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Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: Surprisingly Fantastic

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: Surprisingly Fantastic #bookreview #abrahamlincolnvamp

The Health Care Industry Apocalypse In "Repo Men"

The Health Care Industry Apocalypse In "Repo Men" #moviereview #repomen

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20 Great Infodumps From Science Fiction Novels #infodumps #writing

Everything We FlashedForward To Is Wrong!

Everything We FlashedForward To Is Wrong! #flashforwardrecap #flashforward

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Scared To Forget? Scared To Remember? You've Got - Memory Panic! #rant #brains

Five Ways You Probably Wouldn’t Die In a Vacuum, and One Way You Probably Would

Five Ways You Probably Wouldn’t Die In a Vacuum, and One Way You Probably Would #madscience #physics

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Image of goldfarb goldfarb 05/13/09

I really love the idea of a 'trailer' for a book...why the hell not?

I mean, better than this one obviously, but a 15 second motion-graphicy-animationy trailer is a cool idea... esp for sci-fi books... Reply

Image of ♪ ♪ 05/13/09

@goldfarb: Where would it be aired other than the internet though? Sounds like someone is throwing a chunk of change down the toilet.. Reply

Image of goldfarb goldfarb 05/13/09

@♪: lots of people buy books on the internet...imagine an amazon page for a book that had a little trailer... Reply

Image of unigon unigon 05/14/09

@goldfarb: I think I'd prefer SF books always have actually good cover art. Reply

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