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Books 2007 #10 Sandworms of Dune

Sandworms of Dune Disappointing. At least a a piece of literature. If I hadn’t read most of it during 14 hours of plane flight and it wasn’t theoretically the culmination of something like 10,000 pages of the Dune stories I … Continue reading

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Books 2007 #9 Spook Country by William Gibson

Spook Country I’ve been trying to decide whether or not to be disappointed by this book. It wasn’t as good as I’d hoped. That’s for certain. I guess the question is- can a book that is merely good be a … Continue reading

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Books 2007 #8 Some Harry Potter thing.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) I just realized I’d never noted this. I read it over the first weekend (mostly on Saturday night) and, drumroll please, I really enjoyed it. If I go into more depth than … Continue reading

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Go Fighting Cephalopods!

I bought some new gear: That, along with my new EFF t-shirt and I’ll be the envy of “dress like a bum” friday. everybody say “yeah.” “yeah.” Miskatonic University T-Shirt (Green)

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"Why Harry Potter Won't be a Bestseller"

Quite simply, if this idiotic rule banning kid’s books from the charts had been in effect before Harry Potter, there might never have been Harry Potter in the first place — and certainly not to the level of sales we’ve … Continue reading

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