© 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-sampo24 Recent reviews written by member sampo24 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_177756081796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - I've been reading Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth books for a little over three years or so. I've always considered the series to be an excellent read and enjoyed the fact that the plots were very character driven. This was not a typical fantasy that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~177756081796 Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:27:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_177756081796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_158542171780?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - My own personal quest to reach the end of the Dark Tower series may not have been quite as memorable as Roland's, but it certainly was a long, frustrating trip. I remember picking up The Gunslinger when I was in high school over fifteen years ago and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~158542171780 Sat, 16 Oct 2004 11:01:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_158542171780?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_124552384132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - I'm glad to know that my Netflix account is being put to good use to help me catch up with old Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) episodes I missed out on. And let me tell you, I am incredibly disappointed that it took me this long to experience... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~124552384132 Sun, 4 Jan 2004 17:36:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_124552384132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_114313563780?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - And not in a good way. Ladies and Gentlemen! I now present you with The Most Hateful Book to Ever Be Written! Yes, The Savage Nation, by Michael Savage. Think I'm kidding? If only I was... When ultraliberalism takes over the mind of a ci... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~114313563780 Wed, 1 Oct 2003 22:18:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_114313563780?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_113346121348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - This book, in case you haven't yet guessed, is not a policy prescription to cure what ails us. Rather, it's a catalog of what's gone wrong. A compendium of the many mistaken and wrongheaded economic decisions made by the Only President We Have... In... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~113346121348 Sun, 21 Sep 2003 13:23:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_113346121348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_104300187268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - You want to know why I love Chuck Palahniuk? I love Chuck Palahniuk because reading his books remin... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~104300187268 Sat, 12 Jul 2003 11:03:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_104300187268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_104185302660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - Matt Ruff's first novel written straight out of college, Fool on the Hill, has always been on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~104185302660 Wed, 25 Jun 2003 22:58:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_104185302660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_98849164932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - Not many things will entice me to buy a book full-price in a bookstore. However, the fact that this is a book titled Mike Nelson's Death Rat! certainly did help. After all, how can you not want to pick up something called Death Rat?... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~98849164932 Sat, 24 May 2003 10:11:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_98849164932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_94534471300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - "Not long ago I saw fifteen or more boys drilling. They assumed a military air, and went through the evolutions of trained soldiers. This was to teach them patriotism, but what incentive with our ideas of patriotism is there for the young man of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~94534471300 Tue, 1 Apr 2003 12:48:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_94534471300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_82242211460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - Bernard Cornwell is definitely a man's man and a man's writer. His tales of heroic deeds, men of honor, action and mystery are filled with nonstop fun. And his protagonists are always well drawn, believable and likeable, despite their own personal... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~82242211460 Tue, 10 Dec 2002 21:45:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_82242211460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_81189244548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - I'm pleading with all of my fellow epinionators to please help me find a way to banish any future Anne Rice books from ever reaching my hands again. Exorcise her from my life, end my misery and disappointment with each novel that I read. Send me to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~81189244548 Sun, 17 Nov 2002 18:17:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_81189244548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_77868469892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - Jennifer Toth spent a year in the tunnels beneath New York City and barely lived to tell the tale. But luckily, she did manage to do just that and her book, The Mole People is a haunting story of what most people probably consider to be more... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~77868469892 Sun, 3 Nov 2002 12:42:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_77868469892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_77998952068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - I have to say that I was really excited to be invited to DavidK93's write-off in celebration of his second anniversary at Epinions. I guess it was because I immediately knew what I wanted to review. Having to pick a movie from a former brat packer, it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~77998952068 Tue, 22 Oct 2002 00:41:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_77998952068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_75951017604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - Ah... Let us hearken back to the age of knights and ladies... The time of dashing heroes and plucky maidens who singlehandedly solve murder mysteries without staining their brocaded dresses and keeping their hairpins in place. Hey, wait a minute..... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~75951017604 Wed, 18 Sep 2002 00:18:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_75951017604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_75699097220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - Robert McCammon's Swan Song is probably one of the best post-apocalyptic novels around, outside of Stephen King's The Stand At first, Swan Song may appear to simply be a knock-off of King's book, but on closer inspection, it is a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~75699097220 Sat, 14 Sep 2002 01:01:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_75699097220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_70339432068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - Kinky Friedman has been on my list of "to read" authors for quite a long time. Having once worked in a library, I would come across them every once in a while and would be slightly interested by their colorful descriptions and the fact that the author... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~70339432068 Thu, 22 Aug 2002 20:00:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_70339432068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_72922467972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - As a longtime fan of Caleb Carr's work, I was very excited to find this book at a library book sale. Little did I know, reading this book would be a completely different experience than what I had previously been accustomed. But, once I got over that,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~72922467972 Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:36:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_72922467972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_66316504708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - Reading this book took me back to a time where our country was filled wih discontent, anger and confusion. Yes, the infamous 2000 election and probably the most pathetic ways to start out the new millenium. The airways were ripe with controversy and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~66316504708 Sat, 8 Jun 2002 11:35:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_66316504708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_65001918084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - Knowing that the Stephen King Writeoff: Part II was rapidly approaching, I had originally checked King's latest short story, Everything's Eventual, out at the library with the intentions of reviewing it. However, throughout the entire reading of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~65001918084 Sat, 25 May 2002 00:52:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_65001918084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_63599578756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - With Daniel Pinkwater being one of my favorite authors from childhood, there was no question to my picking up his latest book when I ran across it on the new books shelf at the library. And this is despite the fact that I loathe the main subject of this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~63599578756 Thu, 23 May 2002 18:53:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_63599578756?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_62463053444?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - We are lost in the great Library of Babel, armed with more facts, more books, more information than we've ever possessed, and yet without a clear moral direction - a way out of the great labyrinth of words. Is Science the answer, or must we look to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~62463053444 Fri, 3 May 2002 23:19:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_62463053444?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_61805334148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - My hometown of Elmira, NY seems to pride itself on it's historical significance and famous celebrities. Just south of the city is Sullivan's Monument, site of a Revolutionary War battle. We're the birthplace of movie pioneer Hal Roach, who filmed the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~61805334148 Sun, 21 Apr 2002 17:45:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_61805334148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_59612630660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - Diana Gabaldon has written an outstanding, immense series that seems to have no end in sight. And trust me, that's not a bad thing! Though it appears she has caught the Robert Jordan Virus of writing the neverending story, luckily she didn't fall prey... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~59612630660 Sun, 31 Mar 2002 00:31:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_59612630660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_59222036100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - I don't think my father has forgiven me yet for introducing him to Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. For those who don't know Jordan's work, he created a world and a series of books that are both highly addictive and seem to have taken on a life of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~59222036100 Wed, 20 Mar 2002 00:50:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_59222036100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_58641321604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author sampo24 - Ok, I can't completely blame Epinions for forcing me to read this book, but heck, I can sure put the majority of the blame on it! =) Why, you ask? The entire time I've been on Epinions, it seems like not a week has gone by that hasn't had a book... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~58641321604 Sat, 16 Mar 2002 17:39:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_58641321604?linkin_id=8003929