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John’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at John’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
John A. Pretorius’s Followers (17)
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John A. Pretorius
Goodreads Author
Born
in Pretoria, South Africa
January 25
Website
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Influences
CS Lewis, Stephen King, Umberto Eco, Neil Gaiman, Deon Meyer.
Member Since
August 2014
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"Pretty good "science of" book. I didn't realize the author was in a sense the origin of the film, though in other senses he seems more like an accessory to the story others wanted to tell. This ranges from introductory to too technical for me, which "
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Darnell's review
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Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting:
"I was warned about this but wanted to see for myself. It's not that it doesn't have interesting material (particularly for someone like me, who doesn't know much about this era of Hollywood), it just reflects poorly on Goldman."
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Peter Younghusband's review
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Truth and Evil: A Christian Historical Fiction Novelette set During World War II:
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"This is exactly what it claims to be, so while it was personally too "watching someone's vacation slideshow" for my taste, I won't mark it down for that. If this is what you're looking for, it's probably a decent microhistory."
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“Paul, there is something very slack about a future that will take a biting satire for a vapid dream.”
― Past Master
― Past Master
“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Jingo
― Jingo
“The picture he was cleaning showed an armored figure standing in a desolate landscape. It had no weapon, but held a staff bearing a strange, stiff banner. The visor of this figure’s helmet was entirely of gold, without eye slits or ventilation; in its polished surface the deathly desert could be seen in reflection, and nothing more.”
― Shadow & Claw
― Shadow & Claw
“Gehenna is lovely these days.”
― Jesus: A Pilgrimage – A New York Times Bestselling Meditation on Christ, Scripture, and Faith in the Holy Land
― Jesus: A Pilgrimage – A New York Times Bestselling Meditation on Christ, Scripture, and Faith in the Holy Land
The Catholic Book Club
— 2585 members
— last activity Feb 20, 2026 04:21AM
This reading group is for Catholics and anyone else interested in reading and discussing Catholic literature from devotional and theological writings ...more
The Mahaelian Chronicle
— 11 members
— last activity Nov 23, 2014 11:11PM
A group in which the novella, "A Song of Sacrifice" and the novel, "Betrayal's Shadow" can be discussed ...more
