Fall Colors in Bellevue

The Mind Gut Connection by Emeran Mayer

Extremely disappointing, 2/5 stars.  Bad science, medical correlations with weak evidence, bizarre spiritualism.  Another attempt to resurrect debunked 19th century psychology, yuck.

Salvage Rat by Larry N Martin

Good characters and interesting story but the tech, science, and economics are all bad and the plot had too many bad excuses for fighting / violence.  3/5 stars.

Aurora by Ryk Brown

Not bad, not great.  Bad science, good story.  I may read the next one. 3/5 stars.

When Einstein walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought by Jim Holt

One of the three best books I have read this year, 5/5 stars.  Fantastic!

Firestar by Michael Flynn

The beginning and end are great.  The middle wanders a little and some of the libertarian objectivisist pontification gets tedious.  I like Flynn's writing style, though 4/5 stars.

The Mind Pool by Charles Sheffield

I did not enjoy this one at all.  I did not like the universe, the characters, the motivations, the aliens, or the deep dark background mystery.  The story itself was good.  2/5 stars.