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Asterix Gallus by Rene Uderzo & Albert Goscinny
Before you get all excited and think Asterix Gallus is an entirely new entry into the rather fabulous Asterix series, you had better know this is a foreign language edition of the first book. So why is it worthy of … Continue reading
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House of Sun by Alastair Reynolds- free with SFX!
As the title says really, if you get hold of a copy of the current issue of popular scifi magazine SFX, tucked away in the final third is a coupon for a free copy of hard scifi writer Reynold’s 2008 … Continue reading
Ereaders- US price war hots up
As I was saying last week, one of the main issues to adoption of ereaders is the price. The device is seen as a gadget in it’s own right and not a facilitator/enabler for the reading of books. I was reading … Continue reading
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Gardens of the Moon (Book 1 of The Malazan Book of the Fallen) by Steven Erikson
I can’t quite believe its been two and a half months since I started reading Gardens of the Moon. Admittedly I have read other books in between but the length of time I spent reading this might give the wrong impression. This … Continue reading
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Ebooks, Ereaders- prices, going forward and stuff
This year, like last year and the year before that should have been the year of the ereader and ebooks. But it isn’t and there are some fairly obvious reasons why not. Firstly the sort of pricing hi-jinks that I’ve … Continue reading
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