Home
the site | the forum | the hamster
User login

Search
Google
Web Here

Recent comments

Who's online
There are currently 0 users and 3 guests online.

zen - books

The Cripple and his Talisman
Submitted by zen on Saturday, November 5, 2005 - 17:50 zen - books

zen's picture
The Cripple and His Talismans, is written by Anosh Irani, was released on 2005-04-15, is made by Algonquin Books, Usually ships in 24 hours. The list price is around US$22.95. (*The prices are subject to change) Street price is around $18.36.

I still haven't finished this book yet. But I think the writer is brilliant. It's funny and intriguing.

Not many books nowadays has this kind of depths.

In Canada, it costs about CDN$18.82 in Amazon.ca
In UK, it sells for £11.54

[ login or register to post comments | 75 reads ]

Animal Farm and 1984
Submitted by Reviewer (not verified) on Thursday, November 3, 2005 - 17:00 zen - books

Reviewer's picture
Animal Farm and 1984, is written by George Orwell, was released on 2003-06-01, is made by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Usually ships in 24 hours. The list price is around US$24.00. (*The prices are subject to change) Street price is around $15.60.
This is a handsome republication of Orwell's two most renowned works, Animal Farm and 1984. Even if you're just looking for 1984, this edition is to be commended; it comes with a fine introduction by today's leading Orwell enthusiast, Christopher Hitchens, and the reward of including Animal Farm requires very little in the way of additional effort or expense on your part. At 80-odd pages, you may as well pick it up in the same volume, and you're virtually certain to be glad that you did.

I'm not alone in being of a generation that was first required to read Orwell in my student days (Middle School, in my case.) It seems that there was a lot of literature churned out then, accessible to if not directly aimed at children, with the horrors of totalitarianism as its theme. In addition to reading Orwell, we were also reading Huxley, Bradbury, and Verne -- the youth-oriented John Christopher books being yet another example. The generation that lived through Nazism and Stalinism clearly wanted the...
In Canada, it costs about CDN$18.03 in Amazon.ca
And it's available in Amazon UK, but I'm not sure about the price.

[ login or register to post comments | 63 reads ]

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Submitted by Reviewer (not verified) on Tuesday, November 1, 2005 - 17:00 zen - books

Reviewer's picture
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is written by Douglas Adams, was released on 2002-04-30, is made by Del Rey, Usually ships in 24 hours. The list price is around US$20.00. (*The prices are subject to change) Street price is around $13.60.
I realize I'm probably one of the last people on the planet to discover this wonderful book, but I got to sing its praises, too. One of the best books I've read in a long time, and fitting as I am also suddenly into Doctor Who, which is quite similar. The Earth is destroyed one horrible Thursday in order to build a hyperspatial express route, and Arthur Dent and his friend Ford (who was stranded on Earth for fifteen years) start hitchhiking around the galaxy. Never have I read a book so clever and imaginative (dealing with the meaning of life pondered by mice, nuclear bombs turning into sperm whales, depressed robots and hyper-friendly computers) with such a clever and hilarious style (pokes great fun at our little species). Grade: A+
And it's available in Amazon UK, but I'm not sure about the price.

[ login or register to post comments | 57 reads ]

The Little Prince
Submitted by Reviewer (not verified) on Sunday, October 9, 2005 - 16:02 zen - books

Reviewer's picture
The Little Prince, was released on 2000-05-15, is made by Mariner Books, Usually ships in 24 hours. The list price is around US$10.00. (*The prices are subject to change) Street price is around $8.00.
And I love how I ordered it on a Friday and it arrived the following Monday! I feel very satisfied with the price and promptness of my order. I just hope my nephew is satisfied with receiving a book for his 9th birthday...
In Canada, it costs about CDN$12.95 in Amazon.ca
And it's available in Amazon UK, but I'm not sure about the price.

[ login or register to post comments | 85 reads ]

The Hobbit
Submitted by Reviewer (not verified) on Saturday, October 8, 2005 - 16:02 zen - books

Reviewer's picture
The Hobbit: 70th Anniversary Edition: or There and Back Again, is written by J.R.R. Tolkien, was released on 2001-08-20, is made by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, Usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks. (*The prices are subject to change) Street price is around $28.17.
"A classic. Some consider it a children's book, but it's certainly no more so than the Harry Potter series."
-- Glenn G. Thater, Author of 'Harbinger of Doom'
In Canada, it costs about CDN$23.07 in Amazon.ca
In UK, it sells for £11.19

[ login or register to post comments | 270 reads ]

His Dark Materials Trilogy 'Northern Lights', 'the Subtle Knife', 'the Amber Spyglass
Submitted by Reviewer (not verified) on Saturday, October 8, 2005 - 16:02 zen - books

Reviewer's picture
Northern Lights: WITH Subtle Knife AND Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials), is written by Philip Pullman, was released on 2001-11-16, is made by Scholastic Press. The list price is around US$51.65.
I found this triolgy to be very good, well written, and good characters. But at times, the story was long drawn out, pullman tried to gain suspense through complex details, but by the time he finishes a scene, its been stretched to the point that all the action leaks out. Overall, a very good book, but not excellent.
You can buy this in Amazon.com
In UK, it sells for £17.50

[ login or register to post comments | 55 reads ]

the site | the forum | the hamster

contact:
Copyright for each story belongs to the corresponding writer.