en-US Tue, 06 May 2025 12:07:38 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 13079982 Sixty years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before.

Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.]]> 194 Ray Bradbury Radu 0 to-read 3.97 1953
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"Ten little boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine. Nine little boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight. Eight little boys traveling in Devon; One said he'd stay there then there were seven. Seven little boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in half and then there were six. Six little boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five. Five little boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four. Four little boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three. Three little boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two. Two little boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was one. One little boy left all alone; He went out and hanged himself and then there were none."

When they realize that murders are occurring as described in the rhyme, terror mounts. One by one they fall prey. Before the weekend is out, there will be none. Who has choreographed this dastardly scheme? And who will be left to tell the tale? Only the dead are above suspicion.]]> 264 Agatha Christie 0312330871 Radu 5 favorites 4.28 1939
author: Agatha Christie
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average rating: 4.28
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rating: 5
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]]> 211270123
?Cine o omoar? pe Ada, iubita programatorului Alex Br?nescu? Cum are ea 27 de ani ?n 2019 ?i 20 ?n 1974? Se poate c?l?tori ?n timp, citind De veghe ?n lanul de secar?? Cine sunt securi?tii Gicu ?i Neac?u, care tortureaz? ?n timp ce ascult? Dan Sp?taru? Dar pictorul Matei, st?p?nul vie?ii ve?nice din t?r?mul pove?tilor uitate? Cu ce secret teribil ?l ?antajeaz? pe Alex? Citi?i Ultima carte a lui Marian Coman: alert? ?i intens? de la prima p?n? la ultima pagin?. O fic?iune speculativ? care le-ar fi pl?cut lui Robert A. Heinlein ?i Baran Bo Odar.“ (Ion Manolescu)

?Dup? Omule?ul din perete ?i alte povestiri fantastice, Marian Coman revine cu un roman care adaug? ?nc? o pies? de puzzle ?n universul inedit construit anterior ?i ?i reconfirm? at?t voca?ia de povestitor autentic, c?t ?i statutul pe scena literar? rom?neasc?. Sub forma unor consemn?ri diaristice, cu ingrediente science-fiction, horror ?i policier, combinate ?ntr-un realism ?ncheiat p?n? la ultimii nasturi, cu accente livre?ti ?i ?tiin?ifice, ludice ?i dramatice, cu o coloan? sonor? eclectic?, cu episoade tulbur?toare, personaje ?n carne ?i oase, teme profunde ?i-un stil recognoscibil, Ultima carte reu?e?te s?-?i seduc? cititorii, indiferent de profilul lor, ?i s? le r?m?n? ?n minte, mult? vreme dup? ce dau ultima pagin?.“ (Eli B?dic?, coordonatoarea imprintului n’autor)]]> 176 Marian Coman 6064318139 Radu 0 currently-reading 4.59 2024
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]]> 92619 "Nine Lives" was first published in Playboy, November 1968.


**Nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette in 1969.]]> 47 Ursula K. Le Guin 156146550X Radu 0 to-read 3.80 1968
author: Ursula K. Le Guin
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]]> 102868
But it's not long before Sherlock Holmes, with Watson in tow, is working with Scotland Yard investigating the murder of two Americans whose deaths have some mysterious connection to sinister groups gathering power in both Britain and America.

Here's where it all began. 'A Study in Scarlet.' Meet Sherlock Holmes, one of the world's leading consulting detectives - fictional of course!]]> 123 Arthur Conan Doyle 1420925539 Radu 0 to-read 4.16 1887
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]]> 33387769
But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern.

On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid — a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is.

But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.

]]> 152 Martha Wells 0765397536 Radu 3 4.10 2017
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]]> 195264190
While trying to watch episode 44 of The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon, Murderbot is—again, what is it with humans?—distracted by something that is technically outside its purview. A miner is suddenly in danger following a pointless (to Murderbot’s way of thinking) argument, and the choice is to risk discovery and leap into action, which would require hitting the pause button during a very exciting part of SanctuaryMoon, or to follow orders and stay still.

This is a tougher choice than it seems. But then, when has Murderbot ever been faced with an easy choice?

A shorter version of this story originally appeared in Wired magazine.]]> 8 Martha Wells 1645241726 Radu 3 4.32 2018
author: Martha Wells
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]]> 49552 The Stranger has long been considered a classic of twentieth-century literature. Le Monde ranks it as number one on its "100 Books of the Century" list. Through this story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on a sundrenched Algerian beach, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd."]]> 123 Albert Camus Radu 0 to-read 4.04 1942
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]]> 157993
Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork. The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.]]> 96 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 0152023984 Radu 0 to-read 4.32 1943
author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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]]> 60932 Parable of the Sower continues the story of Lauren Olamina in socially and economically depressed California in the 2030s. Convinced that her community should colonize the stars, Lauren and her followers make preparations. But the collapse of society and rise of fanatics result in Lauren's followers being enslaved, and her daughter stolen from her. Now, Lauren must fight back to save the new world order.]]> 448 Octavia E. Butler 0446610380 Radu 4 4.31 1998
author: Octavia E. Butler
name: Radu
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> 56791389 Alternate cover edition of ASIN B08BKGYQXW


The apocalypse will be televised!

A man. His ex-girlfriend's cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the most entertaining way possible.

In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth—from Buckingham Palace to the tiniest of sheds—collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground.

The buildings and all the people inside have all been atomized and transformed into the dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth filled with traps, monsters, and loot. A dungeon so enormous, it circles the entire globe.

Only a few dare venture inside. But once you're in, you can't get out. And what's worse, each level has a time limit. You have but days to find a staircase to the next level down, or it's game over. In this game, it's not about your strength or your dexterity. It's about your followers, your views. Your clout. It's about building an audience and killing those goblins with style.

You can't just survive here. You gotta survive big.

You gotta fight with vigor, with excitement. You gotta make them stand up and cheer. And if you do have that "it" factor, you may just find yourself with a following. That's the only way to truly survive in this game—with the help of the loot boxes dropped upon you by the generous benefactors watching from across the galaxy.

