Matt's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:09:03 -0700 60 Matt's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Sword & Citadel (The Book of the New Sun, #3-4)]]> 33653478
The torturer's apprentice, Severian, exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his prisoners, is now the Lictor of Thrax, a city far distant from his home. But it is not long before Severian must flee this city, too, and journey again into the world. Embattled by friends and enemies alike, pursued by monstrous creatures, the one-time torturer's apprentice must overcome hitherto unimagined perils, as he moves closer to fulfilling his ultimate destiny.

This edition contains the concluding two volumes of this four-volume novel, The Sword of the Lictor and The Citadel of the Autarch.]]> 624 Gene Wolfe 1473212006 Matt 0 currently-reading 4.31 1994 Sword & Citadel (The Book of the New Sun, #3-4)
author: Gene Wolfe
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average rating: 4.31
book published: 1994
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]]> Inverted World 968712 The society within toils under an oppressive regime, its structures always on the point of collapse, the lives of its individuals lived in misery. No one knows where they are going, why they are going or what they will find when they get there.
The ending of the novel provides one of the most profound twists in SF.]]> 303 Christopher Priest 0575082100 Matt 4 3.92 1974 Inverted World
author: Christopher Priest
name: Matt
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1974
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Authority (Southern Reach, #2)]]> 37753446
From a series of interrogations, a cache of hidden notes and hours of profoundly troubling video footage, the mysteries of Area X begin to reveal themselves―and what they expose pushes Control to confront disturbing truths about both himself and the agency he’s promised to serve.

Undermined and under pressure to make sense of everything, Rodriguez retreats into his past in a labyrinthine search for answers. Yet the more he uncovers, the more he risks, for the secrets of the Southern Reach are more sinister than anyone could have known.]]> 341 Jeff VanderMeer Matt 3 3.47 2014 Authority (Southern Reach, #2)
author: Jeff VanderMeer
name: Matt
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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]]> The City of the Singing Flame 1914713
Contents:

· Poet of the Singing Flame
· The City of the Singing Flame
· The White Sybil
· The Tale of Satampra Zeiros
· The Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles
· The Door to Saturn
· The Dark Eidolon
· The Black Abbot of Puthuum
· The Garden of Adompha
· The Maze of Maal Dweb
· The Flower-Women
· The Enchantress of Sylaire
· The Beast of Averoigne
· The Hunters from Beyond]]> 240 Clark Ashton Smith 0671834150 Matt 0 to-read 3.95 1981 The City of the Singing Flame
author: Clark Ashton Smith
name: Matt
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1981
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]]> <![CDATA[Shadow & Claw (The Book of the New Sun, #1-2)]]> 33806075
Severian, a torturer's apprentice, is exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his prisoners. Ordered to the distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner's sword, Terminus Est, Severian must make his way across the perilous, ruined landscape of this far-future Urth. But is his finding of the mystical gem, the Claw of the Conciliator, merely an accident, or does Fate have a grander plans for Severian the torturer . . . ?

This edition contains the first two volumes of this four volume novel, The Shadow of the Torturer and The Claw of the Conciliator.]]> 608 Gene Wolfe 1473216494 Matt 3 3.97 1994 Shadow & Claw (The Book of the New Sun, #1-2)
author: Gene Wolfe
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average rating: 3.97
book published: 1994
rating: 3
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]]> Virtual Mode (Mode, #1) 15429 Piers Anthony 0246138874 Matt 2 3.38 1991 Virtual Mode (Mode, #1)
author: Piers Anthony
name: Matt
average rating: 3.38
book published: 1991
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Hinterland (Godslayer Chronicles, #2)]]> 369645
But the Cabal is not the only danger. To mend a growing rift at Tashijan, Tylar returns to the Citadel of the Shadowknights. A mid much pop and ceremony, Tylar regains his knighthood—but it is a trap. Ravening forces out of Ice Eyrie launch a siege against Tashijan, trapping Tylar and the Shadowknights. More terrible is the threat rising out of the bowels of the Citadel—from an order of daemonic knights whose Grace has been corrupted.

To save the Nine Lands, Tylar must enter the Hinterland, the desolate territory beyond the blessed lands, where rogue gods roam and dark Graces flow—and from which no Shadowknight has ever returned....]]> 592 James Clemens 1841493031 Matt 3 4.12 2006 Hinterland (Godslayer Chronicles, #2)
author: James Clemens
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average rating: 4.12
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Shadowfall (Godslayer Chronicles, #1)]]> 304940
Until now. For the impossible...the unthinkable...has happened. Meeryn, goddess of the Summering Isles, has been murdered.

The only witness was Tylar de Noche, a crippled and disgraced former Shadowknight who lives in agonizing shame of his past. He saw the dark entity that killed Meeryn. And as he held the dying goddess, her last breath bestowed a powerful blessing on him—a mark that healed his broken body. A mark that many see as proof that he killed a god. A mark that unleashed a powerful force of darkness within him.

Chased across Myrillia by enemies both human and ethereal, aided only by outcasts like himself, Tylar must uncover and face down a being powerful enought to kill an immortal—the true godslayer. If he fails, all of Myrillia will fall into shadow....]]> 513 James Clemens 0451460502 Matt 3 4.03 2005 Shadowfall (Godslayer Chronicles, #1)
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average rating: 4.03
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> Eric (Discworld, #9) 989064
All he wants is his three wishes granted. Nothing fancy - to be immortal, rule the world, have the most beautiful woman in the world fall madly in love with him. The usual stuff.

But instead of a tractable demon, he calls up Rincewind, probably the most incompetent wizard in the universe, and the extremely intractable and hostile form of travel accessory known as the Luggage.

With them on his side, Eric's in for a ride through space and time that is bound to make him wish (quite fervently) again - this time - that he'd never been born.]]> 155 Terry Pratchett 0575600012 Matt 4 3.70 1990 Eric (Discworld, #9)
author: Terry Pratchett
name: Matt
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1990
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)]]> 828352
Death is the Grim Reaper of the Discworld, a black-robed skeleton with a scythe who ushers souls into the next world. He is also fond of cats and endlessly baffled by humanity. Soon Death is yearning to experience what humanity really has to offer, but to do that, he'll need to hire some help.

It's an offer Mort can't refuse. As Death's apprentice he'll have free board, use of the company horse—and being dead isn't compulsory. It's a dream job—until Mort falls in love with Death's daughter, Ysabell, and discovers that your boss can be a killer on your love life…]]> 272 Terry Pratchett Matt 4 4.15 1987 Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)
author: Terry Pratchett
name: Matt
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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]]> Tau Zero 240617
Then a buffeting by an interstellar dustcloud changes everything. The ship's deceleration system is damaged irreperably and soon she is gaining velocity. When she attains light-speed, tau zero itself, the disparity between ship-time and external time becomes almost impossibly great. Eons and galaxies hurtle by, and the crew of the Leonora Christine speeds into the unknown.]]> 190 Poul Anderson Matt 4 3.84 1970 Tau Zero
author: Poul Anderson
name: Matt
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1970
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon #1)]]> 10362658 867 China Miéville 0330534238 Matt 5 4.09 2000 Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon #1)
author: China Miéville
name: Matt
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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]]> The Left Hand of Darkness 831874 If there were a canon of classic science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness would be included without debate. Certainly, no science fiction bookshelf may be said to be complete without it. But the real question: is it fun to read? It is science fiction of an earlier time, a time that has not worn particularly well in the genre. The Left Hand of Darkness was a groundbreaking book in 1969, a time when, like the rest of the arts, science fiction was awakening to new dimensions in both society and literature. But the first excursions out of the pulp tradition are sometimes difficult to reread with much enjoyment. Rereading The Left Hand of Darkness, decades after its publication, one feels that those who chose it for the Hugo and Nebula awards were right to do so, for it truly does stand out as one of the great books of that era. It is immensely rich in timeless wisdom and insight.

