false 7081 5 A human diplomat kills his alien counterpart. Earth is on the verge of war with a vastly superior alien race. A lone man races against time and a host of enemies to find the one object that can save our planet and our people from alien enslavement...A sheep. That's right, a sheep. And if you think that's the most surprising thing about this book, wait until you read Chapter One. Welcome to <i>The Android's Dream. </i> For Harry Creek, it's quickly becoming a nightmare. All he wants is to do his uncomplicated mid-level diplomatic job with Earth's State Department. But his past training and skills get him tapped to save the planet--and to protect pet store owner Robin Baker, whose own past holds the key to the whereabouts of that lost sheep. Doing both will take him from lava-strewn battlefields to alien halls of power. All in a day's work. Maybe it's time for a raise. Throw in two-timing freelance mercenaries, political lobbyists with megalomaniac tendencies, aliens on a religious quest, and an artificial intelligence with unusual backstory, and you've got more than just your usual science fiction adventure story. You've got <i>The Android's Dream.</i> 1113673 31 10 2006 The Android's Dream total:775|5:192|4:351|3:182|2:38|1:12| 775 2998 1107 156 3 1 false true Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 09:40:50 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 10:57:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false true Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 23:26:52 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 23:41:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jan 07 20:51:53 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 30 11:08:03 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 07 20:49:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false true Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 09:05:04 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 09:14:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Aug 14 12:33:18 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 12:33:52 -0700 2007 Old Man's War, I still haven't gotten around to reading it. Which, given how much sheer fun The Android's Dream is, makes me an idiot. Seriously. If you can put this book down after reading the first paragraph, you're a better person th...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 03 09:20:23 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 09:22:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 16:24:56 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 16:29:51 -0700 2009
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Perhaps not as good of a first line as "Call me Ishmael", or "It was a pleasure to burn", or "I am a sick man, I am a spiteful man", ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 03 07:30:15 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 07:30:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 12:16:45 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 12:27:01 -0700 2009 1 John Scalzi that I've read, and although I didn't enjoy it as much as the other books, I still found it quite enjoyable. Scalzi, once again, demonstrates that he can do character development as well as he can write action sequences - he doesn...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 11:31:11 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 07:56:32 -0800 2009
The recap: There’s been a diplomatic disaster. Two people are dead - human Di...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 06:50:58 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 12:30:19 -0700 2009 1
I liked this less then any of the other books Scalzi's written. It was still remarkably funny in places, and occasionally reminded me of Connie Willis' screwball comedies - but I found a lot of it awfully hard to follow. We're not even introduced to the main...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 08:31:53 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 08:31:54 -0700 2009
Perhaps it is only because I...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 10 15:31:42 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 17:03:45 -0800 2009 Doctor Who -- The Curse of Fatal Death that was done one year for Comic Relief, the British charity fundraiser. In that sketch, Rowan Atkinson (Doctor Who) and Jonathan Pryce (the villian) ma...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 09:47:11 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 10:08:00 -0700 2009 character's cluelessness, but it doesn't come across as b...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Mar 01 14:17:56 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 14:23:10 -0800 2008 Robocop than Total Recall. Or, if you must have a literary parallel: Ross Thomas. Action, humor, biting social commentary... Scalzi's got it all. Can't wait fo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 09:20:43 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 17:59:58 -0700 2009 1
Harry Creek is a low-level state department employee who gets the illustrious job of trying to find a genetically-altered (and proprietary) species ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 22:24:08 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 07:22:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 13:10:46 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 10:40:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 00:20:31 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 16:06:11 -0700 2009
However, it basically starts in the middle of the action a...more...]]>