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jmc142 rated Mother Night: 5 stars
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War …
jmc142 rated Project Hail Mary: 4 stars
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will …
jmc142 rated A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone, #1): 4 stars
A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone, #1) by Sue Grafton
A IS FOR AVENGER. A tough-talking former cop, private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in …
克拉拉与太阳 by Kazuo Ishiguro, 宋佥
克拉拉是一个专为陪伴儿童而设计的太阳能人工智能机器人（AF），具有极高的观察、推理与共情能力。她坐在商店展示橱窗里，注视着街头路人以及前来浏览橱窗的孩子们的一举一动。她始终期待着很快就会有人挑中她，不过，当这种永久改变境遇的可能性出现时，克拉拉却被提醒不要过分相信人类的诺言。
在《克拉拉与太阳》这部作品中，石黑一雄通过一位令人难忘的叙述者的视角，观察千变万化的现代社会，探索了一个根本性的问题：究竟什么是爱？
jmc142 rated Last Town : Wayward Pines: 3 stars
Wayward by Blake Crouch (Wayward Pines, #2)
Welcome to Wayward Pines, population 461. The town is a modern-day Eden... except for the electrified fence and razor wire, …
jmc142 rated Pines: a novel: 3 stars
Pines: a novel by Blake Crouch
"Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents …
jmc142 rated The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe (1982-02-01): 4 stars
jmc142 rated Small Gods: 4 stars
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (13))
Small Gods is the thirteenth of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, published in 1992. It tells the origin of the god …
jmc142 rated Player Piano: 4 stars
Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a …
jmc142 rated The Telling: 4 stars
jmc142 rated The Road to the Dark Tower: 4 stars
jmc142 rated Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower, Book 6): 4 stars
Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower, Book 6) by Stephen King
[The Dark Tower][1] VI
Susannah, now pregnant, has yet another taking control of her. The demon-mother, Mia, uses Susannah …
jmc142 rated Wolves of the Calla: 4 stars
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King (Dark Tower (5))
Wolves of the Calla continues the adventures of Roland, the Last Gunslinger and survivor of a civilized world that has …