The Left Hand of Darkness is science fiction for the thinking reader, and should be read attentively in order to properly savor the depth of insight and the subtleties of plot and character. It is one of those pleasures that requires a little investment at the beginning, but pays back tenfold with the joy of raw imagination that resonates through the subsequent 30 years of science fiction storytelling. Not only is the bookshelf incomplete without owning it, so is the reader without having read it. --L. Blunt Jackson

]]> 248 Ursula K. Le Guin 1857230744 Matt 5 4.01 1969 The Left Hand of Darkness
author: Ursula K. Le Guin
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average rating: 4.01
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]> 36429331 193 Philip K. Dick 1473222680 Matt 5 3.87 1968 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
author: Philip K. Dick
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average rating: 3.87
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rating: 5
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]]> We 1779331 This is an alternate cover edition of We

The citizens of the One State live in a condition of 'mathematically infallible happiness'. D-503 decides to keep a diary of his days working for the collective good in this clean, blue city state where nature, privacy and individual liberty have been eradicated. But over the course of his journal D-503 suddenly finds himself caught up in unthinkable and illegal activities - love and rebellion.
Banned on its publication in Russia in 1921, We is the first modern dystopian novel and a satire on state control that has once again become chillingly relevant.]]> 203 Yevgeny Zamyatin Matt 3 3.78 1924 We
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average rating: 3.78
book published: 1924
rating: 3
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]]> Ubik 13051265
Cover Illustration: Based on a painting by Chris Moore]]> 224 Philip K. Dick Matt 5 4.14 1969 Ubik
author: Philip K. Dick
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average rating: 4.14
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rating: 5
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]]> The Time Machine 2493
So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era—and the story that launched H.G. Wells’s successful career and earned him his reputation as the father of science fiction. With a speculative leap that still fires the imagination, Wells sends his brave explorer to face a future burdened with our greatest hopes...and our darkest fears. A pull of the Time Machine’s lever propels him to the age of a slowly dying Earth.  There he discovers two bizarre races—the ethereal Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks—who not only symbolize the duality of human nature, but offer a terrifying portrait of the men of tomorrow as well.  Published in 1895, this masterpiece of invention captivated readers on the threshold of a new century. Thanks to Wells’s expert storytelling and provocative insight, The Time Machine will continue to enthrall readers for generations to come.

ձ> 118 H.G. Wells Matt 3 3.91 1895 The Time Machine
author: H.G. Wells
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average rating: 3.91
book published: 1895
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch]]> 14185
Cover illustration: Chris Moore]]> 231 Philip K. Dick 1407247425 Matt 5 4.02 1965 The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
author: Philip K. Dick
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average rating: 4.02
book published: 1965
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The State of the Art (Culture, #4)]]> 9519556 Road of Skulls (1988)
A Gift from the Culture (1987)
Odd Attachment (1989)
Descendant (1987)
Cleaning Up (1987)
Piece (1989)
The State of the Art (1989)
Scratch (1987)]]> 216 Iain M. Banks Matt 3 3.68 1991 The State of the Art (Culture, #4)
author: Iain M. Banks
name: Matt
average rating: 3.68
book published: 1991
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)]]> 34502 288 Terry Pratchett 057506689X Matt 3 4.05 1994 Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)
author: Terry Pratchett
name: Matt
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1994
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the Metropolis (Bloomsbury Sigma)]]> 28260428
SCIENCE AND THE CITY starts at your front door and guides you through the technology of everyday city life: how new approaches to building materials help to construct the tallest skyscrapers in Dubai, how New Yorkers use light to treat their drinking water, how Tokyo commuters' footsteps power gates in train stations. Uncovering the science and engineering that shapes our cities, Laurie Winkless reveals how technology will help us meet the challenges of a soaring world population--from an ever-increasing demand for power, water, and internet access, to simply how to get about in a megacity of tens of millions of people.
Laurie Winkless is a physicist with an undergraduate degree from Trinity College, Dublin, and a master's degree in space science from University College London. She has worked at the National Physical Laboratory, specializing in functional materials and is an expert on thermoelectric energy harvesting, which involves using material science to capture and convert waste heat into electricity. This is her first book, written while living in her favorite city, London.]]> 304 Laurie Winkless 1472913213 Matt 3 3.72 2016 Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the Metropolis (Bloomsbury Sigma)
author: Laurie Winkless
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average rating: 3.72
book published: 2016
rating: 3
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]]> One Shot (Jack Reacher, #9) 900487 Now filmed as the blockbuster movie Jack Reacher, starring Tom Cruise.

Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into terror. But within hours the cops have it solved. A slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused man claims: You got the wrong guy. After that, all he says is: Get Reacher for me.

Jack Reacher lives off the grid. Lone righter of wrongs, irresistible to women. What could connect the ex-military cop to this obvious psychopath?]]> 510 Lee Child 0553815865 Matt 3 4.00 2005 One Shot (Jack Reacher, #9)
author: Lee Child
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average rating: 4.00
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rating: 3
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]]> Memoirs of a Geisha 930
In "Memoirs of a Geisha," we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction - at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful - and completely unforgettable.]]> 434 Arthur Golden 0739326228 Matt 3 4.07 1997 Memoirs of a Geisha
author: Arthur Golden
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average rating: 4.07
book published: 1997
rating: 3
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]]> A Maze of Death 298098 190 Philip K. Dick 0575074612 Matt 3 3.78 1970 A Maze of Death
author: Philip K. Dick
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average rating: 3.78
book published: 1970
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga, #2)]]> 9045555 1235 Peter F. Hamilton 0330518909 Matt 3 4.25 2005 Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga, #2)
author: Peter F. Hamilton
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average rating: 4.25
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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What a monster of a book. It dragged at points, but the second half was fantastic. I would only recommend if you can read swiftly (like a TV series binge) so that the flat spots don't demotivate.
]]> The Island of Dr. Moreau 29981 Librarian note: An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here.

Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from reviewers, who found it horrifying and blasphemous. They wanted to know more about the wondrous possibilities of science shown in his first book, The Time Machine, not its potential for misuse and terror. In The Island of Dr. Moreau, a shipwrecked gentleman named Edward Prendick, stranded on a Pacific island lorded over by the notorious Dr. Moreau, confronts dark secrets, strange creatures, and a reason to run for his life.

