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The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1)

by Hannu Rajaniemi

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Carl said: " Still working through this, but enjoying it immensely. Did a quick mini-review along a few other books for my blog: http://vikingsbooksetc.wordpress.com/...

Will hopefully be able to do a more thorough review eventually, but have been a bit busy... ...more "

Dec 23, 2012 10:50PM · see review

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The Annotated Firebird

by Kathy Tyers (Goodreads Author)

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Carl said: " For those who follow Christian science-fiction, Kathy Tyer's Firebird series is out again, and will be followed up with a couple new books. I've been slowly rereading the whole thing (pretty busy these days, so not done yet!!), so maybe more to come ...more "

Feb 18, 2012 02:56PM · see review

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Fledgling

by Octavia E. Butler

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Carl said: " A vampire novel which explore race and gender, by one of the great "literary" sci-fi writers. The last of her novels, sadly-- she died shortly after this was published. Very interesting so far. I love books that don't read like every other book in th ...more "

Aug 20, 2011 07:51PM · see review

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