Reviews and Comments

It was okay. Would probably have been a better story of it was just a over if story and want tried to tie it to MASH. In particular Butterworth does a horrible job when it comes to who Radar is. He's not some magical mind reader, but this is the second novel shereturnHe has treated Radar as such. returnreturnAlso although the book is advertised as "The Smash TV hit..." It is carry clear that the novel universe and the TV universe are not the same, not only is the lost of Hotlips's husband's different than on T.V. Radar also invited Henry Blake to his wedding, even though he died in T.V.

Certainly the best I've read in Butterworth's Mash series. Contrary to what the title says nearly all of this story takes place in Maine. So better than the last couple were he spends the whole time trying to figure out how to get his characters to some far off place like Morocco.

We are introduced to a new character, the ugliest state trooper in Maine, who is a great doctor but without the doctor training. Even being so ugly he apparently still can get the ladies, including some hookers that Don Rhotten brings with him to Maine, and the star of a new TV show that is going to be shot in Maine.

All in all a zany adventure in the deeps woods, with a few distractions of Hollywood mogul who knows how to write a contract to screw over everyone else, and Boris the opera singer gets to hide out in the woods and cook instead of singing in the great Paris opera. returnreturnPick this one up if you can find it.

I did not like this book. I read it because I absolutely loved the earlier books in the series, particularly the first one "The probability Broach" however their majesties bucketeers is barley related. To the point I ever contacted the author to see if LibraryThing had the series in correct order. returnreturnThis story takes place at an earlier time than that of Win Bear, on a far away planet before they had contact with Earth. The dominant species on their home world has three of everything (three arms/legs/three genders/etc.) and since Smith wrote it, of course they love guns!returnreturnThese unbeliever crab people can't stand water. To the point they discuss what is basically evaluation and the idea they they ever had to consume water to live, let alone lived in it. Also Smith is obsessed with smoking in this one. I don't understand why some science fiction writers feel the need to go to extents to show "look these guys do daily things, slightly different than we do." I read some Star Wars authors who oppressed about the way Han Solo drank his "coffee" too, so its not just Smith. returnreturnAnyway the story, for what there is, about a professor of science who is murdered, he happened to dare hint that creationism might not be the thing. There is some internal struggles, you forget they are crab people, then OMG water, we can't go outside. WOW a car with a roof, and a rain coat, why did we never think of these things. Well we will just say we know who killed him hoping that makes the killer admit it. The end.

This autobiography is really short. Even so nimoy repeats his self several times and could have used a good editor. returnreturnThe story is not told in chronological order, so its good its so short or I'd get lost returnreturnBasically Leonard tells how he is not Spock, but sometimes he forgets this. Yes in a way he has been typecast, and he has tried to run from that, but it just pays the bills so damn bad. It's clear that he has never had a real job, and talks about acting as if its so much more difficult or challenging than other jobs, but most of those stories could be the same as an 50-60 hour a week job. (And the rest of us don't have an off season). returnreturnWhat I liked best where the copies of internal paramount memos (think the 60s version of emails) back and forth about silly things like pens, and handling of fan mail etc. returnreturnAlso Nimoy puts in many dialogs of the Spock Character versus what he'd like his Nimoy character to be. Its interesting, and reminds me of some of the conversations with myself I have had. returnreturnIn general I recommend Shatner's "My life up to now" over this, but if you want to see Nimoy in his mental state of the 70s, this should be good.

I was hoping that this book would let me better understand Soccer. I'v been watching regularly for 10 years, but it still seems like the ref just does whatever the hell he wants. returnreturnGuess what, after reading the official rules, officially, the ref does whatever the hell he wants. returnreturnThere is a few complicated rules about when the and where the ball is dropped during different stoppages of play, but for the most it wasn't much new to me. It would be useful to have handy, but not to just read through as a borrowed library book.

