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Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
I finished Un Lun Dun over the weekend, and as the third book I have read by China Mieville, I found it just a tad weaker than some of his other works. I think what threw me off was the tone and style. The style was more simple […]

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There have been few books in my adult life that completely take me by surprise. There have been far too few books that really make me think, question ideals and biases, question what it is to be human and what makes us human. The Sparrow is definitely one of those books.
And I haven’t even […]

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Isn’t that the coolest name ever? Minister Faust.
There is so much depth to that name, both in context and in subtlety. It almost sounds like the name of a character of a hero archetype in a Hellblazer comic. A foe perhaps of John Constantine or an elder spirit fighting the wars […]

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Funny how people read the exact same passage and get totally different things out of it.
My wife reads my post yesterday on how time is fleeting and thinks it is a depressing and rather sad outlook on life.
My friend reads the same post and reads that cherishing the life your given in whatever way you […]

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Man. I finished this book today and I feel like shit.
No seriously. Talk about a book that lays out hopelessness and hopefulness of humanity at the same time. It’s a book that documents a world that has fallen prey to the greatest of catastrophes, a human plaugue. Much like many of […]

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By Elizabeth Moon
Finished this book last night, and man, what a good book. I read another book by Moon last year, called the Speed of Dark, and was extremely entertained by her honesty and emotion in telling the story of an autistic adult coming to terms with himself, his world and his future. (Moon’s son […]

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Here is a list of some of my recent fav authors, and some of my favorite work(s) by said authors. I would encourage anyone to read any of these. Some are a bit hard to read if you aren’t a scifi geek, but others are downright accessible to anyone, even my wife! (they […]

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I am hammering through books as of late. I go in spurts. Sometimes I will read a book leisurely, taking a month to finish. Other times, I will read a book a day.
I am in one of the book-a-day spurts. So here are some quick reviews of my recent reading:
Titan by […]

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Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
What a good book. Zipped me along so fast that I had it done and read in a day. The premise is pretty simple: John Perry is a 75 year old widower that visits the grave of his wife on his birthday and then heads for […]

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