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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Authors: Orson Scott Card Andy Kubert

Tags: comics sci-fi

Description: Re-booted Iron Man by Orson Scott Card. If you need more than that, this comic isn't forRe-booted Iron Man by Orson Scott Card. If you need more than that, this comic isn't for you. Grade-A fantastic work....

2008-02-07

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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: Jonathan Carroll

Tags: magicalrealism sci-fi carroll life-changing

Description: Jonathan Carroll is amazing. If you've always wondered what "magical realism"Jonathan Carroll is amazing. If you've always wondered what "magical realism" referred to, read this book. Or if you just love great writing, great characters, and a story that will stick with you for years. If it were possible to make a movie that effectively translated Carroll's spectacular prose, I would be all for it....

2007-06-25

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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: neutral

Authors: Bob Ingersoll Tony Isabella

Tags: sci-fi trek

Description: Classic Star Trek meets Perry Mason. Not a great book, but a good diversion if you like sci-fiClassic Star Trek meets Perry Mason. Not a great book, but a good diversion if you like sci-fi and want something different....

2005-12-15

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Jann Martel

Tags: favorites life-changing top5

Description: I bought this in the Brown College Bookstore, on College Hill in Providence, RI.

II bought this in the Brown College Bookstore, on College Hill in Providence, RI.

I had heard a lot of buzz about it, but knew very little of the plot beyond what you can make out from the cover: a boy stuck in a lifeboat with a tiger.

It turned out to be so very much more than that. I dare say I love this book....

2005-09-16

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Alan Warner

Tags: favorites life-changing top5

Description: I bought this book because there was a hot chick in a schoolgirl uniform on the cover. TurnsI bought this book because there was a hot chick in a schoolgirl uniform on the cover. Turns out it was a book that would change my life, and introduce me to my new favorite writer. Alan Warner is huge in the UK and starting to be here, and from this book you can easily see why. Setting the gush aside, the book's god-damned fantastic. Read it, he's got a Joyce-like command of language....

2005-09-16