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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier 83 reviews Alan Moore
Wildstorm, 2007
Excellent follow-up.
Not just a comic book, this is, for the most part, the titular Black Dossier. Not a place for anyone who hasn't read a League book before to start with the series, but a truly exciting follow-up for fans. Alan Moore mimics everything from Shakespeare to Kerouac in a book that changes styles every ...
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Sourcery 51 reviews Terry Pratchett
HarperTorch, 2001
First class fun!
+ Within Pratchett's Hilarious Cynicism Lo and Behold He's an Optomist + Pardon my Klatchian + Fifth in the Discworld Series + Wine and Song. Forget the Women.
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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal 499 reviews Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2003
What did jesus do during those lost years???
+ Fantastic! + Hylarious and moving story of Jesus + Great book, would have loved to of met Biff in real life!!! + Biff is a Great Read!
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That Yellow Bastard (Sin City, Book 4: Second Edition) 32 reviews Frank Miller
Dark Horse, 2005
If you like it Raw, this is the book for you
+ Perhaps the best + Graphic SF Reader + The Best. + A Very Good Cop in a Very Bad Town
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The Hard Goodbye (Sin City, Book 1: Second Edition) 97 reviews Frank Miller
Dark Horse, 2005
The best masterpiece ever written
+ If you liked the movie, this book just adds more depth + Much more depth than the film + A Hard book to Put down + go get 'em Marv
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The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) 42 reviews Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Penguin Classics, 1999
Free SF Reader
+ Excellent prose and poetry + Lovecraft at his best + for old school fright-mongers
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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 Dante Club: A Novel 328 reviews Matthew Pearl
Ballantine Books, 2006
Spectacular Mystery
+ The Poet's step is quiet and solemn
Three unlikely sleuths, the real-life poets Lowell, Holmes, and Longfellow, investigate a series of brilliant murders inspired by Dante's Inferno, which is at the present of the story being translated to English by Longfellow himself So this means the murderer is amongst them somehow. A sheer ...
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Here, There Be Dragons (Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica) 41 reviews James A. Owen
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2006
this is my english assinment
+ Great + this is my english assinment + An excellent adventure
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The Light Fantastic 113 reviews Terry Pratchett
HarperTorch, 2000
Even better than the previous one
+ good book + Quick and lots of fun + Pratchett does it again!
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To Kill a Mockingbird 1762 reviews Harper Lee
Grand Central Publishing, 1988
Excelent Book!
+ There is a reason this book will be read for centuries and centuries... + Tequila Mockingbird + Great!!Love this book + LOVE THIS BOOK!
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Stardust 347 reviews Neil Gaiman
Harper Perennial, 2006
"Go, And Catch a Falling Star..."
+ Let the magic begins...
If you like fantasy stories filled with magic, adventure and romance, but are getting sick and tired of boring, long-winded fantasy epics, then look no further than "Stardust." There are no long histories, family trees or endless descriptions of culture, landscapes and back-story. This is just a ...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) 3238 reviews J. K. Rowling
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007
Great Book ,simply love it!
+ one of my favorite books + Big Equations! + Amazing, the way Rowling comes up with all of this. + The Magic of Harry Potter
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Me Talk Pretty One Day 736 reviews David Sedaris
Back Bay Books, 2001
Best Sedaris collection!
+ Do Not Read While Eating Because It's So Funny You Might Choke + David Sedaris does it again! + Not heartwarming... in a good way.
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Anatomy of a Murder 11 reviews Robert Traver
St. Martin's Griffin, 1983
"A murder trial is a fascinating pageant."
+ Superior, Like the Film. + Classic Courtroom Drama - Great Book, Superb Film Adaptation + For Prospective Lawyers + terrific legal thriller
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.) 230 reviews James L. Swanson
Harper Perennial, 2007
Harrowing "Manhunt"
+ Outstanding Read + A gem for Civil War enthusiasts + The facts of Lincoln's assassination that you never learned in school. + Suspenseful
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The Hound of the Baskervilles: 100th Anniversary Edition (Signet Classics) 35 reviews Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Signet Classics, 2001
Hound of the Baskervilles
+ Classic Holmes + Awesome + Classic Holmes
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Better than Life (Red Dwarf) 25 reviews Grant Naylor
Roc, 1993
Second RD novel continues in tradition of first
+ Not as good as Red Dwarf, still a lot of fun though.... + Better than "Infinity"! + even better than red dwarf
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Bone: One Volume Edition 100 reviews Jeff Smith
Cartoon Books, 2004
a bone-tastic series
+ Excellent, but with New Age overtones. + I could not put it down.
this series is full of action,laughs and sadness. i rate it 5 stars. i enjoyed the character becaue they are funny and curious.
i think jeff smith is an awesome author because i can understand what he is writing about such as war is dangerous and lying gets you nothing but trouble.
i think ...
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Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing an Art Form 34 reviews Scott Mccloud
Harper Paperbacks, 2000
The Great McCloud Comics Trilogy- 3 of the Best-Ever
+ A Dated Look at Ways to Break Out of the Box That Comics Are In + Very informative, horizons-expanding book. + Fascinating
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