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The Ladies of Mandrigyn
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Reviews
For my next book, I’ve started reading Barbara Hambly’s The Ladies of Mandrigyn. I’m about halfway through with it and looking very forward to finishing it, as it’s really not that good (so far, it could improve but I’m not holding my breath). Why so harsh? Well, when I read a book; I generally don’t […]
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Reviews
I finished reading The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories over lunch today but I’ve got to hurry back to work for a meeting; so for now I’ll just give this book a quick score of 4.5 out of 5 points.
Tags: collection, Reviews, Sci-fi
The Golden One
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Reviews
I finished reading Ms. Peter’s The Golden One last night and while I found the book slow to start off; it definately picked up towards the end (nice punch, Bertie!). It’s my understanding that there are two more books after The Golden One, in the Amelia Peabody series; but we don’t have copies and frankly […]
Tags: mystery, peabody, Reviews
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Reviews
I finished reading Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century the other day. It’s a good, but not great collection. I say that because each story in the collection is a well written and enjoyable; however I realize now that I’m not particularly fond of short shorties or at least, not a random […]
Tags: collection, Reviews, Sci-fi
Survivor (part 2)
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Reviews
I finished reading Chuck Palahniuk’s Survivor last night and contrary to my early thoughts on the book; I did end up sort of liking the book. It’s not what I would call a good read at all, but rather the story seems to suddenly get interesting once you’re about halfway through. Kind of like you’re […]
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