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RamsFan1963

Joined March 2018

LA Rams Fan, Book Lover, Old School Comics Fan, Hufflepuff and Retail Warrior
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Implied Spaces by Walter Jon Williams
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The Book of Swords by Gardner Dozois
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Implied Spaces | Walter Jon Williams
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With long strides the swordsman walked across the desert.

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The Eyre Affair: A Novel | Jasper Fforde
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77/100 What an amazing book!! I can't believe it took me so long to read this series, I'm kicking myself. Jasper Fforde never disappoints, his writing is so clever, so witty and just fun to read. It's a crazy idea, being able to enter works of fiction, but he makes it plausible and exciting. I've never read Jane Eyre, but I like the new ending better too 5 🌟 read. #Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

BkClubCare Well, if you need an amazing Jane Eyre experience, please try Thandie Newton‘s narration- SO GOOD! I was intimidated by JE and thought maybe audio would be a good way and I LOVED it! 🥰 3d
RamsFan1963 @BkClubCare I'll keep that in mind if I decide to give Jane Eyre a try. Thank for the recommendation 3d
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September's selection for #ClassicLSFBC is Philip K. Dick's Galactic Pot Healer. I confess I'm totally unfamiliar with this book, so it should be interesting going in totally blind. Being PKD, I'm sure it's going to be wild and weird. I hope everyone enjoyed August's selection, The Left Hand of Darkness. I think it's one of LeGuin's best novels, and a totally unique world creation.
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rwmg I REALLY don't get on with Philip K. Dick's books, so I'll sit this one out, sorry. 6d
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The_Literary_Jedi TLHOD was awesome! I‘m looking forward to PKD this month 6d
RamsFan1963 @The_Literary_Jedi If you have a premium account on Spotify, Galactic Pot Healer is available for free. 6d
Bookwomble I'm still waiting for the library to provide me with TLHOD, however I have my own copy of the PKD, I'll jump in on that one soonish 😊 5d
PaperbackPirate I have my copy but I need to finish another book first. Can‘t wait! 3d
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It's still two weeks away, but I've pre-ordered John Scalzi's new novel, the 7th book in the Old Man's War series. I'm so happy he's returning to this series, it's one of my all time favorites. #SeriesLove2025

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The Fall of Partha | Steve Stephenson
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I hate writing bad reviews. I know the author's put their time and effort into something they hope people will enjoy. That said, this is not a good book. It's very generic fantasy, very back & white, good vs. evil type of story. I could have dealt with that, but the authors had a bad habit of telling the story instead of showing it. Celedant, the main character, is a great wizard, a prodigy in fact, but we never see any of his time at the ⬇️

RamsFan1963 school for wizards. What makes him so great? Also, Celedant has a dragon companion, Azimuth, who can turn into an elf (huh?), but again we are told they're great friends and bonded in school but we never see the friendship happen. Lastly, the bad guy, Zackary the emperor of Zeigloth, is so painfully bland, he's barely in the story. Sadly I can only give this 2.5/5 ⭐ #Read2025 6d
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The Eyre Affair: A Novel | Jasper Fforde
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My father had a face that could stop a clock.

Jasper Fforde really knows how to start a book 🤣

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BookNAround I love this book! 1w
RamsFan1963 @BookNAround I loved Shades of Grey and The Constant Rabbit, I don't know why I've waited so long to start this excellent series. So far, this has been one of my favorite books of 2025. 1w
BookBr Jasper Fforde is such a clever and engaging writer! 1w
MemoirsForMe 😂😂😂 1w
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The Angel of the Crows | KATHERINE. ADDISON
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75/100 I'm not a devoted Holmesian, but I thought this was a delightfully supernatural take on the Holmes & Watson stories. I liked Dr Doyle, a more intelligent and far less bumbling version of Watson, and I have to admit their secret caught me totally by surprise. Crow, the stand for Holmes, was witty and innocent, not nearly as caustic as Holmes could be at times. I hope the author plans a sequel, since the ending ⬇️

