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author: Robert Hunter
name: Dan
average rating: 3.50
book published: 1996
rating: 4
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]]> 27834399 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:07:20 -0700
author: Tatsuo Yoshida
name: Dan
average rating: 4.50
book published: 1989
rating: 4
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]]> 27610868 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:00:28 -0700
author: Lynn Flewelling
name: Dan
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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date added: 07/18/08
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]]> 26513335 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:24:20 -0700
author: Russ T. Howard
name: Dan
average rating: 3.00
book published: 1993
rating: 3
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/17/08
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]]> 27526851 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:11:58 -0700
author: McCloud
name: Dan
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1991
rating: 4
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]]> 27526848 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:11:56 -0700
author: Scott McCloud
name: Dan
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> 27438322 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:34:31 -0700
author: S.E. Hinton
name: Dan
average rating: 3.16
book published: 1972
rating: 3
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]]> 27192018 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:38:54 -0700
author: Dashiell Hammett
name: Dan
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1929
rating: 4
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]]> 26513327 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:47:57 -0700
author: Nigel Findley
name: Dan
average rating: 3.25
book published: 1993
rating: 3
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/13/08
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]]> 26513319 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:14:30 -0700
author: Elaine Cunningham
name: Dan
average rating: 3.44
book published: 1992
rating: 3
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/12/08
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]]> 27067204 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:13:55 -0700
author: Bill Watterson
name: Dan
average rating: 4.69
book published: 1988
rating: 4
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]]> 26837762 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:01:37 -0700
author: Jules Verne
name: Dan
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1864
rating: 4
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]]> 26513314 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:21:33 -0700
Still reading this one. I'll rate it once I've finished.]]>
author: Roger E. Moore
name: Dan
average rating: 3.44
book published: 1992
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/09/08
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Giant Space Hamsters. Python-esque humor. Numerous navies from all over Wildspace looking for Teldin Moore and the Cloak of the First Pilot. What else needs to be said?

Still reading this one. I'll rate it once I've finished.
]]> 26748982 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:47:52 -0700
author: William Gibson
name: Dan
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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]]> 26515051 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:41:41 -0700
author: John Jakes
name: Dan
average rating: 3.00
book published: 1978
rating: 3
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]]> 26213240 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:45:13 -0700
author: Nigel Findley
name: Dan
average rating: 3.60
book published: 1991
rating: 3
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date added: 07/05/08
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]]> 26329899 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:33:06 -0700
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Dan
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> 26213204 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:18:51 -0700
author: David "Zeb" Cook
name: Dan
average rating: 3.38
book published: 1991
rating: 3
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]]> 25732582 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:14:02 -0700
author: Mark Z. Danielewski
name: Dan
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2000
rating: 3
read at: 07/08
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So, I liked House of Leaves but wouldn't call it great or brilliant. I liked the concept of a cache of papers found detailing a possibly ficticious film about a house with impossible dimensions and the maze of mind bogglingly large size in its closet. It was interesting but at its core it was a thin story propped up by gimmicks and pretentious nonsense. I understand that the informational footnotes were supposed to make it seem more real and the rambling narrator's footnotes were supposed to show his descent into madness while he compiled the work but the whole thing felt like the author was saying "Look at me! I'm ever so clever!" Strip away the gimmicks and you have a haunted house that's a little thin.
]]> 26104980 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:16:05 -0700
author: Terry Pratchett
name: Dan
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> 24133624 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:04:00 -0700
author: Ursula K. Le Guin
name: Dan
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1972
rating: 5
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date added: 06/28/08
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]]> 25593114 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:40:07 -0700
author: Dean Koontz
name: Dan
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1997
rating: 3
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]]> 25391959 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:00:18 -0700
author: Richard Laymon
name: Dan
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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]]> 25218673 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:30:46 -0700
author: James O'Barr
name: Dan
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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]]> 25218524 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:29:30 -0700
author: Kevin Smith
name: Dan
average rating: 3.00
book published: 2002
rating: 2
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]]> 25218395 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:28:33 -0700
author: Judd Winick
name: Dan
average rating: 2.83
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> 24355480 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:41:44 -0700
Later:
These comics are even better than I remembered. The thing that hooked me about Starman was that it was more than your average super hero comic. Starman isn't just about a super hero. It's primarily the story of a son trying to live up to his father's legacy. Who can't relate to that? Jack Knight's the kind of super hero most of us would be: unsure of himself, rejecting a lame costume, reluctant to commit himself to a life of risking his neck for others.

