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"if you are going to make half your book all "OMG TECHNOLOGY IN THE '90S LOL" then you should probably make sure you don't do stuff like say your video store had dvds in 1996 when they weren't even test-marketed until 1997. also this book is ..." — Feb 10, 2012 09:50am
"if you are going to make half your book all "OMG TECHNOLOGY IN THE '90S LOL" then you should probably make sure you don't do stuff like say your video store had dvds in 1996 when they weren't even test-marketed until 1997. also this book is ..." — Feb 10, 2012 09:50am
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It's not so much that the resolution of the crime element of Caves of Steel is particularly rewarding (because it's not) it's just that Asimov's future world has a bleakly cool futuristic veneer to it. There's a reason he's one of the greats of sci-f...
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The Future of Us was a big disappointment. Did this really come from the same, insightful writer of Thirteen Reasons Why? I haven't read anything by the woman he co-wrote it with, so I'm going to blame her for creating such a boy-obsessed, annoying, ...
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"you had all the same thoughts i am having, particularly about dvds and how long it would take to load facebook on a 28.8K or even 56K modem. sometimes...more"
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A funny time-capsule of a book, already dated before it's even officially released. The authors are certainly aware of the time-sensitive nature of the project, so they don't even make an attempt at timelessness or at not setting it in any particular...
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