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The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination edited by John Joseph Adams

The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius by John Joseph Adams (editor) Started: 2014-07-06 / Finished: 2014-09-09 Rating: 3 (Would be 4 if the The Space Between and following stories had been in a … Continue reading

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After the Coup by John Scalzi

After the Coup          John Scalzi      2014-09-01         2014-09-01         ***1/2 2014-09-01: An enjoyable short story. Pretty typical Scalzi, which is a good thing. Set in the OMW universe, … Continue reading

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Year Zero by Rob Reid

Year Zero     Rob Reid       2014-08-25       2014-08-31       ***1/2 2014-09-01: Funny in parts, annoying in parts, plenty of skippable paragraphs. Not bad.  

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The Mocking Dead Volume 1 by Fred Van Lente

The Mocking Dead Volume 1 Fred Van Lente 2014-08-28 2014-08-29 **1/2 2014-09-01: meh. A slight variation on the zombie story.  Some mild humor but over nothing too interesting.  

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The Martian by Andy Weir

The Martian      Andy Weir       2014-08-20      2014-08-24      ***1/2 2014-08-22: Good stuff, very amusing. I’m not sure I buy Mark’s total casualness about his situation. 2014-08-25: Quite good. I both liked and disliked … Continue reading

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Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology

Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology     Brandon Sanderson, et al     2014-08-15         in-progess     in-progess 2014-08-18: I started listening to Writing Excuses because they were on the Hugo ballot and I’ve quite enjoyed the podcast.  … Continue reading

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The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away by Cory Doctorow

The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away     Cory Doctorow     2014-08-14     2014-08-15     ** 2014-08-15: Meh. Didn’t have anything to do with the song. Very bleak and hopeless.  

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The Maker of Universes by Philip José Farmer

The Maker of Universes     Philip José Farmer     2014-08-05     2014-08-08     *** 2014-08-09: Pretty good given when it was written.  

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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Ready Player One     Ernest Cline     2014-07-27     2014-08-05     *** 2014-07-28: Pretty wordy and not going anywhere so far. Just finished the “history” lesson so maybe it’s finished with the set up and it’ll start going somewhere. 2014-08-02: … Continue reading

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All you need is kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka

All you need is kill    Hiroshi Sakurazaka    2014-07-26    2014-07-27    ***1/2 2014-07-28: Good, enjoyable, and short, which is a feature these days as editors don’t seem to remember how to tell authors to stop.

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