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The Return by William Shatner (1997) – BR00098 (1999) – 🐸🐸🐸⚪⚪

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October 10 1999

Plot or Premise

This is the second in a Star Trek trilogy, with renegade Romulans working with the Borg.

What I Liked

There are some decent scenes with Data, and some interesting interactions between old TOS crew and new TNG crew.

What I Didn’t Like

Most of the TOS crew are not really much like themselves, except Spock, so not very “believable”. Bones is almost a caricature. Kirk and Worf have a fight that is ridiculous.

The Bottom Line

Worst of the three.

Posted in Lilypad-Library | Tagged action, adventure, Amazon.ca, Amazon.com, B&N, book review, fiction, future, Good Reads, library, Library Thing, novel, paperback, PolyWogg, prose, sci-fi, series, ST:TNG, ST:TOS, Star Trek, suspense | Leave a reply

The Ashes of Eden by William Shatner (1996) – BR00097 (1999) – 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

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October 10 1999

Plot or Premise

This is the first in a Star Trek trilogy, with Spock reminiscing about Kirk’s last mission, one that took place after retirement and involved an alluring woman.

What I Liked

The present time takes place just after Kirk’s death in the movie Generations, and is a great story of the old crew. One of the best I have ever read. There’s even a fight between Kirk and the Enterprise against his old crewmates.

What I Didn’t Like

n/a

The Bottom Line

Almost perfect.

Posted in Lilypad-Library | Tagged action, adventure, Amazon.ca, Amazon.com, B&N, book review, fiction, future, Good Reads, library, Library Thing, novel, paperback, PolyWogg, prose, sci-fi, series, ST:TOS, Star Trek, suspense | Leave a reply

Using HTML 4 (4th edition) by Lee Anne Phillips (1998) – BR00096 (1999) – 🐸🐸🐸⚪⚪

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October 10 1999

Plot or Premise

Good resource, short on tutorials but long on information.

What I Liked

Good for syntax and great appendix sections.

What I Didn’t Like

Not quite as detailed as other books, and not much theory.

The Bottom Line

Good resource.

Posted in Lilypad-Library | Tagged Amazon.ca, Amazon.com, B&N, book review, computers, Good Reads, library, Library Thing, non-fiction, paperback, PolyWogg, prose, reference, self-help, stand-alone, technology, textbook | Leave a reply

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Creating an HTML 4 Web Page (3rd edition) by Paul McFedries (1997) – BR00095 (1999) – 🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪

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October 10 1999

Plot or Premise

Good overview from beginning to end.

What I Liked

A bit dated at the point of reading (1999), with some of the “new features” old hat, and as well, some of the “old features” had changed. However, the approach is light, and easy to follow, from beginning to end, and what makes this such a great resource is the CD-ROM disk that comes with it, containing some great software and sample coding to save the tired typist.

What I Didn’t Like

n/a

The Bottom Line

Good overview.

Posted in Lilypad-Library | Tagged Amazon.ca, Amazon.com, B&N, book review, computers, Good Reads, library, Library Thing, non-fiction, paperback, PolyWogg, prose, reference, self-help, stand-alone, technology, textbook | Leave a reply

HTML Web Magic (2nd edition) by Raymond Pirouz (1998) – BR00094 (1999) – 🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪

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October 10 1999

Plot or Premise

Instead of going through all the bits and pieces (which it does very quickly), Pirouz focused instead on some elements that spice up web pages.

What I Liked

A programmer wouldn’t necessarily want to use all of them, but a new designer will find some really great tips and tricks here. Definitely, a fun read as you can say to yourself, “ah-hah, so THAT’s how they do that!”.

What I Didn’t Like

n/a

The Bottom Line

Great resource.

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