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Slyphic rated The Cuckoo’s Egg: 4 stars
Clifford Stoll: The Cuckoo’s Egg (2005, Pocket)
The Cuckoo’s Egg by Clifford Stoll
In the days when the presence of a computer did NOT presume the presence of a network (they used to …
Slyphic rated Blind Lake: 4 stars
Slyphic rated Sufficiently Advanced Magic: 4 stars
Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe (Arcane Ascension)
Slyphic rated Every Heart a Doorway: 3 stars
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children, #1)
Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of …
Slyphic rated Space Opera: 5 stars
Slyphic rated Age of Myth: 4 stars
Michael J. Sullivan: Age of Myth (2016, Random House Publishing Group)
Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan (The Legends of the First Empire, #1)
"Michael J. Sullivan's trailblazing career began with the breakout success of his Riyria series: full-bodied, spellbinding fantasy adventures whose imaginative …
Slyphic rated The Refrigerator Monologues: 5 stars
Catherynne M. Valente: The Refrigerator Monologues (2017)
The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente
The lives of six female superheroes and the girlfriends of superheroes. A ferocious riff on women in superhero comics.
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Slyphic rated The Last Days of New Paris: 4 stars
The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville
"A thriller of war that never was--of survival in an impossible city--of surreal cataclysm. In The Last Days of New …
Slyphic rated The genius plague: 2 stars
Slyphic rated The Library at Mount Char: 4 stars
Scott Hawkins: The Library at Mount Char (2015, Crown)
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
After she and a dozen other children found them being raised by "Father," a cruel man with mysterious powers, Carolyn …
Slyphic rated An Unattractive Vampire: 4 stars
An Unattractive Vampire by Jim McDoniel
Jim McDoniel's debut novel, "An Unattractive Vampire," is a darkly comic urban fantasy of ancient horrors in suburban cities. After …
Slyphic rated The Massacre of Mankind: 3 stars
The Massacre of Mankind by Stephen Baxter
"A sequel to the H.G. Wells classic THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, brilliantly realized by award-winning SF author and Wells …
Slyphic rated Yesterday's kin: 2 stars
Yesterday's kin by Nancy Kress
Marianne Jenner, a geneticist and mother of three, has 10 months to try to avert a disaster and keep her …
