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By: H. G. Wells
Publisher: Filiquarian
November 07, 2007
This book was a wonderful example of how terrible animal experimnetation is. On the other hand if you have any type of attention disorder that can sometimes give you fits this is not the book for you. Every five minutes i had to put my kindle down and just try to think, I had to literlay go through and reread some parts over and over again. It was one of those plainly hard reads for me that put a barrier... more
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| 2. Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1) |
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By: Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
July 15, 1994
In the introduction to Ender's game by Orson Scott Card, Card talks about how many years before the book was written he came up with the idea of the "Battle room" a room for simulated combat. He never came up with a story he could use this idea in, until Ender's Game. Looking back at the book, it is easy to see that the same idea of simulation is used as a metaphor for human nature, war, strategy... more
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| 3. Ender in Exile | 
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By: Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
December 29, 2009
Orson Scott Card's first four Ender books have a revered place on my SF bookshelf. However, whatever he had going for him at the time he wrote them has seemed to have faded completely through the Bean series and now there is very little left of Card's mastery. What's replaced it is an irritating and overwhelming preachiness--Card makes every opportunity to clumsily try to ram his LDS-inspired 'morality'... more
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| 4. Nation |
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By: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: HarperCollins
September 22, 2009
Nation is well, truthfully, a very complex story of faith, of coming of age, of learning that sometimes in life you must simply do things that need doing. It's about the birth of a nation- and how the need to belong to something makes a people. It's about us, all of us.
Mau is only a boy, and as a boy he must complete the trial that will bring him back home as a man. When the trial is... more
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| 5. The Color of Magic | 
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By: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: HarperTorch
February 02, 2000
To claim that Rincewind is a great wizard is not really honoring the truth. He wears a pointy head, that's true, and he knows some magic. That is to say: he knows exactly one spell. Even so he is not really cognizable of what would happen if he ever vocalized it. So, being a true coward and loving it, he never tries. No, he wants to stay out of the big spotlight of life. Because he generally feels... more
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| 6. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch |
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By: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
Publisher: HarperTorch
November 28, 2006
This is a great novel, a standalone as far as I know, it is neither a sequel, nor has it one yet (and most likely never will). This was co-written by Terry Pratchett but is NOT set on Discworld, rather, in a version of our "real world" but, with Christian mythology actually being true. I found the writing style to be almost deliberately Douglas Adams-esque. This is a well-written, funny book, that... more
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| 7. The Gypsy Morph (Genesis of Shannara, Book 3) |
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By: Terry Brooks
Publisher: Del Rey
July 28, 2009
Book was used but like new, delivered promptly and at a very reasonable price. It was a gift for my grandson and he could hardly put it down so I think that would classify it as a good read... more
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| 8. Wintersmith (Discworld) |
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By: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: HarperCollins
October 02, 2007
It's typical Terry Pratchett and is read very well. Enjoyed the whimsical story and the lightness it brings to my very stressful job. If you like tongue-in-cheek humor, sarcasm, and a little bit of ridiculous fantasy you will feel at home in this book. Just know that it is not about amazing story with intricate plot twists--it is purely entertainment that leaves you feeling good and with a feeling... more
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| 9. The Wee Free Men (Discworld) |
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By: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: HarperCollins
May 25, 2004
Terry Pratchett is the creator of the popular Discworld series. The Wee Free Men - a "young adult" novel - is my first exposure to Pratchett's work, other than his collaboration with Neil Gaiman on the excellent Good Omens. The Wee Free Men features a nine-year-old girl named Tiffany Aching who may or may not be a witch. Her younger brother gets stolen by an evil queen from a land/world known as... more
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| 10. Changing the World: All-New Tales of Valdemar |
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By: Mercedes Lackey
Publisher: DAW
December 01, 2009
Very enjoyable anthology. Looking forward to additional books in the future. Similar to the "Sword and Sorceress" series... more
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