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John’s favorite books

The Great Dune Trilogy by Frank Herbert

Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

The Inhuman Condition by Clive Barker

The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov

The Past Through Tomorrow by Robert A. Heinlein

The Complete Phantom of the Opera by George C. Perry

Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov

Earthclan by David Brin

Cities in Flight by James Blish

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John is Currently Reading

Waiting for the G...

John is currently reading

Waiting for the Galactic Bus (Snake Oil, #1)

by Parke Godwin

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John’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for On the Steel Breeze (Poseidon's Children, #2)

On the Steel Breeze (Poseidon's Children, #2) by Alastair Reynolds

made her. That makes her a family problem.”

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John has read 10 books of his goal of 9!

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