RamsFan1963 left things open for more adventures of Doyle & Crow. I would gladly read a series of their stories. 5 🌟 read #Read2025 2w
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74/100 It is a coincidence that I purchased this right before learning of the death of Jim Shooter, editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics in the 80's and 90's. After leaving Marvel, he cofounded Valiant Comics, and later Defiant Comics. Shooter co-created this with artist Dave Lapham, and wrote the stories. It's a hot mess actually, full of wonderfully weird, gross and psychedelic ideas, it never comes together to make any sense at all. The art by ⬇️

RamsFan1963 Lapham is inconsistent, at times beautiful and surreal with organic ships and structures, but then crude and badly proportioned when it came to character designs. 2/5 ⭐ #Read2025 2w
The_Book_Ninja Jim‘s passing was criminally under reported outside of the comic news world 2w
RamsFan1963 @The_Book_Ninja Very True. Shooter's contribution to both DC, as a writer for Legion of Superheroes, and Marvel seems to have been downplayed to the point of forgetfulness. I don't read any current Marvel monthly titles, but I hope they at least did a tribute to him. He gave Marvel the original Secret Wars that they have milked for millions over the years. 2w
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73/100 This is a collection of stories written by fans of Star Trek, with some of them going on, like Dayton Ward, to write other Star Trek novels. It covers the OG Star Trek, Next Gen, DS9 and Voyager. The stories vary in quality, but there's not a clunker in the bunch, they're all entertaining, if not all memorable. 4 ⭐ #Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

AnnCrystal 🖖🏼🤩📚💫. 3w
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I Am Legend | Richard Matheson
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72/100 I've seen all 3 movie adaptations of this, I think the Vincent Price one, The Last Man On Earth, is the best, but I have never read the original story. I enjoyed it very much, but I see why the movies had to be different, the book has a much slower pace, as Neville struggles to hold his sanity while destroying the "vampires" who hunt him at night. The other stories were either creepy or darkly humorous, but pale beside the main tale. ⬇️

RamsFan1963 For those people old enough to remember a TV movie called Trilogy of Terror, this book also contains the story, "Prey", about the little Zulu warrior doll that come alive. It scared the bejeezus out of me as a kid. 4.5/5 ⭐ #Read2025 4w
AnnCrystal That little Zulu warrior doll story was creepy good. My mom told me about the movie when I was a kid, but it wasn't until I was older that I had the opportunity to watch...thankfully... probably would have freaked out kid me 😉👍🏼💫. 3w
Reggie I love the zombie one where the girl goes out with her bf and their couple friends to I think it‘s a strip club. It felt like a very heavy handed yet entertaining ‘listen to your parents, kids‘ kinda story. 3w
RamsFan1963 @Reggie There is a story called "The Funeral" which I would swear was adapted to an episode of Night Gallery or a similar kind of show. Its about a vampire that goes to a funeral home to arrange a proper funeral for himself since he didn't have one when he first died. Its darkly humorous, so it fits into the Night Gallery kind of thing. Matheson wrote for both Night Gallery & The Twilight Zone. 3w
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Hunter Killer (Movie Tie-In) | George Wallace, Don Keith
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71/100 If you are a fan of the Tom Clancy novel of the late 80s - early 90s, this is the book for you. I felt such a wave of deja vu, it was like discovering a lost Clancy novel. The book is a chunkster, 692 pages, but it's worth the time. There's two stories intertwined: A mIlitary general stages a coup to overthrow the Russian government and replace the president with military dictatorship, while his cohorts plan to crash the American ⬇️

RamsFan1963 Stock Market, disrupting the American economy so the US won't interfere with the Russian military's plans. There's a lot of action, and lots of shifting povs as both the military and civilians try to stop a situation that could start WWIII. Not to knock the writers, but this is such classic Clancy style of writing, I think he should have gotten a thank you in a dedication. 4.5/5 ⭐ #Read2025 1mo
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70/100 What a bizarre little book, covering some of the strangest villains in comic book history. Most of them were one shot villains, never meant to be a threat to the hero, some were terribly racist and sexist, some were just stupid, like Brickbat, who threw poison filled bricks at people, or The Jingler, who was an evil poet who killed people and left poety beside the bodies. 3.25/5 ⭐ #Read2025

