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| I was favourably surprised by this book. I'm not a regular reader of fantasy because I hate formulas; I expected the average "Chosen One" story, and instead got a gripping tale of politics, crime, abuse, duty, sacrifice, prostitution, love, and obvio...more | |
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So, if you read the back of this book, you get a pretty good sense of what you’re getting into. This is a collection of two long short stories, one the story of Blockade Billy, a catcher for a baseball team that has been OMG ERASED FROM HISTORY beca...
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| I'm slightly disappointed by this. King builds up a reasonable amount of suspense and mystery, then abruptly solves it all with quite a pedestrian explanation. I love baseball and some characterizations were great, but in the end I felt somehow cheat...more | |
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| Why oh why. I knew beforehand what Ennis does, but I thought I'd give it a go after all these years, because it got good reviews and I love Darick Robertson. Unfortunately I was disappointed. Ennis is still the same one-trick-pony, using sex and cuss...more | |
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