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"Just finishhed reading The Luminous Fairies and Mothra, by Shin'ichiro Nakamura, Takehiko Fukunaga, and Yoshie Hotta. This is a novella that Toho had commissioned as a bit of "pre-publicity" for the film Mothra (1961). The novella itself is quite…"
"I just finished Game of Sniper by Stephen Hunter.
I just started Road Work by Mark Bowden, best known for Black Hawik Down. This is a collection of some of his articles."
I just started Road Work by Mark Bowden, best known for Black Hawik Down. This is a collection of some of his articles."
"CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE"
"John Scalzi, When the Moon Hits Your Eye: Scalzi's first book drew comparisons with Robert Heinlein. This leans a little more Vonnegutian. It's about the consequences of the moon and all lunar material on earth turning inexplicably one day into…"
""I think the more you bring into it the more you'll get out of it"
I think this is the most brilliant review I've ever read. It encapsulates half of everything I've experienced, and explains a lot I've never been able to explain. I am stealing it."
I think this is the most brilliant review I've ever read. It encapsulates half of everything I've experienced, and explains a lot I've never been able to explain. I am stealing it."
"The Mighty Avengers vs. the 1970s:
Bob brought this book to my attention (see previous page) and I ordered it immediately. I received it yesterday and blew through it today. I don't agree with every conclusion writer Paul Cornell draws, but his…"
Bob brought this book to my attention (see previous page) and I ordered it immediately. I received it yesterday and blew through it today. I don't agree with every conclusion writer Paul Cornell draws, but his…"
"I read that "last year." I liked it, but was not as overwhelmed as some people were and yes, it's difficult to know how many of the writing issues have to do with the difficulties of translating language and culture."
"JUST HOW STUPID ARE WE? (Facing the Truth About the American Voter): I first read this in 2008 but I could have sworn it was more recent. Hard to believe this was written when George W. Bush was still President. It seems charmingly naïve today, yet…"
"I just read Strange Pictures by Uketsu -- a Christmas gift from Kathy. It's a mystery (or series of mysteries, connected) where the keys are all in pictures drawn, sometimes at the scene of the crime, sometimes in anticipation of it. It's a wierd…"
"I've just finished reading Phasers on Stun!, by Ryan Britt, a 2022 book that I received as a Christmas gift. It's a history of the various incarnations of Star Trek from The Original Series through the date of publication. It's very interesting, I…"
"I just finished reading The Mighty Avengers vs. the 1970s, by Paul Cornell, a book that I received as a Christmas present. Interesting stuff. I didn't start reading DC or Marvel comics regularly until about 1975 or so, apart from some reprints that…"
"Other than A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens wrote four other Christmas books: The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man. In addition to those, he wrote another 14 Christmas-themed short stories or essays. Every…"
"SANTA LIVES! - Five Conclusive Arguments for the Existence of Santa Claus by Ellis Weiner: From the dustjacket: "Using many of the same arguments -- and even some of the same words -- employed by people much smarter than he to answer other, even…"
"I've just finished reading Six Four, by Hideo Yokoyama (translated by Jonathan Lloyd-Davies). It's a crime novel set in a small city/large town in Japan. The protagonist is Mikami, a cop who was in the C.I.D. for years, but has recently been…"
"HAWKES HARBOR by S.E. Hinton: I just finished reading this. I burned through it once it came to my attention and I realized what it was. It was originally intended, in 1999, to be a part of HarperCollins' line of Dark Shadows novels, but was…"
"John Woman by Walter Mosley. Cornelius is a teenager who's mother leaves home and his father is bed ridden. He takes over his dad's job to bring some income in. When his father dies he takes on a new identity to helphide a crime he was involved in.…"
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