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Peter Shokeir
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| Kubrick is my favourite directors, so I was eager to learn more about the auteur and how he made so many masterpieces. I knew little of his early life, so it was interesting to hear how made his first film by himself (albeit with his family's money). ...more | |
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| Say Nothing is an exhausting book, not necessarily because of the content but because I realized how much research PRF must have put into it. I knew little about the Troubles, so this was a good introduction. I'm glad he centered it on several main c ...more | |
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| I'm a big fan of Herzog's moves, but this was too much navel-gazing. The subject matter is inherently interesting, sod I'll recommend this regardless. ...more | |
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| As a journalist, I can say this book capture the essence of the profession, which is basically making a bunch of phone calls and hoping someone talks to you. That may sound dull, but reading about two young but determined man systematically trying to ...more | |
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| Graphic novels are such a joy. You can breeze right through them. But even though you can probably breeze through Ducks, it'll still leave an impression. Beaton describes her experiences at Alberta's oil sands, trying to escape student debt, and the ...more | |
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Following a similar structure to The Canterbury Tales, Hyperion reads less like a novel and more like an anthology with a framing device. This allows for Simmons to play with multiple types of stories: cyberpunk, military sci-fi, even a bit of Heart o ...more |
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| This is a challenging book. Not because it's too disturbing or anything; it's just too dry and academic for my taste. My attention span can sometimes be crappy, though. There are some interesting observations about anti-Semitism and the nature of tot ...more | |
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| I've admittedly lost interest in the series. Perhaps it was because I've already seen the TV show. The first book was such a slam dunk that it's disappointing to see my interest wane. I don't think it's Game of Thrones in space, because the character ...more | |
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