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| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion review |
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posted by Doc
on Monday April 28, @03:46PM
from the return-to-narnia dept.
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I don't generally review or carry reviews for tie-in books to feature films, but in this case I made an exception for a couple of reasons. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion isn't just some cheap "here's some photos of us making a movie" book, but it also involves the second installment movie installment of a beloved fantasy series, and I have an in-house Narnia expert. So Read More for her take on this quite extensive tie-in...The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian comes out in theaters on May 16th.
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| Horses on Mars and Dinosaurs in Utah |
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posted by Doc
on Monday August 06, @08:05AM
from the dept.
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TheThunderChild writes "There are two new book reviews at The Thunder Child: a new release The Heart of Mars by Chuck Rosenthal, and a retro review of Raptor Red, by Robert T. Bakker. The publisher's blurb for The Heart of Mars exclaims "Horses on Mars," and horses are featured on the cover as well, but this really gives a misleading idea of what this wonderful, poetic and poignant novel is about. An amphibian race called the Nutian have Returned to Earth and taken over, saving the remnants of the humans who survived global warming and global war, but history (not to mention literature) is repeating itself on Mars... Paleontologist Robert Bakker, who was the model for Michael Crichton's character Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, and a proponent that birds are descended from dinosaurs, wrote his first fiction novel over a decade ago, about a Utahraptor he calls Raptor Red. Check out both reviews at http://thethunderchild.com"
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| Racing Dragons from Todd A. Burnett |
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posted by Doc
on Wednesday November 08, @08:14AM
from the fresh-meat dept.
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Todd A. Burnett writes "Now published ... RACING DRAGONS. The first full length novel by science fiction humorist Todd A. Burnett. RACING DRAGONS is a fast paced action adventure for all age groups. Buy the book! Leave a review! Contact the author at racing.dragons@hotmail.com ....
Check out the web site at myweb and buy the book at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk in the United Kingdom."
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| Editorial Review of The Neutrino Effect |
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posted by Doc
on Friday December 13, @06:45PM
from the books-to-buy dept.
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Jon Casper writes "EDITORIAL REVIEW
The familiar theme of alien invasion is treated in author Michael Kirshteyn?s THE NEUTRINO EFFECT with refreshing optimism and a sure-handed style. Told from the point of view of a Russian Scientist entrepreneur named Vladimir Ustinov, the story takes place in a future some seventy years from now, in which the author speculates that peace among the nations may not be such an outrageous concept." Read Moe for the rest...
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posted by Doc
on Thursday July 18, @02:27PM
from the brilliant-but-scary dept.
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I've just finished reading all four volumes of the Harry Potter series, and I have to say - it isn't just for kids, and its quite good. Read More for a more complete review.
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| Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle |
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posted by Doc
on Monday June 17, @07:43PM
from the rock-meets-Earth dept.
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Most of you have seen Armageddon - and probably a few of you like me scoffed at the realism. You've probably seen Deep Impact with a somewhat more realistic portrayal. Well, neither hold a candle to Lucifer's Hammer, probably the most realistic portrayal of any "big rock hits Earth" movie. Read More.
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| Review: Niven/Pournelle's The Mote in God's Eye and The Gripping Hand |
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posted by Doc
on Friday May 24, @01:39PM
from the brownies-and-mediators-and-warriors,-oh-my! dept.
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I just recently read both The Mote in God's Eye, followed by the sequel The Gripping Hand, written some 18 years later. For my first foray into a non-Known Space Niven work, I was very impressed with the former, a little less so with the latter. Read More for more details - but beware of spoilers.
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| Invoking Darkness, Book 3 of the Techno-Mage trilogy |
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posted by Doc
on Monday December 10, @09:05PM
from the why-are-you? dept.
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A brief review of the final novel in the Passing of the Techno-Mages trilogy, Invoking Darkness, by Jeanne Cavelos. Spoiler warnings apply.
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