Fred Johansen rated The Obelisk Gate: 4 stars
The Obelisk Gate by Jemisin N. K. (The Broken Earth, #2)
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS ... FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of endings grows darker, as civilization …
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A SF reader and programmer writing his first novel, a literary fantasy about the magic of storytelling.
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In addition to Read I'm also using the shelves read-long-ago, read-lit-studies and read-phil-studies for all the books I've read at some point. (Some of those contained in the three latter lists I may want to re-read.)
For a total count as of 2024, this means I've read approximately 90% of the 600+ books on my list.
And I'm really trying to keep my TBR short :-D
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Fred Johansen rated De knyttede never: 3 stars
De knyttede never by Øvre Richter Frich (Jonas Fjeld, #1)
Jonas Fjeld-serien er en norsk spenningsserie skrevet av Øvre Richter Frich fra 1911 og utover. Forfatterdebuten hans kom i 1911 …
Fred Johansen rated The Essential Kant (Virgin Philosophers): 5 stars
Fred Johansen rated Parade: 5 stars
Fred Johansen rated The Fifth Season: 5 stars
The Fifth Season by Jemisin N. K. (The Broken Earth, #1)
This is the way the world ends. Again.
Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living …
Fred Johansen rated Hiroshima Mon Amour: 5 stars
Fred Johansen rated The Midnight Library: 4 stars
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
"Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides …
Fred Johansen rated Hamlet: 5 stars
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
In this quintessential Shakespeare tragedy, a young prince's halting pursuit of revenge for the murder of his father unfolds in …
Fred Johansen rated A Tourist's Guide to OverLondon: 4 stars
A Tourist's Guide to OverLondon by George Penney, Tony Johnson
As written by an enthusiastic local who will unfailingly guide you through OverLondon's quirks, its denizens and above all else, …
Fred Johansen rated Memories of Ice: 5 stars
Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #3)
Memories of Ice is an epic fantasy novel by Canadian writer Steven Erikson, the third volume in his series the …
Fred Johansen rated Swords in the Mist: 4 stars
Swords in the Mist by Fritz Leiber (Swords, #3)
"Fritz Leiber has a wicked imagination. Wicked enough to make us laugh at an impossible future containing nightmarish aspects of …
Fred Johansen rated Roots: The Saga of an American Family: 4 stars
Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley
Roots is a novel written by Alex Haley and published in 1976. It portrays the story of Kunta Kinte, an …
Fred Johansen rated The Name of the Wind: 4 stars
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle, Day 1; Daw Books Collectors #1396)
My name is Kvothe.
I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. …
Fred Johansen rated Sourcery: 4 stars
Sourcery by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #5)
When last seen, the singularly inept wizard Rincewind had fallen off the edge of the world. Now magically, he's turned …
