Name: Michael Still
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Books read in June 2009
The Wild Palms Hotel
When leaving the US, I stayed in the Wild Palms Hotel. I selected it for three reasons: I'd stayed there before; it is part of the Joie De Vivre chain which I have had good experiences with before; and it was very cheap on Expedia ($77 compared to an average rate in the area of about $150). I learnt some interesting things I thought I'd share:Bolos 4: Last Stand
![]() ISBN: 0671877607 Baen (1997), Mass Market Paperback, 432 pages LibraryThing <script type="text/javascript">GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:0671877607');</script> | This book continues on from many of the previous short stories, which is a nice touch. It also starts to fill in some of the historical gaps between the collapse of US society (night of the trolls), to the Concordiat Empire, to the Melconian wars. I found one story in this book pretty hard to read, but that's mainly because its about a small child risking death from basically crazies. That story was good, just a bit close to the bone for me. I liked this book, which isn't a surprise because I have liked all the others as well.
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Bolos 3: The Triumphant
![]() ISBN: 067187683X LibraryThing <script type="text/javascript">GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:067187683X');</script> | This book is a little different from Bolos 1 and Bolos 2 in that it is several short novels instead of a collection of short stories. On the other hand, they're very good short novels, and I quite liked Nike's character. I'm glad I read this book.
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The Book of General Ignorance
![]() ISBN: 0307394913 Harmony (2007), Hardcover, 288 pages LibraryThing <script type="text/javascript">GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:0307394913');</script> | I seem to be on a bit of a trivia book kick, which is at least partially motivated by getting through all my Christmas presents so I can pack them into a box and move to a different country. This book was written as part of the production of the very excellent BBC quiz show Quite Interesting and is quite a contrast from the extremely average Why Do Men Have Nipples that I just finished reading. This book feels well researched, and is on par with Why Don't Penguin's Feet Freeze, although the style is quite different (the New Scientist book offers multiple answers for each question, and is written by real scientists in the fields discussed, this book flows as one manuscript). I suspect it helps here to have seen the quiz show, because many of the other reviews I have seen online complain about the style of the book, which reads in much the same manner as Stephen Fry's commentary during the program. If you're familiar with the format, then the book flows quite nicely (whereas if you haven't, you might end up why the book jumps around so much). I really liked this book.
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