Syl Sabastian

A most interesting read which will reverse your notions of what interesting is, and why. A A Read, (yes, capital R) to set on its heels ideas of what excellent writing is. Ottessa consistently surprises throughout the book with writing delights amidst subject matter which one would normally not associate with such creative excellence, all the while gently unfolding its peculiar, immersing, and absorbing charm, not being shovelled upon unsuspecting good intent, as, sadly, much creative writing is wont to do. Not here, this book a marvel of excellent unfolding and development.
My professional editor hat. not once throughout the entire work, forced unwantedly onto and over my interested brow. (I remember not ONE unwanted and superfluous, redundant, ‘that')

I will compliment this excellent novel in an unusual way: I read this novel, and kept reading, never had to persist, despite the subject matter being what I assiduously avoid in my reading. That says more than I can say.
I will sum up only by saying: Well done Ottessa, well Done! This book a superlative triumph of the unexpected!

Fun read taking one into English life in yesteryear, during a time when much was happening and change was everywhere. Simply written and I feel will appeal to all ages from teens on up. It's always fun to get inside another time and era and that's what happens in this story.
Interesting and entertaining. :)

An epic fantasy novel indeed. It has everything in it, wars and plots, villains a-plenty, heroes, conspiracy theories and nascent technology all in a potent brew of story where one never knows what's coming. As soon as you think you're guessing what's coming, there's a turn-up and something new and unexpected comes into play. It's a most cool story.
Also, it's not fancily written and despite the new elements added the story easy and fun to follow, which is great considering there's so much happening.
A cool fun exciting enjoyable read. :)

Imagination shifting the reader into new territories of possibility when it comes to human evolution and its potential paths. Wondrous and marvellous, we get to see what might be from the inside, and from the outside of this tale of progress and love, and consider perhaps where along the spectrum we might wish to be had we the choices. And what choices Khira presents us with.
Huge ideas and concepts, yet presented with an ease and a kindness permeating the entire story. A most excellent combination of extrapolated technological extending, blended with human passion, doubt, fear and consternation. We're taken on a tour, a wild tour, yet always that kind, even gentle center amidst the roil.
A cool read to delight any fan of stories involving human possibilities and those of intertwinement with technology and the sciences while ever-connected to the human heart.
Well done Khira. :)

Wonderful, most excellent and wonderful again. Captured With Love delivers everything a romantic love story promises. A most excellent read, and here's why:
Well written, well crafted, and well-developed. Anyone who has ever experienced a romance/love story themselves knows there's an improbability to things and how they happen which defies logic. An improbability which stretches credulity if one had not experienced it oneself.
The challenge for the writer of such stories is to convey that improbability, that incredibleness and to make sure it's plausible. A very tough challenge, especially since this is difficult to believe even when one is experiencing it oneself. Niharika does a most excellent job of connecting all the dots, of providing the appropriate circumstances and situations to ensure there are no leaps of belief, no convenient lazy plot jumps and barely plausible justifications and substantiations. No, it all works most marvellously and the tale carries us along with delight and relish.
Of particular note to me was how quickly the story's promise was revealed, and I initially wondered how the author was going to sustain my interest. But, despite that early payoff the interest was wholly maintained throughout with never a let up. All the twists and turns, struggles and challenges, all flow smoothly and Appropriately. Most excellently done!
A most wonderful novel, hard to believe it's a first. Niharika is a great talent, one to watch. This is not idly said, as I have read thousands of books, a small library, all genres and I am an editor and an author as well, one who pays Attention to the More of matters. This book and story was very well done and I highly recommend it to anyone to read who even has a smidgeon of Romance in their soul. And, the surprise twist at the end, wonderful and fulfilling.
Most well done indeed Niharika! Five stars all the way.
:) <3

Interesting and fun read. The main character a teenage agent/assassin deals with what she's prepared and unprepared for with equal energy and passion. Much happens and the story moves quickly, all told in a quaint maybe slightly quirky style, especially in some vocabulary usage which keeps things interesting indeed. Different and surprising. :)