They call it Dungeon Crawler World. But for Carl, it's anything but a game.]]> 446 Matt Dinniman Radu 0 to-read 4.49 2020
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]]> 893590 231 Alastair Reynolds 0575075163 Radu 0 to-read 3.98 2001
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]]> 60811826 Deep underground, forty women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only a vague recollection of their lives before.


As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl—the fortieth prisoner—sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground.


Jacqueline Harpman was born in Etterbeek, Belgium, in 1929, and fled to Casablanca with her family during WWII. Informed by her background as a psychoanalyst and her youth in exile, I Who Have Never Known Men is a haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic novel of female friendship and intimacy, and the lengths people will go to maintain their humanity in the face of devastation. Back in print for the first time since 1997, Harpman’s modern classic is an important addition to the growing canon of feminist speculative literature.]]> 184 Jacqueline Harpman 1945492600 Radu 0 to-read 4.11 1995
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]]> 331256
First published in 1972, Roadside Picnic is still widely regarded as one of the greatest science fiction novels, despite the fact that it has been out of print in the United States for almost thirty years.]]> 145 Arkady Strugatsky 0575070536 Radu 5 favorites
Roadside Picnic is easily one of my favorite books. At under 200 pages, it manages to pack an incredible amount of depth and complexity, making it a pretty dense novel. I'll do my best to avoid spoilers and keep this review short, but I'll admit upfront that my description might seem rather bland and that there's so much more going on beneath the surface when it comes to this book.



After a brief alien visitation, mysterious Zones appear on Earth, where all kind of strange and dangerous phenomena unfold. Very few people, called Stalkers, dare to enter the Zone, as each step inside could be their last. The anomalies are perilous, and there are military guards that patrol the perimeter, ready to arrest anyone who ventures in without permission. However, if a Stalker manages to survive and bring back artifacts from within, they stand to make a small fortune, along with delivering alien technology to those wealthy enough to afford it. But this simple summary barely scratches the surface. The true story digs deep into the bizarre nature of the Zone, its effect on the people living near it, the mysteries surrounding the strange artifacts within, the human nature, morality, social classes, and so on.

Despite the central character being rather unlikable, with conflicting values and often questionable actions, I found myself deeply invested in Red's journey and his interaction with the diverse cast of this book. He’s far from a mirror image of myself, and his ideals often opposed my own, but I still felt a strong connection to him. As the book progressed, I found myself questioning why I was relating to him at all. By the time I reached the ending, I needed time to process my feelings. It left me both upset and oddly content, a reaction that lingered for hours—maybe even days. What’s fascinating is that, in hindsight, the ending was exactly what I had hoped for, yet I couldn’t shake the conflicted emotions it stirred up. Perhaps maybe because I didn’t want to leave this universe so soon, and because it felt like the authors held their fingers crossed behind their backs when delivering it.



Roadside Picnic explores a vast array of themes, making it nearly impossible not to find something that resonates with you. Though primarily a sci-fi novel, it weaves together mystery, action, drama, cosmic horror, introspection, and political commentary, among others. Is it flawless? Not quite. There were very few aspects that didn’t sit well with me. Still, I was more than willing to overlook these minor subjective flaws given the rich, immersive world that Strugatski Arkadi & Boris have created. Even after finishing the book, I found myself contemplating its meaning, much like Red, who enters the Zone in search of wealth while I, as a reader, felt like I was there to discover something about myself.

I’ve watched the movie adaptation and appreciated Tarkovsky’s take on it, but I still prefer the book. As for the video games, I’ve played them and am waiting to dive into the second one once the bugs and performance issues are ironed out. While they’re based on the book, they take liberties with the source material, which, in some ways, works well for them. However, it makes them distinct enough that they’re hard to compare to the book itself, hence why I still favor the original novel.



I can’t help but imagine that Strugatski Arkadi & Boris had more in mind for this universe. They planted so many intriguing seeds that could have blossomed into multiple books. There’s still so much left unexplored within the narrative itself, and while we get some answers, my heart yearns for more, even when I'm not sure which are the right questions to ask in order to obtain more. The mysticism that floats around the events in Roadside Picnic is something that I treasure and would love to get more of, but without risking the integrity of its magic.

I keep stumbling upon what I believe is a common misconception that the Zone in the book is located somewhere in North America, or more exactly in Canada. However, an exact location on the globe is not given by the authors as far as I can remember. This gave me the freedom as a reader to select my preferred background for the whole plot, and I couldn’t help but make it familiar, so Eastern Europe aesthetics were always in the back of my mind throughout the whole reading session.

Some have argued that Roadside Picnic could give birth to its own sub-genre, “Zonepunk”, which is an exciting prospect I’d like to see explored further, but until then, this is probably the only book I cannot wait to re-read in the future.



Thank you so much for taking your time to read my review! It's a little bit of a mess but I'm still trying to figure out ways in which I could format them better in the future! I might come back and add some details or edit this one as well, especially after the re-read takes place!

I loved the book so much that I decided to create my own custom cover using Simon St?lenhag's illustrations (which are the ones I also used throughout this review). And I included a quote from one of the 欧宝娱乐 members’ (Nataliya's) reviews.

]]> 4.16 1972
author: Arkady Strugatsky
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Roadside Picnic is easily one of my favorite books. At under 200 pages, it manages to pack an incredible amount of depth and complexity, making it a pretty dense novel. I'll do my best to avoid spoilers and keep this review short, but I'll admit upfront that my description might seem rather bland and that there's so much more going on beneath the surface when it comes to this book.



After a brief alien visitation, mysterious Zones appear on Earth, where all kind of strange and dangerous phenomena unfold. Very few people, called Stalkers, dare to enter the Zone, as each step inside could be their last. The anomalies are perilous, and there are military guards that patrol the perimeter, ready to arrest anyone who ventures in without permission. However, if a Stalker manages to survive and bring back artifacts from within, they stand to make a small fortune, along with delivering alien technology to those wealthy enough to afford it. But this simple summary barely scratches the surface. The true story digs deep into the bizarre nature of the Zone, its effect on the people living near it, the mysteries surrounding the strange artifacts within, the human nature, morality, social classes, and so on.

