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Monthly Archive March, 2005

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (2001) Terry Pratchett
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents is one of Terry Pratchett’s young adult books, are set in Discworld.
Talking cats, talking rats, and an appearance by Death (as well as by the Death of Rats). Aside from being slightly shorter normal, this is a typical [...]

Good Omens

Good Omens (1990) Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Good Omens is one of my all time favorite books, and one that I’d take with me to be stranded on a desert island, because it’s funny.
Really funny.
With lots of passages that make me giggle, and even laugh out loud, not just when I read them, [...]

A Stitch in Time

A Stitch in Time (2000) Andrew J. Robinson
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Okay, before you say anything, I admit it, this is a Star Trek book. And I don’t even have the excuse of it being a movie novelization.
All I can say is that Garak is my absolute favorite DS9 character, and I felt that they [...]

The King’s Peace & The King’s Name

The King’s Peace (2000) and The King’s Name (2001) by Jo Walton
In actuality, there are really three books in two. The first book, The King’s Peace is actually two books, “The King’s Peace” and “The Kings Law” which are just a little shorter than the second book, The King’s Name.
The tale is a history [...]

To Reign in Hell

To Reign in Hell (1984) Steven Brust
Still on my Brust kick, the next book in line was To Reign in Hell.
To be honest, the best description I can give of the book, is the one on the back cover (I have the 2000 Orb reprint):
The time is the Beginning.
The place is Heaven.
The story is [...]