Starwater Strains
 Uneven collection but with some great gems: I always enjoy his short story collections. Even the stories I rated 2 out of 5 are worth the read. There are some I did not enjoy at all, but that may be simply my taste. Of Soil and Climate The Dog of the [... more]
$15.95
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Salt of the Air
Some, but not all, of Vera Nazarian's short stories: This collection contains the following short stories by Vera Nazarian: -Rossia Moya -Beauty and his Beast -The Young Woman in a House of Old -Absolute Receptiveness, the Princess, and the Pea -Bonds of [... more]
$17.95
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Calde of the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun, V. 3)
Typical Gene Wolfe: rich in detail, character and confusion: Long awaited sequel in the Book of the Long Sun. The structure of this strange place slowly comes together. It's quite incredible how the heat, the smells and the colours of this planet come to [... more]
$22.95
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Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge
Great Anthology...a must for SF readers and writers...: I was able to read the ARC of this book prior to its release, and I was very, very pleased with the selections. I enjoyed 14/21 stories in this, with Robert Charles Wilson's, Paolo Bacigalupi's, [... more]
$15.98
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An Evil Guest
Pleasing Pulp: Gene Wolfe's "An Evil Guest" is a very enjoyable 1930s period piece set one hundred years in our future. The book combines elements of Lovecraft, pulp detective fiction, and a touch of science fiction. The novel focuses upon [... more]
$25.95
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Pirate Freedom (Sci Fi Essential Books)
Confessions: I forgive him, I think. We are so great at justifying our actions, and that is the hardest thing to forgive. Can you forgive someone truly, and what gives you the right to forgive or judge. I don't know. Amazing book on many levels. A lot [... more]
$24.95
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The Wizard: Book Two of The Wizard Knight
Gene Wolf's prose is Skai to other writers: Really a review for books 1 and 2. OK, 4 stars aren't really fair, that is 4 stars relative to Wolfe's level, 5 stars for mere mortal writers. This book, even with it's 7 levels of reality is still has far [... more]
$7.99
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Sword and Citadel (The Book of the New Sun, Vol. 2) (Vol 2)
One of the best books you're likely to read.: Have you ever read one of those books that you keep thinking about a year after first reading it, until you find yourself cracking it open to read it again? This is one of those books, and on a second read it [... more]
$13.16
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The Knight (The Wizard Knight, Book 1)
Not for Everyone: Whenever I find a book I love on Amazon the first thing I do is look at the 1 star reviews. It intrigues me that something I thought was so brilliant could be hated by someone else so completely. However, after reading the 1 star [... more]
$15.95
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Soldier of Arete
Sequel to Soldier of the Mist: Gene Wolfe is the best there is at what he does. End of discussion. This book (impossible to find nowdays) is the sequel to Soldier of the Mist, the story of Latro. The setting is the immediate aftermath of the battle of [... more]
$4.95
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Soldier of Sidon
More than we needed, unfortunately: I am a great fan of Gene Wolfe and the Soldier in the Mist stories. The first Latro novel was a marvelous conceit (narrator with no memory) explored brilliantly. The second book extended the story effectively if not [... more]
$14.95
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The Wizard: Book Two of The Wizard Knight
Gene Wolf's prose is Skai to other writers: Really a review for books 1 and 2. OK, 4 stars aren't really fair, that is 4 stars relative to Wolfe's level, 5 stars for mere mortal writers. This book, even with it's 7 levels of reality is still has far [... more]
$14.95
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