Books I wish I'd thought of first... Book reviews by Ejner Fulsang (and some movies too) (Content last modified on Jan 03, 2007) |
| The Children of Men Copyright 2002 Lit SciFi Dystopia set somewhere in the near future of England. Humanity plagued by seemingly incurable sterility, yet the power-mad still thrive. |
| by Charles W. Henderson A Berkley Caliber Book Read my review on Amazon! 5 Stars |
| The Watermark Status: In revision Historical Fiction Ever wonder what the Internet was like, say, 700 years ago? |
| Goodnight Saigon Copyright 2005 Nonfiction Nonfiction Book of the Year American Society of Journalists and Authors Pulitzer Prize nomination The true story of the U.S. Marines last days in Vietnam. (PS: I wish I had his interview budget!) |
| by P.D. James Warner Books Read my review on Amazon! 3 Stars |
| Never Let Me Go Copyright 2005 Lit SciFi Set somewhere in the near future of England. Humans no longer worry about life-limiting diseases and they have Kathy H. and her Hailsham crew to thank for it. |
| by Dieter Dengler Presidio Press Read my review on Amazon! 5 Stars |
| Escape from Laos Copyright 1996 War Memoir Chronicles the capture, incarceration, and escape of Navy Skyraider pilot, Dieter Dengler, from Laos. |
| by Kazuo Ishiguro Knopf Read my review on Amazon! 5 Stars |
| by Robert Mason Penguin Read my review on Amazon! 5 Stars |
| Chickenhawk Copyright 2005 War Memoir An exceptionally honest-- and I mean no flinching-- self-portrayal of a warrant officer helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. |
| by Merlin Miller Black Knight Productions Read my review on Amazon! 5 Stars |
| Jericho Copyright 2001 Western An old fashioned western of surprisingly good quality given its budget constraints. An important company--birthplace of tomorrow's John Fords. |
| by Dr. John Guilmartin Texas A&M University Press Read my review on Amazon! 5 Stars |
| A Very Short War: The Mayaguez and the Battle of Koh Tang Copyright 1995 War Non-fiction Vivid account of the Mayaguez Incident with a focus on operational and intelligence failures. |
| by Ralph Wetterhahn Carroll & Graf Read my review on Amazon! 3 Stars |
| by John Irving Ballentine Books Read my review on Amazon! 4 Stars |
| A Widow for One Year Copyright 2004 Fiction A poignant love-story about a young man and an older woman. What began and ended in a fever with a torrid affair when the young man was a teenager was rekindled in old age. |
| The Last Battle: The Mayaguez Icident and the End of the Vietnam War Copyright 2001 War Non-fiction Vivid account of the Mayaguez Incident with a focus on the fate of the three men left behind: Joseph Hargrove, Danny Marshall, and Gary Hall. |
| by Clint Eastwood Malpaso/Amblin Entertainment Read my review on Amazon! 5 Stars |
| Flags of Our Fathers Copyright 2006 Creative non-fiction The facts behind the flag-raising at Iwo Jima. You won't like them but neither will you be able to deny them. |
| Atlas Shrugged Copyright 1999 Speculative Fiction As a novel venue for her philosophy, she won a lot of converts to Objectivism. Too bad those converts haven't read Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath or Quinn's Ishmael. They probably equate Enron's Jeffrey Skilling with Rand's Francisco d'Anconia. |
| by Elizabeth Holtzman Nation Books Read my review on Amazon! 5 Stars |
| by H.R. McMaster Harper Perennial Read my review on Amazon! 5 Stars |
| Dereliction of Duty Copyright 1997 Non-fiction Deceitful behavior from Kennedy, Johnson, and McNamara in the early years of the Vietnam War. |
| The Impeachment of George W. Bush Copyright 2006 Non-fiction Documentary treatment of the impeachment process as well as the high crimes and misdemeanors of George W. Bush. Written by a House Judiciary committee member from the Nixon impeachment. |
| by Orson Scott Card Tor Read my review on Amazon! 5 Stars |
| Empire Copyright 2006 Speculative Fiction Provocative account of an American civil war taking place ca 2005. Depicts a possible outcome of the ultra left and ultra right becoming so disenfranchised that a military coup is attempted. |