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Blood Music

Bear, Greg
A wonderful book. Gave me the same feeling as Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke.

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6/1998

City At The End Of Time

Bear, Greg
A big story, full of cats and books and mysterious peoples doing mysterious stuff. And you gotta love a book that starts out with a Firesign Theatre quote!

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11/2008

Darwin's Children

Bear, Greg
I found this sequel a real page-turner. I always forget to check for a glossory, and there it is at the end!

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10/2003

Darwin's Radio

Bear, Greg
Made my head hurt, all that biology! Very interesting story, reminded a little of Childhood's End by Clarke.

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7/2002

Dinosaur Summer

Bear, Greg
Teenage Peter travels to the "Lost World" of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with a expedition to return Circus dinosaurs to their natural habitat.

QUOTE:

"Makes you hate nature, doesn't it?" he said in disgust--pg.254

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3/2003

Foundation And Chaos

Bear, Greg
Part of a trilogy based on the books by Isaac Asimov. Pretty good!

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7/1998

Killing Titan

Bear, Greg
War Dogs #2. Master Sergeant Venn is back on Mars. For a while, then on to Titan!

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5/2023

Quantico

Bear, Greg
Techno-thriller. FBI agents search for bio-terrorists.

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5/2007

Take Back The Sky

Bear, Greg
War Dogs, #3. I was very confused for maybe three-quarters of the story, but the last quarter was pretty readable and good for me.

Quote:

..."F-bombs were strictly limited to military use..." -- Very funny!

Quote:

"Welcome back, Skyrine!" she says. -- I liked this part!

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2/2025

Vitals

Bear, Greg
Scientist searches for life extension, uncovers big plot. Pretty good. Explains all those hang up phone calls we get, too.

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4/2002

War Dogs

Bear, Greg
War Dogs #1. Intriguing story of space marines sent to battle alien invaders on Mars. At least, that is the story told by the alien "benefactors" on Earth...

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5/2023

Agatha Raisin And The Fairies Of Fryfam

Beaton, M.C.
Agatha rents a cottage in Fryfam and sees fairy lights in her garden. Of course someone dies. EDIT AUTHORS NAME

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4/2003

A Highland Christmas

Beaton, M.C.
A missing cat, a lonely girl, and stolen Christmas lights make Hamish Macbeth's holiday. .

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8/2000

Agatha Raisin and the haunted house

Beaton, M.C.
Agatha meets a new neighbor, solves a murder, drives off new neighbor, Charles shows up for a while, annouces at end she is starting a detective agency. About time! CHANGE AUTHOR NAME TO BEATON!!!!

Smoke Quote:

Cigarette?" He pulled out a packet.

You smoke!" exclaimed Agatha with all the delight of one member of an endangered species meeting another.

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7/2005

Agatha Raisin And The Love From Hell

Beaton, M.C.
Agatha is married to James, but the marriage is rocky. James girlfriend/psycho Melissa is murdered and James disappears.

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4/2003

Agatha Raisin And The Murderous Marriage

Beaton, M.C.
Agatha is about to marry James next door, when her FIRST husband turns up...for a while.

QUOTE:

The rendering of "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" was, Agatha reflected sourly, music to stun pigs by.

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6/2000

Agatha Raisin And The Quiche Of Death

Beaton, M.C.
Agatha moves to the country after retirement, enters a quiche in a local contest, and the judge dies!!! .

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6/2000

Agatha Raisin And The Terrible Tourist

Beaton, M.C.
Agatha goes to Cyprus hoping to reconcile with James after their aborted marriage, but of course someone dies!

QUOTE:

[James says] "What a blabby little thing you are, dear. Why didn't you give him your knicker size when you were at it?"

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7/2000

Agatha Raisin and the vicious vet

Beaton, M.C.
Agatha has her usual romantic ups-and-downs, including with a veternarian who hates cats and ends up dying.

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7/2005

Agatha Raisin And The Walkers Of Dembley

Beaton, M.C.
Agatha and James inflitrate a walking club to get clues about one of its members that was murdered. Enjoyable.

