Charlie's Bookshelf

The Windup Girl was an interesting journey in book form.  I was a fair way in before I decided that I liked it.  Immediately after I made t...

machiavellian: suggesting the principles of conduct laid down by Machiavelli; specifically : marked by cunning, duplicity, or bad faith...

My introduction to Connie Willis was different from many of my introductions to other authors.  Last year, I was in my computer science clas...

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...