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Outlander by Diana Gabaldon “One of my most recent favorite books is Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon. Diana Gabaldon makes an unbelievable situation believable when a post-World War II married British nurse, Claire Randall, unknowingly slips through “the stones,” a time portal in Scotland. Dumbfounded and alone in a strange time, Claire struggles to stay [...]
For my first graphic novel review on the blog, I chose Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman because it has such a profound effect on the DC Universe. This was first written in 1985, and the purpose was to “clean up” the complicated multiverse that existed as various writers took over different characters. This [...]
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman The sequel to “American Gods”, the story stars “Fat” Charlie, who all of a sudden has to deal with a brother who shows up at his door to show Charlie how to have fun just like their father. Oh yeah, did I mention that their father was Anansi, a trickster [...]
Ender’s Game is a great science fiction novel. Ender Wiggin is recruited by the world government for “training” to fight the alien “buggers”. This first novel in a long running series follows Ender as he engages in training simulations and interacts with the other recruits. A very good read. The rest of the series of [...]
September 5, 2007
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