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Where's My Jetpack?: A Guide to the Amazing Science Fiction Future that Never Arrived
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| A pleasant enough little book that I finished in a matter of hours. It reads more like a series of short, humorous articles out of Popular Science than anything else. The tone is light and breezy, almost funny in spots. Almost scholarly in spots. Don...more | |
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| The only reason to allow someone to have this much fun writing a book is so that we can have almost as much fun reading it. I'm sure Mr. Scalzi would disabuse me of the notion that writing a 300+ page novel, and doing it with such skill, should be de...more | |
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| I enjoyed this book so much, I am now in a bit of a quandary. Do I yield to the temptation to get my hands on the rest of Mr. Sanderson's vast output and read it (including, especially, the original Mistborn trilogy)? Or do I patiently work my way th...more | |
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| I'm not too happy with this series. There are aspects to it that are very attractive and make me want to read all the way through to the end. I think the author has created a fascinating world filled with fascinating characters and stories. I just wi...more | |
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| This wasn't quite what I imagined it would be, but it was a pleasant and sometimes amusing collection of stories about modern life, growing up in the suburbs, and becoming a standup comedian. | |
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| I'm not a major Stephanie Plum fan, but I enjoyed One for the Money (even though I only gave it two stars) and thought I should check in with her before the movie comes out. This volume has some of the same problems as the first book, and adds a seve...more | |
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| This is a good overview of retrospective reviews. It is directed more at someone trying to bootstrap an agile process or fix a broken one. But it can also be useful for someone looking for fresh ingredients to add to a more established situation. The...more | |
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| Once again, I have to clarify: Three stars means I (ultimately) liked Hard Target. It had a tight plot with page-turning suspense, realistic situations and settings, and spare writing. Once I connected with the situation and the plight of the charact...more | |
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| I keep thinking that a five star review is supposed to be reserved for a 'perfect' book. I wanted Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Kavalier and Clay" to be such a thing. And for a while I thought it might be. Alas, there is no such thing as a...more | |
“If you hear a voice within you say „you cannot paint“, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.”
― Vincent Willem van Gogh
― Vincent Willem van Gogh
“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
― Jack London
― Jack London
“Writers write. Everyone else makes excuses.”
― Jack M. Bickham
― Jack M. Bickham
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