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Nyssa Glass and the House of Mirrors - H. L. Burke

The Crimson Bed - Loretta Proctor

The Dead Gods: Flint & Steel, Fire & Shadow 2 - Rob Bayliss

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April 2016

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Nyssa Glass and the House of Mirrors - H. L. Burke

reviewed: A compelling exploration of a different world

I read Nyssa Glass and the House of Mirrors, by H.L. Burke, on the recommendation of a friend and am very glad to have done s...

Nyssa Glass and the House of Mirrors - H. L. Burke

April 2016

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text: Phobos and Deimos - history and speculation

Today’s blog bridges past and future, and focuses on Phobos andDeimos – the two moons of the planet Mars, named after the two...

March 2016

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The Crimson Bed - Loretta Proctor

reviewed: An interesting glimpse into a pre-Raphaelite world

The Crimson Bed, by Loretta Proctor, is a tale of romance and family life set around the fringes of the pre-Raphaelite artist...

The Crimson Bed - Loretta Proctor

March 2016

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text: How far away is Artificial Intelligence?

Over the next few days, Google’s Go-playing algorithm,AlphaGo, will take on the current world Go champion, Lee Se-dol. It is ...

February 2016

22

reviewed: Another fine Dawlish book

This review is for Britannia's Spartan, by Antoine Vanner. It is available at Amazon, Goodreads, etc but doesn't seem to have...

February 2016

03

text: Basic elements - food

(Original post at http://richardabbott.datascenesdev.com/blog/index.php/2016/02/03/basic-elements-food/) Here's the next...

December 2015

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The Dead Gods: Flint & Steel, Fire & Shadow 2 - Rob Bayliss

reviewed: A good step-up from the first in the series

I read The Sun Shard - the first in this series - back in November, and purchased the second volume as soon as I spotted it f...

The Dead Gods: Flint & Steel, Fire & Shadow 2 - Rob Bayliss

December 2015

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text: Far from the Spaceports - Quick wits and loyalty confront high-tech crime in space

Far from the Spaceports, a new science fiction book set in the fairly near future, explores the relationship between human an...

Far From the Spaceports - Richard Abbott

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The Long Shadow - Loretta Proctor

reviewed: A tale of betrayal, forgiveness, and passion

The Long Shadow, by Loretta Proctor, is the forerunner to Dying Phoenix. I read them in reverse order, but this didn't affect...

The Long Shadow - Loretta Proctor

November 2015

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The Sun Shard (Flint and Steel, Fire and Shadow. Book 1) - Rob Bayliss

reviewed: A first glimpse into an innovative and unusual world

Sun Shard, by Rob Bayliss, is a fantasy novel set in a world with a level of technology roughly like that of the English Civi...

The Sun Shard (Flint and Steel, Fire and Shadow. Book 1) - Rob Bayliss

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