Despite the central character being rather unlikable, with conflicting values and often questionable actions, I found myself deeply invested in Red's journey and his interaction with the diverse cast of this book. He’s far from a mirror image of myself, and his ideals often opposed my own, but I still felt a strong connection to him. As the book progressed, I found myself questioning why I was relating to him at all. By the time I reached the ending, I needed time to process my feelings. It left me both upset and oddly content, a reaction that lingered for hours—maybe even days. What’s fascinating is that, in hindsight, the ending was exactly what I had hoped for, yet I couldn’t shake the conflicted emotions it stirred up. Perhaps maybe because I didn’t want to leave this universe so soon, and because it felt like the authors held their fingers crossed behind their backs when delivering it.



Roadside Picnic explores a vast array of themes, making it nearly impossible not to find something that resonates with you. Though primarily a sci-fi novel, it weaves together mystery, action, drama, cosmic horror, introspection, and political commentary, among others. Is it flawless? Not quite. There were very few aspects that didn’t sit well with me. Still, I was more than willing to overlook these minor subjective flaws given the rich, immersive world that Strugatski Arkadi & Boris have created. Even after finishing the book, I found myself contemplating its meaning, much like Red, who enters the Zone in search of wealth while I, as a reader, felt like I was there to discover something about myself.

I’ve watched the movie adaptation and appreciated Tarkovsky’s take on it, but I still prefer the book. As for the video games, I’ve played them and am waiting to dive into the second one once the bugs and performance issues are ironed out. While they’re based on the book, they take liberties with the source material, which, in some ways, works well for them. However, it makes them distinct enough that they’re hard to compare to the book itself, hence why I still favor the original novel.



I can’t help but imagine that Strugatski Arkadi & Boris had more in mind for this universe. They planted so many intriguing seeds that could have blossomed into multiple books. There’s still so much left unexplored within the narrative itself, and while we get some answers, my heart yearns for more, even when I'm not sure which are the right questions to ask in order to obtain more. The mysticism that floats around the events in Roadside Picnic is something that I treasure and would love to get more of, but without risking the integrity of its magic.

I keep stumbling upon what I believe is a common misconception that the Zone in the book is located somewhere in North America, or more exactly in Canada. However, an exact location on the globe is not given by the authors as far as I can remember. This gave me the freedom as a reader to select my preferred background for the whole plot, and I couldn’t help but make it familiar, so Eastern Europe aesthetics were always in the back of my mind throughout the whole reading session.

Some have argued that Roadside Picnic could give birth to its own sub-genre, “Zonepunk”, which is an exciting prospect I’d like to see explored further, but until then, this is probably the only book I cannot wait to re-read in the future.



Thank you so much for taking your time to read my review! It's a little bit of a mess but I'm still trying to figure out ways in which I could format them better in the future! I might come back and add some details or edit this one as well, especially after the re-read takes place!

I loved the book so much that I decided to create my own custom cover using Simon St?lenhag's illustrations (which are the ones I also used throughout this review). And I included a quote from one of the 欧宝娱乐 members’ (Nataliya's) reviews.


]]> 52397
Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their defended enclave, Lauren’s father, a preacher, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others.

When fire destroys their compound, Lauren’s family is killed and she is forced out into a world that is fraught with danger. With a handful of other refugees, Lauren must make her way north to safety, along the way conceiving a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for all mankind.]]> 345 Octavia E. Butler 0446675504 Radu 4 4.21 1993
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]]> 29582
But is it the right choice for the destiny of mankind? While Trevize feels it is, that is not enough. He must know.

Trevize believes the answer lies at the site of humanity's roots: fabled Earth . . . if it still exists. For no one is sure where the planet of Gaia's first settlers is to be found in the immense wilderness of the Galaxy. Nor can anyone explain why no record of Earth has been preserved, no mention of it made anywhere in Gaia's vast world-memory. It is an enigma Trevize is determined to resolve, and a quest he is determined to undertake, at any cost.

[ Original description here:
Горстка смельчаков пытается найти прародину человечества - Землю, чтобы получить разгадку тайн истории Галактики.
= A handful of brave souls trying to find humanity's ancestral home—the Earth, to get answers to the mysteries of the history of the Galaxy.]]]> 499 Isaac Asimov 0553587579 Radu 4 4.06 1986
author: Isaac Asimov
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average rating: 4.06
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rating: 4
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]]> 222632504 224 Radu Paraschivescu 9735086603 Radu 0 to-read 4.09
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]]> 1886 This is an alternative cover edition for ISBN 9780141439518

Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England.]]> 367 Jane Austen Radu 0 to-read 4.29 1813
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]]> 76683
Meanwhile someone—or something—outside of both Foundations seems to be orchestrating events to suit its own ominous purpose. Soon representatives of both the First and Second Foundations will find themselves racing toward a mysterious world called Gaia and a final shocking destiny at the very end of the universe!]]> 450 Isaac Asimov 0553293389 Radu 4 4.16 1982
author: Isaac Asimov
name: Radu
average rating: 4.16
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rating: 4
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]]> 55818839 150 Simon St?lenhag 9189143175 Radu 0 to-read 4.16 2020
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]]> 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 Radu 0 to-read 3.86 1987
author: Iain M. Banks
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average rating: 3.86
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]]> 2266967 116 Michel Bernanos 0877973520 Radu 4 4.13 1967
author: Michel Bernanos
name: Radu
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1967
rating: 4
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]]> 333867
The Stars My Destination is a classic of technological prophecy and timeless narrative enchantment by an acknowledged master of science fiction.]]> 258 Alfred Bester 0679767800 Radu 0 to-read 4.08 1956
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name: Radu
average rating: 4.08
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]]> 1290245 Book by Tanith Lee 160 Tanith Lee 0879974826 Radu 2 3.64 1979
author: Tanith Lee
name: Radu
average rating: 3.64
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rating: 2
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]]> 8320840 The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft collects the author's novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories. Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of today's writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. Included in this volume are The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," "At the Mountains of Madness," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Color Out of Space," "The Dunwich Horror," and many more hair-raising tales.]]> 1098 H.P. Lovecraft 1435122968 Radu 0 to-read 4.37
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]]> 1255119 The main characters are young adults rather than school kids, but that doesn't make it any less funny!]]> 264 Arkady Strugatsky 0954336828 Radu 0 to-read 3.84 1965
author: Arkady Strugatsky
name: Radu
average rating: 3.84
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]]> 49246963 Night of the Mannequins, a contemporary horror story where a teen prank goes very wrong and all hell breaks loose: is there a supernatural cause, a psychopath on the loose, or both?]]> 136 Stephen Graham Jones 1250752078 Radu 3 3.30 2020
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average rating: 3.30
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rating: 3
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]]> 40940649
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?