A most excellent read. I've read literally thousands of books in related genres and this one stands out. The tone and vibe is fresh, different, unique in a difficult-to-quantify way, which is great. Pulled me in and kept me in. Ally the main protagonist is different and quirky with a layered complexity to maintain my interest and to feed the constant reveals.
This well-told and cool story especially shines when it comes to the villains and supporting characters, all layered and complex, especially the villains, in most surprising ways but without being unconnectable. There's a deep magic when we enjoy the villains, and much is turned around on us in ways we didn't expect, or even imagine.
A read not pigeonholed either, neither by too-specific genre or reader age, an accomplishment many aim for, but few achieve. A special nod to the eighties throwbacks and references. Once again, most cool. (Ha, although my superlatives might reach back a few decades further into the glorious past.)
I love when a read not only challenges, but surprises, and succeeds in ways not anticipated. As a long-time reader of much, that's not all that easy to do.
Well done Gene Kendall. I hope there's a sequel.

A most excellent book. Jimmie reveals the hidden wonders of the Verde Valley. As a local resident I can attest to how we miss most of what Jimmie so marvellously showcases in his marvellous book. A treat, beautifully done. A testament to Patience and a tribute to the magic of nature in our backyard. Well done Jimmie! :) :D <3

We read and we read, and then, we encounter, well, A Separate Reality. Much depends on how we read. If we're too immersed in story, we miss the More, if we're to concerned with artificial criteria of evaluation, we miss the Value, if we're too bubbled in our cocoon-of-self we miss the Usefulness. Within the distinct realism of A Separate Reality we find an overwhelm of potency, which, if we're not prepared to actually change our world, will pass us by.

To read this powerful and transformative work we have to DO much. Such as set aside our habits, including the habit of reading. Here we're required to stop, absorb, hear, imbibe, incorporate, assimilate, Apply, integrate, and actually Change. Not only who we are, but our entire conception of ourselves and which world we live in. We have to set aside our continuity, a difficult challenge for many, unhook from our conformity, our cosiness and indulgences. Discarding our habits-of-perception and our assumptions of focus is another. We have to perceive past the obvious and pay close Attention to that which requires no faith or belief, no external agents to implement, and in these pages we can find such power. There's much to gain if we make that effort to determine Value, Usefulness and Applicability for ourselves, with an open being.

Too many get lost in the indulgence of connecting to the drug-story lure, which is immaterial to the magic of this book. Or they unnecessarily sideline themselves by needlessly debating whether Don Juan is real or not. What does it matter where a self-evident Value comes from? If you need someone to be real to determine whether an utterance or communication has Value or validity, well, then you're lost before you begin. Only you have that particular power, since you and you alone, are the Final-Arbiter-of-Truth. When we discern the wisdom and conceptualising genius so abundant in A Separate Reality we encounter a treasure trove of Life-Change.

The inordinate Gift of A Separate reality is exactly that, a separate Reality-of-Being. Such a potential is gifted us in this monumental work if we can see past the tests-of-self which are part of this challenge-of-being. We have to look at the real power, which is the presentation of new conceptions of what it means to BE. Ways-of-Being which are distinct, new, foreign, even alien, yet attainable. Simple but complex, such as relinquishing the seduction of self-importance. We are not merely informed this may be valuable, the usefulness of this life-transformation is amply demonstrated for us by that marvellous example of Impeccability, Don Juan.

