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kjm00 · 09-03-2009, 11:13 AM

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This is a brief plug for K J Parker's Devices And Desires, the latest One Dollar Orbit book for September. It's a book that I read a few years ago -- picked it up at Heathrow because it's SF about an engineer and I'm an engineer... -- and I was blown away. This is an incredibly funny and involved book; the rest of the trilogy might not have been quite as good, but this is definitely worth a buck. In fact, given how thick the book is, it's probably one of the better values (cost per page) among the One Dollar series.

In fact, I think the biggest danger of this book is that you will feel compelled to buy the rest of the trilogy, much as I ended up getting the rest of the Marla Mason series, Queen of the Orcs trilogy, etc. after I read the freebies/cheapies.

Ken
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09-03-2009, 11:13 AM	#1
kjm00 Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Sony Reader and my Blackberry (Mobipocket)	Devices and Desires -- One Dollar Orbit title <lurk status="off"> This is a brief plug for K J Parker's Devices And Desires, the latest One Dollar Orbit book for September. It's a book that I read a few years ago -- picked it up at Heathrow because it's SF about an engineer and I'm an engineer... -- and I was blown away. This is an incredibly funny and involved book; the rest of the trilogy might not have been quite as good, but this is definitely worth a buck. In fact, given how thick the book is, it's probably one of the better values (cost per page) among the One Dollar series. In fact, I think the biggest danger of this book is that you will feel compelled to buy the rest of the trilogy, much as I ended up getting the rest of the Marla Mason series, Queen of the Orcs trilogy, etc. after I read the freebies/cheapies. Ken </lurk>