Tristan MacAvery (Improvbear)'s Activity

Quick Tip of Going Rogue: An American Life, "I probably oughtn't rate it, since I couldn't finish it. However, that's my review: I just couldn't ..." was complimented.   January 31, 2011

review of The Time Machine (book), "Utopia into Dystopia: The Future of The Time Machine" was complimented.   January 29, 2011

Quick Tip of Terry Pratchett, "Even if you don't read every book in the series, you'll get chuckles from any book you read!" was complimented.   August 13, 2010

Quick Tip of The Big Sleep, "One of the greatest of the "gumshoe" detective stories of the 30s." was complimented.   July 31, 2010

Quick Tip of The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower, "Good, but so relentlessly apocalyptic as to make it difficult to wade through. A well-told tale of f ..." was complimented.   July 31, 2010

posted the Quick Tip, "One of the greatest of the "gumshoe" detective stories of the 30s.", on the topic The Big Sleep.   July 30, 2010

rated The Big Sleep a 5.0.   July 30, 2010

posted the Quick Tip, "Good, but so relentlessly apocalyptic as to make it difficult to wade through. A well-told tale of f ...", on the topic The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower.   July 30, 2010

rated The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower a 1.0.   July 30, 2010

posted the Quick Tip, "Alas, the film didn't do it justice. This book will suck you in, just trying to make sense of they c ...", on the topic Ghost Story (book).   July 30, 2010

rated Ghost Story (book) a 5.0.   July 30, 2010

posted the Quick Tip, "Some of King's better short stories in this one! Includes "Jerusalem's Lot," the original short that ...", on the topic Night Shift.   July 30, 2010

rated Night Shift a 4.0.   July 30, 2010

posted the Quick Tip, "Good, solid King tale. Sometimes more gross than creepy, but overall good.", on the topic Pet Sematary (book).   July 30, 2010

rated Pet Sematary (book) a 3.0.   July 30, 2010

posted the Quick Tip, "Written like a "discovered manuscript," providing an exceptional ethnography of the time. Crichton r ...", on the topic The 13th Warrior (book).   July 30, 2010

rated The 13th Warrior (book) a 3.0.   July 30, 2010

review of Siddhartha (novel), "How the Buddha Came to Be: Siddhartha and the Path to Enlightenment" was complimented.   July 14, 2010

Quick Tip of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter Book 1), "One of the most perfect series-starters ever written; also works well if you never pursue the rest o ..." was complimented.   July 09, 2010

Quick Tip of The War Of The Worlds, "A classic of its time, and still fascinating today. Valuable as a straight adventure story, it's als ..." was complimented.   July 09, 2010

Quick Tip of Refuse to Choose, "Remarkably helpful for those of us who find ourselves attracted to 'too many" things. In a society s ..." was complimented.   July 09, 2010

Quick Tip of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships, "Gray makes excellent points that bear up under scrutiny and in practice. Perhaps not the be-all and ..." was complimented.   July 09, 2010

Quick Tip of Stranger in a Strange Land, "Every person searching for himself would get a lot of help from this book. Imagine being a human on ..." was complimented.   July 08, 2010

review of Animal Farm, "Steps Leading to Hell: Animal Farm's Description of Good Intentions" was complimented.   July 07, 2010

review of Siddhartha (novel), "How the Buddha Came to Be: Siddhartha and the Path to Enlightenment" was complimented.   July 06, 2010

review of The Man Who Folded Himself, ""Time Travel for Dummies"? Not exactly..." was complimented.   July 05, 2010

rated The Man Who Folded Himself a 5.0 while posting the review:   July 04, 2010

"Time Travel for Dummies"? Not exactly.. …
My first exposure to David Gerrold was on the original Star Trek series; he's the guy who wrote "The Trouble With Tribbles." The first …

posted the Quick Tip, "A fascinating philosophical treatise on a very simple way to live one's life. This is a book to be r ...", on the topic The Four Agreements.   July 04, 2010

rated The Four Agreements a 5.0.   July 04, 2010

posted the Quick Tip, "Easily absorbed wisdom of the ages, told in an amusing, mentally stimulating tale of a reluctant, mo ...", on the topic Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah.   July 04, 2010