - Joe Haldeman by ray

ray — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:16:42 +0000

Thanks I was introduced to this story many years ago - it never loses it’s impactt

Comment on The Forever War - Joe Haldeman by angelblush

angelblush — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:49:12 +0000

havent read any Haldeman book… I will try nice review.