E. Taylor

Great story

Revisado: 10-11-23

The book is nothing like the first impression I had when I read the synopsis. This is not a murder bot book, this is great story about a part human part machine that overcame its programming.

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Life altering

Revisado: 02-03-23

I will read this book over and over. It is a book that fills you up and makes you want to be better in and for this beautiful green earth.

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Starship Troopers with Magic

Revisado: 01-10-23

I liked the story and the merge of SciFi and Fantasy in this audio book. I will be listening to the next book.

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Great story

Revisado: 12-28-22

I loved the story line, great story and plot. I am looking forward to more.

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Fun old time Science Fiction

Revisado: 08-29-22

I read this as a young boy, it brought back fond memories. This doesn’t have a deep story line or impossible new science, just good writing and your own imagination to bring the story alive.

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Enjoyed a Sherlock Holmes and Watson Story.

Revisado: 06-21-22

The story’s were well written, great attempt to fit the stories into the Holmes time line. It’s hard to capture the Sherlock of Sir Conan Arthur Doyle, but this Sherlock just a bit to nice, but I enjoyed him anyway.

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Prequel into the Foundation series

Revisado: 08-30-18

Having read all the foundation series and the robot series, this fits right in the middle, Trantor is just beginning and earth is still known Daniel (Robot with new mind reading abilities) is not mentioned but you keep wondering, are they being manipulated in some small way? I like Asimov older stories, like this, fun and interesting.

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Fun, interesting and nostalgic

Revisado: 05-04-18

This was a great book! I’m a game nerd myself and was fascinated by the history of technology, games and the creative processes behind them.
I really liked that the author didn’t stick to narrow chronological perspective. He would go on tangents like, the development of music games, the games business in England and Russia and others.
I also appreciated that he didn’t exclusively focus on the big games everyone’s heard of, but instead tried to pull out games that were notable for their creativity, technological leaps or even controversy. There’s a broad range of information here.
Content warning: the “F” word is occasionally used in direct quotes. I wasn’t expecting that to be in here.

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Well researched and interesting!

Revisado: 11-18-17

Book 2 in Peter Ackroyd's History of England series doesn't miss a beat from the first book. So much information is contained here. It's amazing what is known about the day-to-day lives of royalty from this period. So many letters, court records, etc. that tell us so much about these people. It is also amazing how little is known about the day-to-day lives of the general populace of England at the same time. As necessitated by where the records are, this book gives much more detail in the lives of royalty than the rest of England. That said, I don't think Ackroyd misses a thing. I have much greater understanding of the Tudor period and the formation of the Church of England than I did before this book. Really worthwhile reading!
One of my favorite quotes from the book comes from a discussion about the persecution of Catholics in England during this reformative period, i.e. burning at the stake, torturing, etc. The author says something to this effect: "At this point the historian is tempted to pass judgement on the perpetrators of these acts as bigots and as evil people. But we must not reflect our modern sensibilities on those who lived centuries before." At last! Someone who looks at history in a reasonable way! Thank you Mr. Ackroyd. I loved this book and will be moving on to the next one!

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English History in a Nutshell

Revisado: 11-18-17

This book was fascinating! So much information from such a broad period of time crammed into these pages. My favorite part of this book was when the author would have a little aside where he would talk about places and artifacts that are still around today. I found myself looking up pictures of castles, swords, paintings, tombs and more just to get some visuals to what I was hearing about. I'm unsure about if the actual book has any photographs or illustrations, but Google was my friend with this book. Very fun read for any Anglophile with a history interest.

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