Science Fiction & Fantasy Books

Taking place in the distant past of the Middle Earth most people know from the "Lord of the Rings," the "Children of Hurin" is a poignantly beautiful gem from JRR Tolkien's literary world. Before great cataclysms that altered the very substance of...
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I hate to write a negative review. After finishing the Silmarillion, I was so excited to receive this book that I ripped open the box from Amazon and started reading immediately.

While reading Children of Hurin, I kept thinking that...
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Children of Hurin centres its story on Turin a most human character with inherent flaws. The book itself is begins many thousands of years before the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings and if you have just read these two works then you will be very...
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Don't really know what to say, so I'll let some other eggheads ramble on about characterization, plot development and all the other literary crap you're supposed to put in a review. All I have to say is buy this book when you have nothing else to...
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I just loved this book. From start to finish it was flat out great. The characters were all interesting and deep (as opposed to superficial cliches), and the plot had some clever twists and neat puzzles. It was fun solving those puzzles along...
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The blurb in the front of this book doesn't quite cover the gist of the story, only describing the first two chapters. In a nutshell, four orphan children face the trials of becoming secret spies at a private school located on an island. It is...
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Billy Pilgram has come unstuck in time. That is the first line of one of the most powerful anti-war book I have ever read. Vonnegut tells the story of Billy Pilgram, a POW in WWII, based on his own experience as the same. He approches this...
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Though this book had an intriguing premise and a fairly unique concept (becoming "unstuck" in time), the intrusion of the book's self-proclaimed author during the Billy Pilgrim story grew tiresome. As another reviewer said, this book is...
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This is a well written, engaging sort of book. The story, such as it is (there's not much here), is told in a bright, likable style. It's hard to imagine anyone actually hating this. Having said all that, though, it's also true that this is a...
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I borrowed a set from a friend and it was awsome. I couldn't find it anywhere else.
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A friend has this box set, so I borrowed the book "The Fall of Reach". Oh, dear God. I just thought the guy had no clue how to write, so he just slapped togeather a bunch of clich�s with WAY too much detail into stuff like how the guns are. Some...
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All three of the stories were written well and the plots unfolded in riviting fashion as one who had played the game would expect. However, with that said, I must state that one of my primary expectations weren't met, or even addressed.
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This is just the greatest book anyone has ever written! Thegreatest work of fantasy that any Author has ever written! Tolkien isa god!
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HAHAHA. This book is a joke. All they ever talk about is food. Man this hobbit dude ain't no hero he is like a total pig. 1 of his super hero friends fight 20 goblins and they get hurt almost to the point of death but they are healed in an...
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Tolkien's works are classic fantasy. Robert Jordan is modern fantasy. They are two very different genres with an equally avid, but extremely different following. A spare few can truly enjoy both. I was deeply disappointed that I could not like...
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"The whole culture's shot through. The skeleton needs melting and reshaping. Good God, it isn't just as simple as picking up a book you laid down half a century ago. Remember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading...
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Unlike other people who have reviewed this book I won't SPOIL anything for other readers. This book is amazing and exciting. You won't be disappointed with it I am sure. The plot was excellent and the characters were just as devoted to their cause...
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Hear me out; everyone seems to be writing glowing reviews for this book and I am not going to be one of them. Read on though, at least try and appreciate a different viewpoint.

I have been a fan of Terry Goodkind from the start. I...
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This particular book is slow to start but leads up to a great ending. The ending should have been much longer and the rest of it a lot shorter. The last bit was really rushed. The part of it that was actually worth reading was only a couple of...
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I always thought that Gibson's sci fi novels were too similar to each other for me to pick up each one, but after reading this book and Pattern Recognition I might just have to go back and read his backlist. This book reads like an intelligent...
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The people in the book are interesting and kept my attention throughout when reading it. Unfortunately, this author almost turns into a spaz when letting his own personal feelings seep into the story. When that happens it goes from being fun or...
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This would have been a much more interesting book had Gibson kept his anger about America and America in Iraq out of it. He derails the story about halfway through, unable to contain his opinions any longer and takes some interesting characters...
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Full of irony and humor, Kurt Vonnegut's Cats Cradle recognizes human potential, and mankind's ability to achieve mass destruction. At a period of scientific advancements, and a terrifying World War, Vonnegut uses the confusing character of Felix...
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Where is the contemplation in this "classic"?
This book, though an interesting insight into one man's thinking and life journey, certainly did not seem to merit the hype it has received.

It seemed very whiney and a little condescending,...
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Cat's Cradle started off well enough and flowed easily, then it took a turn for the silly and outlandish. I must admit that K.V.Jr is a very intelligent man, and behind his somewhat unremarkable dialogue there is a very large message here. This...
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