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Jonathan Ballet rated Dark Force Rising: 5 stars
Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #2)
The dying Empire's most cunning and ruthless warlord--Grand Admiral Thrawn--has taken command of the remnants of the Imperial fleet and …
Jonathan Ballet rated The Rise of Endymion: 5 stars
The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
Jonathan Ballet rated Heir to the Empire: 5 stars
Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn (The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)
It's five years after Return of the Jedi: the Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and …
Jonathan Ballet rated Starship Troopers: 5 stars
Jonathan Ballet rated Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 3): 4 stars
Frank Herbert: Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 3) (1983, Berkley)
Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 3) by Frank Herbert (Dune (3))
The science fiction masterpiece continues in the "major event,"( Los Angeles Times) Children of Dune. With millions of copies sold …
Jonathan Ballet rated Watchmen: 5 stars
Jonathan Ballet rated The Frood: 5 stars
The Frood by Douglas Adams, Jem Roberts
'Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is.' (Sass: know, be …
Jonathan Ballet rated The Fall of Hyperion: 5 stars
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
The Fall of Hyperion is the second novel in the Hyperion Cantos, a science fiction series by American author Dan …
Jonathan Ballet rated Foundation: 5 stars
Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, #1)
One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend …
Jonathan Ballet rated Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1): 5 stars
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) by John Scalzi
John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about a future Earth engaged in …
Jonathan Ballet rated Hyperion: 5 stars
Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. There are those …
Jonathan Ballet rated Second foundation: 5 stars
Second foundation by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, #3)
After years of struggle, the Foundation lay in ruins -- destroyed by the mutant mind power of the Mule. But …
Jonathan Ballet rated The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Boxed Set: 4 stars
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Boxed Set by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings …
Jonathan Ballet rated The Ministry of Truth: 5 stars
The Ministry of Truth by Dorian Lynskey
The author has written a study that places George Orwell's 1984 in a variety of contexts: the author's life and …