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The Gentleman Who Did Not Like Guns #1 – Chile Con Carnage
The Gentleman Who Did Not Like Guns #1 – Chile Con Carnage Lupano*Salomone 2014-08-28 2014-08-28 **1/2 2014-09-07: The title and cover implied humor and someone trying to avoid violence. Instead it … Continue reading
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Tagged Graphic Novel, Western
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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
Brisk Money by Adam Christopher
Brisk Money Adam Christopher 2014-08-18 2014-08-19 **1/2 2014-08-22: Enjoyable. A bit predictable.
It’s About Squirrels Lynn Abbey
It’s About Squirrels Lynn Abbey 2014-08-18 2014-08-18 **1/2 2014-08-18: Amusing short story.
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Tagged Contemporary, Fantasy, Short
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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
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.
Two Serpents Rise by Max Gladstone
Two Serpents Rise Max Gladstone 2014-08-08 2014-08-14 *** 2014-08-13: Reading regularly but holy crap this is long. Moon Reader says I still have 13 hours to go. Got my Calibre-server working again. Yay! 2014-08-14: It’s starting … Continue reading
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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Tagged Older Works, SciFi
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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
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.