I can't wait for volume 2!]]>
author: James Robinson
name: Dan
average rating: 4.62
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/22/08
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It has arrived! It's been years since I read these comics so it'll be like they're new again.

Later:
These comics are even better than I remembered. The thing that hooked me about Starman was that it was more than your average super hero comic. Starman isn't just about a super hero. It's primarily the story of a son trying to live up to his father's legacy. Who can't relate to that? Jack Knight's the kind of super hero most of us would be: unsure of himself, rejecting a lame costume, reluctant to commit himself to a life of risking his neck for others.

I can't wait for volume 2!
]]> 23501573 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:38:55 -0700
Sweet Silver Blues was okay. It was a missing person story that ended up getting complicated. I found it choppy in places and felt like I turned over two pages at once a few times. It really picked up at the end. 3 out of 5.

Bitter Gold Hearts was better. A kidnapping and ransom that turned out to be much more. The writing was better and the story was more engaging than the first book. It held my interest and kept me up late. 4 out of 5.

Cold Copper Tears, the final story in this volume, convinced me I'd track down more Garrett books after this one. Missing holy relics and a murderous cult. I finished this one a few minutes ago and it engaged me right off the bat. 5 out of 5.

How do the Garrett Files stack up against the Dresden Files? I'll just say I like the Garrett books better thus far for the following two reasons:

1. Things actually get resolved. One thing that bugs me about the Dresden Files is that it seems like while stuff occurs, nothing actually happens. Not so with Garrett.

2. Not as formulaic as the Dresden Files. I haven't read enough of the Garrett files to determine how formulaic they get down the line but I've gotten to the point where I grit my teeth every time Harry Dresden goes a few nights without sleep to stop the lastest menace. Garrett, on the other hand, appreciates a good four or five hours in the sack.]]>
author: Glen Cook
name: Dan
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/22/08
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I was looking for some literary methadone to hold me over until my next Dresden Files heroin fix and decided to give Garrett a try.

Sweet Silver Blues was okay. It was a missing person story that ended up getting complicated. I found it choppy in places and felt like I turned over two pages at once a few times. It really picked up at the end. 3 out of 5.

Bitter Gold Hearts was better. A kidnapping and ransom that turned out to be much more. The writing was better and the story was more engaging than the first book. It held my interest and kept me up late. 4 out of 5.

Cold Copper Tears, the final story in this volume, convinced me I'd track down more Garrett books after this one. Missing holy relics and a murderous cult. I finished this one a few minutes ago and it engaged me right off the bat. 5 out of 5.

How do the Garrett Files stack up against the Dresden Files? I'll just say I like the Garrett books better thus far for the following two reasons:

1. Things actually get resolved. One thing that bugs me about the Dresden Files is that it seems like while stuff occurs, nothing actually happens. Not so with Garrett.

