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SINAI TAPESTRY by Edward Whittemore: Madcap romp through 4000 years of Middle Eastern history. Mostly centered on the early 20thC.
| BEST SHORT STORIES OF JG BALLARD: Circling constantly around themes of death, insanity, sleep and technology. |
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| BLACK & WHITE by Lewis Shiner: Bravely tackles racial tensions in the USA. Engrossing. |
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| LEAGUE OF XTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN: BLACK DOSSIER by Alan Moore: Bloated with text and its own cleverness. A slog. |
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| Wow. Last day at SerSol.... Time flies... |
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| BPRD: THE SOUL OF VENICE by Mignola & Others: Uneven. Nice to see the BPRD in different clothes (ie, artwork) |
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| MEN AND CARTOONS by Jonathan Lethem: Doesn't disappoint. Though it helps if you like superheroes. |
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| POWERS: COSMIC by B. Michael Bendis: I keep reading them, so they must be good. Right? Also, the mysterious "blonde" brunette visual error |
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| KIRBY: KING OF COMICS by Mark Evanier: A more interesting (read: true) KAVALIER & KLAY. |
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| IMMORTAL IRON FIST Vol. 1: Workmanlike. |
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| THE NAME OF THE WIND by Patrick Rothfuss: Slow going until p. 200 or so. Then becomes a more interesting Harry Potter. Still too long! |
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| HELLBOY: CONQUEROR WORM by Mike Mignola: Reread. Cyborg apes, all-devouring space worm, ghost nazis, Lobster Johnson. What's not to love? |
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| HELLBOY: DARKNESS CALLS by Mike Mignola: More surreal and phantastickal than early Hellboy. New artist. A lead-in book for something big |
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| BORN STANDING UP by Steve Martin: As autobios go, it's a good one. Though I'd recommend the audio book, which S. Martin reads himself. |
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| @davidmfoley Rockin'! I'd love to borrow USE OF WEAPONS. The easiest thing would probably be a Lighthouse rendesvouz some weekend. |
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| @davidmfoley Iain (M -M) Banks is excellent. It's a damn shame that so many of his books are out of print. |
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| BLACK AND WHITE by David Macauley: 4 interconnected/unrelated visual stories. Clever. |
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| HEAD CASE: HOW I NEARLY LOST MY MIND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND MY BRAIN by Dennis Cass: brain awareness != self awareness |
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| PLAYER OF GAMES by Iain M. Banks: Clever way of describing a complex game by describing its EFFECT on the players |
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| My last day at SerSol: August 15. My first day at GC: August 18 |
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