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an old sailor living on an island in the Salish Sea recovering nihilistic technofetishist I like to read: mostly SciFi and speculative fiction; mysteries and spy stuff too; occasionally theology and philosophy
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R. Phlegm rated An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: 2 stars
Home Run by Nathan Lowell
Two women. One mission. Do what ever is necessary.
In this final volume of the Smuggler's Tales, Natalya and Zoya …
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
When a catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb, it triggers a feverish race against the inevitable. An …
R. Phlegm rated Fuzzy Nation: 4 stars
Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi (duplicate)
From New York Times bestseller and Hugo Award-winner John Scalzi, an extraordinary retelling of the SF classic Little Fuzzy
ZaraCorp …
Zodiac by Neal Stephenson
Sangamon Taylor's a New Age Sam Spade who sports a wet suit instead of a trench coat and prefers Jolt …
R. Phlegm rated Trump/Russia: 4 stars
Trump/Russia by Seth Hettena
Chronicles the forty-fifth president's years wooing Russian deal-makers and financiers to reveal the people, dealings, and events that suggest how …
Fail-safe by Eugene Burdick
The question of accidental war is examined in this novel about American planes which fly past the point of recall …
R. Phlegm rated The Bedford incident.: 4 stars
R. Phlegm rated The Android's Dream: 4 stars
The Android's Dream by John Scalzi (The androids dream, #1)
From New York Times bestseller and Hugo Award-winner John Scalzi, The Android’s Dream is a wild-and-woolly caper novel of interstellar …
R. Phlegm rated The honourable schoolboy: 3 stars
The honourable schoolboy by John le Carré
The Honourable Schoolboy (1977) is a spy novel by John le Carré. George Smiley must reconstruct an intelligence service in …
R. Phlegm rated The Looking Glass War: 3 stars
The Looking Glass War by John le Carré
The Looking Glass War is a 1965 spy novel by John le Carré. Written in response to the positive public …
R. Phlegm rated A Legacy of Spies: 4 stars
R. Phlegm rated Call For The Dead: 5 stars
R. Phlegm rated Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: 4 stars
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1974 spy novel by British author John le Carré. It follows the endeavours of …