Luke-XVX Wizard magazine used to have a feature called “Mort of the month” about these types of characters. Used to crack up teenage me 1mo
TieDyeDude I owned this book for a while. It was a fun read 😃 4w
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Blindsight | Peter Watts
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69/100 This had the makings for a really unique first contact story, with truly alien aliens. Unfortunately, the story is bogged down by so much scientific jargon that it's hard to tell what's going on most of the time. I feel like a need a degree in biology, neurology and psychology to really grasp what is happening. There's so much talking, endless dialogues about complex scientific theories ⬇️

RamsFan1963 punctuated by brief moments of action. The idea of having a vampire as the team leader could have been fascinating, but it was wasted with little interaction between the vampire and the rest of the crew. 2 ⭐ #Read2025 1mo
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The Left Hand of Darkness | Ursula Le Guin
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The #ClassicLSFBC selection for August is Ursula LeGuin's The Left Hand of Darkness. I've read this not long ago, so I'll probably pass on the reread, but those who haven't read it are in for a treat. September's choice is Galactic Pot Healer by Philip K. Dick. It was a tie between this and Software, so I flipped a coin and GPH won. Happy reading everyone!!
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So, we only have three nominees for August's #ClassicLSFBC selection. As usually, the book with the most votes will be August's read, the runner up with be the selection for September. Voting is from now until Sunday, I'll announce the winners on Monday. @Bookwomble @Ruthiella @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @wanderinglynn @Readergrrl @Johanna414 @Lizpixie @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG

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rwmg I also vote for 1mo
julesG Could you untag me, Kevin? I haven't kept up with the classics for a few months now. 1mo
Lesliereadsalot Please untag me too Kevin. Can‘t seem to get to these books! 1mo
swynn The Ware series has been on my list for a while, so I'll cast my vote for 1mo
RamsFan1963 @Lesliereadsalot @julesG No problem I'll untag you from this point on. If you change your mind and want to rejoin, just let me know. 1mo
julesG Thanks! Will do. 1mo
Lesliereadsalot Thanks! 1mo
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm They all sound great! I didn‘t nominate any since I just rejoined. 😅 But I‘ll put my vote in for the one that was already on my TBR (I added the others 🥰): 1mo
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Hunter Killer (Movie Tie-In) | George Wallace, Don Keith
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My first chunkster of 2025. 692 pages. It definitely gives me Tom Clancy vibes, especially The Hunt for Red October (obviously) and Red Storm Rising. I didn't see the movie, but I might try after I finish the book.

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Lord of Light | Roger Zelazny
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68/100 Its been about 15 years since I read this, and it holds up well on a reread. It's still one of my favorite novels, sci-fi or otherwise, of all time. It's not an easy book to read, it has a nonlinear timeline, and the character of Siddhartha is complex and often confusing. He is called the buddha by his followers, but he says he isn't, but he really could be. I can see people putting this down in confusion or frustration, but it is ⬇️

RamsFan1963 worth the effort if you make it to the end. 5 🌟 #ClassicLSFBC #Read2025 1mo
Bookwomble It's great that this is standing up to your memory of it 😊 I've picked this up a few times over the years and put it down without getting far thanks to being a mood reader. I must be in the mood now though, as I'm just over half way through and really enjoying it. Good pick for the club 😀🕉️ 1mo
KCofKaysville @RamsFan1963 I read a short story of his once and really liked it. I meant to read more…. 1mo
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67/100 I don't believe the world is flat, but this is a very interesting look into the Flat Earth phenomenon and the kind of people who are drawn into conspiracy theories. Mainly it concentrates on FE, but other conspiracies are intermingled, like holocaust deniers, people who think the moon landing was a hoax, covid 19 conspiracies and President Trump's denial of the 2020 election results. It is amazing what people can talk themselves ⬇️

