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These days, I would just be thankful they spelled it with a "w."
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[www.joshnizzi.com]
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I have been on the fence which reader to buy. If Sony reader availability is an issue, maybe I should go Kindle? I was actually leaning towards the Sony Reader.
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I think I am satisfied with the purchase. I need to play with a kindle to be sure, but I'm pretty happy with the reader's perfomance after a few days. I'm amazed that SONY has less drm then amazon (I am a fanboy of both companies)
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It seems like the author is desperately hoping it will get made into a film, so much so that it reads like a bad screenplay, and his constant references to whatever music is playing in the background seems like he is trying to set up a really awful soundtrack.
The characters are one-dimensional and I couldnt bring myself to care about them. They have terrible names and unrealistic or just plain stupid backstories that adds to the comic book flavor of what I thought would be a legitimate novel.
Even the premise, timely as it was, was stupid and poorly explained. Typically, when a novelist writes a book of this sort, you can tell they have done some research and at least attempted to make the scenario plausible. This guy just waves a magic wand and the economy has collapsed and the US closes its doors, without any explanation, which is the one thing that might have saved what would otherwise be a pathetic story not fit for a graphic novel.
I'm pissed I spent $20 and my time on this crappy book. Don't waste your money. I can't fathom how it constantly gets positive reviews.
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This was a good year for SF novels despite cries that the publishing industry is going down in flames. But what about short stories?
Night Shade Books just put out the latest of an excellent annual anthology of Speculative Fiction that I highly recommend. It's called Eclipse Two and has all original stories from the likes of Alistair Reynolds, Nancy Kress, Ted Chiang, Ken Shroeder and others. What I really like is that this is a collection without a theme. You'll be taking trips through Hard SF, Space Opera, Super Heroes, Near Future and all manner of Fantasy . Peter S. Beagle's "The Rabbi's Hobby" is worth the price of admission alone. An exquisitely written, touching and often hilarious reminiscence of a boy's preparation for his Bar Mitzvah that takes a very unexpected twist. Sort of a Brighton Beach Memories with Rod Serling.
Happy New Year and Good Reading to All!
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In fact, Meredith, the more I read this blog, the more I realise that I come here for the cool things that you find and the commenters, not your taste in entertainment.
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I liked the piano, too, but I'm just a fool for "Fringe." As they say, "Love is blind," or in this case deaf?
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