While this riveting tale was intended to be a commentary on evolution, divine creation, and the tension between human nature and culture, modern readers familiar with genetic engineering will marvel at Wells’s prediction of the ethical issues raised by producing “smarter� human beings or bringing back extinct species. These levels of interpretation add a richness to Prendick’s adventures on Dr. Moreau’s island of lost souls without distracting from what is still a rip-roaring good read.]]> 160 H.G. Wells 0553214322 Matt 3 3.73 1896 The Island of Dr. Moreau
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average rating: 3.73
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rating: 3
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Scary and heavy going! But worth the shock.
]]> <![CDATA[I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream]]> 20813135 Ich denke, also bin ich109 Jahre nach dem Ende des Dritten Weltkriegs leben nur noch fünf Menschen. Sie hausen in unterirdischen Stollen, immer am Rande des Verhungerns, und werden jede Minute ihres Lebens von einem Supercomputer gefoltert, der ein Bewusstsein erlangt hat � und mit ihm unendlichen Hass auf seine Erbauer. Es gibt nur einen einzigen Ausweg für die gequälten Menschen � doch welcher von ihnen wird stark genug sein, ihn zu wählen? Die Kurzgeschichte „Ich muss schreien und habe keinen Mund� erscheint als exklusives E-Book Only bei Heyne und ist zusammen mit weiteren Stories von Harlan Ellison auch in dem Sammelband „Ich muss schreien und habe keinen Mund� enthalten. Sie umfasst ca. 22 Buchseiten.]]> 20 Harlan Ellison Matt 2 3.72 1967 I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
author: Harlan Ellison
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average rating: 3.72
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rating: 2
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]]> I Am Legend 14064
By day he is the hunter, stalking the undead through the ruins of civilisation. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn.

How long can one man survive like this?

]]> 160 Richard Matheson 1857988094 Matt 3 4.06 1954 I Am Legend
author: Richard Matheson
name: Matt
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1954
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Helliconia Spring (Helliconia Trilogy, No. 1)]]> 1567207 555 Brian W. Aldiss 0586053654 Matt 3 3.60 1982 Helliconia Spring (Helliconia Trilogy, No. 1)
author: Brian W. Aldiss
name: Matt
average rating: 3.60
book published: 1982
rating: 3
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]]> The Ganymede Takeover 16070336 Then a vital weapon - with the power of electronically warping the mind - falls into the hands of a terrorist group still strong enough to oppose the aliens. A weapon so powerful that it cannot be controlled.
The control of Earth is in the balance - and the balance is a terrifyingly precarious one.]]> 192 Philip K. Dick Matt 2 2.78 1967 The Ganymede Takeover
author: Philip K. Dick
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average rating: 2.78
book published: 1967
rating: 2
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Not one to start with if you are unfamiliar with PKD. Some great moments that make the jank bearable.
]]> Feersum Endjinn 172325
Chief Scientist Gadfium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been waiting for from the Plain of Sliding Stones...

And Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt...

And everything is about to change...

For this is the time of the Encroachment and, although the dimming sun still shines on the vast, towering walls of Serehfa Fastness, the end is close at hand. The King knows it, his closest advisers know it, yet still they prosecute the war against the clan Engineers with increasing savagery.

The crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent, an emissary who holds the key to all their futures.

Cover illustration by Mark Salwowski]]> 279 Iain M. Banks 1857232739 Matt 3 3.75 1994 Feersum Endjinn
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average rating: 3.75
book published: 1994
rating: 3
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]]> Beyond the Barrier 2679851
Serialized originally in 3 parts: Dec. 1963, Jan. 1964, April 1964 editions of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]> 152 Edited by Damon Knight 060031460X Matt 1 3.11 1964 Beyond the Barrier
author: Edited by Damon Knight
name: Matt
average rating: 3.11
book published: 1964
rating: 1
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Some great moments that were unfortunately scattered amongst a dull grind. Maybe it's a consequence of being pieced together from three shorts, but the pace is so fast that I rarely became immersed.
]]> Beyond this Horizon 2160056 Their problems were solved: the poor they no longer had with them; the sick, the lame, the halt and the blind were historic memories; the ancient causes of war no longer obtained; they had more freedom than Man had ever enjoyed. All of them should have been happy.

The time is three centuries past tomorrow. The place is Earth, an Earth just beyond the horizon when science and technology have solved all problems - except the 'why' of life...]]> 204 Robert A. Heinlein 0586023488 Matt 3 A quirky, but fun book. 3.33 1948 Beyond this Horizon
author: Robert A. Heinlein
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average rating: 3.33
book published: 1948
rating: 3
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A quirky, but fun book.
]]> <![CDATA[Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy, #3)]]> 68493 Keystone. Gate. Crossroads. Catalyst.

Fitz is about to discover the truth about the Fool's prophecy. Having been resurrected from his fatal tortures in Regal's dungeons, Fitz has once more foiled Regal's attempts to be rid of him.

Now, back in his own body, and after months of rehabilitation, Fitz begins the painful and slow process of learning the ways of a man again. Under the watchful eye of Burrich, old King Shrewd's Stablemaster, Fitz must learn to cast off the wild but carefree ways of the wolf and enter once more the human world: a world beset ever more viciously by the relentless Red Ship Raiders who are now left free to plunder any coastal town they please. But more immediately, a world in which he finds he is utterly alone.

Regal has stripped the kingdom of its riches and retired to the inland city of Tradeford. Of Verity, on his quest to find the legendary Elderings, there has been no word; Molly, Kettricken and the Fool have all vanished.

Unless Fitz can find Verity and help him in his quest, the Six Duchies will perish and there will be no safe place to live...

Cover illustration by John Howe

]]> 838 Robin Hobb 000648011X Matt 3 4.26 1997 Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy, #3)
author: Robin Hobb
name: Matt
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1997
rating: 3
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]]> Animal Farm 774310 Alternate Cover Edition here

'It is the history of a revolution that went wrong � and of the excellent excuses that were forthcoming at every step for the perversion of the original doctrine,' wrote Orwell for the first edition of Animal Farm in 1945. Orwell wrote the novel at the end of 1943, but it almost remained unpublished. Its savage attack on Stalin, at that time Britain's ally, led to the book being refused by publisher after publisher. Orwell's simple, tragic fable, telling what happens when the animals drive out Mr Jones and attempt to run the farm themselves, has since become a world famous classic.]]> 120 George Orwell Matt 3 4.17 1945 Animal Farm
author: George Orwell
name: Matt
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1945
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)]]> 215224 252 Arthur C. Clarke 1857236645 Matt 3 4.21 1968 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
author: Arthur C. Clarke
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average rating: 4.21
book published: 1968
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Look to Windward (Culture, #7)]]> 890899 Look to Windward 357 Iain M. Banks 1857239814 Matt 4 4.15 2000 Look to Windward (Culture, #7)
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name: Matt
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> VALIS 17840697 272 Philip K. Dick 140723997X Matt 3 3.66 1981 VALIS
author: Philip K. Dick
name: Matt
average rating: 3.66
book published: 1981
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)]]> 33998338
The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one anotioner, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself. 

