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Hope everyone has a good 2012!

My Book Reviews

David's bookshelf: read

The Knight

by Gene Wolfe

Wolfe is a unique writer. Especially in this series. He not so much tells you the story as lets you discover it through eavesdropping on the conversations between his characters. Very little descriptive scene building, no exposition ... he ...

The Wizard

by Gene Wolfe

Part 2 of the Wizard Knight series tended to drag a little toward the middle-end. But slightly dragging Wolfe is better than the best work of just about anybody else. I can't wait for another dose from this series.

Wolfe is a uni...

Fuzzy Nation

by John Scalzi

I thought I'd found another great writer in John Scalzi. I'd read the Old Man's War Series, The Android's Dream, even Biz Agent to the Stars and couldn't get enough. But then I saw his latest offering. My first reactions was to think, what ...

Tuf Voyaging

by George R.R. Martin

I was the cover illustrator for the first release hardcover and paperback of Tuf Voyaging (cover shown here). It was my break-in assignment from Jim Baen at TOR. And, as an avid science fiction reader for years, I couldn't believe my luck w...

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

by Douglas Adams

This is a truly underrated and largely unknown book by Douglas Adams, famous for the Hitchhikers Guide series. Both of the Dirk Gently books, this one and The Long Dark Teatime of the Gods stand head and shoulders above the Hitchhiker books...

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