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Beneath Pale Stars
John finally crested the alabaster rim of the crater after hours of climbing under the cold sun. He was sweating and couldn’t catch his breath in the thin atmosphere. He sat down on the edge looking downward, his chest heaving. He said at last, “All wrecked.” He’d been hoping that the Crater Base had at […]
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| It's possible I've missed some subtle or symbolic meaning in the author's short story, but from beginning to end, I kept wondering why the world operated by such bizarre rules. There's no explanation for why Earth's oceans are only a few hundred feet ...more | |
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| I've never read one of the author's novels before so I don't know if this is typical of his writing. It was an easy and short read but in many ways, covering very familiar territory. That territory included colonization, manipulation of a lesser deve ...more | |
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| Interesting events but full of missed opportunities to make a good story truly great. I generally enjoy the series but if the author had it to do over again, she could have smoothed out the pacing and really explored the potential of the worlds she c ...more | |
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| Russell and Charly's novel is an absolute delight. "In Shadow Spawned" takes the reader into a fantasy realm through the eyes of several different people and groups, all on separate journeys on the outset, but destined to intersect in unexpected ways ...more | |
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Three-and-half-stars. "Two Peas in a Pod" was great in its handling of police procedure and its familiarity with Houston geography but needed help in most other areas. The dialog was often stiff and forced to the point of pulling me out of the narrativ ...more |
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| Based on a 2009 British television show which only lasted one season, author A.S. Charly takes the core concept of the program and with material from the unaired second season, creates a short novel that turns the adventures of the crew of the Nemesi ...more | |
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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“Now the standard cure for one who is sunk is to consider those in actual destitution or physical suffering—this is an all-weather beatitude for gloom in general and fairly salutary day-time advice for everyone. But at three o’clock in the morning, a forgotten package has the same tragic importance as a death sentence, and the cure doesn’t work—and in a real dark night of the soul it is always three o’clock in the morning, day after day.”
― The Crack-Up
― The Crack-Up
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