Very Very very long. While everything in this audio book was good, all, or nearly all, was repated from what I had learned in my week at "Rothbard University" If you want an introduction to Economics, this is far too much. If you want an audio book, this is probably too long for it to be of use, if you want a reference as to why free markets work, this is a good one. returnreturnAs usual I again recommend purchasing the dead tree version, but cannot recommend the audio book with only 3 stars.

This audiobook was pretty unbelievable. We follow an 18 year old, Jim Malone, as he is to leave his home in the migrant colony of Mars to go off to college. returnreturnHis pet Willis comes along for the ride, but ther is no pets allowed. Of course he looks like a Volley Ball so he just might make it. returnreturnHowever, Willis has an issue, he can repeat everything he says. Not exactly like a Parrot, he's more sentient than that, but he has no voice of his own. This lead to us learning the real plot to destroy migration and the free market economy of Mars and bring in a forced Communism that will compelled destroy rural Mars. returnreturnOur Hero must break out of school and warn the colonists. He meets some martians along the way who just might save the day, but is Willis really the key to all of this? returnreturnHighly recommended.

A pretty good sequel to The Probablilty Broach though not quite as good and not albe to stand on its own.

The best of the whole book was a description of flying through space that was so well written and realistic that it made me sick to my stomach just reading it.

About10 years have passed since the previous novel. It is 1999 and in our dimension Nolan Davidson of the Propertarian Party (obviously a nod to David Nolan of the Libertarian Party) is about to be elected President, the first such propertarian, due to the people of the USA being so bettered thanks to free trade with the Confederacy on the other side of the probability broach.

In the North American confederacy, things appear to be looking up like always, but our hero Win Bear begins a new private detective investigation as many of the leading people in their stateless society are mysteriously missing. No long after he leaves his pregnant wife (he gives me a a sexy introduction to what basically is a 1980s attempt at describing an iPad) she goes missing too.

Worth reading, and seeing how the new technology that the free market brings makes it possible for him to get out a very tight spot.

Denning is my favorite Star Wars author, but he fell short of my high expectations for him here. returnreturnThis is very anti climatic. For finishing the 9 book series, in one of the longest Star Wars novels, I was really hoping for more. It still ends as if preparing ofr a next book. Maybe they wanted to do another 9 book series that tracked back to, but I think the change in "Star Wars Legends" forced by Disney is going to make that not happen. returnreturnThe love story between Skywalker and Kei fades out in a way that makes little sense. returnreturnThe Story of Han/Leia and their daughter-in-law/granddaughter is better than the rest, like usual. Amelia

This is the first Ficton work I have read by L. Neil Smith, and I highly recommend it to EVERYONE.

If you like mysteries, it's for you, if you like, Science Fiction, its for you, if you like Political Thrillers, its for you, if you like Libertarian policies, its for you.

This book was written in 1980 and takes place in the "near future" in a community where the EPA has regulated A/C to being not allowed for private use, to forcing most competiive businesses to close etc.

Our lead Character, Detective Win Bear, is called to the scene of the crime of yet another gang shooting. When he finds some strange coins and a strange membership card.

During his investigation he ends up being in a large explosions at the University and Win is shipped, somewhere—its not clear at first whether there is an elaborate hoax, time travel, or what.

He's gunned down and ends up finding his identical self. They spend the rest of the book fighting for what is his, standing up to the news of nuclear war coming because he got here, and really, I don't want to go into too much, the desk jacket itself gives away far too much of this,and you really REALY need to read this.

