“‘How do you get all those coins?’ asked Mort. IN PAIRS.” Mort is the fourth book in Terry Pratchett’s DiscWorld saga and first Death book. Death is a recurring character, probably the only one appearing in almost all the books of the saga (the only exceptions are The Wee Free Men and Snuff). And, let … More Mort: Book Review
How many times can you revisit the same idea, improving it, expanding it, and proposing a new product based on it that is sufficiently detached from the previous ones that used it? According to AC / DC at least one hundred and fifty times, since they’ve played the same song for 45 years. According to … More Feet of Clay: Book Review
Unseen Academicals is the thirty-seventh book in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld saga and can be included in the subset of the wizards’ books even if the protagonists, in fact, are only people who work at Unseen University without using magic. Come to think of it, the book introduces a new aspect of Ankh-Morpork, football, a bit … More Unseen Academicals: Book Review
Heretics of Dune is the fifth book in the Dune saga written by Frank Herbert and was first published in 1984, a full 19 years after the first book simply titled Dune. The fourth book, God Emperor of Dune, represented a notable change in the events of the saga both for the initial 3500 years … More Heretics of Dune: Book Review
God Emperor of Dune is a surprising book for several reasons. The fourth book of the saga, it starts with the traditional time jump, but here instead of being a handful of years, some centuries have passed from the ending of the third book, Children of Dune. Centuries! This allows Herbert to focus on a … More God Emperor of Dune: Book Review
Men at Arms is the perfect sequel to Guards! Guards!, since it’s a reinterpretation of the same idea that allows Pratchett to better explore some of the concepts from the previous book, as well as introduce new ones. Once again, someone is trying to take power in Ankh-Morpork with an unconventional weapon based on the … More Men at Arms: Book Review
Everything looks interesting until you do it. Then you find it’s just another job. Moving Pictures is the tenth book of the Discworld and is normally cataloged among those of the industrial revolution even if, in my humble opinion, it’s more of a stand-alone book in which the Unseen University wizards play an important part. … More Moving Pictures: Book Review
Guards! Guards! is the first Discworld book I read. It was recommended to me by a couple of friends and I easily found in the Trinity College Dublin library where I was studying in late 2007. And this is just one of the reasons why this book has a special place in my heart. Some … More Guards! Guards!: Book Review
Fade In: From Idea to Final Draft – The Writing of Star Trek: Insurrection is a book written by Michael Piller and that Paramount has never allowed to be published (here’s its GoodReads page). Piller left this world in 2005 and TrekCore’s trekkies released a version of the book as an homage to Piller who … More Fade In: From Idea to Final Draft – The Writing of Star Trek: Insurrection (Book Review)
The Wee Free Men is a very important book in the Discworld saga. Despite being the thirtieth in chronological order, it starts a whole new cycle, although partially overlapping with that of the witches, as it introduces a new amazing protagonist: young Tiffany Aching. In this first story, Tiffany is nine years old. She’s an … More The Wee Free Men: Book Review
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