]]> 162 Richard Matheson 0795315635 Radu 3 4.04 1954
author: Richard Matheson
name: Radu
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1954
rating: 3
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]]> 61439040
Alternate cover edition can be found here.]]> 368 George Orwell 0452284236 Radu 5 4.21 1949
author: George Orwell
name: Radu
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1949
rating: 5
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]]> 36836025
Simon St?lenhag is the internationally acclaimed author, concept designer, and artist behind Tales from the Loop and Things from the Flood. His highly imaginative images and stories depicting illusive sci-fi phenomena in mundane, hyper-realistic Scandinavian landscapes have made St?lenhag one of the most sought-after visual storytellers in the world. In The Electric State, St?lenhag turns his unique vision to America.]]> 143 Simon St?lenhag 9187222671 Radu 4 4.40 2017
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]]> 76778
The Martian Chronicles tells the story of humanity’s repeated attempts to colonize the red planet. The first men were few. Most succumbed to a disease they called the Great Loneliness when they saw their home planet dwindle to the size of a fist. They felt they had never been born. Those few that survived found no welcome on Mars. The shape-changing Martians thought they were native lunatics and duly locked them up.

But more rockets arrived from Earth, and more, piercing the hallucinations projected by the Martians. People brought their old prejudices with them – and their desires and fantasies, tainted dreams. These were soon inhabited by the strange native beings, with their caged flowers and birds of flame.

Contents:
Rocket Summer
Ylla
The Summer Night
The Earth Men
The Taxpayer
The Third Expedition
-And the Moon Be Still As Bright
The Settlers
The Green Morning
The Locusts
Night Meeting
The Shore
Interim
The Musicians
Way in the Middle of the Air
The Naming of Names
Usher II
The Old Ones
The Martian
The Luggage Store
The Off Season
The Watchers
The Silent Towns
The Long Years
There Will Come Soft Rains
The Million Year Picnic]]> 182 Ray Bradbury 0553278223 Radu 0 to-read 4.16 1950
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]]> 5129 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]]> 268 Aldous Huxley 0060929871 Radu 0 to-read 3.99 1932
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]]> 112537 243 Arthur C. Clarke 1857231589 Radu 0 to-read 4.12 1973
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]]> 21611 278 Joe Haldeman Radu 0 to-read 4.14 1974
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]]> 7000922 Book one in the Night Lords series

The Night Lords - traitors and killers who use fear as a weapon - face threats from within and without as they struggle to rebuild their legion and continue to fight the Long War.

READ IT BECAUSE
It's an assured and confident second novel from Aaron Dembski-Bowden that kicks off one of the most acclaimed and beloved series in Black Library history – and it's a chance to see the Long War from the Night Lords' perspective!

THE STORY
The Night Lords were once among the most potent forces of the Imperium, Space Marines who used fear itself as their weapon. Now, cast adrift from the Emperor's light and hunted as heretics after their monstrous betrayal, the Night Lords clad themselves in symbols of death and fight the Long War, bringing pain and terror to all who worship the corpse-god of Terra. A summons from Warmaster Abaddon sends these rebels on a dangerous journey that leads inexorably to a conflict with the Emperor's chosen warriors: the Blood Angels.]]> 416 Aaron Dembski-Bowden 1844168115 Radu 0 to-read 4.35 2010
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]]> 50202953
There is one other person in the house—a man called The Other, who visits Piranesi twice a week and asks for help with research into A Great and Secret Knowledge. But as Piranesi explores, evidence emerges of another person, and a terrible truth begins to unravel, revealing a world beyond the one Piranesi has always known.]]> 272 Susanna Clarke 163557563X Radu 0 to-read 4.22 2020
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]]> 27219742 Roadside Picnic, has enjoyed great popularity worldwide. Yet the novel they worked hardest on, the novel that was their own favorite, the novel that readers worldwide have acclaimed as their magnum opus, has never before been published in English.
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The Doomed City?was so politically risky that the Strugatsky brothers kept its existence a complete secret even from their best friends for sixteen years after its completion in 1972. It was only published in Russia during perestroika in the late 1980s, the last of their works to see publication. It was translated into a host of major European languages, and now appears in English in a major new translation by acclaimed translator Andrew Bromfield.
?
The Doomed City?is set in an experimental city whose sun gets switched on in the morning and switched off at night, bordered by an abyss on one side and an impossibly high wall on the other. Its sole inhabitants are people who were plucked from twentieth-century history at various times and places and left to govern themselves under conditions established by Mentors whose purpose seems inscrutable. Andrei Voronin, a young astronomer plucked from Leningrad in the 1950s, is a diehard believer in the Experiment, even though his first job in the city is as a garbage collector. And as increasingly nightmarish scenarios begin to affect the city, he rises through the political hierarchy, with devastating effect.
?
Boris Strugatsky wrote that the task of writing?The Doomed City?“was genuinely delightful and fascinating work.” Readers will doubtless say the same of the experience of reading it.
]]> 462 Arkady Strugatsky 1613749937 Radu 0 to-read 3.90 1989
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]]> 13651 387 Ursula K. Le Guin Radu 0 to-read 4.24 1974
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]]> 759517 -
Don Rumata has been sent from Earth to the medieval kingdom of Arkanar with instructions to observe and to save what he can. Masquerading as an arrogant nobleman, a dueler, and a brawler, he is never defeated, but yet he can never kill. With his doubt and compassion, and his deep love for a local girl named Kira, Rumata wants to save the kingdom from the machinations of Don Reba, the first minister to the king. But given his orders, what role can he play? This long overdue translation will reintroduce one of the most profound Soviet-era novels to an eager audience.

