Compare Charles Petzold - Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software to Robert Goolrick - A Reliable Wife
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A discussion of the history and future of coding theory celebrates the ingenuity of language systems and their uses from Braille and Morse code through binary codes to 32-bit operating systems.
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It's the early years of the 20th-century, and troubled young Midwestern girl Catherine Land has learned to fend for herself using a combination of craftiness, sex appeal, and a dim view...
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It's the early years of the 20th-century, and troubled young Midwestern girl Catherine Land has learned to fend for herself using a combination of craftiness, sex appeal, and a dim view on conventional morality. So when she sees an advertisement by a wealthy businessman looking for "a reliable wife" she sets off with the intention of marrying him--and then slowly poisoning him with arsenic. However, as their twisted marriage progresses, Catherine and her new husband find their relationship changing in strange and unexpected ways. Robert Goolrick's dark debut novel takes its devilish premise and then spins it out into a satisfyingly complex emotional pattern. Less
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Charles Petzold
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Robert Goolrick
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Computers
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Chicago Sun-Times: "Goolrick is a superb writer who uses repetition to fabulous effect....[His] unique tonality and his ability to convey complex emotions in elegant, spare language embed A RELIABLE WIFE in your head."
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- Paperback
- November 11, 2000
- Microsoft Pr
- 6.5"(h) x 9.5"(w) x 1.25"(d), 1.4 lbs.
- 9780735611313
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- Hardcover
- 291
- March 31, 2009
- Algonquin Books
- 9.75"(h) x 7"(w) x 1.25"(d), 1.2 lbs.
- 9781565125964
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Product Review Summary
100% recommend this product
Consumer Reviews
Pros
Clean, crisp prose; VERY accessible
Cons
Can get dry, but only because of the subject matter
Recommended it?
Yes
The gist:
* Text book posing as non-fiction
* Lightens up what should be a dry subject
* Clean, crisp prose makes for a good read
This book was written just for me.
OK, maybe that's not entirely true -- I have never met Charles Petzold and, beyond his...
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Pros
plain english explanation of how codes and computers work
Cons
none really
Recommended it?
Yes
I wouldn't have struggled through my dry as heck Computer Science classes if this book was around then. Charles has a habit of creating good books on dry stuff. I mean, let's face it, figuring out how transistors and codes work is not really super fun. It can be amusing, it can even be interesting,...
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Product Review Summary
60% recommend this product
Pros
- Suspenseful (1)
- Original (1)
Cons
- the characters (1)
- slow read in some spots (1)
- Heavy (1)
- Poor ending (1)
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Consumer Reviews
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Pros
Well developed characters, twisty plot
Cons
Weak establishment and use of place, a few too many throbbing loins
Recommended it?
Yes
What is the difference, really, between placing a newspaper advertisement for a wife and joining a singles club or an online dating service or even going to events or locations where you're likely to meet people who might become future mates? Nothing at all. Time and technology have...
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Pros
Some very descriptive writing.
Cons
The general tawdriness of it all.
Recommended it?
Yes
I always keep my eyes open for something new in the historical fiction market, especially if it's in a place or time that I don't know much about, or has a plot that contains a mystery. There's something that I enjoy tremendously about being able to figure out a puzzle, and in Robert Goolrick's...
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