221. Review-Lachlei
July 23, 2009
Lachlei, M.H. Bonham, 2008, ISBN 9781896944692
This story is set in a universe where there are nine separate worlds, connected to each other through the World Tree. This is the source of the Web of Wyrd, which runs through the Nine Worlds. A millennia ago, the three warring gods nearly des...
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222. Review-Polaris
May 19, 2009
Polaris, Jack McDevitt, 2004, ISBN 0441012027
Set in the far future, the spaceship Polaris takes a group of rich passengers thousands of light years away to watch the destruction of a sun by another star. The ship never returns. The nearest rescue ship reaches it six days later to find the...
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223. Review-Glasshouse
May 19, 2009
Glasshouse, Charles Stross, 2006, ISBN 0441014038
Several hundred years from now, humanity has just finished the Censorship Wars. Using an electronic virus called Curious Yellow, it targeted the brains of historians as they used teleportation gates (the major method of transportation). Rob...
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224. Review-The Rosetta Key
May 19, 2009
The Rosetta Key, William Dietrich, 2008, ISBN 9780061239557
Set in the eastern Mediterranean of 1799, this is the story of gambler and adventurer Ethan Gage. At the end of the previous book, he found himself on a British ship heading for the Holy Land. He agrees to help the British slow do...
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225. Review-Lost Star of Myth and Time
May 19, 2009
Lost Star of Myth and Time, Walter Cruttenden, 2006, ISBN 0976763117
This book gives a very unique interpretation of human history. It says that many ancient civilizations, even before the Egyptians, believed that the heavens ran on cycles, some lasting tens of thousands of years.
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226. Review-Censored 2009
May 19, 2009
Censored 2009: The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007-2008, Peter Phillips et al (ed.), 2008, ISBN 9781583228524
Here is another compendium of news stories that were under-reported (or un-reported) by the mainstream news media.
Did you know that over 20,000 private companies are work...
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227. Review-Infoquake
May 11, 2009
Infoquake, David Louis Edelman, 2008, ISBN 1844165825
This book takes place many years after the collapse of civilization. A group of sentient computers called the Autonomous Minds rebelled against mankind in the Autonomous Revolt. Now, Earth is dominated by bio/logics, the science of prog...
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228. Review-Sex, Sushi and Salvation
May 08, 2009
Sex, Sushi and Salvation, Christian George, 2008, ISBN 0802482546
Many people want something more out of life than just the right sneakers or an ipod. For them, feelings of intimacy, community and eternity are much more important. Here is one person’s attempt to find such things in daily l...
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229. DC Universe: Last Sons
May 06, 2009
DC Universe: Last Sons, Alan Grant, 2006, ISBN 0446616567
Lobo is the meanest and most ornery bounty hunter in the galaxy. He is the sort of being who has no problem killing anyone who gets in his way. His next quarry, supposedly with a million-credit bounty on his head, is J’onn J’onnzz, ...
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230. Review-Redemption Ark
May 04, 2009
Redemption Ark, Alastair Reynolds, 2002, ISBN 044101173x
Part of the author's Revelation Space series, this book is set approximately 600 years from now, after mankind has started to spread throughout the galaxy.
Human activities have attracted the attention of the Inhibitors, alie...
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