Failures in Polymathy

– Personal ramblings, thinly veiled as thoughts on what I read

Jumping into a novel in the middle of a series is never a great idea.

While the story was interesting enough, the humor failed to deliver.

A book that is a rehash of a TV show could be disappointing, unless it is a really good TV show.

The Portable Curmudgeon is a book of vignettes held together by the slightest of threads

Umberto Eco’s ‘How to travel with a Salmon’ and other essays show a different side of him – well, to most of us.

I was initially concerned that, not knowing anything about Star Trek, much of the point of this book would be lost. That wasn’t the case.