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Empire State
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January 16, 2012
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February 19, 2012
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Veronica Belmont
Three stars means "I like" a book, even though it feels more like a "meh" when you see those three lonely stars up there on a review. However, in this case, it rings perfectly true: I liked Empire State.

I'm having some trouble being objective in this review, because I follow Adam Christopher on Twitter, he has been a friend to Sword and Laser, etc etc. But I had a hard time truly getting into this book as much as I wanted to.

Part of the problem is that the storyline is purposely convoluted. We'
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Tom Merritt
Jan 24, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Oh my. Where do I start? Do you like superheroes? How an noir ace detectives? Or perhaps steam punk? Alternate realities? Robots? If you're not absolutely salivating with geeky lust, then move along. There may be nothing to see here. But to those cleaning the drool off their tablets and laptops, stop now. Go to book store website. Buy Empire State. It's absolutely awesome. I want more Skyguard. I want more Detective Rad. I want more drinks at Jerry's. I want more robots. Well done Mr. Christophe ...more
Hendel
Dec 27, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: ebook
James
Dec 27, 2011 marked it as to-read
Jennifer
Jan 10, 2012 marked it as to-read
Daniel
Jan 14, 2012 rated it really liked it
Sandi
Jan 19, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2012, sci-fi
Jeremy Kane
Jan 25, 2012 marked it as to-read
Chip
Jan 28, 2012 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2013-read
Ed
Feb 08, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Jay Crossler
Feb 17, 2012 marked it as to-read
Christopher M.
Mar 13, 2012 rated it liked it
Paul Cornell
Mar 27, 2012 rated it really liked it
William
Apr 15, 2012 marked it as to-read
Jason
May 02, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
MST3K
May 04, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: e-books
Michael Underwood
Jun 16, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: angry-robot
Rod
Aug 18, 2012 marked it as to-read
Theresa
Jan 29, 2013 marked it as to-read
James Woodall
Mar 03, 2013 marked it as gave-up-on
Matthew Elmslie
Apr 26, 2013 rated it it was ok
Shelves: science-fiction
Michael
Jun 03, 2013 rated it liked it
Jack
Mar 27, 2014 marked it as to-read
Bill
May 28, 2015 rated it liked it
Shelves: fiction, 2015
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