I feel many make the mistake of identifying with the fool Carlos, because yes, of course we too are similar nincompoops, but, the real Gift I believe lies in stretching ourselves to identify with the possibility of being as much like Don Juan as we can. Once we grasp this as an actual potential actuality, we begin a Path where his Way-of-Being becomes our model, or standard, our code, our sensibility, and default measure for our Impeccability. If we simply ask ourselves how Don Juan would behave in whatever circumstance we find ourselves in, we have a fantastic self-leverage which is powerful and transformative. If we connect to Don Juan not for his magical powers, but to his essential Character-of-Self, we connect to his ethics, his integrity, his Joy-of-Being and all the other marvellous examples of a self we can move toward being. If we read this book in this way, well, it becomes much more than reading. Such is the nature of this mind-bloom.

But, to connect to this power of the book, we have to read past the story, past the character interactions, and truly listen, truly hear what's conveyed. Our read-perception has to include identifying what we don't want, what's irrelevant and immaterial, and in that simple selectivity, we come to see what's truly of issue and important to our Deep-Self. We are thus required to read and connect to the implications of what's imparted, to look past the tests-of-self such as the rituals and the indulgences of Carlos and look at the Way-of-Living and Deep Sobriety Don Juan Shares so incredibly. Doing so connects us to what he's really offering, which is of course, a Gift of Power.

Of all the thousands of books I've read, which include a substantial selection of classics from around the world, this incredible book stands out, and is a definite must-read and multiple-read. (Along with its extension, A Journey to Ixtlan.) To be sure, one can find all the conceptions and ideas elsewhere, however, not so compacted and cohesive, not presented as an example in practice, and also not in the excellent resonating language of Don Juan. When we read to hear him, feel him, know him, imbibe him, and connect to this paragon of possibility who is Don Juan, especially if we don't over-mythologise him, and read not to remember what he said, but to BE what he Shares, then we shift into our journey toward living in a reality which more and more becomes A Magic Reality of actuality.

An entertaining read providing a glimpse into a world within a world, street life in Moscow's Three Stations. One does get the feel also from the main character of a difference, subtle, but it's there in mindset due to environment. The results of a different culture, and resulting different psychology. Not just in the MC, but the other characters as well. It's refreshing to connect to Russian characters. The story is entertaining across the full range of spectra from the street to an oligarch.

Beat, rhythm, cadence, not overt, subtle, an echo of the voodoo, permeates the story. It's been a while since I read the tale, but that energy stayed with me. A compliment to the writing. Absorbing, drawing one into the inevitable, which is fascinating, as we see the drama coming, yet that powerlessness is entrancing. A veritable spell with words.

I'm intrigued by how shaped and crafted words transport us through time and space, I can still see the fire and the beach in my memory, even though ofc I've never been there. Or have I? I enjoy writing which is not pushy in it obviousness of agenda, which achieves its aims with a seemingly modest demeanour, yet, achieves more than one realises.

I'm fascinated by how an author's Intent and Self-Belief permeates their writing. Intent beyond the scope of the writing content. An author's personal beliefs relating to value-of-product, the larger deeper frame-of-perspective and connection to what they're undertaking, their deeper beliefs of purpose and justification. Traitor is an enjoyable read, well written, better written than the overall impression conveys, a good story on a great topic, and yet...
All through the book, I enjoyed, but felt constantly a missing, an abscence of a something. The various elements for a great book are present, yet such levels aren't attained. Why? Technically, the book ought be more, as the story is not only enjoyable, but memorable, even impactful, a tale which affects us and leaves us changed, but, but this does not happen. For no good reason readily perceived. Why?
My read happened to be spread out over a number of weeks, thus opportunity to ponder these ineffable missing elements was ample.
I felt the book was missing soul. A peculiar perception for a thriller one might say. Perhaps it's simply my perception of a seriousness of intent and belief in the work which isn't forthcoming from the author. I puzzled over what the writer might have added to leverage his work, to add the essential salt of fullness to an otherwise fine recipe. Only when I came to the author's note at the very end did this mystery of writing resolve.
The author right near apologised for his book, his story, his efforts, expressing as a disclaimer how the rationale for the book was a personal perception of the importance of certain issues. In addition he communicated a lack of confidence in his own work, a not-believing in its excellence. He also, despite specifically stating how the overall topic was one of importance, did not seem to feel his efforts had much by way of serious affect for the reader. (Yes, grammar checker, I mean affect.)

