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Mark Christensen rated The Fifth Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 2 stars
The Fifth Science Fiction MEGAPACK ® by Cory Doctorow, Gardner Dozois, Walter Tevis, and 23 others
Mark Christensen rated Richardson Scores Again: 3 stars
Richardson Scores Again by Basil Thomson (An Inspector Richardson mystery -- no. 2)
Richardson Scores Again was first published in 1934. This new edition, the first in many decades, includes a new introduction …
Mark Christensen rated The Pillar of Light: 3 stars
Mark Christensen rated The silent barrier: 3 stars
Mark Christensen rated A Hat Full of Sky: 4 stars
A Hat Full of Sky by Pu lai qi (Pratchett, Terry) (Discworld, #32)
Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic – not chores and ill-tempered …
Mark Christensen rated Small Gods: 4 stars
Small Gods by Pu lai qi (Pratchett, Terry) (Discworld, #13)
A fantasy tale follows the experiences of Discworld, a flat, circular planet that travels through deep space on the backs …
Mark Christensen rated The Shepherd's Crown: 4 stars
The Shepherd's Crown by Pu lai qi (Pratchett, Terry), Stephen Briggs, Paul Kidby (Discworld)
The final Discworld novel.
Mark Christensen rated Mort: 5 stars
Mort by Neil Gaiman, Pu lai qi (Pratchett, Terry), Nigel Planer, and 2 others
Death takes on an apprentice who's an individual thinker.
Mark Christensen rated Richardson's First Case: 3 stars
Mark Christensen rated Carpe Jugulum: 3 stars
Carpe Jugulum by Pu lai qi (Pratchett, Terry)
Carpe Jugulum (Latin for "seize the throat", cf. Carpe diem) is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the twenty-third …
Mark Christensen rated Legends: 4 stars
Robert Silverberg: Legends (2001, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)
Legends by Robert Silverberg
Tales from some of the most celebrated writers of modern fantasy fiction. Each story is set in the unique universe …
Mark Christensen rated The Red Year: 2 stars
Mark Christensen rated Babel-17: 3 stars
Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
During an interstellar war one side develops a language, Babel-17, that can be used as a weapon. Learning it turns …
