Nathaniel Mauger - Buckeye Zealot: April 2017

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Final Jeopardy April 24 - 28 2017

April 24, 2017

Final Jeopardy Category:

Presidents

Final Jeopardy Clue:

Though he graduated from high school in 1901 & later graduated to the Presidency, he never graduated from college

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Final Jeopardy Question / Answer:

Harry Truman

April 25, 2017

Final Jeopardy Category:

Numeric Groups

Final Jeopardy Clue:

This numeric group was the subject of an April 20, 1959 TIME magazine article titled “Rendezvous with Destiny”

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Final Jeopardy Question / Answer:

Mercury Seven

April 26, 2017

Final Jeopardy Category:

Famous Homes

Final Jeopardy Clue:

While the White House was being built, George Washington’s executive mansion was in this city

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Final Jeopardy Question / Answer:

Philadelphia

April 27, 2017

Final Jeopardy Category:

Toys

Final Jeopardy Clue:

When it was first marketed in the late 1970s, this toy was given the Hungarian name “Buvos Kocka”

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Final Jeopardy Question / Answer:

Rubik’s Cube

April 28, 2017

Final Jeopardy Category:

Famous Work’s First Lines

Final Jeopardy Clue:

The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life

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Final Jeopardy Question / Answer:

The Wealth of Nations

Friday, April 28, 2017

Killing Titan (2015) Greg Bear

Killing Titan (2015) Greg Bear

This book follows - War Dogs. Our hero, Skyrine Michael Venn, is back on Earth after getting exposed to Green “Ice Moon Tea” in the ancient artifact – The Drifter on Mars. It left some of his comrades as black ice. But not Venn and not DJ. Now Venn can hear one of the former comrades as well as the bug Karnack - ancient storage of bug knowledge.

As he is getting interrogated and about to be executed for what they think he knows about the Antags, the gurus and what this war is really all about – he is swept back to Mars and on the Titan where he learns more. Finally he must make a decision about who he trusts. His fellow Skyrines and their puppet-masters – the Guru’s? Or the Antag female that he mind melds with and who together receive tantalizing information from bug Karnack.

I like the first person narrative. It makes it more real to me. Although, a bit hard to follow some times. Reminds me a little of of John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War. I suspect that the next book – Take Back the Sky - is going to get even weirder – we’ll see.