Books I've Read

The author's account of the terrible events on his ascent of Mt Everest in 1996. Very Excellent!

In this 2003 book a Democratic President of the United States, Ms. Wilhelmina Rottemeyer (if you can believe it!), does a lot of bad stuff, but the brave governor of Texas stands up to her. I did not like this book, but I read the whole thing to give it a fair shake. I also read the Eric Flint essay THE CONTROVERSY ABOUT BAEN’S BAR for some background information on Tom Kratman. The essay was so long I honestly couldn't finish it, what with my cataracts, but it was VERY interesting about a great many things.

On a planet far far away, women are recruited for a special unit to defend their small country from belligerent neighbors. Gosh, wish the two appendixes had been listed in a table of contents so I could have USED them while reading!

A biography of John Kraus in nice little chapters leading eventually to the development of the Big Ear radio astronomy facility, along with many other things he was involved with. I enjoyed reading it very much.

Cork helps and old Indian friend find the son he has only seen in dreams, and solves a mystery, too. Pretty good stuff. Read the Readers Digest Condensed version.

The Poppy War book 2. Rin fights in the big war for the Republic, against the Empress.

First volume in a series. Pretty long fantasy taking place in a China-like country. Not painful to read so I shall continue with the second volume post-haste.

Thirteen Holmes stories by various authors, mostly none I've heard of. Very good.

A biography of Mike May, who, blinded at age three, had his sight partially restored in the 90s. An extremely interesting story! Ham radio, bicycling, laser record players, good-looking women, it's all there!

Explains that God does not micromanage.