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Mark Reece

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Mark Reece is a widely published short story writer, whose work has been published in Orbis, Structo, Here Comes Everyone, Fire, The Delinquent, and Postscripts (PS Publishing), amongst other places. The Dreams of the Eternal City is his first novel. He currently lives in Staffordshire, in a flat filled with fine paintings (all copies).

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Average rating: 2.88 · 33 ratings · 19 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Dreams of the Eternal City 2.72 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Far Voyager: A Postcripts Anthology 32/33 by Nick Gevers (Editor), Michael Swanwick, Andrew Jury 3.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Kitchen Sink Gothic 2 by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Linden Riley (Editor), James Harper it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2020 — 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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Review- 'Hunger'.

Hunger - Knut Hamsun[Newly Revised Edition](annotated)

Hunger - Knut Hamsun[Newly Revised Edition] by Knut Hamsun

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I read this novel as the author apparently influenced Kafka, who is one of my favourite authors. Although I didn't think it was as good as Kafka's work, or that of Dostoevsky, who also came to mind during the reading, I did enjoy Hunger.

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Mark Reece wrote a new blog post Review- 'Hunger'. Hunger - Knut Hamsun[Newly Revised Edition] by Knut Hamsun My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read this novel as the author apparently influenced Kafka, who is Read more of this blog post »
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Mark Reece rated a book really liked it Hunger - Knut Hamsun[Newly Revised Edition](annotated) by Knut Hamsun	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
I read this novel as the author apparently influenced Kafka, who is one of my favourite authors. Although I didn't think it was as good as Kafka's work, or that of Dostoevsky, who also came to mind during the reading, I did enjoy Hunger. The protagoni ...more
May 29, 2023 01:20PM · like · see review
Mark Reece rated a book liked it Shiver: Selected Stories by Junji Ito	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 the first manga book I've read, and I found it reasonable. Shiver is a collection of nine horror short stories. There are some interesting, inventive ideas; my favourites were 'used record', in which the record of the title induces an obsessi ...more
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Mark Reece rated a book really liked it Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2) by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)	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
In this second book of the series, Carl and Donut choose their class and continue to gather experience points by going on quests. This review will make little sense to anyone who has not read the first book. I enjoyed Doomsday Scenario, although I won ...more
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Mark Reece and 7 other people liked Starch's review of Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2): "Not as funny as book one, but still pretty fun. It's about a guy running around in his boxers, blowing stuff up, fighting clowns and solving the murder of several prostitutes, all while accompanied by a talking cat and a velociraptor. The story is abo" Read more of this review »
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Mark Reece rated a book really liked it Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands by Dan Jones (Goodreads Author)	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
I read this book knowing very little about the crusades, and it serves as a good general history to the topic. Given the length of time covered, even at 487 pages, some of the events are given in outline, although there is an extensive bibliography f ...more
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Mark Reece rated a book liked it The PDA Paradox by Thompson	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 short memoir details the struggles of the author to find a place in the world after he was diagnosed with autism, ADHD, and PDA (pathological demand avoidance, although Thompson has elsewhere given it an alternative title of 'persistent demand f ...more
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Mark Reece and 9 other people liked Andrea's review of The PDA Paradox: "It was OK. It was not amazing, although with some editing and maybe some structure it could have been better. I learned about another way of being autistic (one that is completely opposite to my way of being) and about the things that privileged peop" Read more of this review »
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Mark Reece rated a book it was amazing Warbreaker (Warbreaker, #1) by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)	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
A fantastic book, I enjoyed this from start to finish. The novel is set in a world where 'breath'- loosely speaking, human life force- can be transferred from person to person. Having lots of breath enables one to carry out incredible feats, such as ...more
Mar 12, 2023 05:31AM · like · see review
Mark Reece made a comment on Rachel Oates’s review of The Vision (The Last Publishers, #1) " At least the cover art is... competent. "
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