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Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other...
ben_a's review: "More a compendium rather than a real unified non-fiction book, but what a compendium! Gem-like anecdotes abound."Mariner Books (1998), Paperback, 608 pages
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery by Alan Bradley
Bantam (2010), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 416 pages
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The Children of the Sky (Zones of Thought) by Vernor Vinge
ben_a's review: "Disappointing. I might even go so far as to say hugely disappointing, given the source and the precedent."Tor Books (2011), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 448 pages
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Best Max Carrados Detective Stories by Ernest Bramah Smith
ben_a's review: "Unobjectionable puzzle mysteries. Nothing special here."Dover Pubns (1972), Paperback, 245 pages
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Westmark (The Westmark Trilogy) by Lloyd Alexander
Firebird (2002), Mass Market Paperback, 192 pages
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A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay
ben_a's review: "Everyone seems to hate the prose style in this book. C.S. Lewis called it 'appalling.' This is not my experience. To the contrary, I found Lindsay's style a match to the strangeness...
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The Pavilion on the Links by Robert Louis Stevenson
ben_a's review: "An odd little book. Vivid, as Stevenson almost always is, but the engine of plot, character, and circumstance does not achieve the same high level of function as in his best...
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Wool - Omnibus Edition by Hugh Howey
ben_a's review: "Lean, enjoyable apocalyptic sci-fi and can also be read as a well-imagined turn on the generation ship motif."CreateSpace (2012), Paperback, 548 pages
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First Shift - Legacy (Part 6 of the Silo Series) by Hugh Howey
CreateSpace (2012), Paperback, 236 pages
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes -and- But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes: The...
ben_a's review: "I don't deserve to enter this, as I haven't finished it. A fabulous book: <i>“Lady you could no more ruin my girl friends reputation than you could sink the Jewish...
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The New Science of Strong Materials or Why You Don't Fall Through the...
Princeton University Press (1984), Paperback, 288 pages
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Goodbye Darkness by William Manchester
Little Brown (1980), Edition: 1St Edition, Hardcover
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King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
ben_a's review: "This is, I think, the longest I have gone between re-reading of books -- more than 25 years ago I first read Haggard at a (horrible) sleep-away camp. (I think I also read "Starman...
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The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
Tor Books (2010), Edition: Second Edition, Paperback, 192 pages
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Kai Lung's Golden Hours (Classic Reprint) by Ernest Bramah
Forgotten Books (2012), Paperback, 326 pages
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Prester John by John Buchan
ben_a's review: "A classic ripping yarn. Like all Buchan, well-turned, with occasional lyrical and memorable descriptions of the natural world. And as always Buchan proves surprisingly generous...
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Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to...
ben_a's review: "Terrifically enjoyable history of magic. You may have heard the line "they do it all with mirrors." That turns out to be quite accurate. <i>True in India. True here</i>"Da...
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Among Others by Jo Walton
ben_a's review: "Really a great narrative voice. The outrage about Stephen R. Donaldson is a priceless little moment..."Tor Books (2012), Edition: First Edition, Paperback, 304 pages
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