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Robbie A

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Joined 10 months ago

A software developer who loves fantasy and science fiction.

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Robbie A's books

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Robin Sloan: Sourdough: A Novel (2017, MCD)
Stephen Hawking: The Universe in a Nutshell (Hardcover, 2001, Bantam)
M.I. McAllister: Urchin of the Riding Stars (The Mistmantle Chronicles, #1)

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Arika Okrent: In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language
Will Ferguson: Hitching Rides with Buddha (Paperback, Canongate U.S.)
Wendy Pini: The Complete ElfQuest, Volume One (2014)

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Brandon Sanderson: Alcatraz versus the Shattered Lens (2010, Scholastic Press)
Colby Martin: Unclobber (Paperback, Westminster John Knox Press)
Morris, Mark: Macbeth (Paperback, 2006, Nelson Thornes)

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reviewed The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour

Louis L'Amour: The Walking Drum (Hardcover, Tandem Library) 4 stars

Here is an historic adventure of extraordinary power waiting to sweep you away to exotic …

Review of 'The Walking Drum' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

There's not much to this book with its fairly simple writing and somewhat meandering plot, and it's full of sexism, but damn if the adventure and historical details don't draw me in just like they did in high school. The life of adventure, casual study, and sense of exploration is so appealing to me that I just can't get this book out of my heart.

reviewed A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking: A Brief History of Time (AudiobookFormat, Phoenix Audio) 5 stars

A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes is a book …

Review of 'A Brief History of Time' on 'Storygraph'

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Got close and then stopped listening for a couple weeks. When I came back, it was incomprehensible to be because I had forgotten most of the essential foundation laid by the rest of the book :(

reviewed Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Sayaka Murata: Earthlings (AudiobookFormat, Blackstone Publishing) No rating

Review of 'Earthlings' on 'Storygraph'

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Amongst the awful verbal and emotional abuse from a parent and sibiling, sexual assault from a teacher, and depictions of incest and child sex within the first third of the book, I couldn't make myself keep reading. After reading Convenience Store Woman, I don't anticipate that the circumstances are going to get any better for the protagonist...