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There's only so much new content here that can be added: if you own all the CDs, then the book is half transcriptions of his routines. The other half is letters from Hicks, a lengthy and touching foreword, and interviews (which can be facepalming in their inanity).

But goddamn, the man was a prophet.

I think that space opera or satire works better than the "thriller/crime" science fiction scenario pictured here -- I just found the protagonist (a trust fund kid using a remote controlled robot because of paralysis) to be too trite and pat. I thought his FBI partner (a woman who drinks, smokes and has sex because of An Issue In Her Past) was trite and unrealistic. And I thought the villain (...) completely and utterly unbelievable.

I loved Redshirts, I loved the Old Man's War series, but I did not love this.

This is a solid, well put together book that really goes into what makes good teams, how decisions get made, and does it by the hard work of following people around, interviewing them and drilling down on various questions. It's obvious that this is the man's life work.

The sidebars on firefighters is very good, and the contrast with the crisis managers is incredible.

I am pleased by this book.

A modern, up to date book on Java Performance, including 1.8. Thank goodness.

Really, really good. Although, the premise is ridonkulous, and the followthrough even more so. I think you may have to like comic books for this to make sense.

Interesting.

At various points, the author asks "What am I doing here, I'm not all that interesting."

He is correct.