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Invisible Monsters 290 reviews Chuck Palahniuk
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
This book is ca-razy!
+ Great Company to purchase from + My Unexpected Favorite + GREAT + a slow start, followed by a headlong rush. This book stayed in my head for a long time afterward!
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Sir Apropos of Nothing 59 reviews Peter David
Pocket, 2002
Excellent Pun Reading
+ Reserve Judgement on Apropos Until The Sequels! + Lose the back story and I'll make it a six star + A fun and funny read, yet also poignant + Mostly good.
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Swordspoint 61 reviews Ellen Kushner
Spectra, 2003
"Everyone lives at Swordspoint."
+ Driven by vivid characters, clever and romantic in equal measures, this is an enjoyable and intelligent book. Recommended + Excellent + Not Free SF Reader
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Fifth Quarter (Daw Book Collectors) 14 reviews Tanya Huff
DAW, 1995
Excellent!
+ A bit wierd...
Fifth Quarter has quite a few interesting characters involved in intricate relationships. There's excellent action, horror, romance, and a bit of humor mixed in throughout the story. This book explores taboos but doesn't step delicately; rather, it plainly thrusts the situation in your face. I ...
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Outsiders: 22 All-New Stories From the Edge 5 reviews Nancy Holder, Nancy Kilpatrick
Roc Trade, 2005
outsiders
+ Outsiders should be -IN- your library! + The tales run the speculative fiction gamut
I work @ a major book store shain & was so impressed I added it to our basic stock.
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Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys: A Novel 29 reviews Eric Garcia
Avon A, 2005
One of the Funniest Books I've Ever Read
+ Not merely fantastic + delightfully twisted - Garcia knows how to do things right + Funny and original
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Punk Land 14 reviews Carlton Mellick III
Eraserhead Press, 2005
Even better than Satan Burger
+ Punk Land + Are you REALLY punk enough to get in?
Satan Burger is one of my favorite books, but Punk Land is even better than that. It has the characters Nan and Mortician from Satan Burger. It takes place soon after the events that took place in the first book. I recommend reading Satan Burger first but Punk Land is such a better book and is ...
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*OP Shadowdance 11 reviews Robin Bailey
White Wolf Publishing, 1995
Dark Fantasy Taken to a Whole New Level
+ Fairly good + grim mycenaean fantasy + Dancing through the night..... + Dive into the dance
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Kung Fu High School 11 reviews Ryan Gattis, Brandon Gattis, 2005
Kung Fu
+ Legendary + Blood and Guts in High School
This was an amazing book but it's not written for everyone. If your only experience with violence has been through the television- you may not get this book. But if you have a personal history with violence the details used to explain everything from the taste of blood, the sound of broken bone ...
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The Summer Country 28 reviews James A. Hetley, 2002
A fabulous, gripping fairytale for adults only
+ Very good debut.
Before starting to write my review, I decided to read some of the other reviews here. Sadly, that left me wondering if some of the other reviewers actually knew how to read, let alone write reviews. So many of them misquoted the plotline of the book, seemed confused about what happened in it, or ...
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I Have the Right to Destroy Myself (Harvest Original) 4 reviews Young-ha Kim
Harvest Books, 2007
beware of strangers in art galleries
+ A short review without giving anything away + Embracing One's Destiny + I really liked this book.
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Vampire Vow 30 reviews Michael Schiefelbein
Alyson Books, 2001
Enticing & Intiguing
+ so disturbing that it's fun!
This was a well written book into the life of a gay vampire. You follow the life of Viktor, a former Roman Officer who tries to find that special someone to share his life with and allow him to move on to a greater world. This book has love, rage, vengence. You cheer at Viktor while at the same ...
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The Eye of Night 7 reviews Pauline J. Alama
Spectra, 2002
Fascinating
+ Original, almost indescribable, yet very readable + Entertaining Fantasy + A Worthy Effort for a First Book + Wornderfully imagined in a spellbinding setting
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Drawing Blood 104 reviews Poppy Z. Brite
Dell, 1994
Returning to Birdland...
+ Second best, after Lost Souls + Putting the "hard" in "hardcore"! + Gay Horror + GREAT READ
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Slaughtermatic 18 reviews Steve Aylett
Thunder's Mouth Press, 1998
Absolutely hilarious
+ Slice and Dice, Baby + Diagnosis Confirmed
This book is one of my favorites. It's absolutely hilarious and not nearly as confusing or hard to read as some people seem to paint it as. It's fast paced and brisk with no down time. My only complaint is that the American edition seems to be too stuffy, trying to make it more serious than it is ...
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The Alleluia Files (Samaria, Book 3) 19 reviews Sharon Shinn
Ace, 1999
Great Conclusion To The Series
+ Brilliant and original + The Truth Comes Out + Marvelous conclusion to her Samaria trilogy! + Don't miss this series
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V for Vendetta 21 reviews Stephen Moore
Pocket Star, 2006
Super Reader
+ Wonderful Service + Excellent Book
This book is actually very good. It is great to have V as a point of view character at times, such as when he sees the unconscious Evey in Jordan Towers, or confronting Creedy underground.. This may well be one of the best 'tie-in' efforts ever produced.
Some of the political and other history ...
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Doctors and Nurses: A Novel 3 reviews Lucy Ellmann
Bloomsbury USA, 2006
Not for the easily offended
+ Another Crazyass novel by the wickedly funny Lucy Ellmann
Forget my title comment... this book isn't for the offendable. It was strange, crude, disconnected and wonderful. If you have a taste for the quirky, read this book. I will never look at purses the same way again.
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Swordspoint 61 reviews Ellen Kushner
Spectra, 2003
"Everyone lives at Swordspoint."
+ Driven by vivid characters, clever and romantic in equal measures, this is an enjoyable and intelligent book. Recommended + Excellent + Not Free SF Reader
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Kung Fu High School 11 reviews Ryan Gattis, Brandon Gattis, 2005
Kung Fu
+ Legendary + Blood and Guts in High School
This was an amazing book but it's not written for everyone. If your only experience with violence has been through the television- you may not get this book. But if you have a personal history with violence the details used to explain everything from the taste of blood, the sound of broken bone ...
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