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    Book Review: Touched by an Alien, by Gini Koch 

    Published on 08-25-2010 04:00 PM  Number of Views: 969 
    Categories:
    1. Science Fiction
    2. 3.5 Stars
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    Touched by an Alien, by Gini Koch
    Reviewed by Joshua Palmatier

    Publisher:DAW
    Year Published: 2010

    Touched by an Alien is the debut novel from Gini Koch and is the first book in the Katherine "Kitty" Katt series. I believe there's a second book already scheduled for release this December. ...
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    Book Review: The Enchantment Emporium, by Tanya Huff 

    Published on 08-25-2010 03:05 PM  Number of Views: 973 
    Categories:
    1. Fantasy
    2. 3.5 Stars
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    The Enchantment Emporium, by Tanya Huff
    Reviewed by Joshua Palmatier

    Publisher:DAW
    Year Published: 2009

    The Enchantment Emporium is the first book in a new urban fantasy series by Tanya Huff. And it's pretty damn good. I've only read a few of Tanya Huff's books (mostly the Quarters series), but after reading this I ordered all of her backlist, so expect some more reviews of her past work in the near future. ...
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    Book Review: Dragon’s Ring, by Dave Freer 

    Published on 08-25-2010 12:39 PM  Number of Views: 970 
    Categories:
    1. Fantasy
    2. 3.5 Stars
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    Dragon’s Ring, by Dave Freer
    Reviewed by SJ Higbee

    Publisher:Baen
    Year Published: 2009

    This enjoyable fantasy romp doesn’t pretend to break any molds, concentrating as it does on dragonkind and their rule of Tasmarin, a plane cut off from all other worlds, where dragons can be dragons and humans can be dinner. It’s a place of islands, forests, mountains and wild oceans, filled with magical denizens. Fion--the black dragon--calmly tells anyone who will listen that he’s going to destroy the place. Of course he’s a joker, a troublemaker and a dragon of no fixed abode. No one ever believes him--but he’s dead serious. ...
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    Movie Review: 1408 

    Published on 08-21-2010 10:18 AM  Number of Views: 1364 
    Categories:
    1. Paranormal
    2. Movies/TV
    3. 3.5 Stars
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    1408 (2007), Rated “PG-13”
    Starring John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Jasmine Jessica Anthony
    Directed by Mikael Håfstrom
    Review by Nicholas Ozment
    Rating (3.5/5):

    “It’s an evil f**king room.”

    You can guess who speaks that bit of dialogue, since the cast includes Samuel L. Jackson. The room he’s describing is 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel.

    Note that a classic, old-style building like the Dolphin does not have a thirteenth floor: floor 14 is, in fact, floor 13. And also note what 1+4+0+8 add up to. That’s all a bit of Stephen King having some fun. ...
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    Book Review: A Local Habitation, by Seanan McGuire 

    Published on 07-31-2010 02:53 PM  Number of Views: 961 
    Categories:
    1. Fantasy
    2. Dark Fantasy
    3. 3.5 Stars
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    A Local Habitation, by Seanan McGuire
    Reviewed by Joshua Palmatier

    Publisher:DAW
    Year Published: 2010

    A Local Habitation is Seanan McGuires' second book in her October Daye series. I read the first one and enjoyed the writing and the characters and the worldbuilding, but felt that there was some random wandering around in the middle of the novel. ...
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