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Y by Lambert M. Surhone
Rod Hilton rated a book 4 of 5 stars
House of M by Brian Michael Bendis
House of M
by Brian Michael Bendis
read in June, 2013
I typically find stories involving the X-Men to be overly complicated and draw upon too many elements from it's extremely long and convoluted mythos. As such, I tend not to enjoy them. However, a number of comic books I've been reading lately have be...more
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The New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis
Neat idea.

A series of short stories, taking place in the background of well-known Marvel storylines. The Illuminati are a group of leaders in the Marvel Universe made of Black Bolt, Iron Man, Professor X, Namor, Doctor Strange, and Mister Fantastic....more
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Handbook of Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics by Teofilo F. Gonzalez
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Algorithmic Randomness and Complexity by Rod G. Downey
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Design and Analysis of Approximation Algorithms by Ding-Zhu Du
Rod Hilton rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Silver Surfer by Stan Lee
Silver Surfer: Judgement Day
by Stan Lee
read in May, 2013
Pretty neat, this story really dwells on Silver Surfer and his story, they never even go to Earth and interact with anyone else. It gets into a lot of morality-related issues and philosophizing, which is when the Surfer is at his best. There's a lot...more
Rod Hilton rated a book 2 of 5 stars
Carnage by Zeb Wells
Carnage
by Zeb Wells
read in May, 2013
I'm not going to lie, I'm not a fan of Carnage. He always struck me as "it's Venom, but totally more hardcorez and gritty and people like gritty comics amirite buy me buy me buy me!". Moreover, this notion of a super-sadistic insane serial murderer j...more
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Approximation Algorithms and Semidefinite Programming by Bernd Gartner
Rod Hilton rated a book 3 of 5 stars
Graph Theory by Daniel Marcus
This is a thin but very focused Graph Theory book, which is good. Rather than Graph Theory being simply some part of a larger book on theory or algorithms, having a thin but focused book on graphs lends itself well to being a textbook for a devoted g...more
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Rod Hilton has read 31 books toward his goal of 35 books.
 
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