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David’s 2025 Year in Books
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David Drazul
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Why my great-grandparents changed their surname upon immigrating to this country.
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Armistice Day
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2009
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Collection Notice
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2010
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We'll Watch the Sunrise from the Bottom of the Sea
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2013
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Gateway To Empire
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Tile
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I understand that not everyone goes through the trouble of writing a review—that can be too much like work. But I was under the impression that everyone on GR rated the books they read.
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100 won a copy
Three months later...
3 rated it
1 reviewed it
Is that normal?
I understand that not everyone goes through the trouble of writing a review—that can be too much like work. But I was under the impression that everyone on GR rated the books they read.
My working theory is that people just collect books, particularly if they're free, and mine is buried in a electr Read more of this blog post »
David’s Recent Updates
"Rereading this series once again. Ringo is a fun author. Some might have some issues with his politics (he makes Pournelle look like a liberal) but if you can get past that, he is amazing. This definitely has a golden age feel to it, and Ringo makes "
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is on page 27 of 242 of Fearless Writing: I took a class based on this book a few years ago, and it helped me to finish the book I'd been working on for several years. I felt it was time for a refresher.
Fearless Writing: How to Create Boldly and Write with Confidence
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| "This is a follow-up to my previous post, AI Slop: A Perspective. Both of them are mostly me thinking aloud about the issues. I’m not an expert on AI (though I have a close friend who is, and who has helped me considerably with both technical advic..." Read more of this blog post » | |
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“Forget about criticism and praise, forget about markets and agents and editors. You will remember all of that in time. But for now, forget it. No one is looking over your shoulder, no one is reading what you have written, and no one has an opinion about it. Right now you are alone, and it is time to write.”
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| " Imagine a life drawing class. A model poses in the middle of a classroom surrounded on all sides by artists. In this class, every artist is equally skilled at rendering the model. Yet every artist also sees the model from a slightly different per..." Read more of this blog post » | |
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A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel (The Books of Earthsea):
"One of the things I have always loved about the Earthsea saga is the way Urlusa K. Leguin could encapsulate such a vast and sweeping personal journey within only a few hundred pages. While other authors couch fantasy adventures into long slogs that l"
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| Brin's Uplift Saga was easily one of my favorite series way back in my younger days. The thing is, I started with the second book (Startide Rising), being unaware that the series started with Sundiver. I always meant to get to it, but didn't have a c ...more | |
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Doesn't sound like snobbery at all. I think your analysis is well thought out. I especially liked the inclusion of your experience with 1920s era fict
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Hey carol. It seems like we have similar feelings about this one. I haven't continued with the series. Phil's reviews haven't done anything to re-cons
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“Forget about criticism and praise, forget about markets and agents and editors. You will remember all of that in time. But for now, forget it. No one is looking over your shoulder, no one is reading what you have written, and no one has an opinion about it. Right now you are alone, and it is time to write.”
― Fearless Writing: How to Create Boldly and Write with Confidence
― Fearless Writing: How to Create Boldly and Write with Confidence
“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”
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“An assumption exists that long sentences are bad, but it is usually the case that bad sentences are long.”
― Building Great Sentences: How to Write the Kinds of Sentences You Love to Read
― Building Great Sentences: How to Write the Kinds of Sentences You Love to Read
“Education is the biggest threat to authoritarianism.”
― Medusa Uploaded
― Medusa Uploaded
“Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you.”
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"We'll Watch the Sunrise from the Bottom of the Sea"--This is a beautiful image.
