Reviews and Comments

I clicked on this in error looking for the next Colin Dexter book with Libby. It has a forward from him so that links it to him. Anyway I tried it and stayed up till one reading it last night. And finished this afternoon. It's authors are Swedish and set mostly in Stockholm in the 60's. With a dry sense of humor and and characters that might be mildly not so likable. I'll have to find others now.

Having stayed there for a few nights last month and having a very knowledgeable guide helping us around Istanbul just have to read this.

I liked this book. Gave a nice view of Soviet and US subs in the 60's with an emphasis on US snooping near the Soviet sub base. And the differences in tech.

Well that was just as much fun to read as the first time.

Reading again and I wish I could remember now what's making me do this.

Another head spinner for me until the end. But in a good way. Even remembering the times it's set in i'm still not sure I like Morse all that much.

I tried this because of Murderbot and that it’s highly regarded. As I’m getting started I’m wondering when I give up on it. Was hard to get into and the current and past chapters were confusing.
I believe this is almost all on me and not the book. But, by the end I was enjoying it and wanted more . So well done.

2nd book in the series and I now have a grip on who’s who and not getting messed up from the tv shows. This had my head spinning with the leads, false leads and such. Quite liked this. Still having to remember to think like the mid 70’s time period it was written and set in.

Needed / wanted something fun to read on a long plane ride yesterday. Decided to reread this and was just as happy this time through as the first time. I’m sure others were wondering what I was chuckling about. I loved how the story arc that ended with the third coda ended.

Grabbed this from the library on a whim, having enjoyed the tv series. And here a bit of research would have helped with visualizing the characters. Colin Dexter’s books are what the tv show Inspector Morse came from. Spin off Lewis came later. I was envisioning characters from Lewis here and it didn’t add up.
Plus this story is set in the 1970’s when it was written. Should have looked harder before starting All that said I liked this book and how it played out. Definitely a recommend.

Starting in 1939 with the story "Robbie" and going through the 50's and beyond this volume is robots and more robots.
Most have the 40's-50's feel and sound. Takes a bit to get used to but that caused me many smiles. There was a group of stories featuring two robot testers Powell and Donovan. I pictured them as a mid century comedy duo. Good times. Next was 10 stories featuring Susan Calvin The Robot Psyco whatever for US Robots. And of course the only woman is a sea of men. So I pictured my Mother as her. Which doesn't help anyone reading this but now it's official. These were the real highlight stories for me, the favorite being Feminine Intuition. Anyway 5 Stars for sure.

Immensely enjoyed this book. want to think about this a bit before trying to write a coherent review.