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COD

COD

  • member since June 15 2008

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  • The Age of Misrule Omnibus (Gollancz SF)
    • Rated 4 stars

    “I loved this series. It's like Steven King decided to write a Lord of the Rings style epic quest story, built on a foundation of Celtic mythology.”

    COD wrote this review 11 days ago. ( reply | permalink )
  • Empire of Blue Water
    • Rated 4 stars

    “Captain Morgan's life was so exciting that this mostly true book reads like a grand adventure novel. The Pirate's role in breaking the Spanish hegemony in the new world and leaving colonial America is the power is something I had not considered before.”

    COD wrote this review Saturday, September 5 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • A People's History of the United States, Abridged Teaching Edition, Updated Edition
    • Rated 4 stars

    “It's US History viewed through the looking glass. Every event that ever happened in the US can be attributed to the greed of the American aristocracy that has controlled the government since the days of Washington and Jefferson. Not that there isn't a lot of truth to that statement, but even Zinn himself admits it's an extremist view. However, given the whitewashed take on our history that we got in school it's probably a book everybody should read.”

    COD wrote this review Tuesday, September 1 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Belgariad, Volume 1
    • Rated 4 stars

    “With David Eddings recent passing I decided to re-read The Belgariad series. I last read it in college. I've been disappointed often when re-reading the sci-fi and fantasy of my youth. Luckily, this was not the case with The Belgariad. The first three books of the series still hold up well. The story is fast paced, the characters interesting, and just like 20+ years ago, Silk is still my favorite. My son has read this series multiple times but I've now passed it on to my daughter. Any book with a guy that can talk to horses is something she'll probably like!”

    COD wrote this review Thursday, July 9 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • ALWAYS LOOKING UP: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
    • Rated 4 stars

    “I actually bought this for Michelle, but she thought I should read it too, and she was right. It's not deep reading, just an entertaining look at how he has kept it together since the Parkinson's took out his full time acting career.”

    COD wrote this review Friday, June 26 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • A King of Infinite Space
    • Rated 3 stars

    “No deep meaning here - just a fun space opera that suffers from a "Scooby Doo" ending in which the preceding 420 pages are explained in about 6 pages.”

    COD wrote this review Saturday, June 20 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • Spindrift
    • Rated 4 stars

    “A first contact story in the Heinlein tradition. I stayed up late several nights this week to read Spindrift. Then again, I do that with all Allen Steele's books. Spindrift takes place in the Coyote Universe, but you don't need to have read the Coyote books to enjoy Spindrift. You should read the Coyote series though, just because they are great books.”

    COD wrote this review Sunday, June 14 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • World's End (The Age of Misrule : Book 1)
    • Rated 4 stars

    “What if the ancient Celtic stories of Gods and Fairies were actually all based on truth, and what if those Gods came back to modern day England? Technology starts to fail, magic begins to rule, and humans learn that they are no longer on top of the food chain. At it's core, the story is your standard group-of-unlikely-heroes-thrown-together-on-a-quest-to-save-the-land story, but the setting makes it much more entertaining that the stereotypical D&D style adventure story.”

    COD wrote this review Thursday, June 11 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • D Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II
    • Rated 5 stars

    “Ambrose manages to make the opening scenes from Saving Private Ryan look like a walk in the park compared to what our parents and grandparents really went through on 6/6/44. I'll never understand what it was like on that fateful day, but I'm probably as close as I'm ever going to get after reading this.”

    COD wrote this review Wednesday, March 18 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • Coyote Frontier
    • Rated 4 stars

    “The third book in the Coyote series lives up to its predecessors. Fun to read, fast paced, and a story line sure to piss off both global warming deniers and evolution deniers.”

    COD wrote this review Tuesday, January 6 2009. ( reply | permalink )
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