Strakul reviewed The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)
Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure …
Review of 'The Hunger Games' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Very engaging; a fun and quick read.
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Strakul rated Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, #3): 3 stars
Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, #3) by Frank Herbert
The science fiction masterpiece continues in the "major event,"( Los Angeles Times) Children of Dune. With millions of copies sold …
Prey by Michael Crichton
In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles -- micro-robots -- has escaped from …
Strakul rated 2001: A Space Odyssey: 4 stars
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man ventures to the …
Sphere by Michaël Crichton, Michael Crichton
A group of American scientists are rushed to a huge vessel that has been discovered resting on the ocean floor …
Strakul rated The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress: 4 stars
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
It is the late 21st Century and the Moon has been colonized -- as a giant, open, prison. Every aspect …
Strakul rated The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: 3 stars
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy …
Strakul rated Caves of Steel (The Isaac Asimov Collection Edition): 3 stars
Caves of Steel (The Isaac Asimov Collection Edition) by Isaac Asimov
"A Del Rey book."
It was bad enough when Lije Baley, a simple plainclothes cop, was ordered to solve a …
Strakul rated Foundation's Edge: 2 stars
Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov (The Foundation Novels, #4)
Foundation's Edge (1982) is a science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov, the fourth book in the Foundation Series. …
Timeline by Michael Crichton
In an Arizona desert a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he …
Strakul rated Ender's Shadow (Ender's Shadow, #1): 3 stars
Ender's Shadow (Ender's Shadow, #1) by Orson Scott Card
When Bean is sent to Battle School, he is constantly compared to the great Ender Wiggin, but Bean knows things …
Strakul rated Speaker for the Dead: 3 stars
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (Ender (2))
Ender Wiggin, the hero and scapegoat of mass alien destruction in Ender's Game, receives a chance at redemption in this …
Strakul rated The Forever War: 3 stars
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
"The legendary novel of extraterrestrial war in an uncaring universe comes to comics, in a stunningly realized vision of Joe …
Strakul reviewed Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera) by Jim Butcher (Codex Alera (1))
For a thousand years, the people of Alera have united against the aggressive and threatening …
Review of 'Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera)' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Started up a bit slow, but picked up speed and ended very nicely. I'll have to grab the other books in the series.
Strakul rated God Emperor of Dune (Dune Chronicles #4): 3 stars
God Emperor of Dune (Dune Chronicles #4) by Frank Herbert (Dune (4))
God Emperor of Dune is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert published in 1981, the fourth in his Dune …