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    Book: “Feed” Book 1 of the Newsflesh Trilogy by Mira Grant

    Thursday, May 27th, 2010

    Wow, what a great read.  It is such an uncommon pleasure to discover a writer that does a fantastic job of remembering that Science Fiction is the setting not the story! Feed (Newsflesh, Book 1) is just such a book. The premise is this – the world has been decimated by a pandemic virus that [...]

    Book: For the Win by Cory Doctorow

    Monday, May 17th, 2010

    For the Win’ target=_blank>For the Win is Cory Doctorow’s latest foray into “Young Adult Fiction” although to be honest, I’m not sure why you would call this YA aside from the fact there is no sex and no heavy drug use and maybe only moderate use (if that) of profanity? At any rate, here’s a [...]

    Book: Makers by Cory Doctorow

    Sunday, November 8th, 2009

    Review:  Good, Cory Doctorow continues to mature as a writer.  This is one of his longer works, blending near future technologies with emerging business models, and his vision of how its all going to change our world. Premise:  In an unspecified near future after the ‘econopocalypse’ the world is looking for a new business model [...]

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