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terry93d

@terry93d

Composer, writer. Lover of books, music, television, and film.

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@terry93d Mar 18, 2019, 2:48 PM UTC

Astounding | Alec Nevala-Lee (2018)

Fully: Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction. This remarkable book which clocks in at 408 pages, excluding the acknowle…

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@terry93d Feb 11, 2019, 6:34 PM UTC

The Power Broker - Robert Caro | 1974

From an unelected bureaucrat who served for forty years, an epic. Published 1974 by Knopf. I fear that if I were to ever become rich and famous that a biography of equal talent to Robert Caro would a…

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@terry93d Jan 8, 2019, 4:35 PM UTC

VICE - Adam McKay (2018) | Film Review

The new film on the life of Dick Cheney, former Secretary of Defense, Vice-President, and war criminal. WARNING: SPOILERS. There, maybe that caught your eye. I went to see this Friday - the 4th - in…

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@terry93d Dec 31, 2018, 7:30 PM UTC

2017-18 Masterpost & Retrospective

As promised in my review of The Lies of Locke Lamora, this will be my masterpost for everything I have written and published on Steemit up to the date of posting, everything I have written and publis…

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@terry93d Dec 24, 2018, 6:38 PM UTC

Book Review: The Lies of Locke Lamora | Scott Lynch (Gentlemen Bastards #1)

I've heard many, many great things about this, Scott Lynch's debut novel, and the first of his Gentlemen Bastards sequence. Does it live up to the high praise? Image from Amazon. Published in 2006, b…

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@terry93d Dec 19, 2018, 10:21 PM UTC

Series Review: The Years of Lyndon Johnson | Robert Caro (1982-present)

Since October 30th, I have been reading every book of Robert Caro's immense biography of Lyndon Johnson, and it has taken me a month and a half, roughly, to do it, though I did occasionally read othe…

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@terry93d Nov 28, 2018, 5:46 PM UTC

Book Review: Strange Weather - Four Short Novels | Joe Hill

Now that it's been another two weeks it's time for another of my increasingly irregular review posts. Today, some more horror, which is a little bit odd because I'm (still) not much of a horror reade…

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@terry93d Nov 6, 2018, 1:43 PM UTC

TV Review: Watergate | dir. Charles Ferguson

Sunday the 4th History Channel finished its three-night event airing a documentary about the Watergate scandal. I tuned in to each night and watched with great pleasure. Here are my thoughts. Directe…

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@terry93d Nov 4, 2018, 4:35 PM UTC

Book Review: Shoggoths in Bloom | Elizabeth Bear

Elizabeth Bear's short story collection Shoggoths in Bloom is just one of the things I have spent the month reading. Here is my review of it. Published in 2012 by Prime Books. My journey with Elizabe…

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@terry93d Oct 7, 2018, 6:26 PM UTC

Book Review: Leviathan Wept and Other Stories | Daniel Abraham

High fantasy to hard science fiction, screwball comedy to gut-punching tragedy, but always, always intelligent, compassionate, thoughtful, and deeply, deeply human. A sadly now out-of-print hardcover…

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