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Iowa Class Battleships and Alaska Class Large Cruisers Conversion Projects 1942-1964: An Illustrated Technical Reference… by Wayne Scarpaci

wfzimmerman’s review: “A comprehensive treatment of a unique subject with beautiful paintings by the author / illustrator. I’m very proud of this title.”
Nimble Books LLC (2008), Paperback, 40 pages

Iowa Class Battleships and Alaska Class Large Cruisers Conversion Projects 1942-1964: An Illustrated Technical… by Wayne Scarpaci

wfzimmerman’s review: “A comprehensive treatment of a unique subject with beautiful paintings by the author / illustrator. I’m very proud of this title.”
Nimble Books LLC (2008), Paperback, 40 pages

NULL-A CONTINUUM (John C. Wright)

Rating: 5
Review of: Null-A continuum by Wright, John C. (John Charles), 1961-

An eagerly anticipated “sharecropping” sequel to Van Vogt's classic NULL-A. John C. Wright is the perfect choice.

House of Suns (Gollancz) by Alastair Reynolds

wfzimmerman’s review: “The latest in a series of consistently outstanding SF novels from Alastair Reynolds. I enjoyed this one a lot.”
Gollancz (2008), Hardcover, 480 pages
tags: sf, science fiction, space opera, hard sf

Climate Change 2007 – Mitigation of Climate Change: Working Group III contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of th… by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

wfzimmerman’s review: “Essential reading for anyone interested in climate change. I remain somewhat troubled by the IPCC’s pseudo-scientific assignment of numeric probabilities of confidence to their judgments.”
Cambridge University Press (2007), Edition: 1, Paperback, 862 pages

Climate Change 2007 – Mitigation of Climate Change: Working Group III contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of… by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

wfzimmerman’s review: “Essential reading for anyone interested in climate change. I remain somewhat troubled by the IPCC’s pseudo-scientific assignment of numeric probabilities of confidence to their judgments.”
Cambridge University Press (2007), Edition: 1, Paperback, 862 pages

Climate Change 2007 – Mitigation of Climate Change: Working Group III contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of… by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

wfzimmerman’s review: “Essential reading for anyone interested in climate change. I remain somewhat troubled by the IPCC’s pseudo-scientific assignment of numeric probabilities of confidence to their judgments.”
Cambridge University Press (2007), Edition: 1, Paperback, 862 pages

Mother of Storms by John Barnes

wfzimmerman’s review: “Absolutely the best from Barnes, who is, unfortunately, a rather inconsistent writer.”
Tor Books (1994), Hardcover, 432 pages

announcing IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIP AND ALASKA CLASS LARGE CRUISERS CONVERSION PROJECTS: An Illustrated Technical Reference by Wayne Scarpaci

Annoucing IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIP AND ALASKA CLASS LARGE CRUISERS CONVERSION PROJECTS: An Illustrated Technical Reference by Wayne Scarpaci. This beautifully illustrated book is the definitive and only book on its subject–a unique must-have for any battleship fan.

The book is available from Nimble Books via CreateSpace or via Amazon.com and will soon be available via Ingram (ISBN 1934840386).



Here are a few of the beautiful images included.


Science Fiction “must haves”: authors beginning with “A”

I am beginning a project of organizing my library and deciding what books to keep and what books I want to add.  I am working my way through things methodically, beginning with the science fiction section and authors beginning with “A”.  Here are my thoughts so far …

Adams, Douglas — there is a single-volume omnibus (is that redundant?) with his collected works.  that would be a nice readers’ copy to own.  Adams certainly had a huge influence on the history of SF … but not one of my personal favorites.  Does it need to be in my collection? I can always get it from the library.

Anderson, Poul — I have a volume of collected stories.  What I would like to have: a first of Tau Zero and (maybe) a complete run of the Flandry and van Rijn series.

Anthony, Piers — I’ll deal with his fantasy in a separate section.  In the meantime, there is an argument to be made for Macroscope.

Asimov, Isaac — the first unqualified “must” in this section.  I want the best possible editions of all the Foundation books.  The Robot books are a lower priority.  The End of Eternity might be higher than the Robot books.

Who else am I missing?   more tk …