They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers--they discover a massive topographic anomaly and life forms that surpass understanding--but it's the surprises that came across the border with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything.ձ> 197 Jeff VanderMeer 0374537151 Matt 4 3.63 2014 Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
author: Jeff VanderMeer
name: Matt
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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This is the first book I've read by Jeff VanderMeer. I will certainly be looking to read more. I loved it from the first page to the last.
]]> Brave New World 3180338 Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order–all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. “A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine� (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history’s keenest observers of human nature and civilization. Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New Worldd likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites.

"Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English." —Chicago Tribune]]> 229 Aldous Huxley 0099518473 Matt 4 3.83 1932 Brave New World
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]]> The Gold at the Starbow's End 2879092 The Gold at the Starbow's End (1972)
Sad Solarian Screenwriter Sam (1972)
Call Me Million (1970)
Shaffery among the Immortals (1972)
The Merchants of Venus (1972)]]> 187 Frederik Pohl 0586039872 Matt 4 3.91 1972 The Gold at the Starbow's End
author: Frederik Pohl
name: Matt
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1972
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)]]> 77565 517 Dan Simmons 0553288202 Matt 4 4.23 1990 The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
author: Dan Simmons
name: Matt
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1990
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #3)]]> 3977
Two hundred and seventy-four years after the fall of the WorldWeb in Fall of Hyperion, Raoul Endymion is sent on a quest. Retrieving Aenea from the Sphinx before the Church troops reach her is only the beginning. With help from a blue-skinned android named A. Bettik, Raoul and Aenea travel the river Tethys, pursued by Father Captain Frederico DeSoya, an influential warrior-priest and his troops. The shrike continues to make enigmatic appearances, and while many questions were raised in Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion, still more are raised here. Raoul's quest will continue.]]> 563 Dan Simmons 0553572946 Matt 4 4.17 1996 Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #3)
author: Dan Simmons
name: Matt
average rating: 4.17
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rating: 4
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]]> Foundation (Foundation, #1) 294477 234 Isaac Asimov 0586010807 Matt 4 4.01 1951 Foundation (Foundation, #1)
author: Isaac Asimov
name: Matt
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1951
rating: 4
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Fantastic, really enjoyed the strong characters of this book.
]]> Excession (Culture, #5) 16156735 alternate cover for ISBN 9781857234572

Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun from a different universe. It was a perfect black-body sphere, and it did nothing. Then it disappeared. Now it is back.

Cover illustration by Mark Salwowski]]> 455 Iain M. Banks Matt 4 3.97 1996 Excession (Culture, #5)
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average rating: 3.97
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rating: 4
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Quite a tough start, but a fantastic book once you get going. Highly recommend.
]]> The Stars My Destination 223153 SKILLS: none. MERITS: none.
RECOMMENDATIONS: none.

Such is the official verdict on Gully Foyle, unskilled space crewman. But Gully has managed to survive for 170 days in the airless purgatory of deep space after the wreck of his ship, and has escaped to Earth carrying a murderous grudge and a secret that could change the course of history.]]> 258 Alfred Bester 1857988140 Matt 4 4.08 1956 The Stars My Destination
author: Alfred Bester
name: Matt
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1956
rating: 4
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Truly brilliant book, loved it from start to finish. You can hardly tell it was published in the 50's!
]]> <![CDATA[A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)]]> 28409581
Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space - from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these 'zones of thought', but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artefact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.
Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines - an alien race with a harsh medieval culture - and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue party, not entirely composed of humans, must free the children - and retrieve a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.]]> 579 Vernor Vinge 1473211956 Matt 4 4.05 1992 A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
author: Vernor Vinge
name: Matt
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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Wildly original and great fun.
]]> The Demolished Man 76740
Ben Reichs heads a huge 24th century business empire, spanning the solar system. He is also an obsessed, driven man determined to murder a rival. To avoid capture, in a society where murderers can be detected even before they commit their crime, is the greatest challenge of his life.

]]> 250 Alfred Bester Matt 4 3.98 1953 The Demolished Man
author: Alfred Bester
name: Matt
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1953
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dancers at the End of Time (Eternal Champion, #10)]]> 60147
The Dancers at the End of Time, containing the novels An Alien Heat, The Hollow Lands and The End of All Songs, is a brilliant homage to the 1890s of Wilde, Beardsley and the fin de siècle decadents, satire at its sharpest and most colourful.]]> 672 Michael Moorcock 0575074760 Matt 4 3.99 1977 The Dancers at the End of Time (Eternal Champion, #10)
author: Michael Moorcock
name: Matt
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1977
rating: 4
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]]> Count Zero (Sprawl, #2) 34594573
When Turner wakes up in Mexico � in a new body with a beautiful woman beside him � his corporate masters let him recuperate for a while, then reactivate his memory for a mission even more dangerous than the one that nearly killed him: the head designer from Maas Biolabs says he wants to defect to Hosaka, and it’s Turner’s job to deliver him safely.

Count Zero is a rustbelt data-hustler totally unprepared for what comes his way when the designer’s defection triggers a war in cyberspace. With voodoo gods in the Net and angels in the software, he can only hope that the megacorps and the super-rich have their virtual hands too full to notice the amateur hacker with the black-market kit trying desperately to stay alive . . .]]> 305 William Gibson 1473217407 Matt 4 3.89 1986 Count Zero (Sprawl, #2)
author: William Gibson
name: Matt
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1986
rating: 4
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]]> The Scar (New Crobuzon, #2) 71303 Aboard a vast seafaring vessel, a band of prisoners and slaves, their bodies remade into grotesque biological oddities, is being transported to the fledgling colony of New Crobuzon. But the journey is not theirs alone. They are joined by a handful of travelers, each with a reason for fleeing the city. Among them is Bellis Coldwine, a renowned linguist whose services as an interpreter grant her passage - and escape from horrific punishment. For she is linked to Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin, the brilliant renegade scientist who has unwittingly unleashed a nightmare upon New Crobuzon.
For Bellis, the plan is clear: live among the new frontiersmen of the colony until it is safe to return home. But when the ship is besieged by pirates on the Swollen Ocean, the senior officers are summarily executed. The surviving passengers are brought to Armada, a city constructed from the hulls of pirated ships, a floating, landless mass ruled by the bizarre duality called the Lovers. On Armada, everyone is given work, and even Remades live as equals to humans, Cactae, and Cray. Yet no one may ever leave.
Lonely and embittered in her captivity, Bellis knows that to show dissent is a death sentence. Instead, she must furtively seek information about Armada's agenda. The answer lies in the dark, amorphous shapes that float undetected miles below the waters - terrifying entities with a singular, chilling mission.
China Miéville is a writer for a new era - and The Scar is a luminous, brilliantly imagined novel that is nothing short of spectacular.]]> 795 China Miéville 0330392905 Matt 4 4.18 2002 The Scar (New Crobuzon, #2)
author: China Miéville
name: Matt
average rating: 4.18
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rating: 4
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]]> The Lathe of Heaven 756979
Psychiatrist Dr William Haber offers to help. At first sceptical of George’s powers, he comes to astonished belief. When he allows ambition to get the better of ethics, George finds himself caught up in a situation of alarming peril.]]> 184 Ursula K. Le Guin Matt 4 4.11 1971 The Lathe of Heaven
author: Ursula K. Le Guin
name: Matt
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book published: 1971
rating: 4
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]]> Nineteen Eighty-Four 50674141 This is an alternative cover edition for ISBN 9780141187761

Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal.]]> 355 George Orwell Matt 4 4.23 1949 Nineteen Eighty-Four
author: George Orwell
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)]]> 8935689
Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade. Deep within a fabled labyrinth on a barren world, a Planet of the Dead proscribed to mortals, lay a fugitive Mind. Both the Culture and the Idirans sought it. It was the fate of Horza, the Changer, and his motley crew of unpredictable mercenaries, human and machine, actually to find it, and with it their own destruction.]]> 467 Iain M. Banks 1857231384 Matt 4 3.86 1987 Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
author: Iain M. Banks
name: Matt
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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Fast-paced, witty and at times quite shocking. Loved it!
]]> <![CDATA[The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #4)]]> 11289
But first they must embark on a final spectacular mission to discover the underlying meaning of the universe itself. They have been followed on their journey by the mysterious Shrike--monster, angel, killing machine--who is about to reveal the long-held secret of its origin and purpose. And on the planet of Hyperion, where the story first began, the final revelation will be delivered--an apocalyptic message that unlocks the secrets of existence and the fate of humankind in the galaxy.]]> 709 Dan Simmons 0553572989 Matt 4 4.15 1997 The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
author: Dan Simmons
name: Matt
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> Dracula 588495
For this completely updated edition, Maurice Hindle has revised his introduction, list of further reading and notes, and added two appendices: Stoker's essay on censorship and his interview with Winston Churchill, both published in 1908. Christopher Frayling's preface discusses Stoker's significance and the influences that contributed to his creation of the Dracula myth.]]> 454 Bram Stoker 014143984X Matt 0 currently-reading 3.83 1897 Dracula
author: Bram Stoker
name: Matt
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1897
rating: 0
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]]> Power: A Radical View 56296942
Including a refreshed introduction, this third edition brings a book that has consolidated its reputation as a classic work and a major reference point within Social and Political Theory to a whole new audience. It can be used on modules across the Social and Political Sciences dealing with the concept of power and its manifestation in the world. It is also essential reading for all undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in the history of Social and Political Thought.

New to this
- A revised and refreshed introduction
- Two new chapters on 'Domination and Consent' and 'Exploring the Third Dimension']]> 244 Steven Lukes 1352012340 Matt 0 to-read, study-business 3.71 1974 Power: A Radical View
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name: Matt
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1974
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Managing Strategic Action: Mobilizing Change Concepts, Readings and Cases]]> 6309191 478 Cynthia Hardy 0803989156 Matt 0 to-read, study-business 4.00 1994 Managing Strategic Action: Mobilizing Change Concepts, Readings and Cases
author: Cynthia Hardy
name: Matt
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1994
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]]> Economy and Society, Volume 1 17802868
The first strictly empirical comparison of social structures and normative orders conducted in world-historical depth, this two volume set of  Economy and Society ―now with new introductory material contextualizing Weber’s work for 21st century audiences―looks at social action, religion, law, bureaucracy, charisma, the city, and the political community.

Meant as a broad introduction for an educated general public, in its own way Economy and Society is the most demanding textbook yet written by a sociologist. The precision of its definitions, the complexity of its typologies, and the wealth of its historical content make the work an important challenge to our sociological for the advanced undergraduate who gropes for her sense of society, for the graduate student who must develop his own analytical skills, and for the scholar who must match wits with Weber.]]> 1712 Max Weber 0520280024 Matt 0 to-read, study-business 4.71 1921 Economy and Society, Volume 1
author: Max Weber
name: Matt
average rating: 4.71
book published: 1921
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Managing and Organizations: An Introduction to Theory and Practice]]> 4779699 720 Stewart R. Clegg 1412948789 Matt 0 to-read, study-business 3.46 2004 Managing and Organizations: An Introduction to Theory and Practice
author: Stewart R. Clegg
name: Matt
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2004
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]]> Painkillers 410776 Simon Ings 0747552584 Matt 0 to-read, to-get 2.89 2000 Painkillers
author: Simon Ings
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average rating: 2.89
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]]> Understanding Organizations 894946
Understanding Organizations offers an extended 'dictionary' of the key concepts -- culture, motivations, leadership, role-playing, co-ordinating and consultation -- and then shows how this 'language' can help us find new solutions to familiar problems. Few management writers have been as consistently challenging and influential as Charles Handy. Firmly established as one of the core business texts, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in organizations and how to make them work better.]]> 448 Charles B. Handy 0140156038 Matt 0 to-read, study-business 3.92 1976 Understanding Organizations
author: Charles B. Handy
name: Matt
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1976
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[An Introduction to Organisational Behaviour for Managers and Engineers: A Group and Multicultural Approach]]> 8079674 192 Duncan Kitchin 0750683341 Matt 0 to-read, study-business 4.00 2010 An Introduction to Organisational Behaviour for Managers and Engineers: A Group and Multicultural Approach
author: Duncan Kitchin
name: Matt
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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]]> Images of Organization 196016 520 Gareth Morgan 1412939798 Matt 0 to-read, study-business 3.92 1986 Images of Organization
author: Gareth Morgan
name: Matt
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1986
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Empowered Enterprise Risk Management: Theory and Practice (Wiley Corporate F&A)]]> 54887288 224 Hakan Jankensgard 1119700159 Matt 0 to-read, study-business 4.50 Empowered Enterprise Risk Management: Theory and Practice (Wiley Corporate F&A)
author: Hakan Jankensgard
name: Matt
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]]> <![CDATA[Project Manager's Spotlight on Risk Management]]> 705945 240 Kim Heldman 078214411X Matt 0 to-read, study-business 3.59 2005 Project Manager's Spotlight on Risk Management
author: Kim Heldman
name: Matt
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2005
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Information Systems: Achieving Success by Avoiding Failure]]> 16335064 234 Joyce Fortune 0470862564 Matt 0 to-read, study-business 0.0 2005 Information Systems: Achieving Success by Avoiding Failure
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]]> <![CDATA[Managing for Results: Economic Tasks and Risk-Taking Decisions]]> 8703718 256 Peter F. Drucker 0061828068 Matt 0 to-read, study-business 4.54 1964 Managing for Results: Economic Tasks and Risk-Taking Decisions
author: Peter F. Drucker
name: Matt
average rating: 4.54
book published: 1964
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]]> <![CDATA[The Management Of Technological Innovation: Strategy and Practice]]> 3188853
The first edition of this book has become one of the most popular texts for students of innovation and technology management. This new edition sees David Gann and Ammon Salter join Mark Dodgson as authors, drawing on their combined experience of 60 years of researching and teaching MTI. It combines the most relevant theoretical analysis with contemporary and historical empirical evidence to provide a comprehensive, yet concise and readable, guide to the challenges of MTI.

By explaining the innovation process the book reveals the broad scope of MTI and its importance for company survival, growth and sustainability. It describes how MTI has to be managed strategically and how this is successfully achieved by formulating and implementing strategy and delivering value. Chapters provide frameworks, tools and techniques, and case studies on innovation strategy, communities, and networks, R&D, design and new product and service development, operations and production, and commercialization.

