Dan's updates http://www.goodreads.com/user/updates_rss/870755 en-US Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:32:41 -0700 60 Dan's updates http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 32088738 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:32:41 -0700 QuestionUserStat457 <![CDATA[Dan Schwent took the never-ending book quiz]]> http://www.goodreads.com/trivia 870755 Dan took the never-ending book quiz.
questions answered: 150
correct: 106 (70.7%)
skipped: 153
best streak: 18
questions added: 0
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]]> 32496279 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:03:04 -0700 Review28164388 <![CDATA[Dan added 'Communion: A True Story']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28164388 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to: Communion: A True Story (Mass Market Paperback) by Whitley Strieber
]]> 32342842 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:28:47 -0700 Comment1294527 <![CDATA[new comment from Dan]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show_group/44052.Tentative_Dates_to_See_Neil Dan made a comment in the American Gods: All Gaiman, All The Time group:

Hypothetically, is it crazy to take the train from St. Louis to Chicago just to see one's favorite author? ]]> 32331318 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:09:53 -0700 Review19184181 <![CDATA[Dan added 'Northwest of Earth: The Complete Northwest Smith']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19184181 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to: Northwest of Earth: The Complete Northwest Smith (Paperback) by C.L. Moore
About 75% finished with this one. I really like it but let's just say it's not what I expected.

The way I've heard it described, with Northwest Smith being a Han Solo prototype, I was expecting good pulpy action with rayguns and gross monsters. It's more like Han Solo nearly getting seduced/killed by Lovecraftian beasties (often disguised as women) and just barely surviving. The writing is much better than I expected, like Michael Moorcock at his pulpy best. The stories are fairly creepy and held my interest. The one gripe I had was that many of them are fairly similar in plot and structure.

In conclusion, creepy: yes, action-packed: no. ]]> 32083751 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:59:41 -0700 Review27846238 <![CDATA[Dan added 'Dog Moon']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27846238 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to: Dog Moon (Paperback) by Robert Hunter
]]> 32083072 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:54:22 -0700 Review27845662 <![CDATA[Dan added 'Batman: The Killing Joke']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27845662 Batman: The Killing Joke (Paperback) by Alan Moore
bookshelves: to-read
]]> 32068645 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:11:09 -0700 Review27834533 <![CDATA[Dan added 'The Good Fairies of New York']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27834533 The Good Fairies of New York (Paperback) by Martin Millar
bookshelves: to-read
]]> 32068479 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:07:20 -0700 Review27834399 <![CDATA[Dan added 'Speed Racer Classics']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27834399 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to: Speed Racer Classics (Hardcover) by Tatsuo Yoshida
]]> 32068288 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:04:17 -0700 Rating660753 <![CDATA[Dan Schwent voted on a review]]> http://www.goodreads.com/ 192006 Dan read and liked Dan's review of Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases:

"This is probably the paradigmatic example of the category I call "unreliable reference" . . . Jeff Vandermeer and his circle of weirdos got together and decided to write stories in the surprisingly fecund format of a diagnostic guide to dis...more "
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