A Trifle One-Sided

Hidden Former Lies

nobody@vox.com(Hieronymus) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:36:46 -0400

Some recent books: Hidden Empire by Kevin Anderson - the first book in a long sci-fi series called Saga of Seven Suns, it was recommended in the Audible.com list. It tells the story of the humans and the Ildirans, who are an ancient alien race w...

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Maybe Dead

nobody@vox.com(Hieronymus) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:28:58 -0400

From the Audible.com list, I read the first book in the Michael Forsythe series, written by Adrian McKinty. Called Dead I Well May Be, it was a really great start to the "Dead" trilogy. The Dead trilogy tells the story of Michael Forsythe, an unw...

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Free Words

nobody@vox.com(Hieronymus) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:52:55 -0400

Your free book for today is The Word of Mouth Manual, Vol. II and can be found via Seth Godin's blog post, What Dave just did. It's a book about how to guide word of mouth, a concept that is also slightly oxymoronic, isn't it? Very nicely written ...

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Book Series

nobody@vox.com(Hieronymus) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:10:39 -0400

The Audible.com 20 Most Addictive Series got me to thinking about my favorite series of books. I have read a few of them (Aubrey-Maturin, The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Thursday Next, Hercule Poirot, Shelbey Foote's Civil War) but there were ...

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Bond, James Bond

nobody@vox.com(Hieronymus) — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:24:25 -0400

To celebrate the 100th anniversay of Ian Fleming's birth, there is a new Jame Bond book coming out, by the noted English author Sebastian Faulks. Called "Devil May Care", it seems to be a grittier Bond, much like the most recent Casino Royale mo...

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All a-twitter

nobody@vox.com(Hieronymus) — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:12:54 -0400

I've been pretty quiet here at Trifle for a couple of reasons. First off, work has been pretty hectic, as we try to get a version together for a BIG customer. While my company is very very good at resisting long, involved changes for the sake of o...

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Book Review: Sword of Honour

nobody@vox.com(Hieronymus) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:58:13 -0400

I almost made it all the way through Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour. I really tried but I have to admit to just losing interest in the adventures of Guy Crouchback after about 600 pages (out of 800). Originally published as three book, this long n...

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Last Books of 2007

nobody@vox.com(Hieronymus) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:41:03 -0500

A couple of last minute additions to my "Books of 2007" that I haven't written anything about would include the following: I Am Legend by Richard Matheson - I picked this up at the same time as I got The Magic Compass from the library, so I went...

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My Shelfari

nobody@vox.com(Hieronymus) — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:51:00 -0500

Thanks to BadMojo I've joined Yet Another Social Bookmark site, this time called Shelfari. Maybe Vox will add something to coordinate the two, because I have a hard enough time keeping Vox up to date on my reading habits. But lets see what happens...

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2007 Year in Review - Books

nobody@vox.com(Hieronymus) — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:42:10 -0500

A followup to my Year in Music, here is my Year in Books, along with a top ten (more or less). I read a pretty good sampling of genres, from sci-fi, non-fiction, history, fantasy, mysteries and "literature". Some good, some bad, some I never finis...

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