RamsFan1963 into believe once they fall down the rabbit hole after watching YouTube and Tik Tok videos. Of course the algorithms of both systems just push more and more content of that variety once you've clicked on one video, so it's not hard to find yourself watching 10 videos "proving" the Earth is flat or that the word is run by baby eating lizard people. 4 ⭐ #Read2025 1mo
KCofKaysville @RamsFan1963 The pizzagate story makes me irritated by these conspiracy believers! 1mo
RamsFan1963 @KCofKaysville It is interesting how the belief in one conspiracy, flat earth in this case, leads people to other less savory conspiracies like pizzagate, anti-semitic websites, and just flat out neo-nazi nutjobs. I tend to avoid those kind of posts, I don't want the algorithms flooding me with similar posts just because I watch one out of curiosity 1mo
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Hello everyone!! I'm sorry I'm late with the selections for August #ClassicLSFBC. I hope everyone enjoyed Lord of Light for July, and is ready for something new in August. Nominations are open, and we'll do as usual, the one with the most votes will be August's selection, runner-up will be the September selection. I will start the nominations with Software by Rudy Rucker.

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The Salvage Crew | Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
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66/100 I admit I listened to this for Nathan Fillion, I like his voice and he does a fine job as narrator. A salvage crew land on a planet seeking an older starship that crashed there. At first it's pretty lightweight, funny with a sarcastic AI, done very well by Fillion, overseeing a 3 person crew. Things quickly turn darker, and it becomes a grim tale of survival as they discover and alien AI and the people its turned into half ⬇️

RamsFan1963 machine mercenaries. Since it's the first book in a trilogy or series, the ending is pretty open. 3.25/5 ⭐ #Read2025 2mo
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Lord of Light | Roger Zelazny
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His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god.

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I enjoyed the first book of this series, but I can't get into this one. I'm bailing at 38% mark, because the mystery isn't interesting and I feel myself actively avoiding listening to it when I have the time to do so.

julesG Same! I gave up a little earlier. 2mo
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65/100 Its been awhile since I've read any Frederik Pohl, I'd forgotten what a talented writer he was. This is a story of parallel worlds, of characters meeting various versions of themselves as the wall between the dimensions begins to falter. It is a little confusing at times, multiple POVs with the same name and all told in first person, but it's worth sticking with for the solid conclusion. 4 ⭐ #Read2025

Leftcoastzen Love this old cover ! 2mo
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64/100 Several times I tried to get this book chosen for #LitsySciFiBookClub. I'm happy it was never picked, it is not a good book. I don't know if it's because its translated from Korean, or if it was the narrator's aloof, emotionless delivery, but I found this very dry. Whole chapters were just info dumps disguised as world building. There wasn't a single likable character to root for in the end. Luckily it's a short novel, 4 1/2 hour

RamsFan1963 audiobook, or I would have definitely DNF out of sheer boredom. 2 ⭐ #Read2025 2mo
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Stone Certainty | Simon R. Green
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63/100 I have to admit I didnt like this one as much as the first one, I found it a bit repetitive, rehashing some of the character bits and situations. Sadly there's a pattern setting in, like an old episode of Scooby Doo. Lots of weird creepy phenomenon, possible monsters or demons, someone is killed (although never on Scooby Doo), then it all turns out to be Old Man Jenkins in a scary costume trying to frighten people off his land.

RamsFan1963 Once the villain was revealed, I was expecting him to say he'd gotten away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids. I know there's a third book in the series, but I think I'll give it a pass for now. 3/5 ⭐ #Read2025 #SeriesLove2025 2mo
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Armistice: The Hot War | Harry Turtledove
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62/100 The final book in The Hot War trilogy. It seemed a bit longer than necessary, the armistice between the US and the USSR come about in the middle of the book, then the rest is the aftermath of the war, which seemed to be an excuse to kill off a couple of characters who had barely survived the war. The frustrating thing was events pretty much went back to status quo afterwards, Russia still dominated eastern Europe and Korea was still

RamsFan1963 divided between Communist North and Democratic South. I wish the author had chosen to swing history further from the one we know in our world. 3.5/5 ⭐ #Read2025 #SeriesLove2025 2mo
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Hi everyone!! Sorry I've been MIA lately, my phone finally decided to crap itself and die, so I've been disconnected for the last week or so. I hope everyone was able to find a copy of Foundation and enjoyed it for June's selection. Just a reminder that July's #ClassicLSFBC selection of Roger Zelazny's classic novel, Lord of Light. It's one of my favorite science fiction novels and I'm excited to reread it after several years.

