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Title: The Windup Girl
Author: Paolo Bacigalupi
Genre: Science Fiction
Pages: 300
Summary
The world after the oil bust is a grim place. Labor is provided by massive animals, expensive methane is the source of most light. Global warming has caused the seas to rise and engulf whole cities while genetically engineered and mutating diseases ravage those who were not More >
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Title: American Gods
Author: Neil Gaiman
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 624
Summary
Shadow is released from prison after finding out his wife has died. Unsure of what to do with himself, he joins up with a mysterious man and launches into a journey of self discovery which eventually expands outwards into a journey examining the very fabric of spirituality (not religion, More >
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Title: Mass Effect: Revelation
Author: Drew Karpyshyn
Genre: Science Fiction/Video Game Book
Pages: 336
Summary
The prequel to the video game Mass Effect, this book deals with the events directly leading into the story of the game. David Anderson is tasked with finding our what happened to one of Humanity’s research stations. On the way he meets up with the More >
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Title: Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne
Author: David Gaider
Pages: 400
Summary
The prequel to the video game Dragon Age: Origins, this book details the struggles of Prince Maric as he tries to gain back his thrown, overthrowing a puppet king placed there by an invading nation.
Notes
Ok. As a rule, I usually don’t generally read video game books. More >
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Title: Source Of Magic
Series: Xanth (Book 2)
Author: Piers Anthony
Pages: 336
Summary
Following his quest to prove that he has a magic talent while simultaneously bringing gigantic amounts of change to the world of Xanth, Bink is sent out on another quest to determine the ultimate source of magic. But his efforts are opposed by an unseen enemy that seems More >
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Title: A Spell for Chameleon
Series: Xanth (Book 1)
Author: Piers Anthony
Pages: 352
Summary
Xanth is an enchanted world where practically everything in it had magic. Names for things are often quite literal. Shoe Trees are trees that grow shoes, for example. In fact, one can find most anything they need growing on a plant. All humans living More >
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Well, I’ve finally worked up the ambition to post something! I’ve been busy with various things and sidetracked by situations for the past couple weeks and generally haven’t felt much like writing here. But I don’t want to abandon this place entirely, so I figure I should fill in the gap with a general summary.
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about 7 months ago - No comments
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)
George R.R. Martin
Lately I've been in a bit of a fantasy mood so instead of reading this book my parents let me borrow (Critical Judgement by Michael Palmer. More >
about 1 year ago - No comments
Night Mare (Xanth Novels)
Piers Anthony
Yup. I'm totally screwed. It's now April and I've been averaging 1 book a month since the beginning of the year. I swear I thought I read more than this!
In any case, here's my More >
about 2 years ago - No comments
Night Mare (Xanth Novels)
Piers Anthony
I've been a little slow in reading these books but I'm not giving up yet. I decided that I needed a couple of quick read books to catch up. So I picked…
Night MareBy Piers Anthony
My More >