February 26, 2008

wfzimmerman's review: "Disappointing -- a potted version of modern financial history. No unique sources or perspectives."
PublicAffairs (2008), Hardcover, 256 pages

wfzimmerman's review: "A Valentine's present from Cheryl, very much appreciated. I started with re-reading "Nightfall...""
Broadway (1990), Edition: 1st ed, Paperback, 624 pages

wfzimmerman's review: "I'm a few chapters into this and it is terrific so far. Big Smart Objects, astroarchaeology, credible science -- this is what SF is all about. I immediately rushed off to order his other book, [[Star Dragon]]]."
Tor Books (2008), Hardcover, 448 pages
tags: science fiction, sf

wfzimmerman's review: "I don't usually read books about baseball, but this is a pretty good one. I enjoyed learning why there are no left-handed catchers ..."
Plume (2008), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 352 pages
tags: baseball, sabermetrics

wfzimmerman's review: "State of the art stuff. A convincing meditation on what "matters" when all your material needs are met."
Orbit (2008), Hardcover, 608 pages

wfzimmerman's review: "An impressive debut novel. The multiplexing clones who are the protagonists are creepy at first, but at the end of the book there is a convincing explanation for their existence. One minor nit is that practically every character has a self-descriptive name (is there a word for that? autonym?) Ultimately, a tough-minded meditation on what might lead us to a Singularity and what might happen after it."
Tor Books (2008), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 320 pages
tags: science fiction, sf

Dear readers, I am pleased to welcome you to the Amazon detail page for BB-67 MONTANA, U.S. Navy Battleship: Why She Matters Today This is one of my favorites in the ever-growing Nimble Books list. The cover looks terrific--very realistic, just as if the Navy had really built the U.S.S. Montana! The interior of the book includes:

• pictures and information about the various design concepts that were explored
• the specifications of the final Montana design
• color pictures of a beautiful 1:700 scale model of Montana by Imre Somogyi
• a beautiful color painting of Montana by author and artist Wayne Scarpaci
• a picture of her never-built 1920's predecessor, BB-51 Montana
• an essay on "Why She Matters Today"; and
• a discussion of Senator Jon Tester's efforts to get the U.S. Navy to name a capital ship after his home state of Montana.

In short, this presents a unique package of art and text devoted exclusively to one of the most interesting hypothetical ships ever designed. I'm very happy to see that this book is selling well. I hope you enjoy it. Cordially yours, Fred Zimmerman Publisher, Nimble Books LLC P.S. if you are interested in reading other stuff about Montana, I recommend two major studies of U.S. battleships: U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman and Battleships: United States Battleships, 1935-1992 (Battleships) by Garzke. Both of these books rely on archival sources to give a highly technical history of the ten or twenty different designs that were considered for Montana. My book's different in that I tackle the issue of "why do we care about this today" head-on. [gallery=3]