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7/2000
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[Abadzis - Addison] [Addison - Alexander] [Alexander - Anderson] [Anderson - Asimov] [Asimov - Bacigalupi] [Bacigalupi - Baldacci] [Baldree - Barnard] [Barnard - Barnes] [Barnes - Barr] [Barr - Bear] [Bear - Beaton] [Beaton - Beaton] [Beaton - Beck] [Bedard - Blackmore] [Blackwood - Block] [Block - Bodeen] [Bodeen - Bova] [Bova - Brin] [Brin - Bryson] [Bryson - Bujold] [Bujold - Burgess] [Burroughs - Card] [Card - Card] [Card - Chabon] [Chabon - Child] [Childress - Clark] [Clark - Coben] [Coben - Colfer] [Colfer - Collins] [Collins - Connelly] [Connelly - Connelly] [Connelly - Cook] [Cooper - Cornish] [Cornwell - Crais] [Crais - Crew] [Crew - Crusie] [Crusie - Cussler] [Cussler - Davidson] [Davidson - Dickinson] [Dickinson - Dorsey] [Dorsey - Dorsey] [Dorsey - Draper] [Draper - Elkins] [Elkins - England] [Ephron - Fairbanks] [Fairstein - Farmer] [Feder - Flanagan] [Flanagan - Flint] [Flint - Foster] [Foster - Francis] [Francis - Francis] [Francis - Francis] [Frank - Gailey] [Gailey - Garmus] [Garrigue - Gladwell] [Gladwell - Gores] [Gores - Granger] [Granger - Greenleaf] [Greenleaf - Grimes] [Grimes - Grisham] [Grisham - Haddix] [Haig - Hall] [Hall - Hammett] [Hannah - Hautman] [Hautman - Heinlein] [Heinlein - Heller] [Heller - Herbert] [Herman - Hess] [Hess - Hiaasen] [Hiaasen - Hines] [Hines - Holm] [Holm - Hosseini.] [Hough - Ibbotson] [Ibbotson - Jerome] [Jerome - Kaaberbøl] [Kaaberbøl - Kaminsky] [Kaminsky - Kidd] [Kidder - Kingfisher] [Kingfisher - Koch] [Kollin - Kratman] [Kraus - Larson] [Larson - Lebbon] [Leblanc - Lefcourt] [Lefcourt - Lescroart] [Lescroart - Lindsay] [Lindsay - Long] [Lord - Lowry] [Lu - MacDonald] [Mackintosh - Mallios] [Malzberg - Martin] [Martin - Mass] [Mass - McBain] [McBain - McCrumb] [McCrumb - McInerny] [McInerny - Michaelides] [Miéville - Moody] [Moody - Moore] [Morden - Mull] [Mullane - Nicholson] [Nicholson - Norton] [Norton - O'Brian] [O'Brian - O'Brien] [O'Brien - Osman] [Osman - Paretsky] [Paretsky - Parker] [Parker - Parker] [Parker - Paterson] [Paterson - Paulsen] [Paulsen - Peck] [Peck - Phelan] [Philbrick - Portis] [Portis - Poyer] [Poyer - Pratchett] [Pratchett - Pratchett] [Pratchett - Pronzini] [Pronzini - Quinn] [Quinn - Read] [Readers Digest - Rhodes] [Rich - Roanhorse] [Roberts - Rose] [Rose - Rushdie] [Russell - Saberhagen] [Sachar - Sanders] [Sanders - Scalzi] [Scalzi - Scieszka] [Scieszka - Scottoline] [Scottoline - Shea] [Sheinkin - Silverberg] [Silverberg - Smith] [Smith - Spinelli] [Spinelli - Stead] [Stead - Stewart] [Stockett - Stross] [Stross - Swanson] [Swee - Teague] [Telsep - Turner] [Turner - Ursu] [Vachss - Vande Velde] [Vande Velde - Walter] [Wambaugh - Weber] [Weber - Wells] [Wells - Westlake] [Westlake - Westlake] [Westlake - Willis] [Willis - Wodehouse] [Wodehouse - Yelchin] [Yep - Zusak] 

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