Tag: fiction
member name: Luke L.
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August 01, 2007 01:35 AM EDT --
Reeling from post-Potter syndrome and rolling into the 3rd quarter at work. Someday, this will all calm down and I can return to some degree of "normalcy" that I've not experienced . . . more
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July 02, 2007 12:31 PM EDT --
Before we dive right in, I want to make clear that I make my living by selling books in a brick-and-mortar shop. I am biased toward shops and strongly oppose the price wars initiated by Amazon over . . . more
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May 07, 2007 06:41 PM EDT --
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
What is it about that opener? It gets me every time. The conceptual nodes, the ideas - sky - port - television . . . more
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August 09, 2007 10:31 PM EDT --
"I want to read a memoir, something good and funny. How is Augusten Burroughs?"
"Augusten Burroughs is good, but I have to say, a tad depressing. Magical Thinking . . . more
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August 15, 2007 09:59 AM EDT --
Starting from the most recent:
Carl Rove has mentioned that he may write a book, and some publishers are expressing reserved interest.
Beaufort Books will be publishing If I Did It, the cancelled OJ . . . more
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February 29, 2008 10:38 PM EST --
I thought I'd ramble a bit on A Scanner Darkly , since I've been thinking of re-reading it.
Here's the thing about Philip K. Dick - he is Sci-Fi, no doubt, . . . more
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August 09, 2007 11:41 PM EDT --
After two years, it finally got me to read it.
I'm talking about The Traveler, a novel by author John Twelve Hawks. It's the first in a series, the . . . more
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May 12, 2007 01:45 AM EDT --
I remember unpacking 5 copies of Survivor (spoiler warning). 5 copies. No release date that I can remember, just straight from the box to the shelves - 5 copies gathered dust and I thought, . . . more
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May 26, 2007 12:03 AM EDT --
I have to admit, that after 10 years of working in a bookstore, I'm not a mystery guy. I tend toward literature described as 'transgressive' ... you know, Chuck Palahniuk, Mark Danielewski, . . . more
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January 16, 2008 02:21 PM EST --
I'll do these on Wednesdays now, so I'm more likely to have the time to actually put them together.
Zagat's is considering selling the company to accelerate growth. I can't . . . more
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May 21, 2007 07:07 PM EDT --
I took off work today to do some cleaning, so I actually have no idea what's coming out tomorrow. This week, between now and next Monday night, I will post some for next Tuesday's releases. . . . more
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January 03, 2008 12:50 AM EST --
I need to organize my thoughts a little better if I'm going to make the most of my time on Gather, so I decided to index my articles by category. Apologies in advance if this is something you . . . more
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