To me, that missing element throughout the work, which could have elevated this book to truly excellent, is the overall underlying lack of belief of the author in his endeavours. All the work is done, all the efforts of craft are present, all the elements of good story are presented, but that key ingredient of the author's deep energy of belief and intent as to the excellence of their work is missing. The author does not seem to feel their product is justified as a book.
The author's note is an attempt as such a justification. If the reason for the story's existence has to be explained it's not in the story. If not in the story, it's not in the author. A powerful reminder to me how our entire being, and the More-of-Us, affects what we do. If we're not fully ‘into' our efforts, we dilute them. Modesty and Humility have to be balanced by Belief-of-Self, which, along with Impeccability-of-Effort, make for Excellence.

Some stories take us by surprise. We start, we read, we develop an idea in the early going, but, as we progress, more comes, and we find ourselves entranced by a life and lifestyle we've heard about, perhaps crossed, but not known intimately, and then we're truly hooked.

Thing is, most stories tend to be about the dramatic, the ultra unusual, those which were radical or deeply significant, but we forget the fabric of life, that which is truly important, is made up of people we know, people whose lives have not been ordinary, yet are not the lives of fiction either. Real, and thus fascinating. We come to know that realness-of-being, and precisely because it's such a real tale, we get to add to our database of human experience. A most valuable insight and knowledge, especially if such lifestyles do not overlap with our own.

Besides this insight into mindsets, attitudes, mores, philosophies, and perspectives not perhaps our own, this sharing acquaints us with a now near-mythical time. The author may not resemble a unicorn, but he's certainly a denizen from another era. Those who remember will feel the tang of nostalgia, or perhaps taste its Tang. If not familiar with that bygone day, a look from inside its detail is illuminating, not to mention fun. Sharing another's life-journey is always a privilege, and when shared with heart, a joy.

Some days, we're just happy being around the house, in the yard, simply enjoying the beingness of being. the joys of being ourselves, the pleasure of being in our lives. Such was most of the experience of reading Tehanu for me. Simple joys, the delight of existence. yes, there is story, drama and excitement, the usual, but somehow it wasn't overly important. The mere existing within the book was enough. A relaxed casual joy. Soothing in its simplicity. A different enjoyment, one less pressured. perhaps it is me, but I found such simple pleasure sustaining, comforting, and relaxing.

My only complaint is with foolish publishers who insist on not marking the book's place in the overall series. Had I known it was book 4, I might have made the effort to acquire books 1 to 3 in order to read the series in sequence. Now I am unlikely to do that, or read the rest of the series, as I don't care to read what I already know something about, know how it turns out, nor to read incomplete series. Why publishers do this is an amazing mystery.

Useful fun smooth read. The Launch Team section especially helpful.

Not all books are the same. An obvious obviousness, yet we come to our reads with expectations, expectations not always conscious. Most novels conform in some way to hose pre-formatted conceptions. But every now and we encounter those which exist other to such anticipations, rewarding us with participations not expected, which grace us with an ineffable, and well perhaps even unfathomable, More.

Unfathomable is such a read. On the surface, a simple story, but, the but is rewarding, and most enjoyable.

The most intriguing quality of Unfathomable is its Realness. All through my immersion I not only felt right there with the Laurence, deeply familiar with her story, not as a tale being told, but a memory I'm privileged to share. Throughout my participation, I consistently refused to let go of the conviction I'm hearing an actual real-life circumstance unfold as it happens. A most remarkable perception, one I still have.

I came to be Facebook friends with the author shortly my reading, which, through peculiar Force-of-Circumstance, I came to read slower than I ordinarily would, allowing ample time to become good friends. And amazingly, I'm assured there's nothing but imagination to the book. Fascinating, I can't shake my conviction of real, despite the assurances.

