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Search Jay's Lair Book Reviews:
For now, I will simply be listing books that I own and have read, or will be soon reading, as well as some reviews. Perhaps I shouldn't call them reviews, since they are not your typical review. More like a blending of review and summary. Sometimes detailed, at other times perhaps no more so than a cover blurb. So be forewarned, while I will try not to reveal too much, there will certainly be alot of detail in most cases.
CURRENTLY READING:In The Company Of Others by Julie E. Czerneda
Been an awfully long time since I've posted here, and I apologize for that. I'll be changing the front page a little in the next week or so and start posting reviews again soon. Most reviews in the next month will be rather brief as I try to catch up.
Most recent post:
Meridian by James Wittenbach
Some of the reviews I'm working on:
The Assassin's Dream by J.D. Townsend, the solid Infinity Beach by Jack McDevitt, the fantastic
Beholder's Eye by Julie E. Czerneda, David Brin's The Postman, Going Postal and Night Watch by Terry Pratchett and two L. Ron Hubbard collaborations. Told you I was behind.
If you're interested, here's a list of the books I've read in 2005 (will update soon)
There's just not enough time in the day to read,what with work and such getting in the way. Although I've been finding more time to read lately, the to be read pile continues growing. The site has finally grown large enough that having all the links to the various reviews on one page is getting a bit cumbersome, so I'll soon be changing the layout.
Recent reviews:
Joseph J. Ellis' Founding Brothers
Jon Fasman's The Geographer's Library
Stargate SG-1: The Price You Pay by Ashley McConnell
The Wreck Of The River Of Stars by Michael Flynn
Stir Of Echoes and Now You See It... by Richard Matheson
Stumbled upon a really really cool internet-based game called The Last Knights. Simple graphics, but immensely entertaining and quite addicting. Still has the occassional bug but is constantly being tweaked and is expanding at a fantastic rate. There's no harm in checking it out, so what are you waiting for? You ain't scared, are ya?
I'm selling some books (and other items) on eBay and half.com, so for anyone interested, check out my eBay auctions and/or my half.com items
Own this shirt, just the first of some things I'll be selling at Cafepress.com. Hope to have a book of short stories available by the end of the year.
YOU CAN'T STOP THE SIGNAL !
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AUTHOR PAGES
The Robert A. Heinlein Page
(includes 6 reviews - so far)
The A.E. Van Vogt Page
(2 reviews up)
The Dennis L. McKiernan Page
(4 reviews)
The Charles Sheffield Page
(1 review)
The Terry Pratchett Page
(6 reviews so far)
The Terry Brooks Page
(4 reviews)
OTHER REVIEWS
Richard Matheson's What Dreams May Come
Dan Brown's Angels & Demons
Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s A Canticle For Leibowitz
Eric Flint's The Philosophical Strangler
James White's Mind Changer
James White's Double Contact
James White's Final Diagnosis
Jack McDevitt's A Talent For War
Jack McDevitt's The Engines of God
Jack McDevitt's Deepsix
Jack McDevitt's Eternity Road
Jack McDevitt's Ancient Shores
Jack McDevitt's Moonfall
Leonard Nimoy's I Am Spock
K.J. Anderson's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Greg Bear's Darwin's Children
Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven's Footfall
Clive Cussler's Valhalla's Rising
Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason's Ill Wind
Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon The Deep
Vernor Vinge's A Deepness In The Sky
Arthur C. Clarke's The Hammer of God
Arthur C. Clarke's Across The Sea of Stars
William R. Forstchen's Article 23
Isaac Asimov's The Gods Themselves
Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg's Nightfall
Robert J. Sawyer's Calculating God
Robert J. Sawyer's Illegal Alien
Robert J. Sawyer's The Terminal Experiment
Poul Anderson's Starfarers
Dean Koontz' Watchers
Anna Apostolou's A Murder In Macedon
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity
Christopher Hyde's Wisdom of the Bones (Non-SF/Fantasy)
For anyone interested, here are some random thoughts
about books, authors, movies and sci-fi in general. Everything from
Stephen King, Robert Jordan, Fox network's infinite wisdom and Arnold
Schwarzenegger's perfect role.
Some reviews will have links to spoiler pages, where certain
details that are better left unknown before reading are revealed. These
pages will be clearly marked and are mostly for my benefit, to remember
details and such. I would not recommend you reading these if you are
planning on reading the books in question.
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