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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Charles Stross

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Tags: scifi space-opera

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Description: What an iron sunrise might be should be obvious to a science fiction reader, and some veryWhat an iron sunrise might be should be obvious to a science fiction reader, and some very bad people have a very big bomb in this sequel to "Singularity Sky". Seems to have been written in a bit of a gonzo style and the characters never quite worked for me, but I liked the ideas which was enough for me....

2005-12-01

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Type: fiction

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Status: favorite

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Author: Terry Pratchett

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Tags: fantasy humour

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Description: Still my favourite Pratchett book - it deals with religion and faith.

2005-11-30

 

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: N.A.M. Rodger

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Tags: history britain navy royal_navy

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Description: An excellent history of the Royal Navy between 1649 - 1815. Unusual in that, although it coversAn excellent history of the Royal Navy between 1649 - 1815. Unusual in that, although it covers the great battles of that era, it also manages to make the administration and politics of the Navy interesting too....

2005-11-30

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Type: fiction

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Status: disliked

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Authors: Dan Brown brown dan

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Tags: thriller historical

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Description: Laughably awful prose tied to a plot run on railsLaughably awful prose tied to a plot run on rails and cringingly appalling "history"....

2005-11-30

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Alastair Reynolds

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Tags: transhuman science-fiction space-opera

2005-11-30

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Cory Doctorow

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Tags: transhuman science-fiction near_future post-scarcity

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Description: Murder, sabotage and politics ought to be no big deal in a world where you can always be resurrectedMurder, sabotage and politics ought to be no big deal in a world where you can always be resurrected from your last backup. But Jules has a scary dedication to Disney World and he isn't going to allow anyone to mess the place up....

2005-11-30

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Type: fiction

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Status: favorite

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Authors: Iain Banks Iain M. Banks

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Tags: science-fiction morality space-opera

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Description: Initially a rip-roaring tale of daring-do in space, this books packs a much heftier moral punchInitially a rip-roaring tale of daring-do in space, this books packs a much heftier moral punch by the end. How many good deeds does it take to atone? How many acts of evil are worth the final utopian outcome?...

2005-11-30