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Entries from June 2008

Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card

June 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Books · Reviews

This is the conclusion of the parallel stories of Peter Wiggin and Bean (a.k.a. Julian Delphiki) from Orson Scott Card, the author of Ender’s Game.
I didn’t think it was that good. As I said before, Mr. Card’s Hegemon series have this critical problem of making these kids to be so smart that his [...]

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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology edited by Edward L. Ferman and Gordon Van Gelder

June 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Books · Reviews

I wanted to try some short scifi short stories, and found this on Amazon.com. It had a pretty good user rating, so I decided to try it.
This is an anthology series from a magazine, “Fantasy and Sicence Fiction”. I never cared too much for the fantasy genre. And maybe that’s the [...]

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