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are widely known as the greatest Russian writers of science fiction, and their 1964 novel Hard to Be a God is considered one of the greatest of their works. Yet until now the only English version (unavailable for over thirty years) was based on a German translation, and was full of errors, infelicities, and misunderstandings. Now, in a new translation by Olena Bormashenko, whose translation of the authors’ Roadside Picnic has received widespread acclaim, here is the definitive edition of this brilliant work.]]> 219 Arkady Strugatsky 0816491216 Radu 0 to-read 4.18 1964
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]]> 414999
But at what cost? With the advent of peace, man ceases to strive for creative greatness, and a malaise settles over the human race. To those who resist, it becomes evident that the Overlords have an agenda of their own. As civilization approaches the crossroads, will the Overlords spell the end for humankind . . . or the beginning?]]> 224 Arthur C. Clarke Radu 0 to-read 4.12 1953
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]]> 36402034 258 Philip K. Dick Radu 4 4.16 1968
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]]> 375802
But Ender is not the only result of the experiment. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway almost as long. Ender's two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. While Peter was too uncontrollably violent, Valentine very nearly lacks the capability for violence altogether. Neither was found suitable for the military's purpose. But they are driven by their jealousy of Ender, and by their inbred drive for power. Peter seeks to control the political process, to become a ruler. Valentine's abilities turn more toward the subtle control of the beliefs of commoner and elite alike, through powerfully convincing essays. Hiding their youth and identities behind the anonymity of the computer networks, these two begin working together to shape the destiny of Earth-an Earth that has no future at all if their brother Ender fails.]]> 324 Orson Scott Card 0812550706 Radu 0 to-read 4.31 1985
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]]> 77566 500 Dan Simmons 0553283685 Radu 0 to-read 4.26 1989
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]]> 22590
Esta mordaz comedia metafísica de muerte y salvación (que podrá llevar un cómodo envase) es un tour de force de amenaza paranoica y comedia absurda, en la cual los muertos ofrecen consejos comerciales, compran su siguiente reencarnación y corren el riesgo continuo de volver a morir.]]> 288 Philip K. Dick 8498000831 Radu 0 to-read 4.11 1969
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]]> 54493401
Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.

All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone.

Or does he?]]> 476 Andy Weir 0593135202 Radu 4 4.49 2021
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]]> 29579 The first novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire--both scientists and scholars--and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.]]> 244 Isaac Asimov 0553803719 Radu 4 4.18 1951
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]]> 35827220 My name is Rex. I am a good dog.

Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear. With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he's part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, south-eastern Mexico.

Rex is a genetically engineered Bioform, a deadly weapon in a dirty war. He has the intelligence to carry out his orders and feedback implants to reward him when he does. All he wants to be is a Good Dog. And to do that he must do exactly what Master says and Master says he's got to kill a lot of enemies.

But who, exactly, are the enemies? What happens when Master is tried as a war criminal? What rights does the Geneva Convention grant weapons? Do Rex and his fellow Bioforms even have a right to exist? And what happens when Rex slips his leash?]]> 262 Adrian Tchaikovsky Radu 0 to-read 4.21 2017
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]]> 1126719 512 Alastair Reynolds 0575099127 Radu 0 to-read 4.21 2008
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]]> 35031085 This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780143131847.

Mary Shelley's seminal novel of the scientist whose creation becomes a monster.

This edition is the original 1818 text, which preserves the hard-hitting and politically charged aspects of Shelley's original writing, as well as her unflinching wit and strong female voice. This edition also includes a new introduction and suggestions for further reading by author and Shelley expert Charlotte Gordon, literary excerpts and reviews selected by Gordon and a chronology and essay by preeminent Shelley scholar Charles E. Robinson.]]> 260 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 0143131842 Radu 0 to-read 4.02 1818
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]]> 939190 158 Bob Shaw 0330238930 Radu 0 to-read 3.85 1972
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]]> 95558
When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the living physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others examining the planet, Kelvin learns, are plagued with their own repressed and newly corporeal memories. The Solaris ocean may be a massive brain that creates these incarnate memories, though its purpose in doing so is unknown, forcing the scientists to shift the focus of their quest and wonder if they can truly understand the universe without first understanding what lies within their hearts.]]> 204 Stanis?aw Lem Radu 0 to-read 4.00 1961
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]]> 7144 671 Fyodor Dostoevsky Radu 0 to-read 4.26 1866
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]]> 6424944 222 Rodica Ojog-Bra?oveanu Radu 3 4.36 1975
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rating: 3
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]]> 54736620
Satoru Iwata was the former Global President and CEO of Nintendo and a gifted programmer who played a key role in the creation of many of the world’s best-known games. He led the production of innovative platforms such as the Nintendo DS and the Wii, and laid the groundwork for the development of the wildly successful Pokémon Go game and the Nintendo Switch. Known for his analytical and imaginative mind, but even more for his humility and people-first approach to leadership, Satoru Iwata was beloved by game fans and developers worldwide.

In this motivational collection, Satoru Iwata addresses diverse subjects such as locating bottlenecks, how success breeds resistance to change, and why programmers should never say no. Drawn from the "Iwata Asks" series of interviews with key contributors to Nintendo games and hardware, and featuring conversations with renowned Mario franchise creator Shigeru Miyamoto and creator of EarthBound Shigesato Itoi, Ask Iwata offers game fans and business leaders an insight into the leadership, development and design philosophies of one of the most beloved figures in gaming history.]]> 154 Sam Bett 197472154X Radu 2 4.13 2021
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]]> 22557272
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.]]> 336 Paula Hawkins 1594633665 Radu 4 3.97 2015
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]]> 4934
This award-winning translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky remains true to the verbal inventiveness of Dostoevsky’s prose, preserving the multiple voices, the humor, and the surprising modernity of the original. It is an achievement worthy of Dostoevsky’s last and greatest novel.]]> 796 Fyodor Dostoevsky 0374528373 Radu 0 to-read 4.36 1880
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]]> 25499718
WHO WILL INHERIT THIS NEW EARTH?

The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age—a world terraformed and prepared for human life.

But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare.

Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?]]> 608 Adrian Tchaikovsky 1447273281 Radu 0 to-read 4.29 2015
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]]> 41810
Detective Elijah Baley is called to the Spacer world Aurora to solve a bizarre case of roboticide. The prime suspect is a gifted roboticist who had the means, the motive, and the opportunity to commit the crime. There's only one catch: Baley and his positronic partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, must prove the man innocent. For in a case of political intrigue and love between woman and robot gone tragically wrong, there's more at stake than simple justice. This time Baley's career, his life, and Earth's right to pioneer the Galaxy lie in the delicate balance.?]]> 435 Isaac Asimov 0553299492 Radu 0 to-read 4.16 1983
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]]> 30016
Reacting in fear of the technological superiority of the Outer Worlds, the people of Earth have hidden themselves in vast underground cities, nursing a hatred for Spacers. The fifty Outer Worlds of the Spacers together are home to fewer people than planet Earth. And home to many, many more robots. Earthmen hate Spacer robots, too...

But Baley doesn't. He once had a robot partner, R. Daneel – and when the authorities of the planet Solaria request terrestrial assistance in investigating a murder, Baley is once again teamed with Daneel. He is the first Earthmen in a millennium to travel to the Outer Worlds... and he must endure the glare of a sun far more deadly than Earth's.]]> 204 Isaac Asimov Radu 0 to-read 4.17 1958
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]]> 41811 206 Isaac Asimov Radu 0 to-read 4.19 1953
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]]> 29580 256 Isaac Asimov 0553803735 Radu 5 4.27 1953
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]]> 41804
I, ROBOT

They mustn't harm a human being, they must obey human orders, and they must protect their own existence...but only so long as that doesn't violate rules one and two. With these Three Laws of Robotics, humanity embarked on perhaps its greatest adventure: the invention of the first positronic man. It was a bold new era of evolution that would open up enormous possibilities—and unforeseen risks. For the scientists who invented the earliest robots weren't content that their creations should ' remain programmed helpers, companions, and semisentient worker-machines. And soon the robots themselves; aware of their own intelligence, power, and humanity, aren't either.

As humans and robots struggle to survive together—and sometimes against each other—on earth and in space, the future of both hangs in the balance. Human men and women confront robots gone mad, telepathic robots, robot politicians, and vast robotic intelligences that may already secretly control the world. And both are asking the same questions: What is human? And is humanity obsolete?

In l, Robot Isaac Asimov changes forever our perception of robots, and human beings and updates the timeless myth of man's dream to play god. with all its rewards—and terrors.
--front flap]]> 224 Isaac Asimov 0553803700 Radu 0 to-read 4.22 1950
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]]> 22200
A corporate mercenary wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him, for a mission more dangerous than the one he’s recovering to get a defecting chief of R&D—and the biochip he’s perfected—out intact. But this proves to be of supreme interest to certain other parties—some of whom aren’t remotely human....]]> 308 William Gibson Radu 0 to-read 4.03 1986
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]]> 22323 Johnny Mnemonic to the technofetishist blues of Burning Chrome.

Johnny Mnemonic (1981)
The Gernsback Continuum (1981)
Fragments of a Hologram Rose (1977)
The Belonging Kind (1981) with John Shirley
Hinterlands (1981)

Red Star, Winter Orbit (1983) with Bruce Sterling
New Rose Hotel (1984)
The Winter Market (1985)
Dogfight (1985) with Michael Swanwick
Burning Chrome (1982)]]> 226 William Gibson 0060539828 Radu 0 to-read 4.07 1986
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]]> 40651883 Snow Crash is a mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous… you'll recognize it immediately.]]> 559 Neal Stephenson Radu 0 to-read 4.02 1992
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]]> 41821
Only a few know the terrifying truth--an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who senses the imminent annihilation of the Sun.??They know the truth--but who will listen???They have foreseen the cost of abundant energy--but who will believe???These few beings, human and alien, hold the key to the Earth's survival.]]> 288 Isaac Asimov 1857989341 Radu 0 to-read 4.10 1972
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]]> 41818
Robot Dreams spans the body of his fiction from the 1940s to the mid ’80s, featuring all of the classic Asimovian themes - from the scientific puzzle and the extraterrestrial thriller to the psychological discourse. In addition to the title story (a Locus poll winner and Hugo and Nebula Award finalist), this collection features several of Asimov’s robot tales. A robopsychologist must outwit a machine determined to stay hidden in "Little Lost Robot"; a woman’s talent for "Light Verse" overshadows her true accomplishments with her robot servants; "The Last Question" presented to computer after computer over a hundred billion years may remain forever unanswered…and 17 more future visions from the grand master of science fiction.]]> 352 Isaac Asimov 0441011837 Radu 0 to-read 4.16 1983
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]]> 8855321
Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that someone is willing to kill for—and kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why.

Detective Miller is looking for a girl. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything.

Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations—and the odds are against them. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe.]]> 592 James S.A. Corey 1841499889 Radu 0 to-read 4.30 2011
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]]> 29581 256 Isaac Asimov 0553803727 Radu 5 favorites 4.23 1952
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]]> 5297 272 Oscar Wilde Radu 0 to-read 4.13 1890
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]]> 54270503 Dive deeper into the world of Cyberpunk 2077!

Nadia, an assistant EMT for a privately-owned business known as Trauma Team International, is the sole survivor of a failed rescue mission turned shootout.

After she agrees to continue work for an upcoming extraction mission, Nadia discovers that her new extraction subject is Apex--the man who's responsible for Nadia's former team members' deaths. A hundred floors high in a skyscraper filled with members of Apex's rival gang, Nadia and her team must complete the extraction.

Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, Uncanny X-Men) and Christopher Mooneyham (Predator, Nightwing) introduce an all-original series based on CD Projekt Red's brand-new game Cyberpunk 2077!

Collects Cyberpunk 2077 #1-4.]]> 96 Cullen Bunn 1506716016 Radu 3 3.71 2021
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A hardboiled journalist bent on taking down the corrupt corporations of Night City finally gets his chance to do it.

