There is certainly nothing simple about my endeavor, just as there is nothing simple about the subject. He was far more than just a folk singer. He had as much charisma as Elvis, as much innovative talent as Chuck Berry, as much potential as Buddy Holly, and as phenomenal as it sounds, somehow managed to stay hidden in the shadows. He never achieved any wide spread general recognition.

The author recognized the importance of her subject's contributions, the scope of his talent, the scale of his influence, and with probing tenacity shone her light into those shadows, so we the reader might discover a true American troubadour, Bob Gibson.

The book paints the picture of an artist who reached the zenith of his profession, a world class entertainer, a man who literally changed forever the entire genre of folk music. To paint this portrait the author delineates the man in the shadows with the words and stories of his friends, fans, family and of course the musicians, singers, and songwriters of the 50s and 60s whom Bob Gibson affected.

Only after you read the book will you understand why she chose to tell the story in this manner. Simply put, of the many talents Bob possessed, his most amazing attribute was the positive manner in which he affected virtually everyone whose life he touched. The dichotomy was he still somehow managed, in his own enigmatic way, to remain virtually unknown.

Without this book, Bob Gibson, might never have received his final encore, one he richly deserves and one we readers can be thankful that the author provided. The amount of effort it took to compile this heretofore "untold story," could only have been powered by the energy derived from working on a true, "labor-of-love."

Like the dichotomy that was Bob Gibson's life, this book will make you happy and sad. Sad that you weren't aware of him earlier, and happy that the author persevered in her quest to illuminate and thus honor this dynamic individual. This book is Bob Gibson's last spotlight.

P.S. Better than apple pie the book comes a la mode. Tucked neatly into the inside back cover of the book there is a full length compilation CD of some of Bob's best known music and songs. Get it and enjoy the story and music of a little known legend.

I have read many books many book on pitching and found that Bob Shaw's book is basic, fundamentally sound and his theories work. I have been a high school baseball coach and have attended many clinics and have heard many coaches speak on the subject and I still refer back to Bob Shaw's book.

Bob Shaw explains his concepts so that every person from the beginner to the pro can understand and benefit from his expertise. His use of pictures is terrific. I think there are at least 2 pictures on every page.

I have read books by Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, and Tom House and have heard Tom House speak at many clinics and I still think that Bob Shaw's book is the best.

The second part of the famous trilogy , starts off right where the first one ended. Doc Brown shows up in his time traveling Time Machine to take Marty and his girlfriend Jennifer to the future to fix a problem with their future kids. Little do they know that their troubles are far from over after they arrive there. Biff steals the time machine from the future and hands himself a sports almanac giving all the scores for the next half centruy. The time line is totaly changed and its up to Marty and the Doc to fix things before its to late by going back to 1955 where the trouble starts.

The great thing about the book is that it gives more detail then the movie. It goes into what the characters are thinking that we can't see during the movie and gives details that were cut out of the movie as well. Theres a part where Marty meets his brother Dave in an alternate 1985 and his brother is drunk and a bum to say the least. Another moment where the old farmer Peabody from the first movie shows up trying to still get at the DeLorean that busted up one of his pines is pretty intersting as well. Theres also a lot of description of the moments we find ourselves in, so we can pretty much see the movie without having to actualy see it. Its very true to the movie and I think captures the great sequal quite well in book form.

The only true problems I have with it is that they did edit out the curses and even not so bad words making them even nicer then they were. I do feel it took a little away from the book as there aren't that many curses in the movie as it is and it was noticible. Also some of the scenes seemed rushed through towards the end. A lot of the stuff at the end of the 1955 climax of the movie just didn't come off as exciting as it did in the movie. While I know its hard to do a non stop action scene like the tunnel chase where Marty has to get the almanac off of Biff's car in a book, it still came off as half as exciting as it truly was.

Its great to be able to take with you though whereever you are. you can't always bring a VCR or DVD player with you, but this book can always be in hand and it is defiitely a worth while buy as its as much fun as the movie and the movie is one of the greatest sequals of all time.

This book has a solid plot, revolving around a mayoral candidate's tie-ins with a big crime-boss. When the mayoral candidate's infamous campaign manager Michael Luce is violently sleign in a dark alley in the company of Spider-man, Spider-man is quickly thrown into the hat of suspects for his murder. Meanwhile, the man behind it all has also hired Spider-man foes Electro and Rhino to add some extra trouble to the mix.

All-in-all, the book has it's minor flaws. Namely Rhino's entire spot in the book. He is kind of just 'there.' He never really ends up having any relevence, or even a big part, in the book. But the book evolves the plot from cover to cover, and offers a very nice ending.

Any hardcore Spidey fans will enjoy this interesting tale of Spidey on the run from some underground wrong-doings, and any 'beginner' fans are sure to enjoy it as well.

so if your a fan of spidery then do get this book.

His sentence by sentence prose is tight and scans easy. He knows how to describe a scene or scenes well without glutting the reader with oceans of words. He does fairly well with characters and although the protagonist is a bit of a Conan/type, we like him and find him fairly interesting.

I found myself remembering scenes days after I put the book down, and that's pretty damn rare. Check it out, if you can find it.

The first chapter is smashing, it has a very good chance of drawing anyone in. It also reinforces a life lesson, that out of the smallest events can a life change forever. (ie, if Harald hadn't been such a brat...!)

Then the book shifts gears to a race against time. We have wild suspense; can Garamond get off the planet in time? He has put his family in jeopardy...can they be saved??

Of course, after a period of running, we have some of the best parts of the novel: the first discovery of Orbitsville, that sense of imponderable vastness, the entering of Orbitsville with all its marvellous sensory overload (it's so BIG and beautiful).

And then there is the arrival of the Earthships, the cold-and-hotwar battles for Orbitsville. The deathtrap set to destroy Garamond is, again, one of those plot developments that is exciting by itself, but it also propels the novel to its next stage--Garamond and mates are lost deep in the sphere.

What is to say about the finale, a grand finale! A major revelation about Orbitsville that shows Shaw can run a smart little sf mystery. Orbitsville is not so obvious in all its details as we had been led to believe. So much the better. Garamond's final race to save a loved one, and then those concluding, wonderful passages of the novel that demonstrate that Orbitsville, beyond being just a vast physical place, has a lesson to teach to those that may settle there. Is the lesson "may the best person win", or is it perhaps "this is a place for the peaceful, not the ravagers"?

Again, my favourite SF novel.