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Book Review: 'Collision of Dimensions' by M.V. Ravi Shanker

Book Review: ‘Collision of Dimensions’ by M.V. Ravi Shanker

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9789381576724 Pages: 530 Price: 345.0 M.V. Ravi Shanker has managed to shake off any doubts I may have had about Indian authors. Yes, every second book that you will see on the street nowadays is infallibly the story of some starry eyed college student who managed to fall in love...
Book(s) Review/Discussion: 'Caliban Trilogy' (Isaac Asimov’s) by Roger McBride Allen

Book(s) Review/Discussion: ‘Caliban Trilogy’ (Isaac Asimov’s) by Roger McBride Allen

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780441090792(Isaac Asimov’s Caliban) ISBN: 9783404242184(Isaac Asimov’s Inferno) ISBN: 9780441004713(Isaac Asimov’s Utopia) Science fiction, at its heart, is one of the easiest and the most difficult genres to write for. Easiest because you have complete freedom with what you want to create, as long as what you create can be fathomed...
Book Review: 'Skid Marks of Logic' by Divya Diana Dias

Book Review: ‘Skid Marks of Logic’ by Divya Diana Dias

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9789381576670 Pages: 208 Price: 175.0 Reading is as much a physical exercise as any other form you might prefer, but only if the author plays his, or in this case, her cards right. Wordsworth, through his poem Daffodils, takes over your mind completely and almost transports you into that field,...
Book Review: 'An Idiot, Placement and IntervYOU' by Toffee

Book Review: ‘An Idiot, Placement and IntervYOU’ by Toffee

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9789380942872 Pages: 189 Price: 195.0 I have expressed my disdain of engineers writing books with just “money” on their minds earlier (refer to the review of Love Cocktail). Today, I am glad to say that I have been proven wrong on some counts. This book is an honest effort on...
Book Review: 'Want to Stay Alive?' by James Hadley Chase

Book Review: ‘Want to Stay Alive?’ by James Hadley Chase

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780586038505 Pages: 159 Price: 75.0 Rene Brabazon Raymond might not be much of a name, but you have to hand it to this man. He single-handedly set the bar for thriller writing, and also for being awesome. With 90 titles under his moniker of James Hadley Chase, each of them...
Book Review: 'The Other Woman - 16 Tales of Love and Deception' edited by Monica Das

Book Review: ‘The Other Woman – 16 Tales of Love and Deception’ edited by Monica Das

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9788172238605 Pages: 320 Price: Rs.250 There are books you can’t put down. This one isn’t one of them, though it’s not that bad. ‘The Other Woman’ is an anthology of stories which cannot be read in one go simply because each story need time to sink in. Like fine wine, you have...
Book Review: 'The Asocial Networking' by Dhiraj Kumar

Book Review: ‘The Asocial Networking’ by Dhiraj Kumar

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9789381115879 Pages: 320 Price: 195.0 So what do you hate something deeply? It might be an idea, a person, the government or even the aliens who tried to abduct you in your sleep. Do you ignore that inner voice or do you fuel the fire? Dhiraj Kumar chose the latter...
Book Review: 'Love Destiny…and those two days' by Murlidhar Srivastava

Book Review: ‘Love Destiny…and those two days’ by Murlidhar Srivastava

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9788183520218 Pages: 206 Price: 125.0 You should never judge a book by its cover. Especially not one that looks like a cross between The Incredible Hulk and 1942 – A Love Story. Not to forget, the overly cheesy title. Well, that said, those were the only things I had against...
Book Review: 'Love Cocktail' by Upendra Sahani

Book Review: ‘Love Cocktail’ by Upendra Sahani

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9789381511886 Pages: 248 Price: 149.0 I have a very definitive classification of authors: there are good ones, there are bad ones and then there are engineers. Following the trend after a certain Mr. Bhagat (CB) struck gold by reminiscing about his college, Mr Sahani, too, offers nothing of substance in...