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Review Date: 2/11/2007
A collecting of science fiction short stories about the role of computers in society, including pieces by Kafka, Einstein, and Beatrice Potter. Excellent food for thought.
Review Date: 8/18/2007
Helpful Score: 2
Mediocre obvious 'one-a-day' ideas. Avoid.
New York City's Best Dive Bars : Drinking and Diving In the Five Boroughs (Gamble Guides)
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Review Date: 2/9/2007
Funny comments on various dive bars in NYC. Slightly out of date but most of the info is still current.
Review Date: 7/8/2009
This is one of the better Vietnam air war books, up there with 'Thud Ridge' and 'When Thunder Rolled'. It's also a very quick read.
If you are looking purely for narrative and anecdotal stories, this is not the book for you - while there are several amusing stories in this book, it is more focused on an analysis of the air war from the Navy perspective. There are lots of diagrams and charts. If you are interested in knowing how many A4s were shot down over Vietnam and by what weapons, this is the book for you.
The author does a good job of weaving together stories and statistics to present an informative and enjoyable overview of the Navy air war.
If you are looking purely for narrative and anecdotal stories, this is not the book for you - while there are several amusing stories in this book, it is more focused on an analysis of the air war from the Navy perspective. There are lots of diagrams and charts. If you are interested in knowing how many A4s were shot down over Vietnam and by what weapons, this is the book for you.
The author does a good job of weaving together stories and statistics to present an informative and enjoyable overview of the Navy air war.
Review Date: 9/16/2007
Helpful Score: 3
Excellent collection of fairly short stories covering a wide range of 'soft' sci-fi topics. Not up to the level of quality of Dozois' 'The Year's Best Science Fiction' but an enjoyable read nonetheless. Recommended.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection (aka The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21)
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Review Date: 11/19/2008
Helpful Score: 2
Another absolutely fantastic edition of the series. I think this year's selected stories tend to have a darker edge than in previous years. The Benford thriller 'Dark Heaven' that ends the book is probably the best Benford story I've read in a long time.
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