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 22
Lots of fiction series in this one. Includes Grunt, 1177 B.C., Louder Than Hell, Smarter Faster Better, The Hanging Tree, Death’s End, Chains of Command, and Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?.
Malazan Book of the Fallen
Hey kids, you like epic fantasy? ’Cause I've got some epic fantasy for you.
Review: Kindle Oasis
The Oasis is Amazon’s best e-ink reader to date, but it’s not good enough for the price.
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.
Thoughts on the 2016 Prius v after a road trip
After a 1,000 mile road trip in his new Prius, Nic has thoughts and gripes.
Review: Spectre
A long-time Bond fan looks at the latest installment in the series and has thoughts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Death Traps and Fury
Fury is a relentlessly grim World War II movie, and as the source autobiography Death Traps makes clear, it should be.
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.
The Kindle Voyage is a solid update with an achilles heel
Should you upgrade to Amazon’s latest e-ink reader? Nic gives it a reluctant and somewhat perplexed nod.
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.
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.
Movie roundup, part 22
Movie time, kids! Includes an excellent documentary and a lot of not-great movies. Includes Sorcerer, Generation Iron, Restrepo, The Numbers Station, Pacific Rim and 300: Rise of an Empire.
Review: The Pet Shop Boys Electric tour hits Phoenix
Hey, you like lasers? We have lasers!
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.