jmags reviewed Why Read the Classics? by Italo Calvino
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3 stars
These are good, but most of them are pretty light.
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jmags reviewed If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino
L'impresa di cercare di scrivere romanzi 'apocrifi', cioè che immagino siano scritti da un autore …
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5 stars
This isn't what makes it good, but it is fascinatingly prescient about technological anxieties.
This isn't what makes it good, but it is fascinatingly prescient about technological anxieties.
jmags reviewed All Tomorrow's Parties
All Tomorrow's Parties
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4 stars
Goofy but charming.
It tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so he …
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3 stars
Despite the true horror being how long-winded this is, it's a pretty good story.
Despite the true horror being how long-winded this is, it's a pretty good story.
William Gibson Neuromancer Collection 4 Books Bundle With Gift Journal includes titles in this collection …
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5 stars
Some things are as good as people say they are. What can you do?
jmags reviewed Burning chrome by William Gibson
Kiberpanko rinkinukas, prasideda Džoniu Mnemoniku...
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4 stars
Mostly good. The collaborations sort of weight it down a little.
jmags reviewed City and Its Uncertain Walls by Philip Gabriel
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4 stars
We should all get so many opportunities.
Evelyn Waugh: Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder (1982)
Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder is a novel by …
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5 stars
Devastatingly poignant.
jmags reviewed Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
Mona Lisa Overdrive is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson, published in …
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4 stars
Too neat too often, and it kind of short-changes a (the?) central character.
jmags reviewed Count Zero by William Gibson (The Neuromancer Trilogy)
Turner, corporate mercenary, wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then …
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5 stars
I remember feeling like this one was kind of mid when I read it back in the day, but this time it really sang to me.
jmags reviewed When the Clock Broke by John Ganz
A deep but narrow dive into how mainly national U.S. politics were shaped largely by …
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1 star
This has some character sketches and ominous quotes, but doesn't really try to explain anything. It kind of suggests that e.g.: Sam Francis was being honest in his critiques. A real stinker.
This has some character sketches and ominous quotes, but doesn't really try to explain anything. It kind of suggests that e.g.: Sam Francis was being honest in his critiques. A real stinker.
jmags reviewed Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities …
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5 stars
"Give it space."
"Give it space."
jmags reviewed The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at …
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2 stars
Sorry teen Joaquin, this book's defining feature is its flabbiness.
Sorry teen Joaquin, this book's defining feature is its flabbiness.
jmags reviewed Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
Death goes walk-about and tries everything, including joining the French Foreign Legion, to forget a …
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2 stars
This one didn't really land with me.
This one didn't really land with me.
jmags reviewed M: Son of the Century by Antonio Scurati
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5 stars
Always at your shoulder.