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Monthly Archives: September 2011
REVIEW: Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson
(Orbit e-book, originally published 1992) This was the very first novel by Neal Stephenson that I read, long before Cryptonomicon or The Baroque Trilogy. There’s a lot of similarity between it and Zodiac (which I read for the first time … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Re-read, Read on my Kindle, Reviews, Science fiction
Tagged avatar, coincidence, cool names, cult, dystopia, Enki, friendship, glossolalia, hackers, Neal Stephenson, Sumerian culture, sword-fighting, system crash, the Mafia, virtual reality, virus
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REVIEW: The Emperor’s Edge – Lindsay Buroker
(self-published e-book 2010) This was another recommendation from Erin at Aelia Reads (she recommended Please Ignore Vera Dietz, which I enjoyed), and which I downloaded for my Kindle along with a short story collection and the sequel. The Emperor’s Edge … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 New Reads, Fantasy, Fiction, Read on my Kindle, Reviews
Tagged ambition, assassination, biological warfare, counterfeiting, emperor, leadership, Lindsay Buroker, loyalty, lust for power, magic, politics, steampunk, strong women
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