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A collection of Chandler short stories (non-Marlowe) and an *Atlantic Monthly* essay of his dissing old-fashioned mystery stories.

Jeeves & Wooster dispute over a banjo.

Ten Jeeves & Wooster stories.

I’m about half-finished with Chandler’s work and I’m not going to be happy when I run out.

A history of mammal evolution and the scientific controversies its study has spawned. I enjoyed the book very much, but I would have liked more on the mammals and less on the controversies.

Despite the self-help sounding title, this book is actually a review for the layperson of the latest psychological research and its implications (often negative) for human happiness. Well-written, and often funny, but with a few too many jokes.

A comprehensive analysis of science and technology as they are practiced and a guide for further research. Latour’s thesis, well-defended, is that science consists of evolving networks of marshalled resources including not only publications and laboratory research, but also whole societies, cultures, and bureaucracies.

Excellent. A physicist examines the history of our fascination with extra spatial dimensions in religion, philosophy, popular culture, and science. Most of the emphasis is on science and, in particular, string theories.

Jesuits in Space! It’s pretty good, and builds suspense very well, but sometimes suffers from “awkard sci-fi dialogue” syndrome. If you have to tell your readers that your characters are laughing, the joke wasn’t actually funny.

Twain’s last novel.