Drunk, cynical, and stubborn journalist Thompson is working hard to wake up the populace--keeping their eyes and ears closed to the filth and corruption of corporate-run Night City is a choice and he's going to blow their self-prescribed diversions to pieces. Somebody nuked the headquarters of a major corporation. Rumor has it, it was the infamous Johnny Silverhands. The streets are buzzing that he's dead and his body remains at the bottom of the nuked tower. His find the body. But is he dead or is it just hearsay? The streets of Night City talk and a corporate downfall is just the beginning.]]> 72 Bartosz Sztybor 1506726259 Radu 1 2.80 2021
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]]> 60455848 Two scavengers veer paths in their pursuit of happiness through the streets of Night City.

Tasha and Mirek make a living for themselves stealing cyberware and indulging in parties and braindances. Tasha is rowdy and wild--she seeks to up her street cred to become the most famous gangster in the city. Mirek, on the other hand, is a calm introvert--he longs for something more--meaning, belonging, warmth. He soon finds hope in an unexpected braindance. As he and Tasha chase their dreams, their paths begin to deviate. Where will they find the happiness they've been searching for? Does it even exist to be found? One thing they can both agree on, in a place like Night City--you run, you fight, you change, or you die.

Written by Bartosz Sztybor (CD PROJEKT RED writer and narrative manager, Witcher: Fading Memories)) with art by Filipe Andrade (Old Man Logan, Rocket Raccoon & Groot) and Alessio Fioriniello (Paris Fashion Slam) comes a tale about the demanding life of Night City--where lives are lost, dreams are shattered, and hope is found in what remains.]]> 64 Bartosz Sztybor Radu 2 3.36 2022
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]]> 509784 192 Isaac Asimov 0449016196 Radu 0 to-read 4.22 1955
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]]> 2657 "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.

"To Kill A Mockingbird" became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film.]]> 323 Harper Lee 0060935464 Radu 0 to-read 4.25 1960
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]]> 51135126 Helium, Rudy Fransico has created a collection of poems that savor the day-to-day. Treating it as worship, turning it into an opportunity to plant new seeds of growth. Language so often fails us, but Fransico has found his way around this as he creates his own words for the things our language cannot give name to. "Felenter (Noun) Definition: Someone who finds joy in things that people believe to be mundane." I'll Fly Away Uses fascinating metaphors to convey common emotional states. These poems are an act of remembrance, and an act of believing that you dear reader, are a celebration waiting for the lights to come up.]]> 124 Rudy Francisco 1943735697 Radu 1 4.32 2020
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average rating: 4.32
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rating: 1
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]]> 50991527 87 Tsugumi Ohba Radu 4 3.94 2020
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average rating: 3.94
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rating: 4
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]]> 41014903
Convinced she’s going to be arrested, Emika is shocked when instead she gets a call from the game’s creator, the elusive young billionaire Hideo Tanaka, with an irresistible offer. He needs a spy on the inside of this year’s tournament in order to uncover a security problem . . . and he wants Emika for the job. With no time to lose, Emika’s whisked off to Tokyo and thrust into a world of fame and fortune that she’s only dreamed of. But soon her investigation uncovers a sinister plot, with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire.]]> 368 Marie Lu 0399547983 Radu 0 to-read 4.11 2017
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]]> 3396933 520 Jesse Schell 0123694965 Radu 0 to-read 4.37 2008
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]]> 58784475 In this exhilarating novel, two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.

On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts.

Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.]]> 401 Gabrielle Zevin 0735243344 Radu 3 4.12 2022
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rating: 3
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]]> 6088007 Neuromancer is a cyberpunk, science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks with 1984 and Brave New World as one of the twentieth century’s most potent visions of the future.

The Matrix is a world within the world, a global consensus-hallucination, the representation of every byte of data in cyberspace...

Henry Dorsett Case was the sharpest data-thief in the business, until vengeful former employees crippled his nervous system. But now a new and very mysterious employer recruits him for a last-chance run. The target: an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence orbiting Earth in service of the sinister Tessier-Ashpool business clan. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case embarks on an adventure that ups the ante on an entire genre of fiction.

The winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer was the first fully-realized glimpse of humankind’s digital future—a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about our technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and think, and forever altered the landscape of our imaginations.]]> 288 William Gibson Radu 3 favorites 3.94 1984
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name: Radu
average rating: 3.94
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rating: 3
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]]> 33652490 Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.

Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball and the Beatles, woven together to tell stories that speak to us all.

Marked by the same wry humor that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic.]]> 242 Haruki Murakami 0385689454 Radu 2 3.75 2014
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rating: 2
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]]> 35356382
In 2016, Eddie is fully grown, and thinks he's put his past behind him. But then he gets a letter in the mail, containing a single chalk stick figure. When it turns out that his friends got the same message, they think it could be a prank . . . until one of them turns up dead.

That's when Eddie realizes that saving himself means finally figuring out what really happened all those years ago.]]> 280 C.J. Tudor 1524760986 Radu 0 on-hold, to-read 3.68 2018
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]]> 60715988 232 Eiichiro Oda 408883190X Radu 4 The reveals that came with the latest chapters, as well as all the new nuanced mysteries added to the plot will definitely give the community a lot of things to ruminate about for the following month in which the author takes a well deserved hiatus in order to pave the road for what's about to come.

Edit: Nevermind. Dropping this to 4 stars because of how weird 1057 felt. Definitely one of the worst chapters in the Wano Country arc.]]> 4.79 2022
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average rating: 4.79
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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Although there are still probably two more chapters left to come out before this volume will be released, I had a blast finally catching up to the manga! One Piece has been the one constant in my life which always brought me joy even during the weirdest or saddest times in my life and realizing that starting one or two volumes from now on we're preparing to enter the Final Saga makes me quite sad.
The reveals that came with the latest chapters, as well as all the new nuanced mysteries added to the plot will definitely give the community a lot of things to ruminate about for the following month in which the author takes a well deserved hiatus in order to pave the road for what's about to come.