Wild ideas stick easily to wild people, like burs to woolly sheep, but there they tend to stay, stuck in the fluff. Sensible individuals are more circumspect when it comes to the unconventional, knowing the radial tends to be a waste of precious time. How then does the discerning author convey such realities? Gently, slowly, with care, and exquisite ease. Rose is indeed like the Moon is this friendly reflection of power. Indirectly, calmly, but nonetheless influential, much like the quiet power of our lunar muse.

We thus encounter the profound almost without realising it's significance. The comprehension is unfolded within our awareness and its extension of our world is accepted without strain. An excellent accomplishment and Gift-of-Conception.

“Go gently into the glowing of the light...” comes to mind. Unfathomable is a Journey where the Journey is the Joy, the joy of sharing a recognisable way-of-living and its value, its excellence without needing to be spectacular, unusual or unremoved from the realness we all possess. This is the excellent Gift of Unfathomable. We come to enjoy a life which we realise we too could live with a few shifts of perspective and modifications of sensibility.

From the outset, we know Unfathomable has an ending, even from the back cover inplication, but, as we read, we have no idea how. and when it comes, the delight is real, we're moved, we're left with a deep feeling of satisfaction, a state of Resolution not easy to achieve, yes Rose has accomplished this with Unfathomable, leaving us complete, yet still connected to that mystique of the More lingering deliciously as a dear companion returned from long absence.

My favourite of Carlos' books. I came to his works at the tail end of a very long and extensive reading campaign, the purpose of which was to attain practical utilisable enhancement of self. I would read with a red pen, underlining what was of value, and could be applied, copying out those underlinings into large notebooks.

When I came to Carlos, my trusty pen worked overtime. Not so much in The Teachings, but went off the charts in A Separate Reality and peaked in Journey to Ixtlan, which to me had the foundational conceptional focus points that form a solid basis for Independence-of-Being.

If the book, indeed all his books, are read from the perspective of evaluating the wisdom value, which is independent of whether the origins are fictional or actual, then much is gained. This book has so tremendous value in that regard. But, it's up to us, the reader, to make it our own, otherwise the value is meaningless. A fabulous book in terms of starting one's journey. Highly recommended.

A powerful, emotional read. It's not every day we get to see life from a side we wouldn't ordinarily know. Experiencing the unimaginable is powerful because we tend to not believe what we can't imagine. When we do, and we know what we didn't before, we can't undo such knowing. Awareness is powerful, as is Understanding, both which don't always come easy. This amazing story, well delivered, adds to us human beings, providing a Perspective on the human condition which extends us as people. “The moment we treat others as less than human, that's the moment we become monsters.” A quote which comes to mind for me to represent a deep Understanding from the book. A sharing of intimacy-of-being well worth reading.

Charming and sweet, relaxed and comfortable, all the while also being very Real. The situations the characters face and deal with are not manufactured or contrived, but all too real as I can attest to not only from personal experience but also from working with clients who have gone through such profoundly life-altering wake-up calls and the profound shifts-of-being needed to deal with them. Sandra Rector does a most excellent job of sharing this accurately without overdoing it at all.
How the characters deal with difficulty is likewise realistic, and, a most important and, how they DO deal with them, without such resolutions or successes happening artificially or all too conveniently just to make us feel good. We DO feel good because the characters in the story display Good Character even while of course not being perfect. They are Real people, dealing with the realities of life. A marvellous story showing how this certainly IS possible, and that's a marvellous gift, to see real stories such as this exemplify the qualities and characteristics we all CAN have and aspire to, and the magic of the story is how it shows us, without any doubts at all, that not only CAN Magic and good fortune happen, but it's also up to us to fully seize such opportunities and make the most of them.
Many many subtle life-lessons included and in such a way they're hardly noticed, because never are we preached at or lectured. It's all just there, simply, honestly, and real, all the while also with a constant sweetness and appreciation for the simple goodnesses of life most unfortunately just take for granted and thereby miss.
A most valuable journey to remind us we don't need all we think we need to be happy. happiness can come so easily, if we but heed the examples of the characters.
A most excellent exemplification of Good People living good lives.
Cleanly written with a smooth flow, and of course, a love story and More.
Well done Sandra. A good book indeed. :) <3

