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Dr. Futurity: A Novel 8 reviews Philip K. Dick
Vintage, 2005
Not his best, but good for Dick fans to read
This short PKD novel is not at the top of the list in execution but for Dick completists, it is an interesting time travel/paradox story. Many of us are now searching out more obscure stories by PKD, having read all his "classsics," and this novel certainly deserves a reading to compare it to his ...
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Wolves Eat Dogs (Arkady Renko Novels) 77 reviews Martin Cruz Smith
Pocket, 2006
Unmatched
+ Sturdy Renko returns + Part history, part travelogue, part mystery + I saw Baba Yaga today.
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 596 reviews Michael Chabon
Picador, 2001
The Most Super of All Powers
+ Chabon vents his issues + Great Fiction + Comic history in the making
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The Crossing (The Border Trilogy) 82 reviews Cormac Mccarthy
Knopf, 1994
Highly recommend!!
+ A Western Sorrow.
This story has all the elements that draw a reader in and hold them fast: love, tragedy, revenge, hope. Try it, you'll like it!
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All the Pretty Horses 301 reviews Cormac Mccarthy
Vintage, 1993
A Masterpiece
+ A compelling story that sacrifices some of its insight, in favor of action and adventure + A beautiful masterpiece of Western literature + a raw yet elegant coming of age story; hablas espagnol?
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All Tomorrow's Parties 131 reviews William Gibson
Ace Trade, 2000
Oddly Interesting Story
+ "And what shall she do with Thursday's rags / When Monday comes around"
A very odd story. There are shifts of location that sort of take you by surprise and then there are the trips through a computer land. Eventually you understand that this is a future world. It is an odd jumble of events that create the interest.
At first there is the odd character, Laney, who ...
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Cities of the Plain 103 reviews Cormac McCarthy
Vintage International, 1999
Omit epilogue
+ The Ending Of Two + My first Cormac McCarthy book
I think the epilogue adds nothing to the novel, unless somehow I missed the point entirely. C. M. has elsewhere more skillfully put forth his theme that our destinies are predetermined practically from the "big bang" and that, appearances to the contrary, we really have no choices. The last ...
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The Man in the High Castle 168 reviews Philip K. Dick
Vintage, 1992
What if the Nazis / Japanese Won WWII, the U.S. Conquered & Divided?
+ Nothing else quite like it + Hugo winning classic + Our world as it might have been ...
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1776 654 reviews David McCullough
Simon & Schuster, 2006
The Struggle of an Infant Nation
+ Popular History That Reads Like Suspense + A very intelligent account of 1776 + Remarkable Historical Account
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Cities of the Plain 103 reviews Cormac McCarthy
Vintage International, 1999
Omit epilogue
+ The Ending Of Two + My first Cormac McCarthy book
I think the epilogue adds nothing to the novel, unless somehow I missed the point entirely. C. M. has elsewhere more skillfully put forth his theme that our destinies are predetermined practically from the "big bang" and that, appearances to the contrary, we really have no choices. The last ...
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The Man in the High Castle 168 reviews Philip K. Dick
Vintage, 1992
What if the Nazis / Japanese Won WWII, the U.S. Conquered & Divided?
+ Nothing else quite like it + Hugo winning classic + Our world as it might have been ...
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Dr. Futurity: A Novel 8 reviews Philip K. Dick
Vintage, 2005
Not his best, but good for Dick fans to read
This short PKD novel is not at the top of the list in execution but for Dick completists, it is an interesting time travel/paradox story. Many of us are now searching out more obscure stories by PKD, having read all his "classsics," and this novel certainly deserves a reading to compare it to his ...
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Wolves Eat Dogs (Arkady Renko Novels) 77 reviews Martin Cruz Smith
Pocket, 2006
Unmatched
+ Sturdy Renko returns + Part history, part travelogue, part mystery + I saw Baba Yaga today.
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The Crossing (The Border Trilogy) 82 reviews Cormac Mccarthy
Knopf, 1994
Highly recommend!!
+ A Western Sorrow.
This story has all the elements that draw a reader in and hold them fast: love, tragedy, revenge, hope. Try it, you'll like it!
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All the Pretty Horses 301 reviews Cormac Mccarthy
Vintage, 1993
A Masterpiece
+ A compelling story that sacrifices some of its insight, in favor of action and adventure + A beautiful masterpiece of Western literature + a raw yet elegant coming of age story; hablas espagnol?
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1776 654 reviews David McCullough
Simon & Schuster, 2006
The Struggle of an Infant Nation
+ Popular History That Reads Like Suspense + A very intelligent account of 1776 + Remarkable Historical Account
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 596 reviews Michael Chabon
Picador, 2001
The Most Super of All Powers
+ Chabon vents his issues + Great Fiction + Comic history in the making
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All Tomorrow's Parties 131 reviews William Gibson
Ace Trade, 2000
Oddly Interesting Story
+ "And what shall she do with Thursday's rags / When Monday comes around"
A very odd story. There are shifts of location that sort of take you by surprise and then there are the trips through a computer land. Eventually you understand that this is a future world. It is an odd jumble of events that create the interest.
At first there is the odd character, Laney, who ...
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