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So Much For That
Shep was going to split to Third World as he has planned his whole life so to do when his wife tells him she has cancer and needs the insurance, as crappy as it is, from his work. So he stays. So much for that! Very slow for me to read, but very well written with lots of clever observations. I really enjoyed this book very much, and would recommend it to everyone who knows someone who is chronic ill or dying.
Words I Had To Look Up:
fundoplication surgery (pg. 24) -- A surgical procedure in which the upper portion of the stomach is wrapped around the lower end of the esophagus and sutured in place as a treatment for the reflux of stomach contents into the esophagus
illiberality (pg. 127) -- Bigoted.
prize his little girl's fingers(pg. 130) -- To move or force with or as if with a lever; pry.
concomitant (pg. 131) -- One that occurs or exists concurrently with another.
imprimatur (pg. 161) -- An official permission to do something.
tare (pg. 169) -- An adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods.
fugged (pg. 203) -- To make stuffy and odorous
Branola (pg. 292) -- Either Post Bran'ola cereal or Orowheat Branola bread.
elegiac apathy (pg. 350) -- Expressing sorrow often for something past.
preternatural composure (pg. 368) -- Surpassing the normal or usual.
sedulous (pg. 425) -- Marked by care and persistent effort.
Quote:
The fact that homelier and homier shared so many letters didn't seem a coincidence. (pg. 33)
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8/2010
The Grimm Legacy
Elizabeth, a high school student, takes a job in an odd sort of library in New York. I enjoyed reading this magical tale very much!
Quote:
"Sorry," said Aaron. "It's not my fault, it's geometry." -- p. 243.
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5/2014
Antsy Does Time
Antsy's friend is dying of some weird disease. Antsy has a crush on the guy's sister, too. Lexie is dating some guy who clicks. And Antsy's ad is working too hard at the restaurant. Things snowball.
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4/2010
Everlost
Two kids die in a car accident and end up in a sort of in-between world of dead kids and ghost buildings. Nicely done. Especially liked the Hindenburg/Roswell throw-away line.
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12/2010
Ship Out Of Luck
Antsy goes on a birthday cruise, with his family, paid for by, and for, Mr. Crawley. Very good, I enjoyed it very much, and there were even a few tears here and there.
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6/2014
The Schwa Was Here
Good story about a New York boy who is effectively invisible to many people.
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2/2010
On The Beach
Everybody dies of radiation poisoning. Great book!! No Nukes!!
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2/2000
Stephen Morris
Good story about a man involved in flying back in the 20's .
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3/2001
Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress
Interesting little novel about two Chinese boys sent to the countryside to be "re-educated" and a girl they meet there. Didn't quite "get" the ending.
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5/2003
Grounding And Bonding For The Radio Amateur.
Read the 2nd edition. Should be very helpful when I get around to grounding something, and reinforces what I know about bonding, except for using flat braid, which I thought was pretty good stuff, but he says not so much.
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10/2023
Roma Eterna
An alternate history of Rome, one where it survived into the space age. With a picture of a spaceship on the jacket, I thought there would be more space-stuff. There was not. Still good, though!
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6/2011
Beyond Control
Seven stories of science fiction by various authors, pub. in 1972. Didn't really grab me.
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10/2002
Far Horizons
Stories by Brin, Card, Haldeman, Le Guin, McCaffrey, Bear, Benford, Pohl and others. Good stories!
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4/2000
The androids are coming
Seven stories of androids by authors E.C. Tubb, Clifford D. Simak, Isaac Asimov, J.T. McIntosh, Philip K. Dick, Avram Davidson, and Alfred Bester. Read in the bathtub, over a period of a week...
Quote:
"Robopsychologist, please."
"Oh, are robots so differnt from men, mentally?"
"Worlds different." She allowed herself a frosty smile. "Robots are essentially decent."Read:
5/2007
Worlds of Maybe
Seven stories of alternate worlds. Sideways In Time, by Murry Leinster, reminded me of 1632, the novel by Eric Flint. It's too long to quote here, but Sail On Sail On, by Philip Jose Farmer, had a cute little explanation of C.W. radio using an analagy of a column a little angels.
Quote:
That was one sweet collection of sinusoids. -- Delenda Est, by Robert Silverberg, pg. 221.Read:
5/2007
Way Station
A CIA (domestic spying?) agent runs across a Civil War veteran that is more than a hundred years old, but appears to be in his thirties. A classic science fiction novel.
EDIT: Read again, totally did not realize, during the read, that I had already read it twelve years ago!!
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6/2011Read:
8/2023
It Can't Hurt Forever
A young girl has heart surgery. Realistic story so children will know what to expect in hospital. Pretty good.
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5/2004
The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack
Twenty-five stories, some pretty good, some not so great, in my opinion. One of my favorites was Hillary Orbits Venus, by Pamela Sargent. There are also stories by Arthur C Clarke, Phillip K. Dick, C.M. Kornbluth, Forrest J. Ackerman/Ray Bradbury, Samuel Delaney, and other authors I am not familiar with.
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8/2023
The Immortal Life Of Herietta Lacks
"Enjoyed" may not be the right word, but I'm GLAD I read it. It gave a picture of society that I am not so familiar with. I'll be processing this story for a long time.
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2/2015
Strange Attractors
A teenage boy acquires a time machine. Has underage alcohol consumption, drug use. Didn't like it
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8/1998
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