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What! Again?!

Advantages: A new slant on time travel
Disadvantages: some will be confused

In a remote Scottish castle Sir Charles Ross, a genius in far out physics, has found a tiny flaw in the law of conservation of energy. There is a tiny amount missing. He has theorised that this missing energy has somehow gone backwards in time. It might be possible to code this to send a message backwards in time. He has called his grandson, Murdock from America to help him and others to experiment and understand this effect. During this experimentation ...
...them. Are there many possible futures. Could a message from a future X be sent backwards thus wiping out the said future X . Who would wish to wipe out their own existence. Then a disaster strikes at an advanced fusion reactor. Something that is a threat to the whole planet. Murdoch now knew who could send such a message, Himself, as he prepared to end everything he loved. This is a story of an alternate earth by James P Hogan. I say an alternate, ...

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Review of Thrice Upon a Time - James P. Hogan

Beware the personal interest of Generals

Advantages: 2nd Installment of funny books
Disadvantages: Not to everybodys taste

...of him. This was the mistake that Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr had made. The General is so pleased with her that he has found a new mission for her to undertake. She, together with a scratch team, must provide security for a bunch of scientists who are to examine a very large derelict space ship. It matches none of the known races ships. It might be a trap set by The Others. Then again it might be some other unknown race. To make life just perfect, ...
...of the press think of as a great hero. Portions of the Marines think he is a walking disaster and a glory hound. Very few of his men survived his last heroic escapade. So staff sergeant Torin Kerr has to explore the inside of an unknown space ship whilst keeping alive a science team, the press, her captain, her marines and herself, but not necessarily in that order. What you have here is a sequel to Tanya Huff's first novel about Staff Sergeant ...

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Review of The Better Part of Valor - Tanya Huff

"Stupidity isn't punishable by death."

Advantages: witty, entertaining, fascinating crimes and supernatural creatures
Disadvantages: gruesome scenes of graphic violence and some language

...Anita Blake is the official Vampire Executioner for the state of Missouri. She is also the Preternatural Expert for the local team of law enforcement that deals with all cases where a non-human is suspected of being involved. These are her jobs, she takes pride in doing them well, and she feels useful to her fellow citizens when she's doing her job. But Anita was born an animator; a natural born charmer of the undead, a Zombie Queen who calls the ...
...be easier than dealing with the fact that she's halfway to becoming the human servant of Jean Claude, poster-boy for hot dead guys and, most recently, vampiric Master of the City... Right? "Casual lust is easily defeated. What we have is not casual, ma petite. Not lust, but desire." Yeah, definitely no help there! Will Anita end this monster's horrific killing spree? Is Harold Gaynor and his million dollar offer to anyone willing to attempt raising ...

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Review of The Laughing Corpse - Laurell K. Hamilton

It is not just about football!

Advantages: It's very funny, and oh so true!
Disadvantages: None

The Disc, for those who don't know, continues to float in space, supported by the elephants who ride the back of the great swimming turtle A'tuin. The Hub about which the planet spins is a centre of great magic, and best avoided if you want to live a happy and contented life. At the outer perimeter is the great circle sea which unendingly streams over the rim into the void, which is best avoided if you want to continue to live at all. Most Discians ...
...Smeems, for instance, is the Candle Nave at the Unseen University. He has to worry about keeping the candles not just alight, but properly melted, artistically, gothicly, dribbled, as it were. Of course, there's Trevor to help. And there's Nutt. With two t's. Trevor Likely has a tendency to skive off work whenever possible, and to kick a tin can around. His dad was a legend. Nutt is… well, no-one's quite sure what Nutt is, even him. Goblin isn't ...

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Review of The Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett

From Dead to Worse

Advantages: Good read
Disadvantages: Lots of threads, can be confusing

...A failed attempt of takeover from werewolves in another area results in Alcide becoming the new packleader. This, however, comes with a price which is the death of a few weres in the community including the previous packmaster Patrick, Maria-Star, Alcide’s girlfriend. As for the vampires, the explosion in the vampire summit results in the loss of various main personnel in Queen Sophie’s court and the King of Nevada, Felipe, grabs the opportunity. ...
...Louisiana apart from Eric and his gang. Eric surrenders to the new regime and manages to keep his area. And with Sookie saving the King from the attack of the Sophie’s last surviving child, Eric is slowly gaining the trust of the new King. And as for our heroine Sookie, a surprise meeting with her great-grandfather Niall reveals her heritage of being part-fairy. This completes Andre’s discovery of Sookie having fairy blood. And also explains the ...

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Review of From Dead to Worse - Charlaine Harris