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Mike Reeves-McMillan
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http://www.goodreads.com/mikerm
born
July 10, 1967
in Auckland, New Zealand
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City of Masks
— published 2008 — 3 editions |
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Gu
— published 2012 |
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Changing Health Behaviours: Techniques to change your life for the better
— published 2009 |
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Quit on page 22.
My last shot at steampunk. It always seems more interested in exploring the minute details of incomprehensible gadgets than the inner workings of the characters. Since engaging characters are a reading priority of mine, I declare g... " Read more of this review » |
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The archivist's name is Books! Get it? Get it?
I'm always worried when an author (or authors, in this case) can't avoid a cheap pun, and this one is very cheap. It doesn't usually bode well for the imagination of said authors. They have plenty of... " Read more of this review » |
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Poor writing (too much tell, not enough show), poor editing, poor pacing, lazy characterizations, and a plot that managed, somehow, to be both absurd and boring. The dialogue desperately tried to be witty but always fell short.
Also, Books and Brau... " Read more of this review » |
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As the second Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel, The Janus Affair more than delivers on the promise of last year's Phoenix Rising, even if the story at the heart of it isn't quite as strong. With the preliminaries out of the way, Ballantine &...
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“The wrong thing being?” asks Halwaz.
“Closing up their source, of course,” you say, in a tone which implies, “Did you think I was merely talking about their sacrificing small fuzzy animals in an attempt to bring back ancient evil gods?”
― Mike Reeves-McMillan, Gu
“Closing up their source, of course,” you say, in a tone which implies, “Did you think I was merely talking about their sacrificing small fuzzy animals in an attempt to bring back ancient evil gods?”
― Mike Reeves-McMillan, Gu
“Blessings be on this house," Granny said, perfunctorily. It was always a good opening remark for a witch. It concentrated people's minds on what other things might be on this house.”
― Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad
― Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad
“There isn't a way things should be. There's just what happens, and what we do.”
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky
“Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a
red flag to a bu... was like putting something very annoying in front of
someone who was annoyed by it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
red flag to a bu... was like putting something very annoying in front of
someone who was annoyed by it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
“What's a philosopher?' said Brutha.
Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
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