Radiant
 What to Make of Gardner?: By my count, this is the 6th book in Gardner's "League of Peoples" universe. In no particular order, earlier books are "Expendable," "Hunted," "Vigilant," "Trapped," and " [... more]
$7.99
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Vigilant
Bravo!: When our story begins, fifteen-year-old Faye Smallwood lives in Sallysweet River on the planet of Demoth. She is human, the daughter of a doctor. A species called the Ooloms (think flying squirrels whose skin changes color like a chamaeleon) [... more]
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Expendable (League of Peoples, Bk. 1)
Amazon.com Review: Great writing carries this unusual story about the Explorer Corps., the branch of the League of Peoples responsible for investigating planets and contacting new life forms. The catch is that corp members usually die in the process. [... more]
$6.99
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Trapped (League of Peoples, Bk. 6)
Fast paced jaunt through a fantasy reader's paradise: Philemon Abu Dhubhai is a teacher at a second tier private school. As we find out from a bar fight they get themselves into at the beginning, he and his close friends (also teachers at the school) are [... more]
$6.99
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Radiant
What to Make of Gardner?: By my count, this is the 6th book in Gardner's "League of Peoples" universe. In no particular order, earlier books are "Expendable," "Hunted," "Vigilant," "Trapped," and " [... more]
$23.95
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Ascending
Good Addition to the Series: Since Expendable I look forward to each new work by James Alan Gardner. His Festina Ramos books combine space opera with a screwball perspective on the universe. Gardner's style is fast and breezy, a bit scatalogical. Sort of [... more]
$6.99
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Commitment Hour
Really enjoyable, character-driven sci-fi.: This is James Alan Gardner's early work - unlike his Expendable series, it does not feature Festina Ramos, however, the League of Peoples is briefly mentioned. The basic plot for this novel is that Earth around [... more]
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Vigilant (League of Peoples, Bk. 2)
Bravo!: When our story begins, fifteen-year-old Faye Smallwood lives in Sallysweet River on the planet of Demoth. She is human, the daughter of a doctor. A species called the Ooloms (think flying squirrels whose skin changes color like a chamaeleon) [... more]
$6.99
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Man of Bronze
Could have been great, but deliberately is not: This book could have been great, but the author chose not to make it so. First I want to deal with the technical side, which is generally very good. The format is a bit like a computer game: each chapter [... more]
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Man of Bronze (Tomb Raider ...
Could have been great, but deliberately is not: This book could have been great, but the author chose not to make it so. First I want to deal with the technical side, which is generally very good. The format is a bit like a computer game: each chapter [... more]
$6.99
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Gravity Wells: Speculative Fiction Stories
Fascinating and slanted collection of short stories: A young girl tells her brother that everything is falling into place and that the universe will arrive where it's going--next week. An art critic visits a planet which somehow had no children. An [... more]
$15.95
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Ascending
Good Addition to the Series: Since Expendable I look forward to each new work by James Alan Gardner. His Festina Ramos books combine space opera with a screwball perspective on the universe. Gardner's style is fast and breezy, a bit scatalogical. Sort of [... more]
$6.99
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