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Newton's Wake: A Spa... 08/06 Clampants is currently reading:
Newton's Wake: A Space Opera (Mass Market Paperback)
by Ken MacLeod
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McSweeney's Issue 27 05/28 Clampants is currently reading:
McSweeney's Issue 27 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern)
by Dave Eggers
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August 06
Newton's Wake: A Spa... Clampants is currently reading:
Newton's Wake: A Space Opera (Mass Market Paperback)
by Ken MacLeod
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recommended to Clampants by: io9
The Brief Wondrous L... Clampants gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Paperback)
by Junot Díaz
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read in August, 2008

Clampants Clampants said: "Whereas the fantastic realism of Gabriel Garcia-Marquez leans towards the "fantastic" (which is no knock against it), Diaz leans towards realism. Whereas a Marquez character might meet his end by being lifted aloft into a ray of golden sun...more "
July 28
Rainbows End: A Nove... Clampants gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Rainbows End: A Novel With One Foot In The Future (Hardcover)
by Vernor Vinge
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read in July, 2008

Clampants Clampants said: "I'm not sure why I can't seem to really get into what I will call "near-term speculative fiction." Similar to William Gibson's "Pattern Recognition," I never found myself immersed in the story of "Rainbows End," nor did...more "
July 06
Clockers Clampants gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Clockers (Hardcover)
by Richard Price
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read in July, 2008

Clampants Clampants said: "A pretty amazing story of hopelessly colliding worlds filled with endless missed opportunities. On one hand, it is the city as a beast, savage amd unrelenting...on the other, it is life as an ant-lion, an illustration of the equality of futility. "
May 28
McSweeney's Issue 27 Clampants is currently reading:
McSweeney's Issue 27 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern)
by Dave Eggers
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Contract With God Clampants marked as to-read:
Contract With God (Paperback)
by Will Eisner
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June 04
Pattern Recognition Clampants gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Pattern Recognition (Paperback)
by William Gibson
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read in June, 2008
May 12
The Man Who Mistook ... Clampants gave 2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars to:
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales (Paperback)
by Oliver W. Sacks
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read in May, 2008

Clampants Clampants said: "I picked up this book because I am a fan of Oliver Sacks and his various speaking engagements (lectures, public radio interviews, etc)...but I have to say I was fairly nonplussed with it.

While the case studies in and of themselves make for intere...more
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April 25
Bomb the Suburbs Clampants gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Bomb the Suburbs (Paperback)
by William Upski Wimsatt
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April 21
Bone Volume 1: Out F... Clampants gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Bone Volume 1: Out From Boneville (Paperback)
by Jeff Smith
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read in April, 2008



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