Books Review

Harry Potter series written for kids by J K Rowling is an extremely interesting story line. Rivaled by the Lord of the Rings in terms of exotic imagery and thrill. The following Harry Potter Series of seven high quality novels. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone / Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows All these novels are well written and the plot keeps thickening but the pinnacle of the novel comes in Half-Blood Prince. That is probably the best novel of the whole series. The reason being the fact that the whole story line takes twists at every instance in the novel but more importantly due to the dominant role played by Severus Snape in this novel. The best character after that of Harry Potter is Severus Snape. The character development by J K ...

Issac Asimov’s 1956 “The Dead Past”[1] is a good story by the fabulous story teller. In this story he deals with the issue of forgetting the past. In my opinion forgetting the past is probably the biggest gift of god to mankind. Let me quote the story “... who on Earth has a past that is absolutely clean?” The clean past also needs to be dead. Asimov also focuses on other issues but the forgetting the past is the primary one. The story was written in an age when physics was blossoming and it shows while reading it. The only thing that made one realize it was old story was the fact that Asimov failed to foresee the advent of internet. Not that one expected him to foresee it but that is something which is in the back of one’s mind while reading it still but it fails to diminish the thrill. The advent of information technology in the current form and the medium of information access has changed a lot. One other thing that is problematic while reading the novels by Issac Asimov is the m...

A nice book by Dan Brown. Digital Fortress, as the name implies is about a fortress in digital domain. A nice plot with an uneasy climax but the trade mark powerful narration of Dan Brown makes it a pleasure to read. Digital Fortress bring to fore how Dan Brown researches the story and its background. If I add anything else it would simply add spoiling the fun of reading the novel.

I read Dan Brown's Deception Point . Dan Brown's style carries over to this book and like always the plot is thick and the villain is kept secret right till the end. Deception Point relates to the NASA's funding cut. NASA is about to release some profound research which will not only be able to let it keep its funding but also have wide scale repercussions for all of humanity.