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	Title	Author	Publication Year	Notes	Rating
	Century Rain	Alastair Reynolds	2005	VERY disappointing. A fairly standard plot that didn't do much. Absolutely no reason for the characters to do what they did. The most interesting character didn't even really exist. Not a very good effort.	6	Details
	Otherness	David Brin	1994	A collection of short stories and essays. The essays are better than the stories.	6	Details
	Exile's Return (Conclave of Shadows, Book 3)	Raymond E. Feist	2006	This book was supposed to be the third and final book of the Conclave of Shadows. Clearly Raymond came up with lots more ideas and wrote an entire book for background. There is virtually no conclave, nor characters of the other two books. Especially the character the first two books was about. So, it's a good book but I had to knock it down for blind-siding me.	7	Details
	Absolution Gap	Alastair Reynolds	2005	The conclusion to the series. All I can say is, Excellent.	9	Details
	The Speed of Dark	Elizabeth Moon	2005	Not your typical fare. I am going to quote from comments in the book because I can't say it any better. "Thoughtful, poignant, beautiful, moving". In the slight future those with autism have been treated so that they are able to function in society and put their genius to work. However, they are not "normal". Written from the perspective of one with autism (and I can't imagine how tough that was, because you believe it) it traces his life. A "cure" for his condition becomes available and the story opens all kinds of ethical questions. The most important part however is to make yourself look at what "normal" means and how you judge and treat others. Everyone from fourth grade on, should read this book.	10	Details
	Judas Unchained	Peter F. Hamilton	2006	The conclusion of Pandora's Star. More in two books than Jordan has done in fourteen - or whatever number he's on now- Interesting characters, great story and epic scope. Just a typical book from Peter. More! More!	9	Details
	Shaman's Crossing (The Soldier Son Trilogy, Book 1)	Robin Hobb	2005	A new series from Robin. This is a typical first book for Robin, character development and setting up storyline. This book has actually been criticized by so-called fans. Umm...If you don't like this, you don't get Robin and are not a fan.	9	Details
	A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4)	George R. R. Martin	2005	FINALLY a book comes out, and then it's only half a book. Even thought this was not an attempt to make money it's still really annoying. Having to wait a year to find out what is going on with half the characters is stupid. The story was OK but dragged some. It should have all been one long book.	8	Details
	Olympos	dan simmons	2006	Nice sequel to Illium, had a slight drag at one point but an interesting story. I wasn't too happy about the fate of Helen though. She deserved worse.	9	Details
	The Scar	China Mieville	2002	While not quite as good as 'Perdido Street Station' it is so much better than anything else it is a '10'	10	Details
	The God Particle: A Novel	Richard Cox	2005	Eh...Not that great.	5	Details
	Perdido Street Station	China Mieville	2003	OMG! An absolutely spectacular, original, unbelievable book. I had read 'King Rat' a while back and was not overly impressed so I just got around to reading this. What a loss. This book is amazing, from the evocative use of language, to the imagination of the story and world, this book is simply mind-boggling. While probably not for everyone, if you like literature and SF this is a must read. I now have to reshuffle my top 10 list.	10	Details
	The Engines of God	Jack McDevitt	1995	First contact type.	5	Details
	The Good, the Bad, and the Undead	Kim Harrison	2005	More present day supernatural stuff. Not as whiney as the last one.	7	Details
	The Sundering: Dread Empire's Fall (Dread Empires Fall)	Walter Jon Williams	2004		6	Details