I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein My rating: 1 of 5 stars Boy, what a loser of a book! Johann Sebastian Bach Smith is a mega-rich 90-something who decides he wants to live on by undergoing a brain transplant into the otherwise healthy body of a recently dead person. What he doesn't …
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The Jericho Iteration by Allen Steele My rating: 4 of 5 stars Not a bad book and a big departure from Steele's normal space adventures. This one revolves around Gerry Rosen, a reporter for a St. Louis alternative newspaper in a post-quake city disaster. It has been a good 10 months since the quake hit, …
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Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick My rating: 4 of 5 stars As this was Dick's first published novel (1955), I think it's a pretty good effort. It's certainly more straightforward than many of his later mindf***s. In this world of 2203, the world is ruled by the Quizmaster, who oversees a lottery which is …
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The Divine Invasion by Philip K. Dick My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Divine Invasion was my favorite of the VALIS trilogy, a trilogy I really haven't enjoyed as much as I do Dick's earlier works. This book is DENSE, folks! It's overtly religious in its themes, and it helps if one is familiar …
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Clarke County, Space by Allen Steele My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was one of the most absolutely delightful books I've ever read! I love Allen Steele! What a story! The story begins with a older, veteran writer being approached by a stranger who wants to tell him the "real" story of Clarke County, …
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