03-15-2019, 08:04 AM | #2491 |
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I read that book last year and gave it 3/5. For 0.99 it's good but otherwise you can afford to skip.
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03-15-2019, 12:42 PM | #2492 | |
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Featuring a villainous company in a story and having it named The Company (or The Corporation, The Corp, etc.) is a trope that comes off as lazy and unrealistic to me. Any nefarious company is going to have an army of highly paid advertisers and spin doctors working for it and is going to have a name, logo and mascot to hang their brand on. Evil company? Sure. Evil company that calls itself The Company? Come on man. |
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03-15-2019, 02:57 PM | #2493 | |
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03-15-2019, 03:53 PM | #2494 |
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03-15-2019, 04:14 PM | #2495 | |
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Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock is $2.99 on Amazon.com, US only
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03-15-2019, 04:32 PM | #2496 | |
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03-15-2019, 04:51 PM | #2497 |
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Fantasy and Faerie, yes. Horror, not so so much. I *highly* recommend it. Also the rest of the series (there are 7 total).
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03-15-2019, 05:49 PM | #2498 |
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That first book won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1985.
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03-15-2019, 06:00 PM | #2499 |
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Mythago Wood is also on sale for $2.99 at amazon.ca and Kobo Canada.
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03-18-2019, 09:30 AM | #2500 | |
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The classic Tales of the Dying Earth by Jack Vance is $2.99 at Amazon.
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03-18-2019, 09:38 AM | #2501 |
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Three Neal Asher books are on sale at Amazon.com for < $4. But beware: I already had other e-versions of these from Amazon. I really like the fact that Amazon usually stops me from buying something I already have. Perhaps it is due to a change in publisher?
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03-19-2019, 09:37 AM | #2503 | |
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The Horror on the Links: The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, Volume One by Seabury Quinn is $1.99 at Amazon. These books are outrageously priced normally ($23 a pop), but one by one they go on sale.
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