# Genre: Nonfiction, Biography
# Paperback: 288 pages
# Publisher: Titan Books; 5 Rev Upd edition
# Publication Date: September 15, 2009
# ISBN-10: 1848564961
# ISBN-13: 978-1848564961
# Author Website: Douglas Adams
# Author Website: Neil Gaiman
There are few authors as well-known or discussed as Douglas Adams. This is especially true as the thirtieth anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide the Galaxy [...]
Posts under ‘Nonfiction’
Book Review: Don’t Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker’s Guide the Galaxy by Neil Gaiman
Book Review: Science Fiction and Philosophy edited by Susan Schneider
# Genre: Non-fiction, Philosophy
# Paperback: 368 pages
# Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
# Publication Date: June 15, 2009
# ISBN-10: 1405149078
# ISBN-13: 978-1405149075
# Editor Homepage: Susan Schneider
Though no philosopher, I found the essays and short story mix of Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence edited by Susan Schneider, thought provoking and mind stretching. The work is designed [...]
Book Review: The View from the Bridge by Nicholas Meyer
My review of Nicholas Meyer’s memoir The View From the Bridge: Memories of Star Trek and a Life in Hollywood just went live at Tor.com. Meyer was the writer/director of Star Treks II and VI as well as a contributing writer on IV, in addition to being a novelist.
Book Review: Brave New Words by Jeff Prucher
# Genre: Nonfiction, Dictionary, Science Fiction
# Paperback: 384 pages
# Publisher: Oxford University Press
# Publication Date: March 13, 2009
# ISBN-10: 0195387066
# ISBN-13: 978-0195387063
# Author Website: Jeff Prucher
The Oxford English Dictionary is the be-all and end-all of word origin. In its pages the depth of the English language is plumbed. But there is a problem. The English [...]
mental_floss $50,000 Tuition Giveaway
My absolute favorite blog of all time mental_floss, is giving away $50,000 in tuition to 5 lucky guys or gals who write a short 750 word essay.
The Contest: In 750 words or less, explain why you (as the most deserving person on the planet) should win a $10,000 prize for tuition/books in the fall of [...]
Book Review: This Gaming Life by Jim Rossignol
* Genre: Nonfiction, Video Games
* ISBN: 0472116355
* ISBN-13: 9780472116355
* Format: Hardcover, 224pp
* Publisher: digitalculturebooks
* Pub. Date: May 2008
* Author Blog
The thesis of Jim Rossignol’s This Gaming Life boils down to one sentence, “games are an antidote to boredom, and excellent cure for a seriously debilitating malaise.” (p.29) Rossignol then goes to undermine this very thesis [...]
Book Review: The Essential Batman Encyclopedia by Robert Greenberger
# Genre: Nonfiction, Graphic Novels
# ISBN: 0345501063
# ISBN-13: 9780345501066
# Format: Paperback, 496pp
# Publisher: Del Rey
# Pub. Date: June 2008
# Author Blog
When I was a young preteen, one of my favorite things to do was to go to the library and check out a copy of the Star Trek and Star Wars encyclopedias. My library record [...]
Book Review: Iron Man – Beneath the Armor by Andy Mangels
* Genre: Nonfiction, Media Tie-In, Graphic Novels
* ISBN: 0345506154
* ISBN-13: 9780345506153
* Format: Paperback, 224pp
* Publisher: Del Rey
* Pub. Date: April 2008
Sometimes reading about fictional characters can be almost as fun as reading the stories themselves. If this were not the case, there would be no controversy of the Harry Potter encyclopedia that J. K. Rowling [...]
Book Review: The Dead Guy Interviews by Michael Stusser
*Genre: Nonfiction, Humor, Trivia
* ISBN: 0143112279
* ISBN-13: 9780143112273
* Format: Paperback, 304pp
* Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
* Pub. Date: September 2007
Michael Stusser�s Dead Guy Interviews first appeared in the pages of the trivia magazine Mental_Floss. Drawing on the known, the rumored, and his sense of humor, Stusser writes fictitious interviews with noted personalities from history. People like [...]
Where are the Force Fields?
Michio Kaku, a cofounder of string theory, has new book out (Physics of the Impossible) explaining why we won’t see invisibility, force fields, and lightsabers just yet. Though are children just might. This review at the NY Times explains how these three are possible, but not yet viable. (The comments are quite inventive. I do [...]
