Favorite Authors: Harry Turtledove, Michael Crichton, C.S. Lewis
Desert Island Books*: Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien (these books were initially meant to be published as one book), The Bible, Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
Interests: Family and friends, The Simpsons, stocks, history, sports, everything Duke
Book Reviews by Russell:
- 1942 by Robert Conroy
- Cop in the Hood by Peter Moskos
- Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh
- Give Me Back My Legions! by Harry Turtledove
- The Man with the Iron Heart by Harry Turtledove
- One Second After by William Forstchen
- Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Subprime Solution by Robert Schiller
- SuperFreakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
- The United States of Atlantis by Harry Turtledove
- The Valley-Westside War by Harry Turtledove
- The Wisdom of Whores by Elizabeth Pisani
*Desert Island Books are the five books you would bring with you if you were going to be trapped on a desert island for the rest of your life.

