Tag: fantasy
member name: Paul M.
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June 12, 2009 02:51 PM EDT --
A Heart Lies Within Us
By Steven LeBree
(5/5 stars)
The life of Lucas Colby is never easy or simple. Shortly after the turn of the century, Lucas's parents travel from West Virginia to Ohio, . . .
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May 22, 2009 03:40 PM EDT --
American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
(4/5 stars)
I mentioned this in my review of "Good Omens" but just to recap, I came by this book after reading Terry Pratchett's fabulous Discworld series. From . . .
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September 27, 2009 12:12 PM EDT --
I summarized the movie on Twitter as follows: It's like the "Bourne" movies only without the boring command center scenes. So basically you're left with the car chases and fights without a . . .
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August 29, 2009 09:54 AM EDT --
The Long Walk
By Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman)
(4/5 stars)
This was the first Stephen King book I'd ever read. Some "friends" recommended that it was one of his best, so I thought . . .
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October 01, 2009 03:07 PM EDT --
On a message board a couple of people were getting into that familiar old timer's rant of "kids today can't sit still five minutes let alone read a novel!" My rebuttal: what about Harry Potter . . .
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December 24, 2008 11:46 AM EST --
Hyperion
by Dan Simmons
(4/5 stars)
I can honestly say it took me seven years to read this book. Not because it's extremely long--though at 482 pages it's not short either--or . . .
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January 22, 2009 11:04 AM EST --
I was looking at the Oscar nominations on my local paper's website. Here's the list of Best Picture nominees:
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Milk”
“The . . .
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November 15, 2008 12:14 AM EST --
Does it violate some kind of reviewer's code to review a movie a second time within five months? Screw it. "The Dark Knight" finally came to the second-run theaters and since . . .
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December 02, 2008 02:38 PM EST --
Hogfather
(A Discworld Novel)
by Terry Pratchett
(4/5 stars)
In the fictional Discworld, which is carried by four elephants atop a giant turtle floating through space, what we would consider . . .
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January 10, 2009 06:28 PM EST --
Fall of Hyperion
by Dan Simmons
(3/5 stars)
I was trying to think of a good sci-fi related way to compare my disappointment with "Fall of Hyperion" compared to the original "Hyperion." . . .
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February 11, 2009 07:43 PM EST --
I've gotten through the first 16 volumes of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series; just 12 more to go! Picking up where I left off, here are reviews of Volumes 15 & 16.
Volume 15: . . .
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October 24, 2008 10:56 PM EDT --
I decided to save a few bucks this week (and avoid being stampeded by tweens and teens going to HSM 3 and Saw V) and went to the second-run theater to see "Hancock." Unless you're going . . .
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December 19, 2008 03:27 PM EST --
Discworld: Volumes 1-6
By Terry Pratchett
I recently bought most of Pratchett’s Discworld series off Ebay and began reading them in more-or-less chronological order, instead of the . . .
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January 10, 2009 08:52 PM EST --
I'm continuing my march through the entire Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. I opened my box of Discworld books on XMas Day and began with "Pyramids", volume 7 in the series.
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January 23, 2009 04:59 PM EST --
NOTE: reviews for Volume 10 "Moving Pictures" and Volume 11 "Reaper Man" were written in separate reviews previously.
Discworld Volumes 12-14
by Terry Pratchett
Right, . . .
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February 24, 2009 10:18 AM EST --
I sort of wanted to see this one when it came out, but it was only at the multiplex a week or two before fading away. Now that it's on video, I finally got the chance to watch it On Demand. . . .
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January 28, 2009 11:33 AM EST --
At the Treetop Diner near Denali National Park, Alaska governor and former vice-president hopeful Sarah Palin was spotted having moose burgers with a large, smelly, hairy man. According to our anonymous . . .
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February 18, 2009 09:27 AM EST --
Interesting Times
(Discworld Volume 17)
by Terry Pratchett
(4/5 stars)
I'd been reviewing these in batches, but I might not finish another one for a little bit, so I'm going to do . . .
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May 10, 2009 12:22 AM EDT --
I've always considered myself a Star Trek fan but not a Trekkie. The distinction in my mind is that I've watched the shows (though I tuned out most of the "Enterprise" prequel . . .
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September 13, 2009 07:58 AM EDT --
Another batch of movie reviews in 140 characters or less.
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh: This is one the author should have disavowed. **
The Time Traveler's Wife (movie): Trims the . . .
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