The Lorem Ipsum of Audiobook Reviews April 26, 2013
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Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 translated my recorded voice recording of my book review of Tigana, by Guy Gavriel Kay
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I may need to adjust my cellphone’s audio a bit.
A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold March 13, 2013
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Twelfth in the Vorkosigan saga, A Civil Campaign
Fortunately, he can be smart and contrite in the correct measures, so there’s hope. That, and a little plot to foil make for an interesting read. I liked it very much, and so will the discerning reader—like you.
The Psychopath Test, by Jon Ronson March 8, 2013
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One of the many wonderful things about The Psychopath Test
The best part about the book is Ronson speculating about the motives of ordinary people, including himself. I snickered every time he caught himself examining his motives a little too closely, although I’m not sure it was intended as humor.
Possibly just insight.
The Jumper Books, by Stephen Gould March 8, 2013
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A brief change of pace, reading actual science fiction after a long dry spell, I just finished Reflex
Reflex
The bad guys have it pretty good here compared to Griffin’s Story
Too bad for them.
Lord Vetinari’s Clock February 12, 2013
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combines two things I love to distraction: the works of Terry Pratchett
From the List That Cannot Be Named February 8, 2013
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On 2/8/2013 5:30 PM, UNDISCLOSED wrote:
> do you like banging your head against
> a table all evening and into the night?
Of course I do. I’m a professional programmer.
- UNDISCLOSED
The Kingdom of Gods, by N.K. Jemisin January 20, 2013
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The end of the trilogy begun with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, The Kingdom of Gods
The whole of this trilogy is the best thing I have read from a new novelist, maybe ever. I have opined previously that it’s a lie that THTK was her first novel. She’s ‘way too good for that; she was a best-selling novelist in her previous three lives.
Like my other reviews, I won’t tell you a damned thing about this novel that will eat into any surprise. I will tell you it’s Sieh, the child-trickster-cat god of the previous books, who is the narrator of this tale, and he does have a unique take on being human, and being divine.
Very worth diving into, and do read the previous
Just For That? December 31, 2012
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From The List Which Cannot Be Named: “My ex-wife learned Czech solely to be able to read Vaclav Havel’s plays without having to suffer through the abominable English translations. One (1) one-act play was translated by someone else under special license, and that one play was all it took. She later went to the Czech Republic and met Havel (before he became President). He rather liked his licensed English translator as a person and had no idea how bad a job she was doing. So far as I know this was never fixed.”
God, I love listening in on geniuses at coffee. I only wish I had such cool things to say.
That little quote is from a longer discussion about how one of our number had to read Pascal in the original French, because the translations available were abysmal.
Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds December 15, 2012
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A trippy little book about future space exploration, nanotechnology, genetic engineering, near light-speed travel and dead alien cultures, Revelation Space
You’re welcome.
