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– Personal ramblings, thinly veiled as thoughts on what I read

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January 12, 2024September 26, 2023

The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood

Don’t be fooled by the silly cover.

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Alternate History, Fiction, Science-Fiction  1 Comment

December 29, 2023November 20, 2023

American War – Omar El Akkad

An exercise in cliches

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Comics, Fiction, Science-Fiction  2 Comments

December 15, 2023December 18, 2023

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire – Mike Butterworth and Don Lawrence

Some pulpy graphics novels. Maybe they should have held the pulp

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November 17, 2023May 11, 2023

Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir

The Martian 2: but more sci-fi this time

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Fiction, Science-Fiction, Short Stories  0 Comments

November 3, 2023May 11, 2023

Children of the New World – Alexander Weinstein

Oh look, a short story collection I really liked.

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Comics, Fiction  1 Comment

October 13, 2023May 11, 2023

La profezia dell’armadillo – Zerocalcare

I liked the last Zerocalcare book I read. I decided to go for another one. The nice person at the

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Fiction, Western  1 Comment

October 6, 2023May 11, 2023

Lonesome Dove – Larry McMurty

A truly great Western

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Fantasy, Fiction, Novel  0 Comments

September 22, 2023August 25, 2023

A Dance with Dragons – George R R Martin

(Note, in case some of this doesn’t make sense in the future, this post was written on September 25 2022)

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September 8, 2023August 3, 2023

Piranesi – Susanna Clarke

The meanest thing I can say about this novel is to just ask the question “why do we demonize one-hit wonders anyway?”

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August 25, 2023May 11, 2023

Antica Madre – Valerio Massimo Manfredi

A DNF. Sometimes it just doesn’t work.

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