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Anna Karenina
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"Not finding anything interesting here so far. Feel like a bored teenager looking out the window in spring time.... Putting it up for a bit." Apr 08, 2011 11:11am

 

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Brian rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Great fun, even (especially?) if murder mysteries aren't your usual thing.

And as an added bonus, this episode of the Backyardigans makes a lot more sense....

Do read it...
Brian is on page 61 of 213 of Murder On The Orient Express: Fun change of pace, and it's sucking me right in...
Murder On The Orient Express
Brian rated a book 2 of 5 stars
By Force of Arms by William C. Dietz
Thin and lame.

Let's be clear, when I'm reading military sci-fi, I'm not expecting Pulitzer material, or even Heinlein and Pournelle. Even with those expectations, this is still weak.

The few pages of military action are actually not bad, and if there'...more
Brian rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks
"Definitely not the Uller Uprising I remember. There was a silicone based cadet in one of the Star Trek series of novels too, but again nothing like th...more "
Brian rated a book 3 of 5 stars
Idoru by William Gibson
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River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
River of Stars
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Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
" To paraphrase Pratchett, "There's a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork New Crobuzon. And it's wrong. All roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork New Crobuzon, but sometimes people walk along them the wrong way."


(A stunning image of New Crobuzon... "
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Rudyard Kipling
“No doubt but ye are the People - absolute, strong and wise;
Whatever your hear has desired ye have not withheld from your eyes.
On your own heads, in your own hands, the sin and the saving lies!”
Rudyard Kipling

Jack McDevitt
“Squeej? What kind of name was that for a pilot?”
Jack McDevitt, The Devil's Eye

Neil Gaiman
“This isn't about what is . . . it's about what people think is. It's all imaginary anyway. That's why it's important. People only fight over imaginary things.”
Neil Gaiman, American Gods

Voltaire
“‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
Voltaire

Neal Stephenson
“Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bomc,' I said. 'We have a protractor.'
Okay, I'll go home and see if I can scrounge up a ruler and a piece of string.”
Neal Stephenson, Anathem

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