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White Devils
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Avg. Rating:♥♥♥♥♥
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From the first page this novel is utterly incomprehensible and unreadable... struggling through it was a chore, and the reader should not be required to do in her head that which the writer and editor should have done.
Even when the author is too ignorant and illiterate as to know better than to write in the present tense, the editor shoul... »
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Pasquale's Angel
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Avg. Rating:♥♥♥♥♥
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Any novelist always has the challenge of creating vivid and engaging characters but when you have the likes of DaVinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Machiavelli, etc to work with you're ahead of the game. Set in Renaissance Florence this story is just plain fun. As a mystery thriller it was not outstanding but good enough to keep my interest but as a tour de... »
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Zima Blue and Other Stories
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Avg. Rating:♥♥♥♥♥
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Warning, this review is non-spoilery, but quite negative. If you're a Reynolds fan, you are as welcome to a differing opinion as I am to mine.
Over the weekend, I finished reading Zima Blue and Other Stories by Alastair Reynolds. To be fair, I only picked this up because he is to be the guest of honor at Minicon, and I thought I should giv... »
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Eternal Light
Dorothy Yoshida is back, and again her telepathic abilities are part of someone's plots and plans. The war in the far flung reaches of space is won, but ... »
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Fairyland
The protagonist in this story is a dodgy biotech hacker of sorts. Biologicals and small machines and creations abound. They are used for advertising, ma... »
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The Secret of Life
Hard, near-future science fiction is the most difficult to write because it demands that the writer extend scienctific and technological trends to fit wit... »
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