Charlie's Bookshelf

NOTE:  I know that a significant number of the books I have put up on here recently have been written at least in part by Neal Stephenson.  ...

The Day of the Triffids , by John Wyndham, is a very traditional post apocalyptic story.  However, there are two things that set it apart fr...

Tucker Max is a self-admitted terrible person.  This book is a collection of autobiographical vignettes from his life.  They are HILARIOUS. ...

The Mongoliad is a historical fiction novel written by Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, Erik Bear, Joseph Brassey, Cooper Moo, and E...

Warning: While this post contains only minor spoilers for The System of the World, it does have more major spoilers for Quicksilver and The ...

I bought The Spirit Ring by Lois McMaster Bujold on a whim.  It was on sale, in a genre I generally enjoy (Sci-fi/fantasy), and looked inter...

Warning: While this post contains only minor spoilers for The Confusion, it does have more major spoilers for Quicksilver , the previous boo...