Kubrick: An Odyssey by Robert P Kolker & Nathan Abrams
A fairly straightforward telling of Kubrick’s life and films. Well researched and interesting. 3/5
Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War by Jeff Shesol
The early days of US manned spaceflight centered around the story of John Glenn and to a lesser extent JFK. Interesting with a good hook. 4/5
Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers by Jason M Barr
A continent-by-continent tour of the history of Skyscrapers. Good coverage of developers, governments and economics. 3/5
Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s Coming of Age by Leslie Berlin
The stories of seven important but lesser known pioneers in personal computing, video games, advanced semiconductor logic, modern venture capital, and biotechnology during the 1960s-1980s. 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
