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Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
May 6, 2014

Books of May: The Fifth Miracle, by Paul Davies (1998)

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The Fifth Miracle is a wonderfully engaging popular science book by Paul Davies, that runs through the theory, evidence and arguments for h...
May 2, 2014

Books of May: Salamander, by Thomas Wharton (2001)

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An 18th century London book printer, Nicholas Flood, is drawn to a castle on the Transylvanian-Hungarian border. There he is tasked with cr...
May 1, 2014

Books of May: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, by Alan Garner (1960)

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Books of May highlights books - both fiction and non-fiction - that have engaged, entertained or otherwise made a significant impact on me ...
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August 2, 2013

Odds'n'Sods: Nine things unrelated to the new Doctor Who

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The Internerds are aflame with news that the BBC will reveal the actor playing the next Doctor in Doctor Who this Sunday. In the interests ...
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May 23, 2013

Kindle Worlds, and why it may be bad for fandom

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Amazon has attracted a fair amount of attention this week with the announcement of Kindle Worlds , an e-book initiative that allows fans o...
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May 13, 2013

Books of May: Them!: Adventures with Extremists, by Jon Ronson (2001)

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Books of May highlights books - both fiction and non-fiction - that have engaged, entertained or otherwise made a significant impact on m...
May 10, 2013

Books of May: Archer's Goon, by Diana Wynne Jones (1984)

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Books of May highlights books - both fiction and non-fiction - that have engaged, entertained or otherwise made a significant impact on m...
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May 9, 2013

Books of May: All Tomorrow's Parties, by William Gibson (1999)

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Books of May highlights books - both fiction and non-fiction - that have engaged, entertained or otherwise made a significant impact on m...
May 7, 2013

Books of May: The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin (1969)

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Books of May highlights books - both fiction and non-fiction - that have engaged, entertained or otherwise made a significant impact on m...
May 6, 2013

Books of May: The Sword of Shannara, by Terry Brooks (1977)

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Books of May highlights books - both fiction and non-fiction - that have engaged, entertained or otherwise made a significant impact on m...
May 4, 2013

Books of May: The Wasp Factory, by Iain Banks (1984)

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Books of May highlights books - both fiction and non-fiction - that have engaged, entertained or otherwise made a significant impact on m...
May 3, 2013

Books of May: Orlando, by Virginia Woolf (1928)

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Books of May highlights books - both fiction and non-fiction - that have engaged, entertained or otherwise made a significant impact on m...
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May 2, 2013

Books of May: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, by Douglas Adams (1987)

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Books of May highlights books - both fiction and non-fiction - that have engaged, entertained or otherwise made a significant impact on m...
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May 1, 2013

Books of May: Underground, by Haruki Murakami (1997)

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Books of May highlights books - both fiction and non-fiction - that have engaged, entertained or otherwise made a significant impact on me...
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February 6, 2013

Chicks Unravel Time (2012)

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Mad Norwegian Press has, over the last few years, managed to carve itself a niche as one of the best publishers of independent TV criticis...
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December 5, 2012

Five Questions for Lee Battersby

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I first encountered Lee Battersby by reading one of short stories. I then met him a few weeks later at a science fiction convention, and I...
November 12, 2012

The Racketeer, by John Grisham (2012)

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John Grisham is one of those authors who sells so overwhelmingly well that he's relatively ignored in critical terms. Literary readers...
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September 19, 2012

Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste (2007)

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33 1/3 is an excellent range of short non-fiction books, each of which takes a classic or groundbreaking musical album and provides an in-...
July 26, 2011

Mathilda, by Mary Shelley

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Mary Shelley is one of the most famous female authors of all time, despite having only written one novel: Frankenstein . Right? Right? Of co...
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January 14, 2011

Tell-All, by Chuck Palahniuk (2010)

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Chuck Palahniuk is a terrifyingly talented author. He has a remarkable gift for odd turns of phrase, describing people, events and places ...