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Fiction, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

April 26, 2019March 17, 2019

Cibola Burn – James S. A. Corey

James S. A. Corey’s fourth book was almost decent. Emphasis on the ‘almost’.

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Fiction, Future, Non-Fiction, Reviews that are really about something else, Science, Science-Fiction, Technology  0 Comments

April 19, 2019April 16, 2019

Age of the Spiritual Machine – Ray Kurzweil

How we come to categorize books like this is sometimes more interesting than the books themselves.

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Fiction, Longer Views, Reviews that are really about something else, Schlock, Thrillers  3 Comments

April 12, 2019November 30, 2018

Conclave – Robert Harris

A so called twist ending is never a very good reason to consume anything.

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Atheism, Christianity, Counter Apologetics, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Religion  0 Comments

April 5, 2019December 3, 2018

Godless – Dan Barker

This book is part memoir, part counter apologetics, and a pretty good tool to understand why atheists don’t believe.

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Erotica, Fiction, Gay, MetaFiction  1 Comment

April 1, 2019September 22, 2018

Reamed By My Reaction To The Title Of This Book – Chuck Tingle

Chuck Tingle’s “Reamed By My Reaction To The Title Of This Book” might be the most life changing book you ever read…

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Fiction, Horror, Science-Fiction, Short Stories  0 Comments

March 29, 2019December 5, 2018

I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream – Harlan Ellison

Even if one doesn’t particularly like short stories, one cannot help but admit that Harlan was a master of the craft.

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Conservative, Culture, Non-Fiction, Philosophy  0 Comments

March 22, 2019March 17, 2019

Culture Counts – Roger Scruton

Do you remember the good old days? Roger Scruton does, and his memory of the good old days will save western civilization.

Not really…

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Cyberpunk, Fiction, Noir, Schlock, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

March 15, 2019March 15, 2019

Woken Furies – Richard K. Morgan

Richard K Morgan writes science-fiction so bad that it makes me dislike myself for liking science-fiction.

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Essays, Literary Criticism, Literary Semiotcs, Semiotics  0 Comments

March 8, 2019November 30, 2018

Interpretation and Overinterpretation – Umberto Eco

Are all interpretations created equal? Some would say so, and some would test the idea further.

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Bildungsroman, Fiction, Military Fiction, Science-Fiction  4 Comments

March 1, 2019November 30, 2018

Starship Troopers – Robert A. Heinlein

The controversy around Robert A. Heinlein’s ‘Starship Troopers’ is about as interesting as the book itself.

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