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terry93d (58)in #review • 7 years ago
Astounding | Alec Nevala-Lee (2018)
Fully: Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction . This remarkable book which clocks in…
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terry93d (58)in #review • 7 years ago
The Power Broker - Robert Caro | 1974
From an unelected bureaucrat who served for forty years, an epic. Published 1974 by Knopf. I fear that if I were to ever become rich and famous that a biography of…
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terry93d (58)in #review • 7 years ago
VICE - Adam McKay (2018) | Film Review
The new film on the life of Dick Cheney, former Secretary of Defense, Vice-President, and war criminal. WARNING: SPOILERS. There, maybe that caught your eye. I went…
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terry93d (58)in #steemit • 7 years ago
2017-18 Masterpost & Retrospective
As promised in my review of The Lies of Locke Lamora , this will be my masterpost for everything I have written and published on Steemit up to the date of posting, everything…
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terry93d (58)in #books • 7 years ago
Book Review: The Lies of Locke Lamora | Scott Lynch (Gentlemen Bastards #1)
I've heard many, many great things about this, Scott Lynch's debut novel, and the first of his Gentlemen Bastards sequence. Does it live up to the high praise? Image…
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terry93d (58)in #review • 7 years ago
Series Review: The Years of Lyndon Johnson | Robert Caro (1982-present)
Since October 30th, I have been reading every book of Robert Caro's immense biography of Lyndon Johnson, and it has taken me a month and a half, roughly, to do it, though I did…
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terry93d (58)in #books • 7 years ago
Book Review: Strange Weather - Four Short Novels | Joe Hill
Now that it's been another two weeks it's time for another of my increasingly irregular review posts. Today, some more horror, which is a little bit odd because I'm (still) not…
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terry93d (58)in #review • 7 years ago
TV Review: Watergate | dir. Charles Ferguson
Sunday the 4th History Channel finished its three-night event airing a documentary about the Watergate scandal. I tuned in to each night and watched with great pleasure. Here are…
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terry93d (58)in #books • 7 years ago
Book Review: Shoggoths in Bloom | Elizabeth Bear
Elizabeth Bear's short story collection Shoggoths in Bloom is just one of the things I have spent the month reading. Here is my review of it. Published in 2012 by…
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terry93d (58)in #books • 7 years ago
Book Review: Leviathan Wept and Other Stories | Daniel Abraham
High fantasy to hard science fiction, screwball comedy to gut-punching tragedy, but always, always intelligent, compassionate, thoughtful, and deeply, deeply human. A sadly…
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terry93d (58)in #books • 7 years ago
First Impressions - Paul Auster's 4 3 2 1
For the past couple weeks I've been reading Paul Auster's newest novel, 4 3 2 1 , an 866-page tome of a book that tells the four independent life stories of the same…
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terry93d (58)in #review • 7 years ago
Soundtrack Review Addendum | Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals
My review of the soundtrack of the Nintendo DS remake of Lufia II , Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals . From GameFAQs . This remake of Lufia II was…
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terry93d (58)in #books • 7 years ago
Book Review: Hope Never Dies | Andrew Shaffer (Obama Biden Mysteries #1)
Hope Never Dies , written by Andrew Shaffer who previously has written other comedy books such as Fifty Shames of Earl Grey , The Day of the Donald , and Catsby …
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terry93d (58)in #books • 7 years ago
Book Review: John Adams | David McCullough
Nearly ten years after Truman came out, John Adams , a 751-page biography of the second President, came out - Adams, one of our more forgotten presidents, and yet, as…
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terry93d (58)in #books • 7 years ago
Book Review: 20th Century Ghosts | Joe Hill
In this, the first short story collection by Joe Hill, both horror and beauty alike abound in fourteen fascinating tales... This is a collection of short stories written…
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modernzorker (69)in #books • 7 years ago
Fiction Review: Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami (1979, Kodansha International)
Murakami isn't for everybody. I'm not claiming hipster status here, declaring that I'm somehow a superior human being because I enjoy his writing, or that if you hate him your…
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terry93d (58)in #books • 7 years ago
Book Review: Truman | David McCullough
After ten years of work, in 1992 David McCullough finished writing - and Simon & Schuster published - this 1117-page long biography of former President Harry S. Truman, FDR's…
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terry93d (58)in #books • 7 years ago
DOUBLE REVIEW - Shattered Pillars & Steles of the Sky | Elizabeth Bear (Eternal Sky #2 & #3)
It's been a good while, so here is my two-in-one review of the last two books of Elizabeth Bear's Eternal Sky trilogy. Both of these come from their respective Amazon…
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modernzorker (69)in #books • 7 years ago
Nonfiction Review: You Have the Right to Remain Innocent by James Duane (2016, Little A)
Believe it or not, this is the single most important self-defense tip you will ever learn from the Internet, and the best part is, anyone, regardless of age or gender, can put it…
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terry93d (58)in #books • 7 years ago
Addendum to The Dagger & the Coin Retrospective
WARNING: SPOILERS. About three weeks ago I posted a retrospective of Daniel Abraham's The Dagger and the Coin , a sort of mixture of analysis and commentary on the series as…
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