woobs?

My Boring-Ass Life

Simultaneously mundane and explicit, this book is for the most part quite entertaining.
Smith seems an affable enough bloke, who is quite aware of just how much of a role luck plays in his career.
The fact remains that the two (seemingly) most interesting stories are tantalizingly referred to and are not discussed any further.
I’d recommend it if you like Smith, his movies, or can find a copy as cheap as mine was!

Rating: B

Autobiography, B, Essays, Films, Humour, Non-Fiction, Rated

Autobiography, B, Essays, Films, Humour, Non-Fiction, Rated
12:51, March 16th 2010

target?

You’re Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop: Scalzi on Writing

Blog entries about writing and the writing business

Rating: C

Books, C, Ebook, Essays, Non-Fiction, Rated

Books, C, Ebook, Essays, Non-Fiction, Rated
09:53, April 28th 2009

you suck?

Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded

This is an entertaining collection of posts from the past ten years of Scalzi’s blog the Whatever.

Rating: B+

B+, Books, Essays, Rated

B+, Books, Essays, Rated
16:49, December 30th 2008

rhino?

The Salmon of Doubt

This posthumous cash in contains random articles, essays, speeches and letters written by Adams before he died as well as a hitchhiker’s based short story and the chunk of a Dirk Gently book that never was that gives this volume a title.
No single part of this book is worth buying it for, but as a whole it is a nice reminder of who Douglas Adams was, what he stood for and the work he was capable of.
I bought this book not long after it made paperback for less than half price in a supermarket. I don’t know I would have bothered if it wasn’t so cheap. That I only just got round to reading it speaks volumes as far as I’m concerned.
My recommendation, unless you’re a Hitchhiker’s nut, is that you don’t buy this for less than a bargain price.

Rating: C

Books, C, Essays, Humour, Novella, Rated, Science Fiction

Books, C, Essays, Humour, Novella, Rated, Science Fiction
15:13, September 3rd 2006