Reviews for Dynamic modeling in the health sciences

The average rating for Dynamic modeling in the health sciences based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-05-22 00:00:00 Terry Core This is a prose collection of Batman stories that was edited by Martin H. Greenberg, who virtually owned the short fiction market outside of the genre magazines of the time, that was ostensibly published to honor the 50th anniversary of the Caped Crusader's first appearance but was probably timed to capitalize on the popularity of the new film franchise. It's a somewhat mixed bag of a book, with stories set at different times reflecting different takes of the character from the early crook-fighter through the silly sci-fi jaunts of the 1950's up to the contemporary Dark Knight vision at the time of publication. The authors represent the fields of science fiction (Asimov, Resnick, Silverberg, Sheckley, etc.) and mystery (Hoch, Collins, Wellen, Gorman, etc.) almost equally. Too, there are several different story-telling devices from diary entries to straight narrative to epistolary. There's a very short and amusing story from Mike Resnick about a costume maker that surely influenced Netflix's Daredevil, a Black Widowers tale from Isaac Asimov that didn't really fit too well, and my two favorites were by George Alec Effinger and Joe R. Lansdale.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-06-14 00:00:00 Thomas Eriksen This collection of 14 stories will have something for every kind of Batman fan, from those who prefer them dark and gothic to those who enjoyed the cheesy comics and TV series of the 60s and 70s: 1) 'Death of the Dreammaster' by Robert Sheckley (Bruce Wayne starts seeing his dead enemies alive and must uncover if they're real or not) - apart form a very shocking and gruesome first scene, this story is mostly OK, well written, but nothing exceptional. 2) 'Bats' by Henry Slesar (after Robin's death, Batman apparently goes bats) - told by Alfred and it's pretty good. 3) 'Subway Jack' by Joe R. Lansdale (Batman must stop a demon-possessed serial killer) - this one's a paranormal story which is not my personal favorite for Batman stories (I prefer him dealing with realistic enemies), and it's quite dark and gothic, and made up of something like a comic script, diary and case files entries and some parts are told from Gordon's point of view. 4) 'The Sound of One Hand Clapping' by Max Allan Collins (Joker falls in love with Mime, a pretty criminal) - this one reminded me a lot of the Batman Animated series, especially Joker, even though this story was written a few years before the series aired. Reads like a 20-minute episode too. 5) 'Neutral Ground' by Mike Resnick (heroes-and-villains outfitter Kittlemeyer has a few customers) - a very short story (just 5 pages), but one of the best in the book, although it will be more interesting for those better familiar with Batman and his adversaries. 6) 'Batman in Nighttown ' by Karen Haber and Robert Silverberg (a Batman-clad thief robs Wayne's guests)- well-written, but some of the plot twists made me wince. More of Bruce's life as Wayne rather than Batman was interesting though. 7) 'The Batman Memos' by Stuart M. Kaminsky (a Hollywood studio is looking into making a movie about Batman, when one of their actresses goes missing) - my favorite of the whole anthology. A very realistic and entertaining story, written entirely as a collection of memos between the studio executive and some of his colleagues, also Bruce Wayne who's mediates between the studio and Batman, a psychiatrist presenting Batman's psychological profile, and the studio's lawyer firm. Definitely recommended. 8) 'Wise Men of Gotham' by Edward Wellen (the Riddler again) - nothing special, reminds the Batman comics of the 80s. 9) 'Northwestward' (Black Widowers #61) by Isaac Asimov (the Black Widowers interview a man called Bruce Wayne who has a comics character named Batman based on his life) - A crossover with the Black Widowers series. Despite the big name, I just didn't care for this one. A lot of characters are from the BW series, and I've read only one BW book a very long time ago, didn't particularly liked it and don't remember much, so I didn't know who the interviewers were and that was confusing. No tights and capes here either. 10) 'Daddy's Girl' by William f. Nolan (Robin meets Joker's daughter) - mostly a Robin story and quite predictable. Style is as in 60s-70s comics/Tv (no deep plot, a damsel in distress, including insta-love, evil robots, sound effects and all). Won't miss anything if you skip it. 11) 'Command Performance' by Howard Goldsmith (Dick Grayson vs. a hypnotist who makes teens to steal for him) - another Robin (albeit out of costume) story, although a better written and not cheesy like the previous one. 12) 'The Pirate Millionaire's Cove' by Edward D. Hoch (modern pirates steal from rich yacht owners) - without depth and quite predictable too. 13) 'The Origin of the Polarizer' by George Alec Effinger (just what it says in the title - a guy supplying Wayne electronic parts figures out his secret identity and gets carried away trying to best Batman out) - despite the not-so-original premise this one is quite well written and really interesting. Before you read this one, I advise to look up the term 'plasmonics' if you don't know what that is. 14) 'Idol' by Ed Gorman (a psychopath, as in killing-his-mother-psycho, tries to kill someone who he think is an impostor of himself) - I really don't know what this one is doing in this collection. If it's wasn't included in an a collection of Batman stories, you'd never tell it had any relation to Batman. Including this story as the last one, left a bad taste. I'd recommend reading this one first, if at all, and then getting on with better and more Batman related stories. Kudos to you if you read this far:)