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Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Author: Jonathan Carroll

Tags: fiction magicalrealism carroll

Description: As per usual, Jonathan Carroll is amazing. This book was a joy to read, and if I hadn'tAs per usual, Jonathan Carroll is amazing. This book was a joy to read, and if I hadn't loaned it out, I'd probably read it again....

2008-02-07

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Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Author: Mike Allred

Tags: comics allred madman

Description: Mike Allred's Madman comics are, quite simply, my favorite comic books ever. The art, theMike Allred's Madman comics are, quite simply, my favorite comic books ever. The art, the coloring, the story, the pop sensibility, the references (there is an alien named Mott from the planet Hoople) ... it all comes together in an exuberant wash of ginchiness that encapsulates everything that is good about comics.

I don't have this particular edition, but I own every Madman issue ever published, and highly recomend them to anyone who enjoys reading....

2007-04-18

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Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Author: Frank Herbert

Tags: dune sci-fi herbert

Description: Perhaps the best scifi book ever, perhaps one of the top ten *books* ever. As my buddy frankPerhaps the best scifi book ever, perhaps one of the top ten *books* ever. As my buddy frank puts it "Dune is one of the few books that changed my life."

It will make you think about humanity, our place in the world, our potential, and if we are worth saving.

Also, it's a damn good story....

2007-04-18

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Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Authors: Ray Cruz Judith Viorst

Tags: childrens favorites top5 picturebooks

Description: This is perhaps my very favorite book. I'm a bit of a sour apple sometimes (primarily whenThis is perhaps my very favorite book. I'm a bit of a sour apple sometimes (primarily when forced awake), so this book speaks to me on a deep and comforting level.

Really, though, we've all been Alexander, and had days like that....

2005-09-16