This audio book was extremely well written, really deserving a 5 star rating for writing quality, however, I found many of the scenes incredibly inapproiate. I'm still having dirty dreams and fantasy's about a scene with a green dress in a '47 Plymouth. So for that it is really deserving of no more than a 2, so I split the difference on a 3.5. returnreturnThis short 4 disc audio book is two separate "Novellas" the first, that had the aforementioned scene, is about a guy from Northern Lower Michigan who grew up on a farm and went off to college to be an artists and eventually became a stuck up art historian, making the measly salary of $200,000/yr and has to move back home at the age of 60 to help his aging mother, rekindling a high school romance etc. etc. returnreturnThe second story ,far shorter, is about a 17 yr/old kid from Manitou Island who swims down to Chicago for the fun of it and to escape his girlfriend's father. He meets a rich girl along the way and all in all he doesn't know what to do with his life, he just wants to swim, and has an obsession with "Water Babies" allegedly the spirit of dead children who now live in the river. I really want to learn more about "water babies" but haven't been successful in my quick internet searches. The second story all contains too many sex scenes but none as graphic as the first. returnreturnI cannot in good conscience recommend this book, but if you are into that sort of thing, I guess now you know it exists.

I cannot recommend this audio book. It was really long (23 Discs) and it was mostly depositions from trial documents. returnreturnIt was interesting just the same, and I still may purchase the dead tree version for reference. It may be easier to follow then too. returnreturnRegardless if you want more information on the American Indian Movement (including Leonard Pelltere) and the adventures of the Natives versus the government in the 1970s, I recommend the autobiography of Russel Means "Where White men fear to tread" instead. There is an abridged 6 tape audio book available, but again dead tree is better.

Against intellectual monopoly was a fantastic read. Two economists take a deep dive into one of western societies longest standing traditions, IP: Copyright, patents, and trademarks. returnreturnWe've been told since a young age that patents helped usher in the industrial age, and should have similar positive effects on the information age. But is it true? returnreturnLevine and Boldrin argue that its not. Not only is government granted monopoly bad for individual freedom, but it hurts the economy and is one of the biggest detriments to moving to the next stage of human development. returnreturnI cannot recommend this enough. Whether you think the IP debate is settled, whether you've already picked your side, or whether you think its all boring, I think this book will open your eyes to a bigger picture, that is surprisingly thrilling given the subject, the authors and the published (Cambridge University Press)

This Audio book wasn't quite what I expected. returnreturnJoey Harker is a teenager with a weird social studies teacher. They have an "exam" to be left int he middle of town and walk home. Along the way Joey walks right into an alternate dimension. This isn't like Star Trek alternate dimension its more like crazy Hitchikers guide the galaxy alternate dimension. Apparently he's a Walker, like ever Joe Harker in every Earth in every dimension. The Best of the best. Walkers, dimension harkers, are this multiverse delithiom crystals. They power the ships of the evil world. returnreturnHe gets involved in battles between Magic worlds and Science worlds. Ours is neihter, but slowly leaning towards science. Inter-world (the multivers FBI?) can't let either side win, and they aren't powerful enough if they wanted to. returnreturnI felt like they tried to put a whole lot into this really fast, and I felt it ended rather abruptly. Not until I went to review did I learn it was the first in a trilogy, made the ending make more sense, but evne more so it should have been slower paced. It was in tendint for the Juvenille/YOung Adult Market so maybe that has something to do with it. returnreturnreturnAll in all not bad, if you are into that kind of hting give it a whilr

Jonthan Kay's among the truther was much more interesting that "VoodHoo Historeis" I read earlier. Kay certainly is biased and I almost stopped reading at the beginning when it became clear that his status as a Secular Jew (maybe even an atheist of Jewish heritage) was influencing everything. Automatically throwing out conspiracies because they were "anti-semetic" and basically claiming that you can't believe anything people say who also believe in talking snakes and men born of virgins raising from the dead. returnreturnHowever chapter 7 really saved the book as he went on to talk about the problems of the conspiracy that poor blacks are disadvantageous and that admissions policies are unfair and the bullshit on the the conspiracy that women are paid less than men. returnreturnHe is really stuck on firm belief that that which is most likely is probably true. returnreturnFrom an academic standpoint it was informative, looking at the psychology of conspiracy theorists, what makes them tick. He was surprised to learn most are not Kooks, and had interesting perspectives on how religion and conspiracies have worked together, and more recently how conspiracy theories have replaced religion for secular humanists.