If you read most general histories of World War II, you’re likely to get the impression that the Holocaust was a simple, straightforward affair. Hitler resolved to “solve the Jewish problem” by simply killing all the Jews in Europe. And once the policy was set, German soldiers in...
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British author Ken Follett is best known to a wide public these days for the Kingsbridge Trilogy, his mammoth multi-generational account of an English cathedral town. Together, the three books run to nearly 3,000 pages (and a fourth, a more recent prequel, takes the total to nearly 4,000)....
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More than half a century ago Philip K. Dick wrote The Man in the High Castle and a large number of other science fiction novels that raised questions about the nature of reality. (Dick wrote 44 novels and 121 short stories between 1950 and 1982.) In his own distinctive way, Ben H. Winters explores...
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Vienna, November 1919. The Great War had ended one year earlier, and the capital city of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire was in shock. “The once glamorous seat of the empire had become a filthy, bloodthirsty beast.” Demobilized soldiers wandered the streets, haunted by their...
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I believe that one day we will create machines that think,” writes AI researcher Toby Walsh in his new book, 2062. “We will invent machines that are superior to us. They will be stronger, faster and more intelligent than us.” However, he notes, they will think in ways very...
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Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review,
with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review,
with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review, with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.