There's a reason Steven King recommends never using a word if there is a simpler one that will do. Because, sadly, when authors stretch their readers, and those readers can't quite make the stretching, they end up feeling stupid. Tending to react badly to the experience. Or, overreacting, mostly with negativity. Unreasonably so. This book, from reading through its reviews after I read it, seems to do just that.

It's a good engaging read, well written. A detailed story, connecting to complexity and the non-usual. Definitely not going to be everyone's thing. However, personal like or dislike seems to be much confused with the quality of the work itself. I might not personally enjoy something and still be able to recognise and appreciate it as a work of good quality. Unfortunately, this does not seem to be common among reviewers, who assume if they did not like, then it “must” be bad.

There is much to recommend the work, form its insight into Princeton University life to the illuminations on renaissance intellectual life. Most of all, it provides insight into Immersion and obtuse interest which can consume some. This might seem removed from our ordinary life, but, through the extremes portrayed in the book, we come to understand any mindset or psychology that can become waylaid by immersion. This can happen with ego, ambition, sex, career, status, or any number of “mundane” obsessions.

This book does an excellent job of illustrating those diversive and sometimes destructive distortions of perspective which can result. Not to mention the power of choice, awareness and deliberation. The necessity of character, and how its lack is so consequential. If we look at the book, its story, the characters, from this more abstract perspective the story has much to offer indeed. Well worth the read.

My rating standard is more strict than most, just how I started, and like to keep the consistency. This book would have earned a very high 4 stars from me except the ending I felt was weak relative to the rest of the book. It's as if the last part was written by other authors. Still good, but not as potent as the rest.

At this point in time a review of William's collected works seems redundant. However, the experience of reading all his works as a single book is worth noting. I have read The Collected Works twice. Both times I did so in one go. Read slept read slept read etc. until finished. (I would read while eating and other activities, so really only stopped for sleeping.)

This practice with this particular work is extremely beneficial. William is not an easy read, at first. That difficulty in the beginning easily fools us into believing it will remain so, but it doesn't. For a few reasons. First, the way the plays are written and to whom they were written, comes into, er... play. (Forgive me.) William wrote to an audience comprised of every level of literacy and sophistication. In every play he caters to them all.

Typically, he will have a complex literary part, filled with references particular to the time, or complex convoluted language, his equivalence of “purple prose.” These passages, now, without knowing the specifics referred to or the out of date vocabulary can be hard to decipher. But, fortunately William also had an uneducated “common” audience. He would inevitably follow those difficult sections with straightforward, simple and obvious written which clarifies everything and lets us know what we need to know o follow the story. All we have to do is wait. Suspend our understanding for a while and let the comprehension come to us, instead of the usual other way around. A most handy skill with William.

Another benefit from reading the works as a single book with minimal breaks is the Attunement of the brain. I was not writing either time I read the Complete Works, I wish I had been. A consequence of that intense immersion is that one's brain realigns and adjust and, well, actually regrows neurons to accommodate the immersion and emphasis, all resulting in an increased capacity to assimilate, understand and comprehend. This mechanism is a most incredible one, and applies to anything we do, if we give it a chance to do so. We have to “get into' whatever it is we immerse ourselves into. We have to allow a bit of time for that Immersion to take hold.

With William the effect is dramatic. The more one reads the more one “clicks' and gets the language. Not only the language, but his brilliance. his metaphors, his wisdom, his insights into psychology and motivation. His cleverness and artistry, all become magnified. The more we Attune, the more magic there is to behold. When it comes to Appreciation, Shakespeare is one author that dramatically amplifies our joy the more we tune into his language and style. he is layered beyond layering.

