Wil Schweitzer

Enthralling But Selective Story Telling

Revisado: 02-04-24

Fascinating insights on the enigma that is Elon Musk. But blatantly dishonest on the recount of so many stories.

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You'll be Whisked Away

Revisado: 01-15-23

Genuine, passionately written and narrated! The listener is swooped into each story. Harry has rare talent as a storyteller!
Stories about his coming of age, a search for his identity as a brother, as a man.

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Dishonest story telling & deadpan narration

Revisado: 12-24-22

Zubrin apparently tried to dramatize historical milestones (eg SpaceX' first booster recovery, ch 1)
Cliché ridden and contrivance from the Introduction throughout
Bad writing by Zubrin. Poor voice acting by Lenz who sounds like he's narrating one of those 90s new-hire orientation videos

My only recommendation for this book is for everyone to pass on it.

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Conservative Masculinity and Other Pretentions

Revisado: 03-31-19

This guy is so hung up on conservative masculinity that it's shocking! He seems to think that the only way to be a "man" is through rugged hard animalistic nonsense that doesn't tie in western culture. And he thinks society is loosing it's way because most of us hold office/white collar jobs.
I regret having baught this book.

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Finding a Path of Thought

Revisado: 03-12-19

Erickson lays out, in clear language, practical approaches to mindfulness. This series of lectures serves as a great complimentary introduction to philosophy and will leave you, on a satisfying way, searching for more questions.

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Fanboy Sci-Fi: An Stereotypical Adaventure

Revisado: 08-12-18

That the plot revolves around an entity (the First Born), long established in Clarke's work makes the story irresistable to his fans.

That the characters are all generic stereotypes, seen in everyone of Clarke's novels, makes the narrative boring, virtually predictable.

The concept of time manipulation is fun though. I also recommend Stephen Baxter's Manifold Time. There are a few surprises, not many though.

Actually, as I think of it, had this novel been pened by anyone other than the late great Arthur C. Clarke, I wouldn't have even given it a second glance when I spotted it a library years ago!

Summarily, this is for fan boy reading only.

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Aurora is a story like no other!

Revisado: 06-28-18

Robinson brings life and science -skepticism to today's popscience frontier. Densely narrated but there's never a dull moment. Multuple perspectives, following the life of the main character, Fraya, 14, a seventh generation passenger on an all too mysterious, heroing, and deadly voyage to Earth's neighboring star system.
Witness the story of the ship's central computer a genuine hero whom you will love, pity, and admire. You will be gawk and dream and possibly weap at the tragedy, cringe at futilities. You simply have not read any other book like this.

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An Adventure into the Real

Revisado: 12-30-17

Dr. Gimbel gives an unparralelled exposition into our world. Overall, this is a delightfully challenging discourse.

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