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I recently discovered that my favorite movie in recent years, Under the Skin, was based on a novel by Michel Faber. I'd never heard of him and decided to try this unusual, sci-fi drama. The plot centers around a Christian Missionary, Peter, who is traveling to a distant world to minister to alien creatures. This …
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Ken Liu is one of the major names in modern short science fiction, and I'm a big fan. When I heard he had a novel out I jumped at the chance to buy it--only to be disappointed when I found out it was a fantasy novel instead of sci fi. But I got it anyway, …
Did you grow up in the 80's? Do you like video games and geek culture? Then you might only be a little bit irritated by this book. In the future, a global total immersion video game dominates the worlds economy, with most of humanity spending every available waking hour inside of it. The creator of …
Well, it's not November, Â but I'm doing a Nano challenge this month anyway. Sort of a half-nano. I'm going to write 22,000 words this month, which is about 700 per day. Doesn't sound like much, but I haven't been writing that regularly in ages, so its going to be a challenge! And if I don't …
The Sirens of Titan was clever, fun and charming, as is everything by Vonnegut that I've read. And it also says a lot about how the world works. The plot centers on Malachi Constant, son of the luckiest man on Earth, who invested in the stock markets using the Bible as a guide telling him …
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