Category: Books
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Review: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you’ve never read a zombie apocalypse novel, World War Z is the one to read. The above statement can be considered a little biased since this is the first zombie apocalypse book I’ve read. It’s…
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Book Review: Fires of Azeroth by C.J. Cherryh
Fires of Azeroth by C.J. Cherryh is the third book in The Morgaine Saga omnibus. In this story, Morgaine and Vanye travel to a world where Qhal and Man co-exist peacefully. However, Morgaine and Vanye are pursued by their enemies from the previous story and it’s only a matter of time before their enemies bring…
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Review: Gormenghast
Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake My rating: 4 of 5 stars Gormenghast is the sequel to Mervyn Peake’s Titus Groan. Titus Groan is the 77th Earl of Gormenghast. In Gormenghast, we follow Titus’ upbringing starting from the age of seven. Titus was age two at the end of Titus Groan; thus, some time has elapsed between…
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Review: Star Wars Allegiance
Star Wars Allegiance by Timothy Zahn My rating: 5 of 5 stars Timothy Zahn’s Star Wars: Allegiance tells the story of a young Mara Jade and the desertion of five stormtroopers. Mara Jade is serving Emperor Palpatine as the Emperor’s Hand, comparable to James Bond’s role as a secret service agent. Mara Jade is still…
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Book Blog
Book blog time again. I still need to get into the habit of writing a book review right after I read a book. I finally got around to finish reading China: Its History and Culture by W. Scott Morton and Charlton M. Lewis. It’s a good overview of the history of China. I picked up…
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Book Blog and Some Short Stories
It’s the new year and time I should update my book blog. The last review I wrote was on Battle Royale by Koushun Takami. (See “Review: Battle Royale”.) I highly recommend this book as long as you aren’t squeamish about violence. I read two more stories from The Dark Descent: “The Swords” by Robert Aickman…
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Review: Battle Royale
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami My rating: 5 of 5 stars (Warning: Potential spoilers. No character names are given, but some scenes are summarized – you can easily skip these paragraphs. I also mention whether or not the two main protagonists survive. By the way, my thoughts on spoilers in general – if the book…
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Review: Fourwar
Fourwar by Nathaniel Simpson My rating: 3 of 5 stars Being a close friend of the author, I first read this novel when it was in an early draft. At the time, I was focused on checking it for minor typos; thus, it was kind of hard to let myself get absorbed in the story.…
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Book Blog
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged and almost a year since I wrote a blog about books that I’ve read – the last blog of this sort was in August of last year. The reason for this is simply because I couldn’t decide if I should keep writing a ‘book blog’ or only keep…
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Back to Darkover :-)
Ah… Darkover. After having read eleven Darkover books, reading the next two (Stormqueen! and Hawkmistress! in the omnibus The Ages of Chaos) feels like returning home, albeit to a fantasy home. This was surprising since The Ages of Chaos takes place in early Darkovan chronology, before Darkovans meet with the Terrans. The previous Darkover books…
Pneumatised! 