CatLass007 Lord of Light currently is free on Audible. 2mo
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AnnCrystal Glad you've returned, welcome back 👏🏼🥳📚💫. 2mo
rwmg I read it a not so long ago. I'm in no hurry to read it again, so I think I'll sit this one out. 2mo
KathyWheeler I‘ve never read anything by Zelazny, so I‘m looking forward to this. 2mo
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Hello all! I‘m attempting to battle away my reading slump by rejoining the group for August. Has the book been chosen for that month? 2mo
RamsFan1963 @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm I'm a little behind for August. I'll put up a post today for nominations. 2mo
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @RamsFan1963 No rush! I just wasn‘t sure if I had missed anything since I‘ve not been very good lately at keeping up with things on here. 😅 2mo
RamsFan1963 @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Its been the same for me, I haven't been on Litsy nearly as much as I'd like. 2mo
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The Holy Terrors | Simon R. Green
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61/100 Simon R. Green is my favorite author. Including this audiobook, I've read 53 of his novels. This isn't close to his best work, but it is still quite fun. Four D-List celebrities join a ghost hunting show, and find themselves locked in a haunted hall where they must spend the night. At first it's all creepy noises and sudden lights going out, no one is sure if it's real or just put on by the show's producer, but then one of the ⬇️⬇️

RamsFan1963 celebrities dies. Was it a ghost or is it a more human killer?!! Its all pretty lighthearted fun, and it's not really hard to figure who/what is the murderer. 4 ⭐ #Read2025 #SeriesLove2025 3mo
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Fallout: The Hot War | Harry Turtledove
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60/100 Book 2 of The Hot War trilogy. Like most middle books, not a lot happens, the plot is moved forward a little, and sets up the conclusion for the final novel. The various POVs, from both sides of the war, is the main point of interest. Some lives get better, some get worse, but the war is seen from all angles, both military and civilian. Onward to the concluding volume, Armistice. 4.5 ⭐ #Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

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Foundation | Isaac Asimov
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59/100 I've never been a big fan of Asimov, I find his writing kind of dry, but I did enjoy the entire Foundation trilogy. The fall of the Galactic empire was predicted by Harry Seldon, and through his Foundation, the dark ages after the fall would only be 1,000 years instead of 30,000. Personally, I think the trilogy gets better as it goes along, but the first book is a solid story with plenty of interesting characters. 4🚀🚀🚀🚀 #ClassicLSFBC

RamsFan1963 Btw if you want to listen to the audiobook, I highly recommend it. The narrator is Scott Brick, one of my personal favorites. 3mo
KathyWheeler @RamsFan1963 he‘s one of my favorite narrators too, so I‘m listening to it. 3mo
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58/100 If you enjoy laughing at the stupidity, arrogance, and hubris of man, then you will enjoy this. Starting in the 50's and moving to the present, it covers many of the US government's hairbrained plots and plans. Ed Helms makes for a pleasant narrator, he definitely enjoys his subject and tells it in a conversational manner, as if you were meeting at a party and he was giving you tidbits of history trivia. 3.5/5 #Read2025

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57/100 One thing I like about John Constantine is he's consistent, he's always going to #$%@ thing up, probably kill some people, destroy some lives, drink and smoke A LOT, then come out on top in the end. The idea of a married Constantine is mind blowing, but if anyone could handle him, it seems to be Epiphany. 4/5 ⭐ #Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

