Pandora’s Box: How Guts, Guile, and Greed Upended TV by Peter Biskind
Covers the rise HBO, Cable channels and Streamers since 1990. Lots of Gossip and corporate shuffles but not the best book on the subject. 3/5
Redshirts by John Scalzi
A Star Trek parody from the POV of five ensigns who realise something is very strange on their ship. Plot moves steadily and the humour and action mostly work. 3/5
The World Before Us: The New Science Behind Our Human Origins by Tom Higham
An account of the discover and lives of Neanderthals, Denisovans and others hominids who shared the earth with Homo sapiens in the last 300,000 years. 4/5
My Scoring System
- 5/5 = Brilliant, top 5 book of the year
- 4/5 = Above average, strongly recommend
- 3/5 = Average. in the middle 70% of books I read
- 2/5 = Disappointing
- 1/5 = Did not like at all
