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.
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.
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
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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.
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."
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.
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.
jmags reviewed M: Son of the Century by Antonio Scurati
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5 stars
Always at your shoulder.