Category Archives for Review
Reviews of products and books for the future by Shlok Vaidya.
My Kingdom For Annotation
Here‘s a roundup of iPad e-reading software. Common theme? Nonexistent or really crappy annotation. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Review: Tokyo Zero
Aum Shinrikyo On a whim, I gave this book a shot. I thoroughly enjoyed it. In contrast to the last book I reviewed, it’s a thinking fast paced book. Best of all, it raises the bar for independently published fiction. … Continue reading
Review: Supervirus
I read a book last night called Supervirus by Andrew Mitchell. Basically, it reads like a skin-deep version of Daemon. But that’s OK. Basically, cliche characters jet around trying to find the world’s smartest hacker, then stumble into a Jurassic … Continue reading
Review: Slouching Towards Dystopia
Read through Matt Carr essay titled Slouching Towards Dystopia: The New Military Futurism. It’s a mildly interesting mixed bag. His thesis is that this kind of futurism is a self-fulfilling prophecy. While he critique of the over-the-top stuff coming out … Continue reading
Review: Senator’s Son
Luke’s written a book that takes the nitty gritty 120-degrees-in-the-shade battle rattle and ties it into the strategic picture. It should be mandatory for every ROTC cadidiot everywhere. It’s the first COIN novel (in the way you can’t take a … Continue reading