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rated a book 3 of 5 stars
A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent
by Marie Brennan (Goodreads Author)
read in May, 2013
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| Nice combination of fantasy (lots of dragons, legends of demons, etc.), adventure novel (reminiscent of G. A. Henty or Anthony Hope), and pseudo-19th C. naturalist / explorer narrative. It draws on plenty of clichés and doesn't break much new ground...more | |
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Christopher
rated a book 1 of 5 stars
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| Breezy and forgettable SF novel with a premise reminiscent of _The Puppet Masters_ (except there's a benevolent faction among them) that spends way, way too much time talking about what a schmo the main character is and then telling us how well he's...more | |
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Christopher
rated a book 5 of 5 stars
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| Very solid, often wonderful YA fantasy novel. I particularly liked the Allsaints religion, Seraphina's dream world of strange other characters, and absolutely everything about the quigutl. But I also liked the musical performance and education scenes...more | |
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Christopher
rated a book 4 of 5 stars
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| Working through this made me feel as though I'd learned Erlang, and I had no problem figuring out some other folks' existing code and adding to it based on that experience. So I reckon it was a pretty good book in practical terms, even if it's not a...more | |
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Christopher
rated a book 3 of 5 stars
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| There's a little too much going on here. The plot drivers are a gender-bending love triangle (which conveniently resolves into a square by virtue of one of the triangle vertices having a fraternal twin brother whom she looks so much like that she's c...more | |
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Christopher
rated a book 3 of 5 stars
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| Although it's sort of a ye-and-yon-using, then-and-than-conflating, SCA-fan of a novel, I still liked _The Red Knight_ for its strong action scenes and interesting take on wild animal 'monsters.' | |
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Christopher
rated a book 3 of 5 stars
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| I'm fairly sure I wouldn't recommend this as an introduction to programming, which the text sometimes seems to aim at, because it's sort of breezy about concepts beginners have trouble with. But for an experienced developer, it's a nice and clear tut...more | |
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rated a book 2 of 5 stars
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| I feel a little tricked by the jacket copy that promised hilarity. Beauman's more recent novel is pretty funny, but this one isn't at all--it's just cleverly plotted and mildly absurd. And I'm not a fan of novels that inject realist narratives with m...more | |
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