Results of tag "books"
Hellmouth review
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An excellent historical fiction/horror novel in the vein of Between Two Fires.
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Sand: Part One review
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Sand is an episodic novel set in a post-apocalyptic United States that's covered entirely in several hundred meters of sand. Our man character, Palmer, makes his living as a diver - he delves into the sand to bring back relics of the old world.
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Legend review
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Legend is classic 80's heroic fantasy, full of epic fights, epic deeds, epic men. It has a lot of the same soul that makes characters like Conan so appealing; it's filled with heroism and masculinity and larger-than-life characters.
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To Reign in Hell review
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I'm more familiar with Steven Brust through his Taltos novels, which I very much enjoy, but have had To Reign in Hell on my radar for some time now. I finally decided to give a read, and while it wasn't my favorite book - not even my favorite book dealing with this subject matter - it was an...
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Dresden Files - The Law review
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When a series runs as long as the Dresden Files has, it's bound to move away from its roots at some point. We've definitely seen that with the Dresden Files: as the series has gone on we've moved away from the hardboiled detective, monster of the week theming into a much larger overarching plot...
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Excalibur review
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Excalibur is the conclusion to Bernard Cornwell's Arthurian trilogy, and is the best of the series. In Excalibur Cornwell masterfully brings to a conclusion plot points he's been weaving for hundreds of pages, and never once misses a step. Every character is given a satisfying - if bittersweet -...
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