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The Languages of Pao

By Joseph | September 17, 2005

I finished reading The Languages of Pao by Jack Vance this week. It is a very interesting story about a planet whose entire culture is changed by a change in the language. This change in language and culture was meant to make the planet more aggressive and able to stand up to its [...]

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The Book of the New Sun

By Joseph | April 24, 2004

I just finished reading Shadow & Claw which contains the first two volumes of The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe. I really like the book and would recommend it to anyone. I became interested in Gene Wolfe after seeing the Gene Wolfe Interview conducted by James Jordan. I like [...]

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Gene Wolfe at excellent prices

By Joseph | February 23, 2004

John Barach posted today on Gene Wolfe’s Storeys from the Old Hotel. I had tried to buy it before after seeing it mentioned at the Gene Wolfe fan page that references James Jordan’s interest in his works. Storeys from the Old Hotel is not available new from Amazon.com but I found it on [...]

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