Andy Weir definitely has a specific writing style and preferred method of telling a story. And that is a first-person narrative from the perspective of a human not on Earth, alone in some fashion, who is snarky/sarcastic, in a high tension situation with seemingly no way out, using copious amounts…
Say what you will about Elon Musk... go ahead, I'll wait... you get it out of your system? Okay, so putting all that aside, if you ever thought your job was hard, imagine working for a huge nerd with a lofty vision and seemingly endless amounts of money who just…
I'm a carnivore. Not like on the carnivore diet. Although I eat woefully few vegetables. Let's just say that I eat enough fruit and vegetables, in combination with my vitamins and supplements, that my chances of getting scurvy are not nonexistent. I can't not eat meat; the perfectly cooked, medium…
"Don't worry about that chair with a hole in the middle. It's merely waiting to be reupholstered." - La Chiffre, Casino Royale (1967 film)
I remember in high school having the choice of reading The Grapes of Wrath or To Kill a Mockingbird for class. I chose the latter. I was glad, too. I actually read Mockingbird and genuinely liked it. I also remember after we read the books, the students who read The…
With this book, I have now read everything by Thomas Harris. A whopping six novels - 4 of which feature Hannibal Lecter. This was not a Lecter novel. It was, in fact, Harris's first novel and a response to the Munich Olympic massacre in 1972.
I'm not exactly sure this qualifies as a meet-cute, but it is a beautiful story. Also a little weird that my first romance read is set in the Holocaust...
Imagine having an estranged uncle die and leave everything to you. Imagine that you learn that "everything" is his supervillain empire...
"You know, I can understand nine words in that book now." - Billy Madison
A new Star Trek novel by Una McCormack? Sweet! And the main character of the novel is [checks notes] Una?! I'm in! Now the question is, where does Garak fit into this story?