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Star Wars Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel»rank: 12011par: Karen Traviss
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Breakfast of Champions»rank: 25540par: Kurt Vonnegut
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.' So reads the tombstone of downtrodden writer Kilgore Trout, but we have no doubt who's really talking: his alter ego Kurt Vonnegut. Health versus sickness, humanity versus inhumanity--both sets of ideas bounce through this challenging and funny book. As with the rest of Vonnegut's pure fantasy, it lacks the shimmering, fact-fueled rage that illuminates Slaughterhouse-Five. At the same time, that makes this book perhaps more enjoyable to read. Breakfast of Champions is a slippery, lucid, ... |
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Animal Farm and 1984»rank: 19769par: George Orwell, A. M. Heath
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.' So reads the tombstone of downtrodden writer Kilgore Trout, but we have no doubt who's really talking: his alter ego Kurt Vonnegut. Health versus sickness, humanity versus inhumanity--both sets of ideas bounce through this challenging and funny book. As with the rest of Vonnegut's pure fantasy, it lacks the shimmering, fact-fueled rage that illuminates Slaughterhouse-Five. At the same time, that makes this book perhaps more enjoyable to read. Breakfast of Champions is a slippery, lucid, ... |
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Deadhouse Gates: Malazan Book of the Fallen 2»rank: 9584par: Steven Erikson
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:Steven Erikson returns to a world of awesome magic and harsh reality, unbelievable suffering and unexpected joy in Deadhouse Gates, the second tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Readers of the first book, Gardens of the Moon, will be familiar with some of the characters, including members of the Bridgeburners seeking to assassinate the Empress Laseen. But we also meet many new players, prominent among them participants in the Whirlwind, the prophesied revolt of the Seven Cities against the Malazan Empire. We follow the journeys and ... |
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Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War - VOL 01»rank: 24052par: Geoff Johns, Dave Gibbons, Ethan Van Sciver
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:Steven Erikson returns to a world of awesome magic and harsh reality, unbelievable suffering and unexpected joy in Deadhouse Gates, the second tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Readers of the first book, Gardens of the Moon, will be familiar with some of the characters, including members of the Bridgeburners seeking to assassinate the Empress Laseen. But we also meet many new players, prominent among them participants in the Whirlwind, the prophesied revolt of the Seven Cities against the Malazan Empire. We follow the journeys and ... |
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Circle Trilogy Box Set»rank: 15531par: Nora Roberts
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:Steven Erikson returns to a world of awesome magic and harsh reality, unbelievable suffering and unexpected joy in Deadhouse Gates, the second tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Readers of the first book, Gardens of the Moon, will be familiar with some of the characters, including members of the Bridgeburners seeking to assassinate the Empress Laseen. But we also meet many new players, prominent among them participants in the Whirlwind, the prophesied revolt of the Seven Cities against the Malazan Empire. We follow the journeys and ... |
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The Orc King: Transitions, Book I»rank: 10584par: R.A. Salvatore
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:Steven Erikson returns to a world of awesome magic and harsh reality, unbelievable suffering and unexpected joy in Deadhouse Gates, the second tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Readers of the first book, Gardens of the Moon, will be familiar with some of the characters, including members of the Bridgeburners seeking to assassinate the Empress Laseen. But we also meet many new players, prominent among them participants in the Whirlwind, the prophesied revolt of the Seven Cities against the Malazan Empire. We follow the journeys and ... |
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Son of a Witch»rank: 1526par: Gregory Maguire
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:Steven Erikson returns to a world of awesome magic and harsh reality, unbelievable suffering and unexpected joy in Deadhouse Gates, the second tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Readers of the first book, Gardens of the Moon, will be familiar with some of the characters, including members of the Bridgeburners seeking to assassinate the Empress Laseen. But we also meet many new players, prominent among them participants in the Whirlwind, the prophesied revolt of the Seven Cities against the Malazan Empire. We follow the journeys and ... |
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300»rank: 16125par: Frank Miller
Chroniques et points de vue:From :An emperor amasses an army of hundreds of thousands, drawn from two continents, to invade a third continent and conquer a tiny, divided nation. 0nly a few hundred warriors stand against them. Yet the tiny nation is saved. lt sounds like the plot of a preposterous fantasy novel. lt is historical fact. ln 481-480 B.C., King Xerxes of Persia raised forces in Asia and Africa and invaded Greece with an army so huge that it 'drank rivers dry.' Then they entered the mountain pass of Thermopylae and ... |
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Princeps' Fury»rank: 885par: Jim Butcher
Chroniques et points de vue:From :An emperor amasses an army of hundreds of thousands, drawn from two continents, to invade a third continent and conquer a tiny, divided nation. 0nly a few hundred warriors stand against them. Yet the tiny nation is saved. lt sounds like the plot of a preposterous fantasy novel. lt is historical fact. ln 481-480 B.C., King Xerxes of Persia raised forces in Asia and Africa and invaded Greece with an army so huge that it 'drank rivers dry.' Then they entered the mountain pass of Thermopylae and ... |