© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-quasar Recent reviews written by member quasar en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_490907405956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - Some of the older folks in Outpost 12 remember the days when food was plentiful, when there were trains and television and computers, when people could travel and the world consisted of more than an army garrison, a high wall, and a small group of locals... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490907405956 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:36:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490907405956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489908768388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - Atomic America is a book that can't decide what story it wants to tell. Part of the time it focuses on the only directly fatal nuclear accident on American soil. Part of the time it's a biography of Admiral Hyman Rickover. Part of the time it's a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489908768388 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:41:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489908768388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489545043588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - I was never a huge Bruce Springsteen fan, although I did enjoy a few of his songs when I was a child and he was in his prime. I was curious about his Pete Seeger tribute album when it came out a few years ago, but I found it disappointing. Then I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489545043588 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:22:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489545043588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488910261892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - After a radio signal indicates the presence of intelligent life around Proxima Centauri, the star closest to our Sun, an intrepid group of explorers sets out from Earth as emissaries to the unknown civilization. Even at fast speeds, the trip takes many... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488910261892 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:02:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488910261892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488296844932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - I'm not a huge fan of corn chips, but every once in a while I get a craving for them. I picked up a package of Fritos Scoops! corn chips the last time this happened. Billed as corn chips designed to scoop and hold various dips, the chips use the same... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488296844932 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:21:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488296844932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485143318148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is called to Washington, D.C. to give a lecture at the Capitol Building, but when he arrives at the indicated location it's empty. There are no chairs, no lecturn, and no people. Things are not so empty in the nearby... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485143318148 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:04:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485143318148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484271820420?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour starts with a sketch where the show's writers pass a script down the line, each tearing out a page while shaking his head and laughing uproariously. The last writer looks up... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484271820420 Tue, 8 Sep 2009 21:20:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484271820420?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483655782020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - I love seeing how things work. Whether it's taking something apart and putting it back together again or visiting a factory and seeing how commercial items are made, I find the process fascinating. When I stumbled on Watch It Made in the U.S.A.: A... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483655782020 Thu, 3 Sep 2009 15:44:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483655782020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483381579396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - When I think of Frank Loesser I think of Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying but I don't really know anything else about the man or his work. I decided to remedy that when I stumbled on a copy of Heart and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483381579396 Tue, 1 Sep 2009 10:06:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483381579396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_479346986628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - I don't think I've ever found a book both abhorrent and engaging before I read Shannon Hale's novel The Actor and the Housewife. The main problem: Shannon Hale obviously believes that men and women cannot be friends and that everyone else in the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~479346986628 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:26:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_479346986628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_479200644740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - My Dynex mouse died after about 10 months of solid use. I fought against it, even to the point that I considered that USB had stopped working on my laptop, but the evidence was clear. It was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~479200644740 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:10:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_479200644740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478948920964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - Lyn is the daughter of seven gladiators. Now 18, her mother wants her to attend gladiator wife college and marry into the life. Lyn doesn't want to go. She'd rather work on her history of the gladiator movement, take care of her sensory-challenged little... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478948920964 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:38:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478948920964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478849699460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - I'm not much of a gum user, but several of my dentists have tried to get me to regularly chew sugar free gum over the years and every so often I try to be good and give it a shot. I've discovered that, in general, my favorite gums are cinnamon flavored... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478849699460 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:22:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478849699460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478627991172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - Jack Prelutsky creates aliens galore All sorts of creatures are in store For anyone who opens up the book The Swamps of Sleethe to take a look. From ice and snow to fire and flame, You'll find forest and plants, beasts to tame, Slime and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478627991172 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:38:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478627991172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478000746116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - Emma's dad chases UFOs for a living. Elizabeth's mother is a jeweler. Aidan's mom drives on the NASCAR circuit. It seems like everyone in Mrs. Feeny's class has at least one parent with an interesting job. When the girl got up and told everyone that she... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478000746116 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:09:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478000746116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477114437252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - Generation ships and hollowed out asteroids as starships have both been common in science fiction for years. "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" combines both elements into a single story that is at once cohesive, true to the genre, and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477114437252 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:04:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477114437252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472340598404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - I wanted to like Wonder Woman the first time I encountered her. After all, she was a big, strong, athletic woman and I was a big, strong, athletic girl. Okay, so I didn't have the magic lasso and bra of steel, but it seemed like I should have some sense... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472340598404 Sun, 31 May 2009 17:58:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472340598404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472318578308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - I've been intrigued by the idea of Crayola Twistables crayons since the first time I saw a set, but they were expensive and I didn't really need them, so I resisted the urge to try them out. I recently stumbled on a smaller package of 8 mini twistable... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472318578308 Sun, 31 May 2009 13:15:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472318578308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472297344644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - In theory, software improves as it iterates through new versions. Features are added, bugs are fixed, and the user experience is better. Sadly, this is not always the case in practice. In particular, I've noticed that every time I download a new version... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472297344644 Sun, 31 May 2009 09:23:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472297344644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472216407684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - Whether you first met him in a comic book or watching a Saturday morning cartoon or in the movies or on live action television, nearly everyone has experienced the world of Superman. Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman recounts the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472216407684 Sat, 30 May 2009 14:33:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472216407684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471238348420?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - On June 12, 1940 on bicycles they assembled themselves from spare parts purchased for a small fortune, Hans Reyersbach and his wife Margarete left Paris in a desperate attempt to escape before the Nazis overran the city. German Jews with Brazilian... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471238348420 Thu, 21 May 2009 22:23:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471238348420?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470866890372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - In his 2005 album Waves, Eric Andersen covers a wide variety of folk classics as well as presenting a handful of new versions of his own songs and one entirely new song. He sings them slowly in a voice that has mellowed and deeped a bit with age,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470866890372 Mon, 18 May 2009 16:54:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470866890372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470753578628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - In his book The Periodic Table: Elements with Style, Adrian Dingle takes the known chemical elements (organized by group) and gives each a personality designed to illustrate some of the uses and properties of the element. Boiled down to two or... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470753578628 Sun, 17 May 2009 17:36:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470753578628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470615625348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - It's always hard to watch or read a sequel to something you loved, to go see a film adaptation of a favorite book, to wonder how they'll screw things up all the while hoping against hope that they'll get things right and make something worthy of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470615625348 Sat, 16 May 2009 14:48:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470615625348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470183415428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author quasar - Catherine Asaro's Skolian Empire Saga is primarily a mix of political space opera and military science fiction. Every so often, though, she writes a lighter installment which, while not entirely ignoring the wider realities of her world, is more focused... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470183415428 Tue, 12 May 2009 20:07:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470183415428?linkin_id=8003929