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Will Sargent rated The clan corporate: 3 stars
The clan corporate by Charles Stross (The merchant princes ;)
Will Sargent rated The trade of queens: 4 stars
The trade of queens by Charles Stross (Book six of The merchant princes)
After a nuclear explosion in Washington, D.C., kills the president, a dissident faction of the Clan from an alternate universe …
Will Sargent rated The Revolution Business: 3 stars
Will Sargent rated The hidden family: 3 stars
The hidden family by Charles Stross (Merchant princes ;)
Miriam, a hip tech journalist from Boston, discovered her alternate world relatives in The Family Trade, and with them an …
Will Sargent reviewed The Green Brain by Frank Herbert
In an overpopulated world seeking living room in the jungles, the International Ecological Organization was …
Review of 'The Green Brain' on 'Storygraph'
2 stars
Will Sargent reviewed The Webs of Everywhere by John Brunner
Review of 'The Webs of Everywhere' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
I like how much of the story is left implicit, and how everyone is a monster to everyone else while they are innocent and blameless. It is a very good parable about teleportation gone wrong, and even ends on a hopeful note. Brunner is bleak, but he has his moments.
Will Sargent reviewed Agile Database Techniques by Scott Ambler
Review of 'Agile Database Techniques' on 'Storygraph'
2 stars
It is a book written for dbas, and as such tends to go over what agile and persistence frameworks are. Sadly, the book is also probably eight years out of date at this point, making comparisons between Castor and Osage a bit pointless.
There is some relevant material, but mostly in the regression framework and multiple sandboxes that can be set up. This book really needs a new revision out, including a section on Nosql.
Will Sargent reviewed Being Geek by Michael Lopp
Review of 'Being Geek' on 'Storygraph'
2 stars
Most of the material here is from rands in repose. Which is okay, but it's not the end to end handbook that it seems to be billed as.
Will Sargent rated A Round-Heeled Woman: 4 stars
Will Sargent rated The Female Man (Bluestreak): 3 stars
The Female Man (Bluestreak) by Joanna Russ (Beacon paperback ;)
Living in an altered past that never saw the end of the Great Depression, Jeannine, a librarian, is waiting to …
Will Sargent rated Pool of Fire: 3 stars
Will Sargent rated The White Mountains: 3 stars
The White Mountains by John Christopher (The Tripods (1))
Young Will Parker and his companions make a perilous journey toward an outpost of freedom where they hope to escape …
Will Sargent rated On the Oceans of Eternity: 1 star
On the Oceans of Eternity by S. M. Stirling
Ten years ago, inhabitants of the twentieth century and the Bronze Age were tossed together by the Event. But as …