2. Not as formulaic as the Dresden Files. I haven't read enough of the Garrett files to determine how formulaic they get down the line but I've gotten to the point where I grit my teeth every time Harry Dresden goes a few nights without sleep to stop the lastest menace. Garrett, on the other hand, appreciates a good four or five hours in the sack.
]]> 24629524 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:35:00 -0700
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Dan
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 21793219 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:27:11 -0700
author: Tim Powers
name: Dan
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/14/08
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]]> 21480273 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:15:51 -0700
author: Ursula K. Le Guin
name: Dan
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1968
rating: 5
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date added: 06/08/08
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]]> 23392505 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:18:20 -0700
author: Jane Austen
name: Dan
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1813
rating: 3
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date added: 06/07/08
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]]> 23938913 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:49:53 -0700
author: Pepe Moreno
name: Dan
average rating: 1.86
book published: 1990
rating: 2
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]]> 23909335 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:58:15 -0700
author: Charles de Lint
name: Dan
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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]]> 23777259 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:37:40 -0700
author: Howard MacKie
name: Dan
average rating: 3.50
book published: 1992
rating: 3
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]]> 23777208 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:37:17 -0700
author: Dave Cockrum
name: Dan
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1983
rating: 4
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]]> 14801901 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:09:05 -0700
author: P.G. Wodehouse
name: Dan
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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The true testament to a writer's skill is the ability to make something inherently boring interesting to read about. Wodehouse not only makes golf interesting to read about in this volume, he also makes it hilarious! This is the book that rocketed Wodehouse to the top of my favorite writer's list. Highly recommended.
]]> 23762802 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:04:48 -0700
author: Max Cannon
name: Dan
average rating: 4.55
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> 23762801 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:04:47 -0700
author: Max Cannon
name: Dan
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> 23762797 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:04:46 -0700
author: Max Cannon
name: Dan
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> 22296381 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:18:51 -0700
author: Grant Morrison
name: Dan
average rating: 2.79
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/01/08
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]]> 22296284 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:04:39 -0700
author: Grant Morrison
name: Dan
average rating: 3.32
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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date added: 06/01/08
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]]> 22296292 Sat, 31 May 2008 14:26:36 -0700
author: Jerry Bingham
name: Dan
average rating: 3.64
book published: 1991
rating: 4
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]]> 21793195 Sat, 31 May 2008 13:54:19 -0700
author: Jim Butcher
name: Dan
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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date added: 05/31/08
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]]> 23369566 Sat, 31 May 2008 07:25:13 -0700
author: Stan Lee
name: Dan
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> 23369391 Sat, 31 May 2008 07:21:21 -0700
author: Jerry Ordway
name: Dan
average rating: 3.56
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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]]> 23369269 Sat, 31 May 2008 07:19:22 -0700
author: Chris Claremont
name: Dan
average rating: 2.70
book published: 1989
rating: 2
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]]> 23369265 Sat, 31 May 2008 07:19:17 -0700
author: Chris Claremont
name: Dan
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1982
rating: 2
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]]> 23369191 Sat, 31 May 2008 07:17:44 -0700
author: Margaret Weis
name: Dan
average rating: 3.42
book published: 1987
rating: 2
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]]> 21446019 Wed, 28 May 2008 20:08:09 -0700
author: Aaron Allston
name: Dan
average rating: 3.25
book published: 2001
rating: 3
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date added: 05/28/08
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]]> 21622350 Sat, 24 May 2008 06:59:55 -0700
Slacker/screw-up as one of the protagonists? Check.
Parallel worlds? Check.
Writing that's descriptive without being overly wordy? Check.
Fantasy story that isn't a Tolkien rehash? Check.

Couple this with tons of action and a character modelled after Doc Savage but stripped of the things that annoy me about the original Doc Savage tales and we have a winner on our hands.]]>
author: Aaron Allston
name: Dan
average rating: 3.45
book published: 1995
rating: 4
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/24/08
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Some days you find a book that feels like it was written with your tastes in mind. This is one of those books.

Slacker/screw-up as one of the protagonists? Check.
Parallel worlds? Check.
Writing that's descriptive without being overly wordy? Check.
Fantasy story that isn't a Tolkien rehash? Check.

Couple this with tons of action and a character modelled after Doc Savage but stripped of the things that annoy me about the original Doc Savage tales and we have a winner on our hands.
]]> 22046235 Wed, 21 May 2008 07:03:42 -0700
author: Philip Carlo
name: Dan
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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date added: 05/21/08
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]]> 22611327 Tue, 20 May 2008 08:05:33 -0700
author: Michael Moorcock
name: Dan
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> 22611301 Tue, 20 May 2008 08:05:11 -0700
author: Michael Moorcock
name: Dan
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1986
rating: 4
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]]> 22611282 Tue, 20 May 2008 08:04:49 -0700
author: Michael Moorcock
name: Dan
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> 22611271 Tue, 20 May 2008 08:04:41 -0700
author: Michael Moorcock
name: Dan
average rating: 3.51
book published: 1990
rating: 3
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]]> 22611255 Tue, 20 May 2008 08:04:35 -0700
author: Michael Moorcock
name: Dan
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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]]> 22377460 Fri, 16 May 2008 11:00:39 -0700
author: Warren Ellis
name: Dan
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> 22296410 Thu, 15 May 2008 08:53:00 -0700
author: Grant Morrison
name: Dan
average rating: 2.75
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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]]> 22296402 Thu, 15 May 2008 08:52:51 -0700
author: Grant Morrison
name: Dan
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> 22296371 Thu, 15 May 2008 08:52:20 -0700
author: Grant Morrison
name: Dan
average rating: 3.14
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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]]> 22288165 Thu, 15 May 2008 04:43:00 -0700