211. Review-Ayn Rand for Beginners
October 09, 2009
Ayn Rand for Beginners, Andrew Bernstein, 2009, ISBN 9781934389379
Here is a simple introduction to the life and philosophy of Ayn Rand. Along with being the founder of Objectivism, she also wrote Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, two of the 20th Century’s most famous novels.
Th...
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212. Review-King by Right of Blood and Might
October 08, 2009
King by Right of Blood and Might, Anna L. Walls, 2008, ISBN 9781434368669
Most stories about knights and castles take place in the distant past. This one is set in the distant future.
Humanity is nearly wiped out by a large asteroid that strikes the moon, and breaks it into many pi...
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213. Review-Beyond The Secret
September 09, 2009
Beyond The Secret, Alexandra Bruce, 2007, ISBN 9781932857931
Who here has not read the book or seen the movie "The Secret?" (Raise your hands.) This book attempts to bring some perspective to "The Secret," so as to better understand what seems to be its message of materialism gone wild. ...
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214. Review-Edgar Allan Poe's Annotated Short Stories
September 09, 2009
Edgar Allan Poe’s Annotated Short Stories, Andrew Barger (ed.), 2008, ISBN 9781933747187
Edgar Allan Poe is one of America’s most famous, and most misunderstood, men of letters. As this book shows, he was much more than just a horror writer.
He made his living, such as it was, with...
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215. Review: Legneds in Time: The Contrived Senator
September 06, 2009
Legends in Time: The Contrived Senator, Vincent Hobbes et al, 2008, ISBN 9780976351016
Since time immemorial, the tribes of Men have lived in peace with each other. The usual quarrels have never turned into outright war, that is, until the Barbarian Wars united the five separate lands into...
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216. Review-The Judges Chronicles: Rebirth of Shavron
September 02, 2009
The Judges Chronicles: Rebirth of Shavron, Ivan Sugarwood, 2006, ISBN 1600342752
The land of Shavron is a nice place, seemingly favored by God. But, because of its location, it has found itself in the middle when its neighbors go to war. Many, many years ago, the Holy One appointed three J...
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217. Review-Sword Masters
August 07, 2009
Sword Masters, Selina Rosen, 2008, ISBN 9781896944654
Tarius, of the land of Kartik, travels to the neighboring land of Jethrik to join their swordmaster academy. Both his parents were killed by the Amalites, and Jethrik is currently at war with the Amalites, so Tarius wants to kill Amalit...
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218. Review-Tesseracts Twelve
August 04, 2009
Tesseracts Twelve, Claude Lalumiere (ed.), 2008, ISBN 9781894063159
This newest collection of Canadian fantastic fiction looks at the novella (17,500 to 40,000 words), the hardest-to-sell length of fiction.
In a small town in Alberta, an intact baby woolly mammoth is found buried in ...
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219. Review-Ending an Ending
August 03, 2009
Ending an Ending, Danny Birt, 2008, ISBN 9780981566917
First of a series called the Laurian Pentology, this book takes place on a flat, polytheistic world where the gods take an active role in everyday life. People called Seren awake from Sleep, which could last weeks or centuries, knowing...
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220. Review-Legends in Time: Exiles
July 28, 2009
Legends in Time: Exiles, Vincent Hobbes et al, 2008, ISBN 9780976351023
Part 2 of a series, this continued the story of Consul Veris, a senior member of the Nadorian Senate, who is engaged in a desperate journey to King Kedor of Aronia, far to the north. He was sent on this mission by Empe...
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Author: Paul Lappen
