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Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Authors: Larry Bossidy Ram Charan David Allen

2006-05-15

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Type: fiction

Status: now reading

Authors: Scott Brick Robert Littell

Description: Interesting so far

2006-05-15

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Type: fiction

Status: now reading

Author: Jack Whyte

Tags: fantasy fiction roman arthurian

Description: Set around the fall of the Roman Empire and the ensuing chaos, this book (and the others inSet around the fall of the Roman Empire and the ensuing chaos, this book (and the others in the series) approach the Arthurian mythos (or Pre-Arthurian in this case) in a cool way that I am so far enjoying....

2006-05-15

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Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Author: Thomas Pynchon

Tags: fiction postmodern occult sci-fi

Description: Difficult, but ultimately very rewarding. Remains one of my favorites.

2005-11-10

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: James Clavell

Tags: history japan novel

Description: Very interesting. I thought it would be all battles, but in fact it's about all the maneuveringVery interesting. I thought it would be all battles, but in fact it's about all the maneuvering that comes before any sword is drawn that makes all the difference. ...

2005-09-18

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Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Author: unknown

Tags: humor postmodern mystery novel erudite semiotics italian occult

2005-09-18

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Type: fiction

Status: now reading

Authors: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Leslie S. Klinger

Tags: historical shortstories 1800s

Description: Although some of the stories seem silly or unpolished to the modern eye, it is perhaps becauseAlthough some of the stories seem silly or unpolished to the modern eye, it is perhaps because so much of the modern detective story has its roots in what is here. The annotations are all by Sherlockian scholars, which means they take the point of view that Holmes was absolutely a real person and they try their best to figure out, for example, where the places alluded to really were in London, whether the characters mentioned correspond to actual historical persons, and so forth. ...

2005-09-18

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Type: fiction

Status: to read

Author: Nick Hornby

Tags: british postmodern

2005-09-07

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: J.R.R. Tolkien

Tags: fantasy middle_earth

2005-09-07

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Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Author: J.R.R. Tolkien

Tags: fantasy middle_earth

2005-09-07