Michael Flanagan

A Great Original Listen

Revisado: 08-04-16

Every now and then a book comes along that completely surprises you with its original plot and riveting narrative. If you have not already guessed it The Wrong Unit was one of these reads.

Rob Dirks has written a book that combines the right amount of suspense, humor and good ole fashion entertainment. We follow the adventures of Hey You and Waah as they struggle to find a way home to free the Human race from the psychopath main frame Core. Along the way the author looks at what exactly constitutes being a human.

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Top Notch Sci-Fi

Revisado: 05-21-16

Silicon Dawn is a top notch Sci-Fi read that grabs you in the first couple of pages. This book is a prequel to the authors other book Silicon Man and can be read before or after said book. For me I thought I would start with the prequel and test the waters.

The author paints a world on a crossroad. One way leads to a world where humans and androids live happily together. The other path leads to a world where androids rule the roost. In telling this story the author touches on a lot of modern day concerns.

The story throws together a cutting edge android detective and a human detective that has massive personal trust issues with.....you guessed it androids. The interplay between these characters is a highlight of the book along with the first rate thriller that throws them together.

William Massa has set some very solid foundations and concepts for this tale. I look forward to delving into Silicon Man soon and see if he capitalises on all this great groundwork.

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History at its best

Revisado: 05-11-16

In the Shadow of the Moon delivers an extremely well researched look at the race to put man on the moon. This is done by following the Gemini program through to Apollo 11. The authors also take a look at the Soviet Union’s efforts to beat the US to the moon.

What really stood out for me was the effort the authors took in not just telling the story of those astronaut’s we all know well but also shining the light on all the astronauts that went into space before them. They step the reader through the Gemini and early Apollo flights weaving together the story from the astronauts themselves with good ole fashion facts.

As an audiobook I found that the narrator did a great job in delivering what was a very entertaining book. The production value was spot on and this with the subject matter led to a very nice listen indeed. I walked away from this book with a lot more knowledge on the early space program of both Superpowers as well as a unique personal view of what it was like to reach for the stars. In the Shadow of the Moon is an example of history writing at its best.

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Not a bad listen

Revisado: 01-13-16

Killers of the King is a book of two interlocking tales. The first tells the story of King Charles I and the events that lead him being tried and executed by his own parliament. The second is the trials and executions later of those who committed this act of regicide

Charles Spencer does a good job at delivering this tale of murder, intrigue and betray. For someone like me without much knowledge in this piece of history it was an enlightening read. But beware it is not a book for those with a squeamish disposition.

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A Great Listen

Revisado: 01-13-16

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This book scared the pants off of me and that's no mean feat for a non-fiction Science book. The Sixth Extinction is a brutally honest book that tells the tale of the Human Races hand in the numerous destruction of so many other life forms.

If you are expecting a book that has a decidedly environmentalist slant than you will be disappointed. Elizabeth Kolbert delivers a very balanced book that cuts through all the rhetoric and lays the undeniable facts to the reader. There is so much in this book I did not know about from the demise of the frogs to the acidification of our oceans, it all makes for a truly frightening but enlightening read. Throw in with this the history of other Extinction events and this book becomes a true masterpiece.

Yes, this book is an uncomfortable, frightening and read but I think it is one of the most important books to come out last year. It is rare to see such a well balanced read and I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

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