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Val's Random Comments: Review Index
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Almost entirely random comments on whatever it is I am reading at the moment -. The index is ordered alphabetically by author name. If I have reviewed more than one book by a particular author they are listed in publication order. A Shadow in Summer. A Betrayal in Winter. The Price of Spring. Leviathan Wept and Other Stories. We See a Different Frontier. Aldiss, Brian W. Anderson, Kevin J. With Brian Herbert, 2011). The van Rijn Method. David Falkayn: Star Trader. Rise of the Terran Empire. Auel, Jean M.
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Val's Random Comments: The Best of Connie Willis - Connie Willis
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Almost entirely random comments on whatever it is I am reading at the moment -. Sunday, July 7, 2013. The Best of Connie Willis - Connie Willis. As a single work, have won awards, the rest Willis received for her short fiction. My reading of Willis' work is limited to three novels and one novella, all of which I have enjoyed, so when Del Rey offered this collection for review on NetGalley I snapped it up. The Best of Connie Willis: Award-winning Stories. To All Seated on the Ground. 1982) is an early exp...
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Val's Random Comments: Moxyland - Lauren Beukes
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Almost entirely random comments on whatever it is I am reading at the moment -. Thursday, January 26, 2012. Moxyland - Lauren Beukes. Lauren Beukes’ second novel Zoo City. Drew a lot of attention last year. It was nominated for a bunch of awards and raked in rave reviews by the dozen. I wasn't quite as lyrical about is as some bookbloggers but is was certainly an interesting work. Moxyland. Contains a dominant fantastical element, Moxyland. Is a chillingly realistic view of the possible future. One t...
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Val's Random Comments: Shaman's Crossing - Robin Hobb
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Almost entirely random comments on whatever it is I am reading at the moment -. Sunday, June 28, 2015. Shaman's Crossing - Robin Hobb. Last week I ordered some new books but since none of them have arrived yet I dug a backlist title out of the bookcase for this weekend's review. Shaman's Crossing. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Shamans Crossing - Robin Hobb. Rook Song - Naomi Foyle. Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective - George R.R. Martin . Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective - George R.R. Martin .
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Val's Random Comments: Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective - George R.R. Martin (part 1)
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Almost entirely random comments on whatever it is I am reading at the moment -. Sunday, June 7, 2015. Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective - George R.R. Martin (part 1). Riding on the first wave of success for his massive series A Song of Ice and Fire. Is divided into nine sections. They are roughly chronological and sometimes thematically ordered and each cover a stage in the career of Martin. He starts in his youth and goes all the way on to The Hedge Knight. Only Kids are Afraid of the Dark. Is the first stor...
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Val's Random Comments: Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective - George R.R. Martin (part 3)
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Almost entirely random comments on whatever it is I am reading at the moment -. Sunday, June 14, 2015. Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective - George R.R. Martin (part 3). The continuation of my review on George R.R. Martin's massive collection Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective. You can read the first part here. And the second part here. The Siren of Hollywood. That show got canceled rather quickly and Martin moved on to writing for a new series called Beauty and the Beast. Starring Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman....
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Val's Random Comments: The Water Knife - Paolo Bacigalupi
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Almost entirely random comments on whatever it is I am reading at the moment -. Sunday, August 2, 2015. The Water Knife - Paolo Bacigalupi. Is Paolo Bacigalupi's first novel length work for adults since his breakthrough novel The Windup Girl. 2009) He has written four other novels in between those too, aimed at younger audiences. The Windup Girl. The novel is linked to his short story The Tamarisk Hunter. By Marc Reisner, first published in 1986 and updated in 1993, as one of his inspirations. It is ...
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Val's Random Comments: The Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi
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Almost entirely random comments on whatever it is I am reading at the moment -. Tuesday, September 22, 2009. The Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi. Paolo Bacigalupi is the author of Pump Six and Other Stories. One of the best short fiction collections I have ever read. I was very much looking forward to reading his first full length novel, especially after I found out it would be set in the same future as his stories The Calorie Man. And The Yellow Card Man. Labels: Night Shade Books. Ritus - Markus Heitz.
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Val's Random Comments: Icehenge - Kim Stanley Robinson
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Almost entirely random comments on whatever it is I am reading at the moment -. Sunday, May 9, 2010. Icehenge - Kim Stanley Robinson. I'm reading (or in some cases rereading) Kim Stanley Robinson's older novels at the moment. This will probably result in a reread of his famous Mars trilogy in the not too distant future but we're not there yet. Icehenge. Is Robinson's second published novel. It was published the same year as his first novel The Wild Shore. Is very different from The Wild Shore. The charac...
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A Brief Linguistic Protest - Genitive of Possession
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