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The Sword of the Rings err… Shannara
I read a lot of back and forth between fans of the Shannara series and those saying it was a Lord of the Rings rip off. Maybe that was a bad place to start my path down reading the first … Continue reading
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Let Bane Lead you to Destruction
I just finished reading the First Darth Bane novel a couple of days before I left for DragonCon. I enjoyed reading about the old Sith and entering another time frame of the Star Wars universe, 1000 years before the Rebellion. … Continue reading
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Feast for Crows is a Feast on my imagination, but where’s the epic battle?
And now my goal is complete for the next year. It has been my loose plan all along to read the Game Of Thrones books coordinated up with the show. So far, I have managed this by finishing each book … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, feast for crows, Game of Thrones, george rr martin, review
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Mass Effect Novelization Review: Ascension
I’ve finally finished the second Mass Effect Novel. And while I do like the stories told in the video games, and the video game stories are written by the same author, I can say that I’m not the hugest fan … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, mass effect, mass effect ascension, novel, review
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Revenge is a dish best served by Joe Abercrombie
My father suggested that I read Best Served Cold because of my interest and enjoyment of Game of Thrones. I have finally finished reading this revenge tale. Let me share with you some of my wonderful thoughts on this yarn. … Continue reading
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Tagged book, dark, epic fantasy, first law, joe abercrombie, novel, revenge
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I hope I never experience an Iron Sunrise
The witty, unusual characters in Charles Stross books continue to appear in this hard sci-fi mystery tale. I’ve grown more and more interested in books and stories that deal with the Singularity, the phenomenon where an AI gains so much … Continue reading
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Tagged book, book review, Charles Stross, hard sci-fi, sci-fi
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80’s Sci-fi classic book: Count Zero
It is amazing for how short of a book this is that it takes so damn long to read. Every word has a purpose and there are almost no filler words. I can only imagine that editing this book must … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980's, cyberpunk, sci-fi, Sprawl trilogy, three protagonists, William Gibson
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A straight forward action romp of a book: Hell’s Faire
It has been a while since I read a John Ringo book, and this book is by no means a new release (being almost 10 years old), so I decided recently to finally jump back into the Legacy of the … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, Hell's Faire, John Ringo, Legacy of the Aldenata
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Book Review: Rogue Spartan by Matt James
A tale of a nerdy hacker that gets the guts and support to try and save the world. I can identify with a nerdy computer whiz that also seems to have a natural ability to make friends and get into … Continue reading
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Tagged book, book review, cyberpunk, ebook, hacking, resistance, review, self published
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Book Review: Biohazard by Ken Alibek
I recently finished Biohazard, a book on a truly frightening topic from someone that knows the facts intimately. The book has more or less two segments throughout that parallel each other. The first is a narrative about the author, Ken … Continue reading
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Tagged biological weapons, book, book review, cold war, non-fiction, recommendation
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