For me, that immersion, since I did nothing else and likely barely spoke to anyone else during the read, the immersion resulted in my speech and thinking being affected. I could talk, “in Shakespeare.” A most marvellous phenomenon. If I had been writing I would have loved to write something in that style. I came easy after the total involvement and my brain had the opportunity to retrain itself.

All in all, reading William's complete works as a book is highly highly recommended, as doing so opens us up to being able to connect with the fullness of his unparalleled genius.

Everything one wants from sci-fi! It's exciting, clever, adventurous, has a marvellous concept, well executed. The characters are diverse, intriguing and most interesting. There are surprises and twists and most of all the read is great and excellent fun. Highly Recommended. A book I will predict is destined for great things, it's seldom such works of depth and complexity which are also lots of fun come around.

I came to The Gunslinger as a non-fan of King, and on the whole, still am. But something about this series grabbed my interest. I don't remember precisely, but mainly it wasn't horror and was by King. Happy I was at the pleasant surprise and soon immersed my attention into the series. (Which I still intend to finish.) What fascinated me, and still does, are a few distinctive features of the books as a whole.

The mood-tone of the work, I call it the cine of writing, is particularly memorable. To me there's a kind of rolling continuity of mood-tone, like enjoyable instrumental music which just keeps going and one enjoys continuously. I found this constancy to be intriguing, as it seemed to me the books did not vary much by way of emotional quotient, but possessed a constancy of hold on me.

The particular reality fascinated me, but not for its uniqueness. I've read thousands of sci-fi and fantasy books, so many I can remember only a fraction of the titles, thus the particular type of reality itself was not the intrigue, but its peculiar blend of unreal and real. I persistently had the feeling that this unreal reality, was in some way real. But not because King did a good job of immersing me, which he did, or was particularly descriptive, which he's not, but because the story, the overall, has the effect of conveying the sense that's it's written from personal experience. Like the eccentricities of some of the characters, they particularly had that realness which comes from weirdness which is really too weird for a story, but is nonetheless true. The floor-cleaning woman comes to mind

This unreal realness I enjoyed tremendously. A constant mystery. The particular elements which are unique to the story, like the riddles, the door etc, are thus magnified as interesting when connected to from this perspective and view. The whole series took on an entirely different focus and relationship. A somewhat unique perspective I had not encountered before and have only encountered in one other book, one I am currently reading. (Unfathomable by Rose Moon.)

That constant feeling leads to the ongoing question, “But how could this be real?” Or, “How could King have witnessed this if not?” The speculations which result are a joy for me. However, as excellent as this aspect of the book and series is, it's not what stays with me. What I retain is that mood, the Feel of Roland, a rare character name I can remember, and how I too knew him. Knew Roland before I read King's recollections of his adventures.

I've read many many golf books, at the time I pretty much read all I could lay my hands on with none of them really standing out, except this one. besides being a good story, there is real value in the book. It's been a long time since I read it, so don't remember the details specifically, but do remember it impacted me at the time and made a difference. how exactly I cannot say, other than perhaps connecting to a predilection of mine, which is to come at matters from an abstract perspective, to go deeper, and look beyond the obvious. This marvellous read does just exactly that. Gravity Golf - need I say more?

As a boy, I was deeply into sailing, racing specifically. I consumed every available book on sailing available to me at the time, especially racing, I could find. Of all of them, one stood out, this one. (The original edition) I found it near the end of the time I was sailing, and it included everything the other books lacked. I was by then an accomplished enough sailor to be able to fully appreciate the book's expertise. An amazing manual of excellence then, and should still be. What made it especially excellent were the levels of discernment and sophistication involved and how their communication. It's always a joy to hear a true expert on a subject. Of the thousands and thousands of books I read as a youth, few stand out as memorable, this is one of them.