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Peter Buckmaster
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JRR Tolkien, RA Salvatore, George RR Martin, Haruki Murakami, BBC2 & C
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If I Were A Carpenter…
It has been an age since I wrote a “blog”. An entire age of Middle Earth no less! Last time I wrote a blog Feanor was still in exile. Well, time to tap the keys once more. As I have written, the song “Rasputin” by Boney M is in my Top 5 of all time. I gathered as many covers as I could and wrote a blog. Please seek it out. Your life will be all the better for it.
And today I bring you another of my
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Finishing this book was like coming home after a journey away - I feel like I've lived in the marsh with Kya. In those pages, I watched her grow, felt her pain and rare moments of joy, and imagined a world I have never seen. Beautiful, mournful, soul- ...more |
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"My little space-loving heart couldn't handle this book... it has all the wonderful aspects of The Martian but with ROCKY. Lord. Rocky. I don't think I've loved a character like this in ages. If you know, you know.
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Nice review! I agree about the ending. The day after finishing, I felt that was the natural conclusion of all that had gone before.
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"Ryland Grace wakes aboard the Hail Mary (which btw. I laughed and laughed all through the book about these names and their double meanings) with no memories, and there starts our journey as he tries to figure out the how, what, and why’s, of his circ"
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Grace was a bit "over-powered", right!? I guess the author wanted the speculation of communicating with aliens but needed to keep the time-frame compa
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"Not as good as The Martian, not as bad as Artemis. I enjoyed it but the really detailed science parts got tedious at times. I also found (view spoiler)"
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I agree that it definitely gets better as it goes along.
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I can see why they've made this into a film. It's hopeful, has the buddy-buddy element, tense at times, and full of What ifs...? It took me a little bit to get into it as I always have this gut reaction to present tense. I grew up playing gamebooks so ...more |
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I can see why they've made this into a film. It's hopeful, has the buddy-buddy element, tense at times, and full of What ifs...? It took me a little bit to get into it as I always have this gut reaction to present tense. I grew up playing gamebooks so ...more |
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"The Dark Sapphic Romance that Inspired Dracula" runs the tagline. So Sheridan Le Fann is a man. For some reason I had it in mind that the author was a woman (think I misread the name to Sherilan). Anyway, this is an atmospheric tale about a vampire, C ...more |
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“If you're stuck with writing, go for a walk. You're sure to get past that block as you take in the outside world.”
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“If you're stuck with writing, go for a walk. You're sure to get past that block as you take in the outside world.”
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
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