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Fiction, Novel, Schlock, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

September 16, 2022August 29, 2021

The Infinite and the Divine – Robert Rath

This Warhammer book handles a a common sci-fi trope really poorly. But who cares?

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Classics, English, Fiction, Novel, War  0 Comments

September 2, 2022August 27, 2021

A Farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway still feels like a burden, but I didn’t this one so much.

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Essays, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

August 26, 2022September 13, 2021

Occasional Views Volume 1: “More About Writing” and Other Essays – Samuel R. Delany

20 year old me would have enjoyed this a lot more than me now.

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Fantasy, Fiction, Novel, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

August 19, 2022August 24, 2021

How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse – K. Eason

A futuristic fairy tale.

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Cognitive Science, Non-Fiction, Writing  0 Comments

August 12, 2022September 10, 2021

The Science of Storytelling – Will Storr

This book felt like the first PhD literature review I ever gave a shit about.

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

July 29, 2022September 8, 2021

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum – Katherine Boo

Non-fiction that reads like fiction. Pretty enjoyable, actually.

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Crime, Fiction, Novel, Thrillers, Whodunit  0 Comments

July 22, 2022August 20, 2021

Km. 123 – Andrea Camilleri

For all of Andrea Camilleri’s laurels, this was just plain bad.

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Atheism, Counter Apologetics, Essays, Non-Fiction, Religion, Reviews that are really about something else  0 Comments

July 15, 2022August 25, 2021

50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God – Guy P. Harrison

This is an excellent book on counter-apologetics. It is, however, the last book on the subject I may ever read.

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Fantasy, Fiction, Novel  0 Comments

July 8, 2022August 20, 2021

A Clash of Kings – George R. R. Martin

Have you seen the TV shows? This is season two. Second verse same a the first.

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Fiction, Science-Fiction  8 Comments

June 24, 2022July 28, 2021

Ringworld – Larry Niven

If ever you want to see the power of Worldbuilding, this is the book that will show it to you.

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