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Moonwar
Ok, let's get started: Reminded me of Heinlein's "The Moon Is Harsh Mistress". Page 296, "We should have this kloodge put together...". Shouldn't that be "kludge"? Page 317, "Main buss has cut out." My dictionary sez "bus". "Buss" is a brand name for fuses, I think. Page 296 again, "I've saved this freak for private conversations." I don't like "freak", but I found a dictionary that sez it's ok. I like "freq." instead.
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"Yep, I'm absolutely, positively certain. I might be wrong, but I'm sure." BONUS QUOTE:
"I remember a professor of mine saying that if something scratches or bites, it's biology; if it stinks or pops, it's chemistry; and if...it doesn't work, it's physics."Read:
1/1999
My Favorites: A Collection Of Short Stories
I enjoyed all the stories in this book very much, and gave it five stars because, darn it, I'd read it again!
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"A Catholic, a Jew, and a Muslim are stuck in the middle of Mars," said Rashid Faiyum.
"That isn't funny," Jacob Bernstein replied wearily.
Patrick O'Conner, the leader of the three-man team, shook his head...Quote:
"...When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes..." -- Hey, that's familiar!Quote:
At that instant we felt a slight lurch. Spacecrafts don't lurch, not unless something bad has happened to them ...Read:
4/2024
Powersat
Terrorists eventually use Dan Randolph's power generating satellite in an presedential assa....crap, too many big words. Technothriller. Sort of Clancyish.
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7/2005
Return To Mars
Sequel to "Mars". Good story.
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3/2000
Sam Gunn, Jr.
Sam Gunn dies, his son takes over. I was gonna include a bunch quotes, poor treatment of women, mistakes, and oddities. But it's too much effort. The book is OK, in a 50s sort of way, the author died before it was published, we move on.
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5/2024
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