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	Designers & Dragons: The '70s (Designers & Dragons, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 432 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Designers & Dragons: The '80s (Designers & Dragons, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Designers & Dragons: The '90s (Designers & Dragons, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Designers & Dragons: The '00s (Designers & Dragons, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Designers & Dragons 4.50 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Science Fiction In Traveller: A Reader’s Guide to Traveller Role-Playing Fiction 3.54 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Designers & Dragons: Platinum Appendix (Designers & Dragons, #5) 3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This is Free Trader Beowulf: a System History of Traveller 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nephilim Gamemaster's Companion by Shannon Appelcline (Goodreads Author), Kenneth Hite, Ross A. Isaacs really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronicle of the Awakenings by Shannon Appelcline (Goodreads Author), John Tuckey, Kenneth Hite 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Uncanny X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis Omnibus

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Jim Starlin's Dreadstar Omnibus Volume 1

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It's great to have the back-half of Simone's Secret Six run, even though it's not quite as good as the first. The highlight is the Darkest House, which is the terrific conclusion to the whole get-out-of-Hell-free arc from the first volume. It nicely d ...more
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I've been unsure of the Absolute books so far, but this one is amazing. It's a gorgeous and evocative melding of artwork and story that is exactly what the comic medium is for, but which too often is not fully realized. It's an a phantasmagoric, kale ...more
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Much bigger picture than its predecessor, this felt like a worthy successor to the Original Quest, since the Wolf Riders are once more seeking new elves, and it turns out to be the Wave Dancers (courtesy of Suntop [Sunstream!?] going out once more, j ...more
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The second volume of the new Transformers continues to be very brutal, like its predecessor, but there doesn't seem to be much beyond that. The comic is almost entirely about fighting or alternatively about various characters' attitudes toward fighti ...more
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Another fine volume, featuring the secret of Comet and the return of Mae (sort of), really showing that PAD's Supergirl respected both its past and its present. However, this volume is dragged down somewhat by crossovers. The Resurrection Man crossove ...more
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McGuire's backstory of Jack and Jill is amazing. It adds so much context to the original volume, that it makes me want to read it again, to see what comes next. This is a wonderful piece of horror literature, but also a story about family and growing ...more
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