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    Movie Review: Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1 

    Published on 01-30-2012 08:27 AM  Number of Views: 89 
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    Twilight Breaking Dawn, Part 1 (2011), Rated PG-13
    Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
    Directed by: Bill Condon
    Reviewed by Dave Felts
    Rating: (.5/5)

    Okay, it's embarrassing to admit, but my wife and I watched Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1 this past weekend. I could say it was a guilty pleasure, but without the pleasure part.

    This is going to devolve into a bit of a rant, so feel free to skip ahead if you want.

    My daughter tore through the Twilight books a few years ago (I guess around age 13-14?). Hey, anything to get kids reading, right? Maybe.... ...
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    Book Review: Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Steven Sivell 

    Published on 07-09-2008 06:55 PM  Number of Views: 8 
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    1. Science Fiction
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    Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Steven Sivel
    Reviewed by Steve Davidson
    Publisher: Ziji
    Year Published: 2007
    Rating: (.5/5)

    Dissatisfaction with a book and the time wasted reading it usually doesn't manifest in a physical way. On the other hand, sometimes it does. In this case, reading Cloud Cuckoo Land only made me think of pulling my hair out, engaging in fits, tics and tremors or possibly organizing a public book burning, because actually doing any of those things would have added more wasted time to the enterprise. ...
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    Book Review: Clone Hunter, by Stephen W. Scott 

    Published on 04-29-2004 07:50 PM  Number of Views: 6 
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    1. Science Fiction
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    Clone Hunter, by Stephen W. Scott
    Reviewed by Lynn Nicole Louis
    Publisher: 1stBooks Library
    Year Published: 2003
    Rating: (.5/5)

    There's a difference between recycling and rehashing. In writing, recycling is taking familiar concepts and combining them to make something new while rehashing is taking those elements and presenting them with few or no changes. Most writers have heard the saying, "There are no new ideas, only new ways to write about old ones." Clone Hunter is a rehash of common science fiction elements one will easily recognize as coming from Bladerunner and Terminator, to name the most obvious. ...
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