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Richard Cox
Goodreads Author
Born
in Odessa, TX, The United States
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Philip K Dick, Jonathan Franzen, Stephen King, Richard Yates, Chuck Pa
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Member Since
September 2007
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The Boys of Summer
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2016
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The God Particle
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2005
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Thomas World
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2011
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House of the Rising Sun
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2020
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Rift
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2004
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What Prepper Fiction Says about the War for America’s Soul
During research for House of the Rising Sun, I found myself unexpectedly plunged into the murky depths of self-published novels written on the topic of civilizational collapse. In these stories, the most common cause for the “Fall” is an electromagnetic pulse (EMP), a burst of radiation powerful enough to damage or destroy the delicate electronics that power much of our modern world. Sometimes the
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The irritating thing for me is not that Andy Weir ever managed to find a publisher, it's that a market exists for writing this bad. Not only a market,
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"A book blurbed by Ernest Cline is not a smart book." Thank you for being sane.
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"Andy Weir cannot write and I'm tired of people pretending he can.
First, let's talk about characters- well, there is no character here. I only see a vague man-shaped science textbook in an astronaut suit. Wait, let me put my glasses on. OH, I know him" Read more of this review » |
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"Honestly, I’m not sure the book really works if you’re not a fan of Philip K. Dick. I am, so it did. It doesn’t really stand on its own, then, which isn’t a bad thing. It’s just….I liked it, I did, it just never felt entirely necessary. I will say, t"
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"This was a total dogs breakfast. Not recommended. I really dislike this story. There was little thought or sensitivity put into it. The premise is completely ridiculous ( imagine explaining quantum theory to a toddler). The book tries to be suspensef"
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"The Family Man meets Gilligan’s Island
As evidenced by my rating I did not enjoy this book - which actually read more like a bloated rough draft of a screenplay to me. The “deep” philosophical plot here involves our hero waking up in an alternative un" Read more of this review » |
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