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Scott posted a review of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
"Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nigh“First things first, I can’t help but compare this book to one by Elizabeth Moon called “The Speed of Dark”. The reason is that the lead characters and the style...
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Scott posted a review of Dark Domain
"Dark Domain"“The main reason for my interest in this book was because Grabinski is Polish. He has even been referred to as the “Polish Poe” (as in Edgar Allen Poe) on a couple of web sites that I came...
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Scott posted a review of The Old Man and the Sea
"The Old Man and the Sea"“The story is about Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman that heads out to the waters, farther then normal, to try and catch something after 84 days of nothing. Using very old...
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Scott posted a review of The Kite Runner
"The Kite Runner"“From Amazon.Com, here is part of Gisele Toueg’s description:---The Kite Runner follows the story of Amir, the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, and Hassan, the son of...
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Scott posted a review of The Tooth Fairy
"The Tooth Fairy" by Graham Joyce“Much like Jonathan Carroll, Joyce’s books have been showing up in my recommendations at Amazon for a long time. And over time, I became very interested in reading some...
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Scott posted a review of Dark Sister
"Dark Sister" by Graham Joyce“I have read a few book descriptions for this one and have decided to alter the best one, because some of the plot points were incorrect. So here is Tamara Hladik’s...
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Scott posted a review of A Conspiracy of Paper
"A Conspiracy of Paper"“Here is a rundown on the synopsis of the book thanks to Alix Wilber and Amazon.Com:---A fool and his money are soon parted - and nowhere so quickly as in the stock market, it...
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Scott posted a review of The Gun Seller
"The Gun Seller" by Hugh Laurie“I found out about this book at an IKEA furniture store of all places. My wife and I were walking around and I kept noticing books on shelves with a title written in...
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Scott posted a review of Hockey Sur Glace: Stories
"Hockey Sur Glace: Stories"““Hockey Sur Glace” by Peter LaSalle is a collection of short stories and poems. This book immediately caught my eye, being a fan of the game. And a moment later I realized...
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Scott posted a review of Black Juice
"Black Juice" by Margo Lanagan“This book kept popping up at Amazon, either as a book that was bought by others who also bought the book I was looking at, or in my recommendations. I had been interested...
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Scott posted a review of The Road
"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy“Stealing from Publishers Weekly found via Amazon.Com, here is a brief overview of the book:---Violence, in McCarthy’s post apocalyptic tour de force, has been visited...
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Scott posted a review of King Rat
"King Rat" by China Mieville“Miéville’s strength and one reason for his quick rise to popularity is his writing style. His prose is amazing for someone that has written things that can be seen as...
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Scott posted a review of Perdido Street Station (Bas-Lag)
"Perdido Street Station" by China Mievil“PSS was the winner of the 2001 Arthur C. Clarke Award and the 2001 British Fantasy Award. The reason it took a sci-fi AND a fantasy award is because it does a...
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Scott posted a review of The Scar (Bas-Lag)
"The Scar" by China Mieville“This is the third book of Mieville's I have read, also being his third novel. Here is a rundown on some of the major plot points that can be revealed before reading it,...
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Scott posted a review of Lud-in-the-Mist
"Lud-in-the-Mist" by Hope Mirrlees“I have been reading some others’ descriptions to post, and have settled on the review from Elisabeth Carey found on Amazon.Com (with a few alterations for clarity and...
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Scott posted a review of The Last Town on Earth
"The Last Town on Earth" by Thomas Mulle“This is the debut novel of Thomas Mullen. Here is a synopsis from the author’s web site:---Deep in the mist-shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest is a small...
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Scott posted a review of Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road
"Ghost Rider" by Neil Peart“For those of you needing an introduction, Neil Peart is the drummer and lyricist for the rock band Rush. Peart’s longtime partner (never married) Jackie Taylor and him had a...
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Scott posted a review of Paper Crown
"Paper Crown" by Jim Peterson“This was his debut novel by Jim Peterson, after publishing some collections of poems. One of those collections, his fourth titled “The Owning Stone”, won the The Benjamin...
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Scott posted a review of Shelf Monkey
"Shelf Monkey" by Corey Redekop“I can’t remember how I came across this book. It either came up in my recommendations at Amazon.Com, or showed up as another link while looking at another book there....
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Scott posted a review of Elantris
"Elantris" by Brandon Sanderson““Elantris” is the debut novel by Brandon Sanderson. It is a stand-alone fantasy story.Here is a brief description from Booklist found on Amazon.Com:---Until 10 years...
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Scott posted a review of The Great American Novel
"The Great American Novel" by Philip Rot“So what is the “great American novel” about? It’s about conspiracies. It’s about Communism. It’s about capitalism. It’s about watching America and it’s citizens...
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Scott posted a review of The Mysterium
"The Mysterium"“I had never heard of the author before until reading “Shelf Monkey” by Corey Redekop. He used him as an outlet of sorts. “Shelf Monkey” is told through emails that the main character...
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Scott posted a review of The Shadow of the Wind
"The Shadow of the Wind"““The Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, which was translated by Lucia Graves.First, a quick description of the book, thanks to Amazon.Com and Publishers Weekly.---The...
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Scott posted a review of Hidden Camera
"Hidden Camera"“I believe I found out about this book through Jeffrey Ford’s Live Journal (though I now can’t find the post). Here is a description from Amazon.Com and Publishers Weekly.---Zivkovic...
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Scott posted a review of Elric: Song of the Black Sword (The Tale of the...
"Elric: Song of the Black Sword"“This omnibus titled "Elric: Song of the Black Sword" includes the first three novels and three short stories, all published in order, following the life of Michael...
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Scott posted a review of The Veracruz Blues
"The Veracruz Blues"“Thanks to Publishers Weekly and Amazon.Com, here is a brief synopsis of the novel first:---Using real names and events, Winegardner playfully recounts how in 1946 one quixotic man...
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Scott posted a review of A Spot of Bother
"A Spot of Bother" by Mark Haddon“Mark Haddon made a big splash with his debut novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" about an autistic boy in England that tries to solve the murder...
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Scott posted a review of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
"Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom"“There seems to be a cult status type feeling about the group of people that really like Cory Doctorow's writing, and especially his novel "Down and Out in the Magic...
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Scott posted a review of The Crash of Hennington
"The Crash of Hennington"“The author of "Shelf Monkey", Corey Redekop, has a blog. One day I was looking at his profile where he listed some of his favorite books. "The Crash of Hennington" was one of...
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Scott posted a review of The Invention of Hugo Cabret
"The Invention of Hugo Cabret"“I had interest in this book now for a while, though never took the plunge. I remember reading a brief description that didn’t go deep into the story, or the nature of the...
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