This is a very funny book, and very quick to read, since almost every other page is a picture that accompanys a story. A long attention span is not required.
This book starts off with the classic H. P. Lovecraft story "The Shadow Over Innsmouth", and follows with stories by other authors which are set in a later time, referring to the events in the original. At least a few of the stories kind of mimic HPL's style a little. Some of my favorites were Basil Copper's "Beyond the Reef", and Brian Lumley's "Dagon's Bell".
I highly recommend this book to any H. P. Lovecraft fan.
The author does a good job of telling us about the history, current status, and future outlook for lots of different directed energy systems, and the situations they can (and likely cannot) be used in. There is some politics in this book where the author bemoans the Air Force's stinginess in research in order to shift money to their current top priority, the F-22 Raptor.
The book is very entertaining, and can be enjoyed a page or two (or even a single entry) at a time, so a long attention span isn't required. There's no gore, and while the subject may be morbid, this book is not.
This book was funny in spots, but some of the athlete jokes were repeated several times. Also a lot of the stories involved "competitive eating", which I don't consider to be athletic (just my opinion), and were fairly dull to me. I rated it a "3" because at least it had some stupid quotes from the sports world. I was tempted to rate it lower, though.
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Stingray Bit My Nipple!: True Stories from Real Travelers by Erik Torkells
Thomas Kirby, July 10, 2008
This is a very funny book, and very quick to read, since almost every other page is a picture that accompanys a story. A long attention span is not required.Shadows over Innsmouth by Stephen G Jones
Thomas Kirby, July 10, 2008
This book starts off with the classic H. P. Lovecraft story "The Shadow Over Innsmouth", and follows with stories by other authors which are set in a later time, referring to the events in the original. At least a few of the stories kind of mimic HPL's style a little. Some of my favorites were Basil Copper's "Beyond the Reef", and Brian Lumley's "Dagon's Bell".I highly recommend this book to any H. P. Lovecraft fan.
The E-Bomb: How America's New Directed Energy Weapons Will Change the Way Future Wars Will Be Fought by Doug Beason
Thomas Kirby, May 30, 2008
The author does a good job of telling us about the history, current status, and future outlook for lots of different directed energy systems, and the situations they can (and likely cannot) be used in. There is some politics in this book where the author bemoans the Air Force's stinginess in research in order to shift money to their current top priority, the F-22 Raptor.The Portable Obituary: How the Famous, Rich, and Powerful Really Died by Michael Largo
Thomas Kirby, May 21, 2008
The book is very entertaining, and can be enjoyed a page or two (or even a single entry) at a time, so a long attention span isn't required. There's no gore, and while the subject may be morbid, this book is not.The World's Stupidest Athletes by Rick Sutherland
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1-5 of 76 nextThomas Kirby, May 13, 2008
This book was funny in spots, but some of the athlete jokes were repeated several times. Also a lot of the stories involved "competitive eating", which I don't consider to be athletic (just my opinion), and were fairly dull to me. I rated it a "3" because at least it had some stupid quotes from the sports world. I was tempted to rate it lower, though.