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Desmond Shepherd
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Imaginary Me
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2013
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6 editions
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Copy Bird
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2011
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Unspoken Stories
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2011
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The Present
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2011
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Fram Gage and The Infinite Ability (Fram Gage #1)
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2011
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4 editions
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Watermeloned: A Mystery Sci-Fi Novel
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The Legend of Kyd Lumin
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Going Home
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2011
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Something Is Amiss on Planet Earth
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Preludes (Miscorrection #1)
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2011
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A Writer's Dilemma: AI-Written Books
There's a lot of buzz about all the possibilities AI is bringing to the table. From planning a vacation to writing HTML code, the sky appears to be the limit in what we humans might use it for.As with all technology advancements, though, there are upsides and downsides.Many writers out there have valid concerns about the ability to use AI to write books. In fact, this is already happening, with
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A Darkness More Than Night (Harry Bosch, #7; Harry Bosch Universe, #10)
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| This is the best entry I've read so far in the series. The writing is vastly improved with much better focus. And the story was good with enough twists and turns to keep my interest. References to real world events make this interesting to read in re ...more | |
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| This is an enjoyable reed that kept my interest the entire time. It's an epic story which I was not expecting. But being epic, it was also a little too long. The writing was good and the characters were memorable. It mixes hard sci fi with more imagi ...more | |
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| The "story" itself is good. The way it is told was not for me. A book about someone writing a book is a little boring. The unending number of interviews with the third generation of individuals after the important events that tell the story (and the ...more | |
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| This was just okay. The actual murderer mystery part was intriguing with some good plot twists and surprises. But there feels like a lot of filler here. Way to many words used to convey information. And a lot of telling over showing. The relationship ...more | |
"Rebecca Higgins and her CXO husband Mark, parents to 7yo neurodivergent daughter Maddy, are struggling at home. Rebecca has just had a miscarriage, and she is exhausted by the demands of carrying for her daughter, the endless run of school, nurse and"
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“Trust is a skill, and if you only have it in yourself then you aren’t even trying.”
― A Crash of Fate
― A Crash of Fate
“When she’d been a girl, her mother had always slept with her blaster beneath her pillow, and when Izzy had asked why, she’d said, “The same reason you sleep with your stuffed bantha, darling.”
― A Crash of Fate
― A Crash of Fate
“Fight for your family,” she said. She could not tell him what to believe in, but that was one thing she was sure of. “The ones who are blood and the ones who choose you.”
― A Crash of Fate
― A Crash of Fate
“They all seemed to be avoiding each other—and not just to be polite. They seemed to take obvious measures to stay clear of anyone else.”
― The Death Cure
― The Death Cure
“We could’ve stopped the spread of the disease a lot better than we’ve been able to cure the disease.”
― The Death Cure
― The Death Cure
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