false 18 168 160 true 5649573 read 7 true 418505 currently-reading 1 true 418504 to-read 6 false 475584 medievalhistory 3 false 475586 poetry http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77434716 The Stress of Her Regard (Paperback) by Tim Powers
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75755814 to: Uncle Silas (Penguin Classics) by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Wonderful dark, weird book. I had expected it to be more out and out Gothic horror than it actually was, but it was more psychological, stemming from pace, tone, and characterization -- more subtle than explicit. Le Fanu creates two unforgettable characters: the distant, mysterious Silas, and the horrifying Madame de la Rugierre, who he achieves with brilliantly-described repulsiveness. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71360844 to: El Aleph (Paperback) by Jorge Luis Borges
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/88900-steampunk Liam made a comment in the The Clockwork Salon group:

ivan wrote: "very impressed with ted chiang's story on the steampunk collection. "

Yes -- that was the one with kabbalah as a kind of 19th-century technology, right? Very cool. Has anyone read anything else he's written? ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70981147 Four Questions of Melancholy: New & Selected Poems (Terra Incognita Series) by Tomaž Šalamun
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70282288 to: Chasing Francis: A Pilgrim's Tale (Paperback) by Ian Morgan Cron
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69086117 to: Unclean Spirits (The Black Sun's Daughter, #1) by M.L.N. Hanover
Sort of a fun read, but the writing could have been a lot better. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65753058 to: The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, #2) by Neal Stephenson
The fun continues, with more globetrotting. Bizarre comic exotica in Algiers, India, Japan, and Mexico along with the usual court intrigues in Europe (including poisoning, smallpox and Satanism); brilliant and funny dialogue; and long yet fascinating discussions of trade, coinage, and philosophy. Now that I've read the first two volumes (some 1600 pages), I'll take a rest and then tackle the third. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63651377 to: Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure (Hardcover) by Michael Chabon
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