231. Review-Traces (Birth of Alexander the Great)
April 28, 2009
Traces: Birth of Alexander the Great, Faye Turner, 2006, ISBN 0976250039
Set in the world of Ancient Greece, this book gives an alternative view of the rise of Alexander the Great.
Told through the eyes of a fictional physician named Wallis, this looks at the political and social c...
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232. Review-Medicine Show
April 28, 2009
Medicine Show, Heidi Lampietti (ed.), 2006, ISBN 1892619091
This is a collaborative novel (each chapter written by a different person) about a medicine show traveling around Europe in the immediate aftermath of World War I.
Professor Bernhard Freedomhowler’s Internationally Acclaim...
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233. Review-The Truth War
April 28, 2009
The Truth War, John MacArthur, 2007, ISBN 0785262636
A person either accepts the revealed truth of Scripture through Jesus Christ, or they don’t; there’s no middle ground. An increasing number of "good" Christians are unknowingly choosing the latter option.
False teachers in the Chur...
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234. Review-Runner
April 20, 2009
Runner, William C. Dietz, 2005, ISBN 0441013260
In the far future, mankind has spread throughout the galaxy, via a system of portals between star systems. Now their location has been forgotten, so mankind is reverting back to a state where magic becomes very important, and each star system...
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235. Review-The Lost Fleet: Dauntless
March 27, 2009
The Lost Fleet: Dauntless, Jack Campbell, 2006, ISBN 0441014186
The century-long war between the Alliance and the Syndic (Syndicated) Worlds has been going very badly for the Alliance. Now the Alliance fleet is badly outnumbered, and stuck deep in Syndic territory. But the Alliance has a r...
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236. Review-CUSP
March 23, 2009
CUSP, Robert A. Metzger, 2005, ISBN 0441012418
Set in the near future, one day, the Sun throws off a solar flare of record-setting proportions. The Sun actually moves a million kilometers farther away from the Earth, because the solar flare is really a giant jet engine.
Meantime, o...
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237. Review-Accelerando
March 20, 2009
Accelerando, Charles Stross, 2005, ISBN 0441012841
Set in the near future, these related stories are about an Earth where technology has run rampant, and humanity's inability to keep up.
Computing power, and artificial intelligence, have passed the limits of human intellect. Nanote...
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238. Review-Mammoth
March 20, 2009
Mammoth, John Varley, 2005, ISBN 0441012817
Multi-billionaire Howard Christian is an eccentric sort who likes to actually play with his toys. His latest obsession is to clone a woolly mammoth. During an expedition in northern Canada, an intact, but mummified mammoth is found. Huddled in th...
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239. Review-7 Deadly Scenarios: A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century
March 09, 2009
7 Deadly Scenarios: A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century, Andrew F. Krepinevich, 2009, ISBN 9780553805390
Looking at the changing face of war in the 21st Century, this book looks at several deadly scenarios that will threaten America's, and the world's, security in the near...
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240. Review-Neurolink
March 05, 2009
Neurolink, M.M. Buckner, 2004, ISBN 0441011888
Two hundred years from now, Earth has become a toxic wasteland. Everyone lives in domes. Global warming has pushed the temperate climates farther north, rendering the area around the equator uninhabitable. Corporations called coms have takien ...
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Author: Paul Lappen