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55 & 56/100 Dungeons & Dragons was definitely one of my all time favorite Saturday morning cartoons, even though I was a little old for cartoons when it came out. I enjoyed seeing the characters again, still trying to get home, still fighting against Venger. The twist ending of vol 2 wasn't that big a surprise, but it was touching none the less. 3.75/5 ⭐ #Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

JessClark78 I loved that cartoon! 3mo
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Bombs Away: The Hot War | Harry Turtledove
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54/100 Alternate history has always been my favorite subgenre of science fiction, and few writers do it better than Turtledove. What if Truman used the atomic bomb to end the war in Korea? The results are horrific, and this is only the first book of the trilogy. Moscow, Kiev, Leningrad, Portland, Seattle and Los Angles gone up in atomic mushrooms. I did find it a little unrealistic that that much radiation from this destruction wasn't killing ⬇️

RamsFan1963 more people, but the exact tonnage of these bombs are never mentioned, but I assume they're as powerful as the bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I enjoy the rotating povs, so the war is seen from every angle, how both soldiers and civilians are affected. 4 ⭐ #Read2025 #SeriesLove2025 3mo
Eggbeater Love Harry Turtledove! 3mo
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53/100 I did enjoy the world building and the unique alien species, but I found the ending disappointing and vague. I am assuming the author plans a sequel, because this was left too open to really qualify as a conclusion. Too many unanswered questions, too many dangling plot points. If there is a sequel, I'd probably read it just to see what happens to the friendroe. 3.5/5 #Read2025 #LitsySciFiBookClub

TheSpineView My sentiments too! 3mo
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It was a close vote, but in the end, Foundation prevailed as June's selection for #ClassicLSFBC. A close second was Lord of Light, which will be the selection for July. Copies of Foundation should be available at most libraries, and I've see very cheap copies available on Ebay, the audiobook is available free on Spotify with a premium account. I hope everyone can find a copy to enjoy. @Bookwomble @Ruthiella @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern

rwmg Subscribers to Everand (formerly Scribd) might be interested to know that their collection includes Zelazny's “Lord of Light“. 3mo
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Bookwomble I reread the Foundation trilogy relatively recently, so I'll sit that one out, but I'll be in for Lord of Light next month 🙂 3mo
majkia My favorite sci fi book. I'll try to reread with you. 3mo
TheSpineView Loved the whole Foundation series. I'm due a reread. 3mo
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Bombs Away: The Hot War | Harry Turtledove
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Somewhere to the south and east lay Hungnam, the North Korean port on the Sea of Japan.

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We have a very eclectic selection for June's #ClassicLSFBC. I think any of them would make for a enjoyable read or reread. As usual, the book with the most votes will be for June, and the next closest will be the choice for July. I'll announce the winners on Monday. #ClassicLSFBC
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CatLass007 I will vote for PD James‘s 3mo
The_Literary_Jedi I‘m so undecided now! Wow! So many great choices. Since it‘s been on my TBR forever, I think I‘ll vote for 3mo
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RaeLovesToRead I vote Lord of Light! 3mo
RaeLovesToRead Also, I had no idea that Children of Men was written by PD James! 3mo
rwmg I'll cast my vote for Foundation, but will be equally happy with Children of Men. 3mo
swynn I'm going to abandon my nomination to vote for Lord of Light which I should have read by now but haven't. But really, I'll be happy to read (or re-read) any of these. 3mo
kwmg40 I'll vote for Foundation. 3mo
Larkken Lord of light pls! 3mo
KathyWheeler I loved The Children of Men movie and have always meant to read the book. I‘d actually be okay with any of these though. 3mo
Ruthiella I‘m going to sit this and next month out. I‘ll rejoin in August! 3mo
Bookwomble Lord of Light 😊 3mo
Texreader I‘m not in the group but I can tell you James Hogan is amazing!!! His sci fi can be very deep (& so I skipped it) and didn‘t miss a beat of the fantastic stories he‘s written. I‘ve had dinner with him and he was an amazing and interesting man 3mo
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52/100 I love football. Pro football, college football, high school football, Canadian football and the USFL. Heck I'd rather watch the Puppy Bowl than most half time show. The author has Collected 100 moments, players, coaches, and games that makes football such a special sport. However the author doesn't mention one of the things I love about NFL football: the length of the season. Baseball plays 162 games, hockey & basketball plays 82 games ⬇️

