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The Honor of the Queen – David Weber

Great follow-up to the first book! Supreme character building and excellent plot. Can definitely recommend it. I had heard it had a gut wrenching, tear producing ending, so I expected Nimitz to be stabbed to death by Yu or something similar, but … Continue reading

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Owner’s Share – Nathan Lowell

Ah, another installment in the Solar Clipper saga. Ishmael Wang goes indie and that of course brings all sorts of new adventures and aspects of life to consider. Ishmael is still a perfect goody two shoes, but the story is … Continue reading

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On Basilisk Station – David Weber

A great book by David Weber! And fortunately there are lots in the series 🙂 Weber really knows how to portray characters, build up suspension, and create a good plot. One more read-through by the editor would have eliminated the … Continue reading

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The Wheel of Time – Robert Jordan

Finally got around to this fantasy classic. Really liked the first book, but there are so many more in the series – could of course be a good thing 🙂 Interesting to see whether the story can keep up the … Continue reading

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The Starter – Scott Sigler

Excellent sequel by Sigler. Great to follow 2(QB) – quarterback Quentin Barnes – through his first season in the GFL. Lots of good story stuff and some excellent grid-iron action! Some of the fun banter between the commentators has disappeard, … Continue reading

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Ender in Exile – Orson Scott Card

Another great book by Orson Scott Card. It fills some important gaps and ties some knots to loose endings in the Ender story, and a good book in its own right. I think I have read all the books in … Continue reading

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A Sword of Storms – George R. R. Martin

Again so much happens in this book, that it would take too long to put it all down in writing, but some very drastic changes happen to many of the main characters in this book! Worth the read.

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A Clash of Kings – George R. R. Martin

Great sequel to Game of Thrones, and great promises of more to come. Too much detail to put in this post, but all story branches continue along their thrilling course.

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Drengen i kufferten – Lene Kaaberbøl

Nina henter en kuffert i en baggageboks for en god veninde og i kufferten finder hun  – en dreng! Måske ikke så overraskende givet bogens titel, men udmærket plotstarter 🙂 Drengen viser sig at være…det ville måske være at afsløre … Continue reading

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WWW:Wonder – Robert J. Sawyer

The last book in the WWW trilogy. Webmind works hard to prove its benevolence with the help of Hobo, a chimpanzee/bonobo cross, the Dectors, Calculass’s new boyfriend, and various friends they have made along the way. All is not smooth sailing … Continue reading

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