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The Silmarillion (Illustrated Edition) 664 reviews J.R.R. Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin, 1998
Must read
+ Tough read but well worth it + Gorgeous Production!! + Middle Earth Bible
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1984 11 reviews George Orwell
Signet Classics, 1950
Amazing
+ A Haunting, Believable Look At the End of Human Freedom + A very disturbing book + What It Means to Be Human + the hobo philosopher
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Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth (Star Trek: Voyager) 10 reviews Dean Wesley Smith
Star Trek, 1999
Captain Proton's REAL Basis
A number of other reviewers have stated that the Captain Proton character is based on either Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers. They are incorrect. In reality the character is the Republic Pictures "Rocketman" character who appeared in 4 Republic Serials under the names Jeff King aka "The Rocketman", ...
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Gormenghast Trilogy 1 review Mervyn Peake
VINTAGE (RAND), 1999
THE PEAKE OF CREATIVITY
I have been reading some of the more negative reviews of these books and decided it was time to update my remarks. Let me put it this way: Gormenghast, (like the Magic Theater in Hesse's STEPPENWOLF) is NOT for everybody. It is, indeed, just as great as others (including myself) have said. But! If ...
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Brave New World 4 reviews Aldous Huxley
Flamingo, 1977
A few thoughts with "religious" considerations
+ God does not change. But people do. + Great dystopian classic + An interesting twist on an alternate reality
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Harry Potter Boxset Books 1-7 287 reviews J. K. Rowling
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007
i love amazon.com
+ Harry Potter Boxset
i'm very glad that i pushed through with my order from amazon,being a resident in Asia.i received the product in a very good condition,without a dent on the box!i recommend amazon.com to all of u who reads this review.amazon really takes care not only of your orders but of your satisfaction as ...
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Chronicles Of Narnia Boxed Set 1014 reviews C.S. Lewis
Scholastic Inc., 1948
Further up and further in!
+ Fantastic + First time reading through + Just what I ordered + Cs Lewis Chronicles of narnia
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The Hobbit (Illustrated Edition) 1630 reviews J.R.R. Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin, 1997
UNabr CD read by Rob Inglis is EXCELLENT!!!
+ Excellent book + Really Good MUST READ + The Lord of the Rings + Definitely There and Back Again
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The Lord of the Rings (Illustrated Edition) 1002 reviews J.R.R. Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin, 1991
Lord of the Rings Book Review
+ Amazing trilogy + Great book, great illustrations, great buy!
Hello there,
I am about half-way through the first book of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and I am loving it. I am amazed at how Tolkien is so descriptive in his writing and puts so much thought to it. The first one-hundred pages are a little rough, but after that it is impossible to put the ...
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Orlando (Wordsworth Classics) 45 reviews Virginia Woolf
Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1999
This Book is Still Hip -- Hard to Believe Written and Published in 1928 Edwardian England [63]
+ 4.5 out of 5: Sexuality through the ages + As Only Virginia Woolf Could Write + A zany tour through English history based on a house
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The Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf (Contemporary English language fiction) 7 reviews David Madsen
Dedalus,, 1998
Completely over the top
+ The funky 1500's + Delicious decadence + Rabelaisian--for better or more grotesque.... + A lyrical account of a of a very intresting life.
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Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth (Star Trek: Voyager) 10 reviews Dean Wesley Smith
Star Trek, 1999
Captain Proton's REAL Basis
A number of other reviewers have stated that the Captain Proton character is based on either Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers. They are incorrect. In reality the character is the Republic Pictures "Rocketman" character who appeared in 4 Republic Serials under the names Jeff King aka "The Rocketman", ...
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The Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf (Contemporary English language fiction) 7 reviews David Madsen
Dedalus,, 1998
Completely over the top
+ The funky 1500's + Delicious decadence + Rabelaisian--for better or more grotesque.... + A lyrical account of a of a very intresting life.
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Gormenghast Trilogy 1 review Mervyn Peake
VINTAGE (RAND), 1999
THE PEAKE OF CREATIVITY
I have been reading some of the more negative reviews of these books and decided it was time to update my remarks. Let me put it this way: Gormenghast, (like the Magic Theater in Hesse's STEPPENWOLF) is NOT for everybody. It is, indeed, just as great as others (including myself) have said. But! If ...
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Brave New World 4 reviews Aldous Huxley
Flamingo, 1977
A few thoughts with "religious" considerations
+ God does not change. But people do. + Great dystopian classic + An interesting twist on an alternate reality
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Harry Potter Boxset Books 1-7 287 reviews J. K. Rowling
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007
i love amazon.com
+ Harry Potter Boxset
i'm very glad that i pushed through with my order from amazon,being a resident in Asia.i received the product in a very good condition,without a dent on the box!i recommend amazon.com to all of u who reads this review.amazon really takes care not only of your orders but of your satisfaction as ...
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The Silmarillion (Illustrated Edition) 664 reviews J.R.R. Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin, 1998
Must read
+ Tough read but well worth it + Gorgeous Production!! + Middle Earth Bible
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Orlando (Wordsworth Classics) 45 reviews Virginia Woolf
Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1999
This Book is Still Hip -- Hard to Believe Written and Published in 1928 Edwardian England [63]
+ 4.5 out of 5: Sexuality through the ages + As Only Virginia Woolf Could Write + A zany tour through English history based on a house
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1984 11 reviews George Orwell
Signet Classics, 1950
Amazing
+ A Haunting, Believable Look At the End of Human Freedom + A very disturbing book + What It Means to Be Human + the hobo philosopher
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The Lord of the Rings (Illustrated Edition) 1002 reviews J.R.R. Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin, 1991
Lord of the Rings Book Review
+ Amazing trilogy + Great book, great illustrations, great buy!
Hello there,
I am about half-way through the first book of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and I am loving it. I am amazed at how Tolkien is so descriptive in his writing and puts so much thought to it. The first one-hundred pages are a little rough, but after that it is impossible to put the ...
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