Good alternate history. The interaction of a new culture that take's a superior role in society is also explored along with a twist on the old Jack the Ripper story. The new Vampire culture is dominate where "warms" are not promoted on the police force and the elite Vampires refer to warms as "Sheep". Considering the culture changes sweeping London today this work might be banned in England should the authorities get wind of it.

NOT A CLASSIC! Maybe in the 1950's this was shocking or something. But the story of a spoiled, snotty rich kid on a weekend bender after failing out of the third or was it fourth prep school just was in no way thought provoking. Don't waste your time, read a true timeless classic , e.g. 1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Atlas Shrugged.

Timeless SF. Originally written in 1941 but uses the most advanced science of the day which to the average person still is new. And has a lack of anachronistic items.

Good detail on rebuilding the classic 4.0L motor. Very good pictures but I wish sometimes that arrows were added to point to the specific item(s) being written about. Don't have a Jeep yet but glad to have this book in the library.

Fantastic coffee table book with great pictures for the racer in your life. Plus there is actually a great story told of the early years of Trans-Am Racing written by someone who was there and has the "insider" view of many things. While my own racing career started 2 decades later the same cheating that is described in the book continued to the time I was involved in SCCA SpecRX7.
I'm still a fan of stock class racing so unlike the author I was saddened to see the Trans-Am move from Stock with safety equipment to full on race with little in common with the street.

Having read this while in the US Navy back in the mid 80s I still remember this as a great book that really captured military life. It was a page turner marathon read. But later Clancy books left me cold. The main character Jack Rayan(?) became a superman. Found better writers, but this first book was great.

A classic that probably should be read. Story of a man with awesome power who is corrupted quickly and completely.

Good book as far as it went. But it left the story unfinished and just saying to pick u in the next book "All Clear". Now I'm fine with sequels but to just stop mid story is really a sorry practice. I will make sure not to buy All Clear and reward this kind of behavior. And it's to bad really because the story had an interesting premise, historians from 2060 time travel back to observe the London Blitz in 1940. This gives a great way to give future facts in the first person.
So it would have been a 4 star but not when it's incomplete.

This book had great potential. First there is a fascinating method of correcting corruption in a representative republic through a democratic permanent recall vote. Next is the intersection of a plain citizen and an Angle, not a real Angle but the person who’s responsibility is to execute the results of the recall vote. Then the story does a flash back to the Angle’s early life. Then….well then that’s when the wheels fall off. The story is never tied up and we’re left hanging. Then a new story starts in the same universe. This story is complete, just not too interesting for me.

A quick read, nothing to deep. The ending got a little rushed and magical. This is the first Star Wars book I've read and it was interesting enough that I'll probably pick up another when nothing better catches my attention.

This book could easily have been 100 pages shorter and not lost a thing. But the strangest thing was the authors using what I would call the "God" voice to set all the scenes e.g. "Kate entered the room where there was a desk" instead of using first person voice to set the scene. Interesting enough to finish but very glad I found this book at a campground exchange.

First it has an interesting idea, a Vampire Congregation, like ComiCom or some TechCom. Hum, what are the Vamps going to be discussing? Left vs Right neck artery, can refrigerated blood every be a sweet and fresh? It does give the mind an opportunity to wander a bit. So I like the premise. Next was developing the characters and I think a pretty decent job was done on the main character and the secondary players. The story has an interesting and as far as I know an original Vampire origin story. I can say there was only one major flaw and it has to do with my own preconceptions. I’ve read a dozen or two vampire stories over the years and I know the basic “powers” and limitations of vampires. Call these the rules of the game. Sure one story may give or remove one power but it’s a basic and universal set of powers. In this story every vampire has differing powers. Some can be killed with an ordinary kitchen knife and the next can’t be killed at all. For me this is too easy. Story gets stuck, bam! new vamp with new power. But that said, it was an enjoyable read, I just had to forget my preconceived notions of what is a vampire , well at least beyond the only at night and blood sucking thing.

A turning point book for me. This is the first novel I did not complete and the first novel I threw away to save other from wasting their time.
I read this about 5 years ago and really don't remember many details but it boiled down some loser is wanding thru a hellish future world with no point or plot. Maybe the book developed some plot after 100 pages but it just was not worth the time.
Now if a book doesn't catch me in 50 pages, good bye. Too many great books to read. So in that respect Dhalgren did served a purpose.