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Category Archives: Books
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson’s third novel, Snow Crash made him a writer to read. An often hilarious successor to the cyberpunk novels of the 1980s, it finally receives its Bureau review.
Humane Society: Stories about Tragedy and Golf
–A good book, maybe, but is it genre?
–Well, there’s a ghost in one story and a dream-vision in another.
–Do you know this guy? Did you get a free copy to review? What’s the deal here?
–Look, just bear with me on this one….
Jack Chalker Seriously Ill
Here’s a chance where we can actually do something before it’s too late.
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The Confusion
This volume contains two novels, Bonanza and Juncto, that take place concurrently during the span 1689-1702. Rather than present one, then the other… I have interleaved sections of one with sections of the other so that the two stories move forward in synchrony. It is hoped that being thus con-fused shall render them less confusing to the Reader.
–Neal Stephenson.
Maybe. Then again, maybe not.
–The Timeshredder
Free eBooks all month
eReader.com is giving away free eBooks every day this month. Logistically, it’s a sale of $0, so you’ll need to create an account to take advantage of the deal. This also includes submitting a credit card number, which I’m told is used as part of the eBook encryption to discourage file sharing. Still, free books are free books. The promo is here.
Book Review – “Flatlander”
Today, more Larry Niven. Tomorrow, Smallville.
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Book Review – “World of Ptavvs”
In another short break from the Halloween schedule,
we’ve got some Larry Niven.
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Book Review – “Tales of Known Space”
I was planning on two more reviews today
(Futurama: Vol. 1 and Supreme Power Vol.
2: Power and Principalities), but that’s a lot
of articles for a Sunday. I think those will be
written, but not posted until later this week.
Book Review – “Hawkes Harbor”
Want a break from the Halloween movie reviews? How
about a vampire novel review?
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