Based on robust analysis, the book provides a wide range of empirical evidence from a huge diversity of case studies, with around fifty case studies newly written for this edition. It analyses MTI in all parts of the world, in companies large and small, and in services, manufacturing, and resource-based business sectors.

This new edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the latest teaching and research, and to ensure its continuing relevance to the contemporary world of MTI. It will be an important resource for academics, students, and managers throughout the world, is a recommended text for students of innovation and technology management at postgraduate and undergraduate level, and is particularly valuable for MBA courses.]]> 373 Mark Dodgson 0199208530 Matt 0 to-read, study-business 4.27 2000 The Management Of Technological Innovation: Strategy and Practice
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]]> <![CDATA[Understanding Organizational Culture]]> 15058359 248 Mats Alvesson 0857025589 Matt 0 to-read, study-business 2.00 2002 Understanding Organizational Culture
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]]> <![CDATA[Changing Organizational Culture]]> 216884623 How do people react to significant organizational change? Do we see ourselves as helping change to come about, or allowing change to happen around us? How can we adapt more easily to change?

Based around an illuminating extended case-study, this important text uncovers the reality of organizational change. From planning and inception to project management and engagement, this book explores the views and reactions of various stakeholders undergoing real-life change processes. Drawing on theories of organizational culture, it helps us to understand how organizations can promote change without alienating the people needed to implement it.

Changing Organizational Culture represents an original and timely addition to the literature on organizational change. It is vital reading for all students, researchers and practitioners working in organizational theory and behaviour, change management and HRM.

]]> 228 Mats Alvesson 103275561X Matt 0 to-read, study-business 0.0 2007 Changing Organizational Culture
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]]> <![CDATA[Making Innovation Work: How to Manage It, Measure It, and Profit from It]]> 15855614 368 Tony Dávila 0133092585 Matt 0 to-read, study-business 4.13 Making Innovation Work: How to Manage It, Measure It, and Profit from It
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]]> <![CDATA[Lexicon Urthus: A Dictionary for the Urth Cycle]]> 5970607 440 Michael Andre-Driussi 0964279517 Matt 0 to-read 4.34 1994 Lexicon Urthus: A Dictionary for the Urth Cycle
author: Michael Andre-Driussi
name: Matt
average rating: 4.34
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]]> Between Two Fires 13543121
Is it delirium or is it faith? She believes she has seen the angels of God. She believes the righteous dead speak to her in dreams. And now she has convinced the faithless Thomas to shepherd her across a depraved landscape to Avignon. There, she tells Thomas, she will fulfill her mission to confront the evil that has devastated the earth, and to restore to this betrayed, murderous knight the nobility and hope of salvation he long abandoned.

As hell unleashes its wrath, and as the true nature of the girl is revealed, Thomas will find himself on a macabre battleground of angels and demons, saints, and the risen dead, and in the midst of a desperate struggle for nothing less than the soul of man.]]> 432 Christopher Buehlman 1937007863 Matt 0 to-read, to-get 4.20 2012 Between Two Fires
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name: Matt
average rating: 4.20
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]]> Helliconia Winter 1567218 392 Brian W. Aldiss 0586053670 Matt 3 I'm glad to have read it to have experienced the depth of the world building. It is something not likely to be forgotten easily. However, this is definitely not a series for everyone considering the nature of some of the graphic content. ]]> 3.88 1985 Helliconia Winter
author: Brian W. Aldiss
name: Matt
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1985
rating: 3
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Well, the series was a mixed bag of some truly engrossing moments and some truly gross moments...
I'm glad to have read it to have experienced the depth of the world building. It is something not likely to be forgotten easily. However, this is definitely not a series for everyone considering the nature of some of the graphic content.
]]> <![CDATA[On Studying Organizational Cultures: Diagnosis and Understanding]]> 17127345 Book by Schultz, Majken 192 Majken Schultz 3110882477 Matt 0 to-read, study-business 0.0 1994 On Studying Organizational Cultures: Diagnosis and Understanding
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]]> <![CDATA[Organizational Culture and Leadership (The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series)]]> 28767454 The book that defined the field, updated and expanded for today's organizations

Organizational Culture and Leadership is the classic reference for managers and students seeking a deeper understanding of the inter-relationship of organizational culture dynamics and leadership. Author Edgar Schein is the 'father' of organizational culture, world-renowned for his expertise and research in the field; in this book, he analyzes and illustrates through cases the abstract concept of culture and shows its importance to the management of organizational change. This new fifth edition shows how culture has become a popular concept leading to a wide variety of research and implementation by various organizations and expands the focus on the role of national cultures in influencing culture dynamics, including some practical concepts for how to deal with international differences.

Special emphasis is given to how the role of leadership varies with the age of the organization from founding, through mid-life to old age as the cultural issues vary at each stage. How culture change is managed at each stage and in different types of organizations is emphasized as a central concern of leader behavior..

This landmark book is considered the defining resource in the field. Drawing on a wide range of research, this fifth edition contains 25 percent new and revised material to provide the most relevant new concepts and perspectives alongside the basic culture model that has helped to define the field.

Dig into assumptions and typologies to decipher organizational culture

Learn how culture begins, thrives, or dies with leadership Manage cultural change effectively and appropriately Understand the leader's role in managing disparate groups The resurgence of interest in organizational culture has spurred an awakening in research, and new information is continuously coming to light. Outdated practices are being replaced by more effective methods, and the resulting shift affects organizations everywhere. Organizational Culture and Leadership is an essential resource for scholars, consultants and leaders seeking continuous improvement in the face of today's business realities.]]> 416 Edgar H. Schein 1119212049 Matt 0 to-read, study-business 4.21 1985 Organizational Culture and Leadership (The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series)
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> Matter (Culture, #8) 886066
Only the sister is not what she once was; Djan Seriy Anaplian has become an agent of the Culture's Special Circumstances section, charged with high-level interference in civilisations throughout the greater galaxy.

Concealing her new identity � and her particular set of abilities � might be a dangerous strategy. In the world to which Anaplian returns, nothing is quite as it seems; and determining the appropriate level of interference in someone else's war is never a simple matter.

