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The Core Dump

The Core Dump is the personal blog of Nic Lindh, a Swedish-American pixel-pusher living in Phoenix, Arizona.

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    Book roundup, part 21

    This installment features grimdark fantasy, peppy astronauts and the Roman Empire. Includes SPQR, And On That Bombshell, The Code Book, Schiit Happened, Beyond Redemption, The Severed Streets, The Martian and Veiled.

    Monday, February 15, 2016

    Review: ELAC B6 bookshelf speakers

    A great value for your sound system.

    Wednesday, December 09, 2015

    Book roundup, part 20

    Includes The Antidote, One Nation, Under Gods, Losing the Signal, The Todd Glass Situation, The Last Policeman, The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, Beacon 23, Killing Pretty and Queen of Fire.

    Sunday, October 18, 2015

    Book roundup, part 19

    Lots of fantasy and sci-fi in this installment plus a book about sports! Includes Boy on Ice, Difficult Men, Restaurant Man, The Red Line, Cunning Plans, Seveneves, Nemesis Games, Bitter Seeds, The Mechanical, Angles of Attack, and City of Stairs.

    Monday, June 22, 2015

    Book roundup, part 18

    Nic is sad about Terry Pratchett's passing. Includes No Land’s Man, Idiot America, Something Coming Through, The Burning Room, Foxglove Summer, and The Dark Defiles.

    Saturday, April 11, 2015

    BlueBuds X and Jabra Revo Bluetooth headsets review

    Bluetooth headsets are maturing rapidly and these are both good in their own ways and for different purposes.

    Saturday, March 14, 2015

    Book roundup, part 17

    Things go dark and magical in this installment. Includes So, Anyway…, Yes Please, The Mirror Empire, London Falling, Broken Homes, Perfidia, The Peripheral, Burning Chrome, and the Bel Dame Apocrypha Omnibus.

    Saturday, December 27, 2014

    Book roundup, part 16

    Lots of good reads in this installment. Includes All Hell Let Loose, Metallica: This Monster Lives, 10% Happier, Onward, Echopraxia, Cibola Burn, The Getaway God, Lock In, The Red: First Light, Terms of Enlistment, and Lines of Departure.

    Sunday, October 05, 2014

    Book roundup, part 15

    Solid reads abound in this installment of the roundup. Includes Console Wars, Your Inner Fish, Flash Boys, Digital Wars, The Perfect Storm, Tower Lord, By Blood We Live, I am Pilgrim and Lexicon.

    Sunday, July 20, 2014

    Review: The Pet Shop Boys Electric tour hits Phoenix

    Hey, you like lasers? We have lasers!

    Saturday, April 19, 2014

    Book roundup, part 14

    Some great reads and a huge disappointment in this installment. Includes The Loudest Voice in the Room, Hatching Twitter, Dogfight, Ancillary Justice, KOP Killer, The Circle, Working God’s Mischief and Where Eagles Dare.

    Sunday, April 06, 2014

    Book roundup, part 13

    Some solid reading awaits you in this installment. Includes The Outpost, Masters of Doom, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, The Everything Store, Bomber Command, Gods of Guilt, and Low Town.

    Friday, December 13, 2013

    Book roundup, part twelve

    A slimmer-than-usual book roundup is heavy on the non-fiction, including several must-read titles.

    Friday, August 16, 2013

    Book roundup, part eleven

    Another book roundup, including some stellar athletes and soldiers, what might be the most jaded, soul-weary protagonist ever, and some grimdark fantasy.

    Sunday, May 19, 2013

    Book roundup, part ten

    The Core Dump is back! Books were read during the hiatus. Includes The Coldest Winter, Oh, Myyy!, Tough Sh*t, The Revolution Was Televised, The Rook, Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore, Gun Machine, Fortress Frontier, Standing in Another Man’s Grave, and The Memory of Light.

    Tuesday, February 26, 2013

    Book roundup, part nine

    From a true patriot to a world-weary detective, a dead god, and a civilization about to sublime from the galaxy, this book roundup spans the gamut. Includes Where Men Win Glory, Wild, Inside the Box, The Black Box, Three Parts Dead, Red Country, and The Hydrogen Sonata.

    Thursday, December 20, 2012

    Book roundup, part eight

    From the heights of athletic excellence to the depths of depravity, this roundup includes The First 20 Minutes, Double Cross, The Heroin Diaries, Tattoos and Tequila, Dodger, Farthing, and Devil Said Bang.

    Thursday, September 27, 2012

    Noises in my head: Four midrange headphones reviewed

    Nic reviews four sets of midrange headphones. They all meet with approval.

    Saturday, September 01, 2012

    Book roundup, part seven

    Includes Wabi-Sabi, Making Things Happen, D-Day, Tallula Rising, Blood Song, The Americans and Amped. All in all, a happy romp through the meadows of literature.

    Wednesday, August 01, 2012

    Book roundup, part six

    Includes Search Inside Yourself, The Information Diet, Redshirts, The Gone-Away World, Wool, Leviathan Wakes, and Prince of Thorns. One of these may very well change your life.

    Friday, June 22, 2012

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