Articles by wfzimmerman's reviews from LibraryThing

wfzimmerman's review: "I was absolutely ecstatic to receive this from PublicAffairs!"
PublicAffairs (2008), Hardcover, 656 pages

wfzimmerman's review: "Would we all care as much about the First World War if it hadn't ended on 11/11 at 11:11?"
PublicAffairs (2008), Hardcover, 320 pages

wfzimmerman's review: "One of the best and deepest science fiction novels, ever. On the same level as GODEL, ESCHER, BACH."
William Morrow (2008), Hardcover, 960 pages

wfzimmerman's review: "I couldn't get through this Crichton medical mystery. The pre-Roe abortion theme was remarkably dated (esp. for Crichton) and the protagonist was not very appealing."
New York, World Pub. Co. [1968]

wfzimmerman's review: "A treasured book read many, many times to Kelsey. Parker, alas, has not been a Babar guy. A must purchase for any parent, well worth the investment in exposing children to wonderful art."
New York : Random House, c1981.
tags: Babar, elephants, children's literature

wfzimmerman's review: " The setting and SFnal ideas are fascinating, but I am having trouble getting into the steampunk, which occupies vast swathes of the plot. I wish he would write a good old fashioned space opera without any "aborigines"."
New York : Tor, 2008.

wfzimmerman's review: "Picked this up in Charlevoix and read it the same day. I had read it ages ago (probably in the 70's), but fortunately had forgotten enough of the plot that I was completely surprised by the twists and turns. Still an outstandingly original take and must read on the "stolen nuclear bomb" theme."
Panther (1977), Edition: New Ed, Paperback, 224 pages

wfzimmerman's review: "This went immediately to a place of honor on a bookshelf at home. Simply the best movie guide. Our only gripe about Maltin is that he has a bit of a tendency to overvalue action packers and undervalue "weepers"--his 3 1/2 star weeper is usually our 4-star."
Signet (2008), Paperback, 1664 pages

wfzimmerman's review: "Outstanding and definitive--it was sufficiently inspiring to get me to do a long-postponed optimization of my website. I love the way the author mixes quantified tidbits about reader behavior on the web with practical marketing. Must read if you do any of your own website optimization, or if you employ anyone to do it for you."
O'Reilly Media, Inc. (2008), Paperback, 394 pages
tags: computers, web, WWW

wfzimmerman's review: "Still the best book on the topic, and unlikely ever to be surpassed."
Harper & Row