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"This is one hell of a yarn. It has the character development of John Varley, the plot twists of Robert E Taylor, battle scenes that are reminiscent of Jack Campbell, and the dramatic angst of Stephen R. Donaldson. Behind it all lurks an irreverent Ni"
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Theft of Fire (Orbital Space #1):
"Space romance for guys
What a naughty trick! Devon makes the reader think it’s merely a great hard sci-fi story, imagining solving “The Martian” you puzzles (with plenty of frustrated swearing!). But then the story is folded inside out into a ladies’ " Read more of this review » |
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| I'll pay Theft of Fire one of the highest compliments I can give to a book, which is that I was bummed out when it ended. Fast-paced, humorous, interesting plot twists, and characters that weren't drawn in black and white. Looking forward to Eriksen' ...more | |
“Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them.
In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know.”
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In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know.”
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