Edit: Nevermind. Dropping this to 4 stars because of how weird 1057 felt. Definitely one of the worst chapters in the Wano Country arc.
]]> 56649637 226 Tsugumi Ohba 408882573X Radu 4 4.05 2021
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rating: 4
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]]> 59706337 200 Eiichiro Oda 4088831209 Radu 5 4.69 2022
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average rating: 4.69
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rating: 5
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]]> 58816977
打倒カイドウを諦めないルフィの復活を信じ、干部达と激闘を繰り広げる仲间达!!　一方、鬼ヶ岛屋上では、ヤマトとカイドウ因縁の亲子対决が始まろうとしていた!!　“ひとつなぎの大秘宝”を巡る海洋冒険ロマン!!闭闭> 208 Eiichiro Oda 4088830032 Radu 5 4.69 2021
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rating: 5
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]]> 59366066
The big powers converge as Luffy, Law, and Kid face off against Kaido and Big Mom. Is there any hope of victory against this ultimate alliance?! Onigashima quakes with power as some of the fiercest pirates in the world go head-to-head!!]]> 216 Eiichiro Oda 1974732177 Radu 5 4.71 2021
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]]> 23437156 Alternate cover of ISBN 9781627792127

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone...

A convict with a thirst for revenge

A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager

A runaway with a privileged past

A spy known as the Wraith

A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums

A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.]]> 480 Leigh Bardugo 1627792120 Radu 0 to-read 4.47 2015
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]]> 34594981
Helium is the debut poetry collection by internet phenom Rudy Francisco, whose work has defined poetry for a generation of new readers. Rudy's poems and quotes have been viewed and shared millions of times as he has traveled the country and the world performing for sell-out crowds. Helium is filled with work that is simultaneously personal and political, blending love poems, self-reflection, and biting cultural critique on class, race and gender into an unforgettable whole. Ultimately, Rudy's work rises above the chaos to offer a fresh and positive perspective of shared humanity and beauty.]]> 112 Rudy Francisco 1943735190 Radu 3 4.29 2017
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]]> 20170404 An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.

Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end.

Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band’s existence. And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed.]]> 333 Emily St. John Mandel 0385353308 Radu 4 4.05 2014
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]]> 11
Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.

Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!]]> 216 Douglas Adams Radu 3 4.21 1979
author: Douglas Adams
name: Radu
average rating: 4.21
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rating: 3
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]]> 40389527
Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, a mother and their teenage son. The perfect family. But when Anna, gazing out her window one night, sees something she shouldn’t, her world begins to crumble and its shocking secrets are laid bare.

What is real? What is imagined? Who is in danger? Who is in control? In this diabolically gripping thriller, no one—and nothing—is what it seems.]]> 455 A.J. Finn Radu 2 3.94 2018
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name: Radu
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2018
rating: 2
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]]> 26152638
Spelunky is Boss Fight's first autobiographical book: the story of a game's creation as told by its creator. Using his own game as a vehicle, Derek Yu discusses such wide-ranging topics as randomization, challenge, indifferent game worlds, player feedback, development team dynamics, and what's required to actually finish a game. Grab some ropes, a mattock, and your favorite pug—this book is going to dig deep.]]> 224 Derek Yu 1940535115 Radu 0 to-read 4.40 2015
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]]> 34376766 Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Jason Schreier takes readers on a fascinating odyssey behind the scenes of video game development, where the creator may be a team of 600 overworked underdogs or a solitary geek genius. Exploring the artistic challenges, technical impossibilities, marketplace demands, and Donkey Kong-sized monkey wrenches thrown into the works by corporate, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels reveals how bringing any game to completion is more than Sisyphean—it's nothing short of miraculous.

Taking some of the most popular, bestselling recent games, Schreier immerses readers in the hellfire of the development process, whether it's RPG studio Bioware's challenge to beat an impossible schedule and overcome countless technical nightmares to build Dragon Inquisition; indie developer Eric Barone's single-handed efforts to grow country-life RPG Stardew Valley from one man's vision into a multi-million-dollar franchise; or Bungie spinning out from their corporate overlords at Microsoft to create Destiny, a brand new universe that they hoped would become as iconic as Star Wars and Lord of the Rings—even as it nearly ripped their studio apart.

Documenting the round-the-clock crunches, buggy-eyed burnout, and last-minute saves, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels is a journey through development hell—and ultimately a tribute to the dedicated diehards and unsung heroes who scale mountains of obstacles in their quests to create the best games imaginable.]]> 353 Jason Schreier 0062651242 Radu 3 4.21 2017
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name: Radu
average rating: 4.21
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]]> 30659 Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. While the Meditations were composed to provide personal consolation and encouragement, Marcus Aurelius also created one of the greatest of all works of philosophy: a timeless collection that has been consulted and admired by statesmen, thinkers and readers throughout the centuries.]]> 254 Marcus Aurelius 0140449337 Radu 0 to-read 4.29 180
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]]> 8520610 The book that started the Quiet Revolution

At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts—Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak—that we owe many of the great contributions to society.?

In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century and explores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture. She also introduces us to successful introverts—from a witty, high-octane public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions. Passionately argued, superbly researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how they see themselves.

Now with Extra Libris material, including a reader’s guide and bonus content.]]> 333 Susan Cain 0307352145 Radu 0 to-read 4.07 2012
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average rating: 4.07
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More than 20 years have passed since the last plane took off from the earth. Rusted railways lead into emptiness. The ether is void and the airwaves echo to a soulless howling where previously the frequencies were full of news from Tokyo, New York, Buenos Aires. Man has handed over stewardship of the earth to new life-forms. Mutated by radiation, they are better adapted to the new world. Man's time is over.

A few score thousand survivors live on, not knowing whether they are the only ones left on earth. They live in the Moscow Metro - the biggest air-raid shelter ever built. It is humanity's last refuge. Stations have become mini-statelets, their people uniting around ideas, religions, water-filters - or the simple need to repulse an enemy incursion. It is a world without a tomorrow, with no room for dreams, plans, hopes. Feelings have given way to instinct - the most important of which is survival. Survival at any price. VDNKh is the northernmost inhabited station on its line. It was one of the Metro's best stations and still remains secure. But now a new and terrible threat has appeared.

Artyom, a young man living in VDNKh, is given the task of penetrating to the heart of the Metro, to the legendary Polis, to alert everyone to the awful danger and to get help. He holds the future of his native station in his hands, the whole Metro - and maybe the whole of humanity.]]> 458 Dmitry Glukhovsky 1481845705 Radu 0 on-hold, to-read 4.07 2002
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> 40097951
Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.

Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.]]> 336 Alex Michaelides 1250301696 Radu 3 4.17 2019
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name: Radu
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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