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David Weber
Ghost King (Sipstrassi: Stones of Power)
David Gemmell
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Astronomy
Christopher Gordon De Pree, Alan Axelrod
March 2018
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Polar Bear Dawn
3.5 starsGood techno-thriller, currently free on Amazon. It's ending is a bit of a let down, but the rest of the story moves ...
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Polar Bear Dawn
Lyle Nicholson
March 2018
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Complete Idiot's Guide to the Old West
Well written history of the Old West, starting with the earliest hunter-gatherers and how they reached the land mass that wou...
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Complete Idiot's Guide to the Old West
Mike Flanagan
March 2018
10
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The Light Fantastic
The second Discworld book, following on directly from [b:The Colour of Magic|601238|The Colour of Magic (Discworld, #1)|Terry...
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The Light Fantastic
Terry Pratchett
March 2018
09
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Claws of the Golden Dragon
Good pulp novel, set in an unspecified time, featuring hard bitten detectives, femmes fatales and mobs of mooks.Also throw in...
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Claws of the Golden Dragon
Barbara Doran, Gary Kato
March 2018
07
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Stormbringer
Here ends the saga of Elric of Melnibone.Chaos begins to tip the balance of the world in its favour, and Elric is tasked with...
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Stormbringer
Michael Moorcock
March 2018
04
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Lands of Dust
Good world building, in a possibly post apocalypse world where there are just a few tribes of people scattered around in a dy...
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Lands of Dust
John Triptych
February 2018
23
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Kung Fu Space Barbarian’s Guide to Writing Text Adventures
Very short and concise explanation to writing text adventures.Looks mostly at the "interactive fiction" side of things, but t...
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Kung Fu Space Barbarian’s Guide to Writing Text Adventures
Kung Fu Space Barbarian
February 2018
18
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The Aeronaut's Windlass
Steampunk style adventure. Came across as a bit YA when I started reading, but once the action started it improved in that re...
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The Aeronaut's Windlass
Jim Butcher
February 2018
03
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The Tiger
Follows on nicely from Stigers Tigers. Following the events from that, Stiger now finds himself in charge of the Vrell castle...
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The Tiger
Marc Alan Edelheit
February 2018
01
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Stiger's Tigers
Sort-of Roman army story, mixed in with fantasy elements.Fairly standard story of new officer with a past gets given some dre...
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Stiger's Tigers
Marc Alan Edelheit
January 2018
29
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Wheels of Terror
3.5 starsHassel and his comrades in the 27th Penal Regiment continue fighting on the Eastern Front.Well told, with a good mix...
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Wheels of Terror
Sven Hassel
January 2018
26
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Arrows of Fury
Slower to get going compared to the first book [b:Wounds of Honour|6911710|Wounds of Honour (Empire, #1)|Anthony Riches|https...
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Arrows of Fury
Anthony Riches
January 2018
23
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Wounds of Honour
Good debut historical fiction novel.A Roman is hidden in the deeps of Britain to escape the emperor's plot to destroy his fam...
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Wounds of Honour
Anthony Riches
January 2018
13
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LEGEND
The Drenai Empire is fading, and the Nadir Empire rises against it.Druss the Legend is taken from retirement for one last bat...
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LEGEND
DAVID GEMMELL
January 2018
09
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The Great and Secret Show
It's been 20+ years since I last read this, but it has moved around with me and I thought it was time to take it off the shel...
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The Great and Secret Show
Clive Barker
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