RamsFan1963 but pro football only, now, plays 17 games, once a week. Football has an immediacy that the other sports lack. You can lose 10-12 games in baseball or basketball and still make the championship, but drop 12 games in the NFL and you're going to be in the basement of your division and your coach is going to be looking for a new job. That's what makes every game matter, its do or die, it makes or breaks your season, and that's why I love football. 3mo
RamsFan1963 5🌟 read but probably only for football fans. #Read2025 #JumpStartSummer 3mo
AmyG My husband would love this book. He lives and breathes football. (edited) 3mo
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RamsFan1963 @AmyG It is a real love letter to the game. Plus, it was a nostalgic trip for me, because I watch many of the games he talks about, and it left a warm feeling thinking back on those amazing games. 3mo
Suet624 I‘m a Boston fan and love watching football, baseball, hockey, soccer and basketball. Once Tom Brady left the Patriots I stopped watching for awhile. (sigh) But you‘re right about football. Every week in such a short season holds such meaning. 3mo
MemoirsForMe Love your review! 🙌🏻🏈🙌🏻 3mo
Lesliereadsalot This sounds great! Thanks for reviewing. 3mo
TheSpineView Sounds good! 3mo
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Honestly, I'm not much of a cryer, but when they reached the part about Sharkie's child abuse in the foster care system, I had to stop the audiobook and get myself back together. I knew from the Tik Tok series that it was bad, but I never imagined the depth of the abuse. It broke my heart. 💔

BookmarkTavern That was a hard part to read! If I had listened to the audiobook, I would have cried too. Thank you for sharing! 3mo
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In the moment, the key moment, the winning moment, only one thought raced through the mind of Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay: "Aaron Donald is going to make a play."

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Lesliereadsalot Great first line! Made me smile. 4mo
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Odyssey | Stephen Fry
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51/100 I know it's an old saying, but honestly, I could listen to Stephen Fry read a phone book, if they still existed. His narration really brings the story of Odessus to life, it's often quite funny when it's not being tragic, as Odessus has one misadventure after another, both helped and hindered by the various gods of Olympus. I know this is the last book of his Greek Mythology series, but I love to see him tackle Norse mythology. 5 🌟 read

dabbe I just started reading MYTHOS. I'm thinking I need to listen to it, instead. I love Stephen Fry! 💚💜💚 4mo
RamsFan1963 He has an amazing voice, and I love his characterization of Zeus, the most harassed father in history, always having his children pestering him for favors or to clean up messes they've mad in the mortal world. 4mo
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CBee I agree!! I LOVED Mythos and gave Troy and Heroes lined up. Might do Odyssey first though! 4mo
CBee @dabbe you MUST listen!! 4mo
dabbe @CBee 🎯🩵🎯 4mo
AlaMich The right narrator makes a good book into an amazing book. (edited) 4mo
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Since we skipped May for #ClassicLSFBC, it's time to do nominations for June. Nomination from today until the end of the month, then we can vote. I'll get the ball rolling by nominating The Great Time Machine Hoax by Keith Laumer.
@Bookwomble @Ruthiella @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @wanderinglynn @Readergrrl @Johanna414 @Lizpixie @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG @Deblovestoread @majkia @LeticiaToraci @sebrittainclark @kwmg40 @CatLass007