Cover illustration by Debra Lill]]> 593 Iain M. Banks 1841494186 Matt 4 4.09 2008 Matter (Culture, #8)
author: Iain M. Banks
name: Matt
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> Helliconia Summer 1567209 576 Brian W. Aldiss 0586053662 Matt 3 3.83 1983 Helliconia Summer
author: Brian W. Aldiss
name: Matt
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1983
rating: 3
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]]> Floating Worlds 9597226
Paula Mendoza - Earth-born anarchist and rebel - had been hired by the committee for the Revolution for a specific and vital purpose. Her task was to forge a truce between the Middle Planets and the Styths, a powerful race of mutants raiding piratically out of deep space and threatening the security of Earth, Mars and Luna. Paula’s first meeting with the Stythian warlord, Saba, was far from successful. But Paula had her own tactics of persuasion, and by employing a shrewd and unexpected political gambit she seemed to succeed in her objective. But her success put her in a unique - and dangerous - position. As the only Earth-born being in the artificial cities of the Gas Planets, she was Earth’s sole link with the Stythian Empire. A link that could easily be severed…]]> 542 Cecelia Holland 0722146213 Matt 0 to-read 3.92 1976 Floating Worlds
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name: Matt
average rating: 3.92
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]]> Wool - Holston (Wool, #1) 12287209
Or you'll get what you wish for.]]> 56 Hugh Howey Matt 0 to-read 4.14 2012 Wool - Holston (Wool, #1)
author: Hugh Howey
name: Matt
average rating: 4.14
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]]> <![CDATA[The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)]]> 269831
Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code and quickly assemble the pieces of the puzzle, a stunning historical truth will be lost forever...
(back cover)]]> 593 Dan Brown Matt 2 3.65 2003 The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
author: Dan Brown
name: Matt
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2003
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds of Strategic Management]]> 134254
No other book synthesizes the entire history and evolution of strategic management in so lively and entertaining a fashion. Since the initial publication of Strategy Safari , managers, consultants, and academics all over the world have found this book an indispensable and delightful tool—it has been translated into more than ten languages, including Chinese, Russian, and French, and has been used in top MBA programs worldwide.

Strategy Safari makes sense of a field that often seems to make no sense. Mintzberg, Ahlstrand, and Lampel pair their sweeping vision of strategy making with an authoritative catalog in which they identify ten schools of strategy that have emerged over the past four decades.

Why struggle through the vast, confusing terrain of strategy formation? With clarity and depth, Strategy Safari maps the strategic landscape and facilitates intelligent, informed strategy formation.]]> 416 Henry Mintzberg Matt 0 to-read, study-business 4.03 1998 Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds of Strategic Management
author: Henry Mintzberg
name: Matt
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1998
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters]]> 11721966 320 Richard P. Rumelt 0307886255 Matt 0 to-read, study-business 4.10 2011 Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
author: Richard P. Rumelt
name: Matt
average rating: 4.10
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]]> <![CDATA[Business Model Book, The: Design, Build And Adapt Business Ideas That Drive Business Growth (Brilliant Business)]]> 37758599
Great business models drive rapid growth; bad business models can doom the most promising ventures. The Business Model Book clearly shows you how to create, test, adapt and innovate successful business models for any company in any situation.

Every company has a business model. When the business model works, the company creates value. The Business Model Book combines the latest research, straightforward tools and current examples to bring this surprisingly tricky topic to life. Your company changes over time, and so should your business model.

· Understand how and why business models matter to your organisations success.

· Be able to apply business model thinking to a specific company and a specific situation.

· Learn how to evaluate and test business models to identify the most appropriate model.

· Use a set of practical tools to adapt and innovate business models.

It does not matter what you think you know about business models.

It is time to design, build and adapt business ideas that thrive.

� Clever, innovative, and simple -- a must read workbook for entrepreneurs!�

Charles CHEN Yidan, Co-Founder, Tencent Holdings.

“Buy it. Read it. Most importantly, use it!�

John Mullins, London Business School, Author of The Customer-Funded Business and The New Business Road Test.

“This may well turn out to be your scrapbook for business models. An excellent resource that will get your ideas flowing!�

Shane Corstorphine, VP, Regional Growth (Global Regions) and General Manager (Americas), Skyscanner.]]> 326 Adam J. Bock 1292135727 Matt 0 to-read, study-business 3.92 Business Model Book, The: Design, Build And Adapt Business Ideas That Drive Business Growth (Brilliant Business)
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]]> Fool's Fate (Tawny Man, #3) 45108 914 Robin Hobb 0553582461 Matt 0 to-read 4.45 2003 Fool's Fate (Tawny Man, #3)
author: Robin Hobb
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]]> Golden Fool (Tawny Man, #2) 45109 Farseer and Liveship Traders trilogies established Robin Hobb as one of the most splendidly imaginative practitioners of world-class fantasy.

Now, in Book 2 of her most stunning trilogy yet, Hobb continues the soul-shattering tale of FitzChivalry Farseer. With rich characters, breathtaking magic, and sweeping action, Golden Fool brings the reluctant adventurer further into the fray in an epic of sacrifice, salvation, and untold treachery.

Golden Fool

Prince Dutiful has been rescued from his Piebald kidnappers and the court has resumed its normal rhythms. But for FitzChivalry Farseer, a return to isolation is impossible. Though gutted by the loss of his wolf bondmate, Nighteyes, Fitz must take up residence at Buckkeep and resume his tasks as Chade’s apprentice assassin. Posing as Tom Badgerlock, bodyguard to Lord Golden, FitzChivalry becomes the eyes and ears behind the walls. And with his old mentor failing visibly, Fitz is forced to take on more burdens as he attempts to guide a kingdom straying closer to civil strife each day.

The problems are legion. Prince Dutiful’s betrothal to the Narcheska Elliania of the Out Islands is fraught with tension, and the Narcheska herself appears to be hiding an array of secrets. Then, amid Piebald threats and the increasing persecution of the Witted, FitzChivalry must ensure that no one betrays the Prince’s secret—a secret that could topple the Farseer throne: that he, like Fitz, possesses the dread “beast magic.�

Meanwhile, FitzChivalry must impart to the Prince his limited knowledge of the Skill: the hereditary and addictive magic of the Farseers. In the process, they discover within Buckkeep one who has a wild and powerful talent for it, and whose enmity for Fitz may have disastrous consequences for all.

Only Fitz’s enduring friendship with the Fool brings him any solace. But even that is shattered when unexpected visitors from Bingtown reveal devastating secrets from the Fool’s past. Now, bereft of support and adrift in intrigue, Fitz’s biggest challenge may be simply to survive the inescapable and violent path that fate has laid out for him.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 709 Robin Hobb 0553582453 Matt 0 to-read 4.35 2002 Golden Fool (Tawny Man, #2)
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]]> Fool's Errand (Tawny Man, #1) 68488 alternate cover for ISBN 9780006486015

Fifteen years have passed since the end of the Red Ship War with the terrifying Outislanders. Since then, Fitz has wandered the world accompanied only by his wolf and Wit-partner, Nighteyes, finally settling in a tiny cottage as remote from Buckkeep and the Farseers as possible.

But lately the world has come crashing in again. The Witted are being persecuted because of their magical bonds with animals; and young Prince Dutiful has gone missing just before his crucial diplomatic wedding to an Outislander princess. Fitz’s assignment to fetch Dutiful back in time for the ceremony seems very much like a fool’s errand, but the dangers ahead could signal the end of the Farseer reign.

Cover illustration by John Howe

]]> 661 Robin Hobb Matt 0 to-read 4.35 2001 Fool's Errand (Tawny Man, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)]]> 944073
Nobleman Captain Jezal dan Luthar, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules.

Inquisitor Glokta, cripple turned torturer, would like nothing better than to see Jezal come home in a box. But then Glokta hates everyone: cutting treason out of the Union one confession at a time leaves little room for friendship. His latest trail of corpses may lead him right to the rotten heart of government, if he can stay alive long enough to follow it.

