Book #52 of 2024: Nemesis by Agatha Christie (Miss Marple #12) This 1971 title was the last Miss Marple novel that author Agatha Christie ever wrote, although Sleeping Murder, published posthumously in 1976, was the final entry in the series to be released. It functions as a fairly direct sequel to #9 A Caribbean Mystery, …
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien
Book #121 of 2022: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien (Rats of NIMH #1) I’m happy to revisit this beloved childhood classic today and discover that yes, it’s still an outstanding (though quick) story. The characters make an indelible impression, and the structure is fun, with a relatively lengthy nested …
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Book Review: The Fabulous Riverboat by Philip José Farmer
Book #297 of 2021: The Fabulous Riverboat by Philip José Farmer (Riverworld #2) It’s two decades later in the Riverworld, that strange place where everyone from earth’s history woke up restored to their 25-year-old bodies, which have not gotten any older in the meantime. (The children have likewise stopped aging after catching up to the …
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Book Review: To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
Book #286 of 2021: To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer (Riverworld #1) This Hugo-winning tale from 1971 pitches an intriguing scenario: all humanoids who have ever lived on the earth — including neanderthals from the distant past and an alien who was visiting the planet in 2008 — are resurrected in the …
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Book Review: The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
Book #12 of 2016: The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin This was really great classic sci-fi: exploring outlandish dilemmas that nevertheless resonate with their philosophical implications. The main character in this book has dreams that can reshape reality according to his subconscious desires, so he’s desperate to make them stop. (In the …
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