“Storm Front: Dresden Files #1,” by Jim Butcher
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It’s a Small World War Z
I enjoy books that explore cultures and how they change with different developments. Zombies are definitely a different development to change a culture, and Max Brooks explores those changes on individual, society, and global levels. Brilliant. This book isn’t just about a world war against zombies, but about all the problems and solutions caused by a world war […]
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Reviewing a Unique “Dune”
Thankfully, I saw the movie long ago enough that I wasn’t too confused by the vast differences. “Dune,” by Frank Herbert, is one of the classics that helped define sci-fi as a genre. It’s set in a foreign solar system, but with such deep explorations of setting, culture, politics, and religion, it feels as real […]
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32 Years After “1984”
It’s been ‘mind-numbing’ waiting for this book review…. I remember my first introduction to George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” being in 7th grade, we read the Reader’s Digest snippet of the first few pages. I remember that being my introduction to the dystopia genre and having my mind blown. Other than that, I had no idea […]
Concerning the title, I did say I like heavy beat music… so yes, the stupid video techno-mash-up of “They’re Taking the Hobbits to Isengard,” has been blasted on my computer speakers more times than I’ll admit. 😉 Anyway, I finally finished JRR Tolkien’s “The Hobbit!” I should have read this back in junior high for the classic […]
C. Rae D'Arc 