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	Designers & Dragons: The '70s (Designers & Dragons, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 434 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Designers & Dragons: The '80s (Designers & Dragons, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Designers & Dragons: The '90s (Designers & Dragons, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Designers & Dragons: The '00s (Designers & Dragons, #4) 4.15 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Designers & Dragons 4.50 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Science Fiction In Traveller: A Reader’s Guide to Traveller Role-Playing Fiction 3.51 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Designers & Dragons: Platinum Appendix (Designers & Dragons, #5) 3.85 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This is Free Trader Beowulf: a System History of Traveller 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nephilim Gamemaster's Companion by Shannon Appelcline (Goodreads Author), Kenneth Hite, Ross A. Isaacs really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronicle of the Awakenings by Shannon Appelcline (Goodreads Author), John Tuckey, Kenneth Hite 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

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Shannon Appelcline said: " What a brilliant character piece, with slightly abstract science-fiction and some nice action pieces thrown in. (Maybe the seeming abstraction of the setting and the many human characters is a side effect of Murderbot's point of view? Future novellas ...more "

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Booster Gold (2007-2011): The Complete 2007 Series Book One

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I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 1

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Shannon Appelcline rated a book really liked it The Flash by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar: The Deluxe Edition by Grant Morrison	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Emergency Stop (130-132). Morrison and Millar show us right off that they're going to offer a different take on Wally. So we get a haunted costume, a speed-force costume, and timey-wimeyness. All of the weirdness is quite a bit of fun, but unfortunat ...more
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What a brilliant character piece, with slightly abstract science-fiction and some nice action pieces thrown in. (Maybe the seeming abstraction of the setting and the many human characters is a side effect of Murderbot's point of view? Future novellas ...more
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Shannon Appelcline rated a book liked it Diary of a Femen by Michel Dufranne	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
An intriguing little piece-of-life of a militant feminist activist, supporting by interviews with Femen activists. The early part feels a little heavy in the microaggressions heaped upon the protagonist, and the later parts feel heavy for the opressio ...more
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Not Simone's and not really Deadpool (which is a bit disappointing, because Agent X is a much more interesting character IMO). We get some great characters (Alex, Sandi, Tony). We get OK plots. We put a lot of investment in these characters, particula ...more
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Martin's three Dunk and Egg books are good fun. The characters are both undearing, and their interplay is terrific. This is also an innovative look at Westeros, from the underside (while still retaining the Targaryen connections). The first story, of ...more
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I read this back in the day. I read it again for nostalgic purposes. It's OK. Maybe the ultra-violence and the ultra-gross Alan Grant art was more shocking back in the day. Now, it's fine. The first story has some nice touches because of the interaction ...more
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This second Waid volume doesn't have any story like Year One or Barry Allen Returns, but nonetheless it's got excellent high points like Terminal Velocity (the introduction of the Speed Force), some other similarly named crossover (the intro of Salvi ...more
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