Enter the wizard, Bayaz. A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant, he could be the First of the Magi, he could be a spectacular fraud, but whatever he is, he's about to make the lives of Logen, Jezal, and Glokta a whole lot more difficult.

Murderous conspiracies rise to the surface, old scores are ready to be settled, and the line between hero and villain is sharp enough to draw blood.

]]> 515 Joe Abercrombie 0575079797 Matt 0 to-read, to-get 4.21 2006 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> <![CDATA[Three Parts Dead (Craft Sequence, #1)]]> 13539191
Her client is Kos, recently deceased fire god of the city of Alt Coulumb. Without Him, the metropolis’s steam generators will shut down, its trains will cease running, and its four million citizens will riot.

Tara’s job: resurrect Kos before chaos sets in. Her only help: Abelard, a chain-smoking priest of the dead god, who’s having an understandable crisis of faith.

When Tara and Abelard discover that Kos was murdered, they have to make a case in Alt Coulumb’s courts—and their quest for the truth endangers their partnership, their lives, and Alt Coulumb’s slim hope of survival.

Set in a phenomenally built world in which justice is a collective force bestowed on a few, craftsmen fly on lightning bolts, and gargoyles can rule cities, Three Parts Dead introduces readers to an ethical landscape in which the line between right and wrong blurs.]]> 336 Max Gladstone 0765333104 Matt 0 to-read, to-get 3.94 2012 Three Parts Dead (Craft Sequence, #1)
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name: Matt
average rating: 3.94
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]]> Only Forward 280803
Only Forward

Call him Stark. If you have to. If you're lucky, you won't call him at all. Because if you do, it means you've got trouble. Big trouble. And the problem is that before Stark is done fixing something, a whole lot of other things usually get broken. Like laws and lives—and anyone who gets in the way. It's that attitude that's earned him his latest assignment: finding a missing VIP named Fell Alkland. The authorities believe Alkland has been kidnapped. Stark doesn't. He hasn't stayed alive this long without learning the basics of survival in a world hurtling straight to hell: Things are always more complicated than they seem. And when a job seems too easy, that's when something really ugly is about to happen. For Fell Alkland is about to become Stark's worst nightmare, a nightmare where anything can happen at any time—where friends can become enemies in a heartbeat and your most secret fear a soul-screaming reality. And the worst of it is that for this nightmare you don't even have to be asleep.
]]> 270 Michael Marshall Smith 1931081182 Matt 0 to-read, to-get 4.05 1994 Only Forward
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average rating: 4.05
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]]> City of Bones 367335 Where once great galleons roamed the sea,
sand ships now traverse the Great Waste,
and a glittering chain of city-states
dots the desert that has no end...

And the greatest city of them all is Charisat: Imperial seat and wonder of wonders, a great monolithic structure towering over the desert. Charisat, a phantasmagorical place where silken courtesans and beggars weave lies side by side, where any man’s dreams can be fulfilled at the whisper of a genie, and where the tier that you live on determines how high up the food (or more importantly, water) chain you are. It is the goal of every schemer, treasure hunter, and madman intent on finding his heart’s content � a place that dazzles the senses, makes the most somber mind dizzy with its scents and sights � and where no one knows friend from foe when it comes to the desperate fight for dwindling resources.

And where a beautiful woman and a handsome thief will try to unravel the mysteries of an age-old technology to stop a fanatical cult before they unleash an evil that will topple Charisat.

And destroy all the water in the world.

]]> 442 Martha Wells 0812567080 Matt 0 to-read, to-get 3.91 1995 City of Bones
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name: Matt
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1995
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]]> God Stalk (Kencyrath, #1) 69169
Jame's struggle to regain her strength, her memories, and the resources to travel to join her people, the Kencyrath, drag her into several relationships, earning affection, respect, bitter hatred and, as always, haunting memories of friends and enemies dead in her wake.]]> 284 P.C. Hodgell 0425060799 Matt 0 to-read, to-get 4.12 1982 God Stalk (Kencyrath, #1)
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name: Matt
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1982
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales, #1)]]> 202769
Every once in a great while a book comes along that reminds us of the magic spell that stories can cast over us—to dazzle, entertain, and enlighten. Welcome to the Arabian Nights for our time–a lush and fantastical epic guaranteed to spirit you away from the very first page...

Secreted away in a garden, a lonely girl spins stories to warm a curious peculiar feats and unspeakable fates that loop through each other and back again to meet in the tapestry of her voice. Inked on her eyelids, each twisting, tattooed tale is a piece in the puzzle of the girl’s own hidden history. And what tales she tells! Tales of shape-shifting witches and wild horsewomen, heron kings and beast princesses, snake gods, dog monks, and living stars—each story more strange and fantastic than the one that came before.

From ill-tempered 'mermaid' to fastidious Beast, nothing is ever quite what it seems in these ever-shifting tales—even, and especially, their teller. Adorned with illustrations by the legendary Michael Kaluta, Valente’s enchanting lyrical fantasy offers a breathtaking reinvention of the untold myths and dark fairy tales that shape our dreams. And just when you think you’ve come to the end, you realize the adventure has only begun�.]]> 483 Catherynne M. Valente 0553384031 Matt 0 to-read, to-get 4.02 2006 In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales, #1)
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> The Third Policeman 27208 The last of O'Brien's novels to be published, The Third Policeman joins O'Brien's other fiction (At Swim-Two-Birds, The Poor Mouth, The Hard Life, The Best of Myles, The Dalkey Archive) to ensure his place, along with James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, as one of Ireland's great comic geniuses.]]> 200 Flann O'Brien 156478214X Matt 0 to-read, to-get 4.00 1967 The Third Policeman
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name: Matt
average rating: 4.00
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]]> The Magic Mountain 88077
The Magic Mountain is a monumental work of erudition and irony, sexual tension and intellectual ferment, a book that pulses with life in the midst of death.]]> 706 Thomas Mann Matt 0 to-read, to-get 4.12 1924 The Magic Mountain
author: Thomas Mann
name: Matt
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1924
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]]> Nostromo 115476 ]]> 336 Joseph Conrad 0486424529 Matt 0 to-read, to-get 3.81 1904 Nostromo
author: Joseph Conrad
name: Matt
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1904
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]]> <![CDATA[The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion]]> 6530493 106 Arthur Schopenhauer 0141191597 Matt 0 to-read, to-get 3.90 1851 The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion
author: Arthur Schopenhauer
name: Matt
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1851
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]]> Physiognomy (IMAGINAIRE) 39746 256 Ford Jeffrey 2290319732 Matt 0 to-read, to-get 3.77 1997 Physiognomy (IMAGINAIRE)
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name: Matt
average rating: 3.77
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]]> <![CDATA[Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)]]> 47212 HARRY DRESDEN � WIZARD

Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment.

Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only at what he does. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for answers. For the "everyday" world is actually full of strange and magical things—and most don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Takes a wizard to catch a—well, whatever. There's just one problem. Business, to put it mildly, stinks.

So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. But where there's black magic, there's a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry's name. And that's when things start to get interesting.

Magic - it can get a guy killed.]]> 372 Jim Butcher 0451457811 Matt 0 to-read, to-get 3.99 2000 Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
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name: Matt
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2000
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