| Move Under Ground |
Nick Mamatas |
2011/12/03 |
4 |
Wildside Press, 2006 |
Read My Notes |
| The Jennifer Morgue (Laundry Files, #2) |
Charles Stross |
2011/10/25 |
3 |
Golden Gryphon Press, 2006 |
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| Couch |
Benjamin Parzybok |
2011/10/22 |
4 |
Small Beer Press, 2008 |
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| The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-Sufficient Living in the Heart of the City |
Kelly Coyne, Erik Knutzen |
2011/10/05 |
5 |
Process, 2010 |
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| The Magician King (The Magicians, #2) |
Lev Grossman |
2011/10/05 |
3 |
William Heinemann, 2011 |
Read My Notes |
| Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) |
Ernest Cline |
2011/09/27 |
4 |
Crown Publishers, 2011 |
A love letter to geek culture, wrapped in a treasure-hunting adventure, wrapped in a dystopian science-fiction epic. I really enjoyed reading the book, though I found the ending to be a little abrupt for my taste. Still, what a ride getting there! |
| Occultation and Other Stories |
Laird Barron, Michael Shea |
2011/09/19 |
4 |
Night Shade, 2010 |
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| The Ecological Revolution: Making Peace with the Planet |
John Bellamy Foster |
2011/09/13 |
5 |
Monthly Review Press, 2009 |
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| Dhalgren |
Samuel R. Delany |
2011/09/06 |
4 |
Vintage, 2001 |
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| The Roots of Rural Capitalism: Western Massachusetts, 1780-1860 |
Christopher Clark |
2011/09/06 |
4 |
Cornell University Press, 1992 |
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| Cultivating Gentlemen: The Meaning of Country Life Among the Boston Elite, 1785-1860 |
Tamara Plakins Thornton |
2011/09/06 |
5 |
Yale University Press, 1989 |
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| The Liar |
stephen-fry |
2011/07/09 |
2 |
Arrow, 2004 |
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| The Revolution Betrayed |
Leon Trotsky, Max Eastman |
2011/06/27 |
3 |
Dover Publications, 2004 |
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| The Age of Revolution, 1789–1848 |
Eric J. Hobsbawm |
2011/06/27 |
4 |
Vintage, 1996 |
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| The Wise Man’s Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2) |
Patrick Rothfuss |
2011/04/04 |
4 |
DAW Books, 2011 |
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| Money |
Martin Amis |
2011/04/04 |
3 |
Vintage, 2005 |
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| Four Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s |
Basil Wolverton, Greg Sadowski, John Benson |
2011/02/23 |
4 |
Fantagraphics, 2017 |
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| Kill the Dead (Sandman Slim, #2) |
Richard Kadrey |
2011/02/07 |
0 |
Eos, 2010 |
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| Glasshouse |
Charles Stross |
2011/02/05 |
4 |
Ace Books, 2006 |
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| The Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics |
Various |
2011/01/01 |
4 |
Running Press, 2008 |
Weird, wonderful, and cheap! |
| Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-Creator Joe Shuster |
Craig Yoe, Stan Lee, Joe Shuster |
2011/01/01 |
4 |
Abrams ComicArts, 2009 |
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| Tricks of the Mind |
Derren Brown |
2011/01/01 |
4 |
Channel 4, 2007 |
“An interesting discussion of magic theory, with a particular emphasis on mental magic (memory tricks, hypnotism, etc…) The chapter on memory is one that I plan on studying more closely, for clues on how to remember things better! Likewise, the chapter on hypnosis is fascinating, and really gives a broad treatment to the complex and variable phenomena that we lump under the heading of ““hypnosis””. " |
| Heart-Shaped Box |
Joe Hill |
2011/01/01 |
4 |
William Morrow, 2007 |
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| Crooked Little Vein |
Warren Ellis |
2011/01/01 |
3 |
William Morrow, 2007 |
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| The Archaeology of Improvement in Britain, 1750–1850 (Cambridge Studies in Archaeology) |
Sarah Tarlow |
2011/01/01 |
4 |
Cambridge University Press, 2007 |
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| How to Rap: The Art and Science of the Hip-Hop MC |
Paul Edwards, Kool G. Rap |
2011/01/01 |
3 |
Chicago Review Press, 2009 |
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| Days Gone Bye (The Walking Dead, #1) |
Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore |
2011/01/01 |
5 |
Image Comics, 2013 |
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| Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking (1) (Ruhlman’s Ratios) |
Michael Ruhlman |
2011/01/01 |
4 |
Scribner, 2009 |
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| The Magicians (The Magicians, #1) |
Lev Grossman |
2011/01/01 |
4 |
Viking, 2009 |
Really liked this book. I hate using cultural reference equations, but the best way to describe this book would be Harry Potter + Chronicles of Narnia + Catcher in the Rye. It’s about a disgruntled teenager who discovers that he can attend a school for magicians, where he meets strange and wonderful people, falls in love, and gets in adventures. And then things start to break down, culminating in what could charitably be called a tragic conclusion. There’s a lot of internal monologue and soul searching in this book, so if that’s not your cup of tea, stay away. On the other hand, there’s crazy magic, monsters, and fantastic lands, so…go figure. |
| Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed |
James C. Scott |
2011/01/01 |
4 |
Yale University Press, 1998 |
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| The Fat and the Thin (Les Rougon-Macquart, #3) |
Émile Zola, Ernest Alfred Vizetelly |
2011/01/01 |
4 |
MobileReference, 2010 |
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| Mister B. Gone |
Clive Barker |
2011/01/01 |
4 |
HarperCollins Publishers, 2007 |
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| The Horror! The Horror!: Comic Books the Government Didn’t Want You to Read! |
Jim Trombetta, Stine R.L. |
2011/01/01 |
3 |
Harry N Abrams, 2010 |
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| I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1) |
Dan Wells |
2011/01/01 |
5 |
Tor Books, 2010 |
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| The Vast Fields of Ordinary |
Nick Burd |
2011/01/01 |
4 |
Dial Books, 2009 |
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| Lovecraft Unbound |
Various |
2011/01/01 |
4 |
Dark Horse Books, 2009 |
An interesting anthology in which various authors write in homage to lovecraft, but without specifically referencing his mythos or characters. There are some successes and some mediocre attempts, but when it works, it really works. |
| Echoes Vol. 1 |
Joshua Hale Fialkov, Rahsan Ekedal, Troy Peteri |
2011/01/01 |
4 |
Image Comics, 2011 |
Read My Notes |
| The Imago Sequence and Other Stories |
Laird Barron |
2011/01/01 |
3 |
Night Shade Books, 2007 |
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| Bossypants |
Tina Fey |
2011/01/01 |
4 |
Reagan Arthur Books, 2011 |
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