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Galactic North (Revelation Space Book 3.5) by Alastair Reynolds (2006)

Sun, 31 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0100

Galactic North (Revelation Space Book 3.5) by Alastair Reynolds (2006)

Author: Alastair Reynolds
First Published: July 1, 2006
Series: Revelation Space Book 3.5
Revelation Space Universe
Score: 8/10

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A collection of eight short stories and novellas in the dark and turbulent world of Alastair Reynolds’ Revelation Space universe.

Centuries from now, solidarity stretches thin as humanity spreads past the solar system and to the nearest stars. Technology has produced powerful new tools-but lethal risk will always accompany great advancement. And without foresight, opposing groups may fracture multiple worlds. Between the Demarchists and the Conjoiners, the basic right to expand human intelligence-beyond its natural limits-has become a war-worthy cause. Only vast lighthugger starships bind these squabbling colonies together, manned by the panicky and paranoid Ultras. And the hyperpigs just try to keep their heads down. The rich get richer. And everyone tries not to think about the worrying number of extinct alien civilizations turning up on the outer reaches of settled space…because who’s to say that humanity won’t be next?

Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files #8) by Jim Butcher (2006)

Mon, 12 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files #8) by Jim Butcher (2006)

Author: Jim Butcher
First Published: February 1, 2006
Series: The Dresden Files Book 8
Score: 7/10

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Harry Dresden is the only wizard in the Chicago phone book. He consults from the police department on those so-called “unusual” cases. He’s even been on talk shows. So there’s no love lost between Harry and the White Council of Wizards, who find him a little brash and undisciplined. But now war with the vampires has thinned the ranks of wizards, and the White Council needs Harry, like it or not. He’s drafted as a Warden, and assigned to look into rumors of black magic in the Windy City.

The Final Empire (The Mistborn Saga #1) by Brandon Sanderson (2006)

Mon, 22 May 2023 21:00:00 +0100

The Final Empire (The Mistborn Saga #1) by Brandon Sanderson (2006)

Author: Brandon Sanderson
First Published: July 17, 2006
Series: The Mistborn Saga Book 1
Score: 9/10

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For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the “Sliver of Infinity,” reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler’s most hellish prison. Kelsier “snapped” and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark.

Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil deGrasse Tyson (2006)

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 22:00:00 +0000

Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil deGrasse Tyson (2006)

Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson
First Published: November 1st 2006
Score: 5/10

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Neil deGrasse Tyson has a talent for explaining the mysteries of outer space with stunning clarity and almost childlike enthusiasm. This collection of his essays from Natural History magazine explores a myriad of cosmic topics, from astral life at the frontiers of astrobiology to the movie industry’s feeble efforts to get its images of night skies right.

The Bonehunters (Malazan Book of the Fallen #6) by Steven Erikson (2006)

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 20:00:00 +0100

The Bonehunters (Malazan Book of the Fallen #6) by Steven Erikson (2006)

Author: Steven Erikson
First Published: April 4th 2006
Series: Malazan Book of the Fallen Book 6
Score: 9/10

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The Seven Cities Rebellion has been crushed. Sha’ik is dead. One last rebel force remains, holed up in the city of Y’Ghatan and under the fanatical command of Leoman of the Flails. The prospect of laying siege to this ancient fortress makes the battle-weary Malaz 14th Army uneasy. For it was here that the Empire’s greatest champion Dassem Ultor was slain and a tide of Malazan blood spilled. A place of foreboding, its smell is of death. But elsewhere, agents of a far greater conflict have made their opening moves. The Crippled God has been granted a place in the pantheon, a schism threatens and sides must be chosen. Whatever each god decides, the ground-rules have changed, irrevocably, terrifyingly and the first blood spilled will be in the mortal world. A world in which a host of characters, familiar and new, including Heboric Ghost Hands, the possessed Apsalar, Cutter, once a thief now a killer, the warrior Karsa Orlong and the two ancient wanderers Icarium and Mappo, each searching for such a fate as they might fashion with their own hands, guided by their own will. If only the gods would leave them alone. But now that knives have been unsheathed, the gods are disinclined to be kind. There shall be war, war in the heavens.And the prize? Nothing less than existence itself…

Dexter in the Dark (Dexter #3) by Jeff Lindsay (2006)

Thu, 04 Dec 2014 23:45:00 +0000

Dexter in the Dark (Dexter #3) by Jeff Lindsay (2006)

Author: Jeff Lindsay
First Published: 2006
Series: Dexter Book 3
Score: 6/10

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In his work as a Miami crime scene investigator, Dexter Morgan is accustomed to seeing evil deeds…particularly because, on occasion, he rather enjoys committing them himself. Guided by his Dark Passenger (the reptilian voice inside him), he lives his outwardly normal life adhering to one simple rule: He kills only very bad people. Dexter slides through life undetected, working as a blood spatter analyst for the Miami Police Department, helping his fiancée raise her two adorable (if somewhat…unique) children, and always planning his next jaunt as Dexter the Dark Avenger under the light of the full moon.

The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) by Stieg Larsson (2006)

Sun, 26 Jan 2014 23:51:00 +0000

The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) by Stieg Larsson (2006)

Author: Stieg Larsson
First Published: May 9th 2006
Series: Millennium Book 2
Score: 7/10

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Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two Millennium journalists are murdered and Salander’s fingerprints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable behaviour makes her the official suspect, but no-one can find her. Salander may be an expert at staying out of sight, but she also has ways of tracking down her most elusive enemies.

World War Z by Max Brooks (2006)

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:10:00 +0100

World War Z by Max Brooks (2006)

Author: Max Brooks
First Published: September 12th 2006
Score: 5/10

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“The end was near.” Voices from the Zombie War.

The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched firsthand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet.