New Review: Alan Moore's The Watchmen
November 9, 2001 (6:20 PM) ( link )

ADDED a review for Alan Moore's The Watchmen (graphic novel), which I recently reread. This book is damned good. I think at some point I'll try to get back into From Hell.

I'm about a fifth of the way through Wittgenstein's Poker, which is interesting but not fascinating. The authors are doing a good job laying down the groundwork and the background for the battle between Wittgenstein and Popper, but it seems to be pretty ho-hum work: they give a few passages of description, then some quotations from interviews that they conducted with various people, and so on. I'll probably finish the book in a few days, and then I'll let you know what I thought.

You may have noticed I removed A Suitable Boy from the "Currently Reading" section. I just felt dishonest claiming that I was reading it when, in fact, I haven't even started. But, as I said, when I finish up a few key pieces of work (law school apps, fellowship essays) I'll sit down for a few hours and just plow through the first few chapters to see whether I should read it or return it.

UPDATE: My friend Pat Nichols emailed some comments on his opinion of Ender's Shadow. He also highly recommended that I read some of Robert Heinlein's books. I read some Heinlein as a kid, but I never really got into it. However, due to Pat's suggestion, I've put Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land and Starship Troopers on my Books I Plan to Read Page.

UPDATE 2: Yes! At last, a Google search on "steven wu book reviews" generates my page as its second link. I have only the vaguest idea of how Google does its searching, but this marks an important moment in this site's history.