Rated Burning Chrome 6/10
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Rated Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos 8/10
I read this to my 10-yr-old son, a bit each night before bed. I liked it, especially the funny bits with the Master — which my son also liked, but he otherwise called the story, "Not the MOST interesting."
Rated The October Man 8/10
Rated The Faith of Beasts 8/10
<div>Ok, yes, I am invested in this series now that I'm not trying to do the audiobook. This was good, and I'm looking forward to the next one </div>
Wants to read King of the Rats
Rated The Domestic 6/10
Rated False Value 8/10
Rated Favourite Uncle 8/10
Rated A Rare Book of Cunning Device 6/10
Rated The Hanging Tree 8/10
Rated Anansi Boys 10/10
Rated Broken Homes 8/10
Rated Real Tigers 8/10
Rated The Gospel of Anarchy 8/10
To expect Taylor to devise an entire philosophy out of nothing along with the novel itself would be naïve. Expecting fiction to arrive completely out of the imagination misunderstands the act of writing. Even the most speculative or avant garde fiction hopes to connect with its readers, and readers connect when they can identify. The best fiction contains so much truth and honesty, but affords itself the benefit of creating its own facts. Taylor took an existing philosophy and manufactured a world to surround it. He lived in Gainesville between 2000 and 2004, and the description of the university town drips with humidity and rising mercury. The pressure builds in each character in a way that mimics the Florida summer. Borrowing from an existing group of people is no less valid than borrowing from an existing city.<br><br>(full review can be found on <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2011/07/gospel-of-anarchy-by-justin-taylor.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>)
Rated The Subtle Knife 10/10
Rated Homo Evolutis 4/10
not so much a book, but a conversion of presentation slides. interesting and though provoking in bitesized form.
Finished reading There Is No Antimemetics Division
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Rated The Modernist 10/10
(My full review can be found on <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2011/09/modernist-edited-by-r-klanten-and-h.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>.)
Rated Doctor Who: The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield 10/10
<div>Really, really liked this interlinked set of Benny stories.</div><div><br></div>
Rated The Omega Factor: Series 01 8/10
<div>I wasn't as into the last story as I was the first three, but this is still quite good.</div>