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rwmg I'm happy to (re-)read Foundation 4mo
KathyWheeler I‘ve never read Foundation, so it‘d be interesting to read. 4mo
kwmg40 I too would like to reread Foundation. 4mo
swynn Jo Clayton's Diadem from the Stars. 4mo
CatLass007 A reread of Foundation, but there‘s an 18 week wait list at my public library and my copy is still packed away. I‘ve never read Diadem from the Stars but it‘s not available at my public library at all. So I‘m gonna go on a limb and nominate one that is considerably longer than these two and of which I already own a copy and can put my hands on. (edited) 4mo
Larkken I'm good with foundation but here's one I just recently found on my bookshelf (surprise! Not sure when I got it) : 4mo
RamsFan1963 @Larkken Lord of Light is one of my all time favorite novels. I'd love to reread it, it's been several years since I read it the first time 3mo
CatLass007 I could agree with Lord of Light. I like the author and the book is available. And I was going to withdraw my nomination of Dune and instead nominate 3mo
RamsFan1963 @CatLass007 I've had The Children of Men on my shelf for years, so I wouldn't object to reading it 3mo
Larkken @CatLass007 haha, I actually thought Children of Men was this group's buddy read for March! I'm so behind in all things social (I was out-of- country, but still! I made up a buddy read? 🙄) anyway, now I'm counting 3 books I'd happily read with y'all, so that's good at least. 3mo
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50/100 The first of a series, where corporations have their own superheroes, and make contracts to protect people and property. It doesn't really work as a superhero story, but as a work place comedy, it's actually pretty funny. Andrea starts as a fish out of water, but quickly comes to be invaluable to C.U.P. I don't know if I'll listen to more of the series, but I enjoyed this one. 3.75/5 ⭐ #Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

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49/100 I will give this short story collection a Pick with an asterisk. Each story is set in the worlds of the author's various novels, so if you haven't read the original novel, the story might be confusing. However if you're a fan, like myself, then each story is a mini sequel to the novels, involving some side characters the author wanted to give more attention to. 3.75/5 ⭐ #Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

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Odyssey | Stephen Fry
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Oh Boy! Oh Boy! Oh Boy! I did not know that Stephen Fry had a 4th book in the Greek Mythology series. I need to finish my current audiobook so I can get to this. I know it's going to be another winner. #SeriesLove2025

TheBookHippie Oooooo 4mo
AnnCrystal 🆒📚💫. 4mo
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1. This might be a bit of a cheat, since she's only written one book, but I really enjoyed Jaysea Lynn's writing.
2. Tagged. If you're into romantasy, I highly recommend this book, it's amazing! Romantasy isn't even my usual reading choice, and I loved it.
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView A high complement. Stacked and thanks for playing 4mo
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48/100 You know you're reading a gifted writer, when he/she can take the daftiest idea possible, and turn it into a fun and enjoyable story. While not as funny as say Starter Villain, it made me smile and chuckle often. I enjoyed the various POVs, how the average person was effected by the change in the moon, along with the rich and the powerful people in government. I don't think sweet is the word I'd use but it's more lightly amusing ⬇️

RamsFan1963 than laugh out loud funny. 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫 #Read2025 4mo
Lesliereadsalot I love John Scalzi! 4mo
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Six Wakes | Mur Lafferty
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#unpopularopinion I know a lot of people really enjoyed this book, but it's just not doing it for me. Maybe it's because I've just listened to two mysteries, I'm burnt out on solving murders, or maybe Lafferty isn't an author for me. I also bailed on The Shambling Guide to New York City. I think it's time for something lighter.

BookmarkTavern I loved this one, but I can definitely see how it‘s not for everyone! Hope your next book is better! 4mo
RamsFan1963 @BookmarkTavern I'm going to hold on to the book and try it again some other time. I just don't think I was in the mood for another mystery right now. 4mo
BookmarkTavern Absolutely fair! Also, if you enjoy audiobooks, that‘s how I read this one and I really enjoyed it! 4mo
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47/100 I've seen a couple of reviews that said they liked the shorter version, more novella than novel, as opposed to the first two longer stories. I disagree, I don't feel the author had the space to adequately flesh out his characters or product a compelling mystery. I am still enjoying the series, and I'll read it if a fourth one is published, but I hope its given more space to develop next time. 3 ⭐⭐⭐💫 #Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

KathyWheeler I agree with you — I liked the two longer ones better. 4mo
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