Comments on: REVIEW: Designated Targets by John Birmingham

By: Peter D. Tillman

Peter D. Tillman — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:17:51 +0000

Hmm, odd software.

Try #2 for URLS:

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_of_Time

My review, WoC:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345457129/

By: Peter D. Tillman

Peter D. Tillman — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:11:59 +0000

The AXIS OF TIME wikipedia article has a whole list of Tuckerized characters. I must say, I found these overcute and distracting. Otherwise, excellent book and I agree, an improvement over #1.

Happy reading–

Pete Tillman

My review of WEAPONS OF CHOICE:

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 06:03:50 +0000

He does have a blog, but sadly there appears to be no reference to Klausner there. His blog is http://birmo.journalspace.com.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 05:57:53 +0000

It is hard to know what Birmingham meant by including her – the character is very minor, and has little to say (I think two lines of dialog, one of which is the explative, ‘sup bitch’.) I’m also not so sure that she would mention it if she saw it – she might be embarrased to see the characters name, expecially if the character is unflattering (which the character isn’t, exactly.) I wonder if Birmingham has a blog?

By: John

John — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 05:23:34 +0000

(6) Don't get me started on Harriet Klausner. This was the book that Charles pointed out on this very blog that used her name. The supposition, which I agree with, is that this was a test to see if HK read the material she "reviews". Certainly, if your name appears in a book, you'd mention as much in your review, wouldn't you? Well, HK's 5-star (natch) review didn't even mention her own name. Maybe that's because it didn't appear on the dust jacket. :-@