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A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:54:00 +0000

A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

My Rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book surprised me. I began to read it and thought I knew where it was going. It got there, but certainly not in the way I was expecting it to. Its hard not to like Tassie, the narrator. Awkward, out of place, from
the midwest, she comes East to University, where she quickly and painfully grows up. There is an expected but twisted thread. There are babies, love, betrayal, bombs, food, racism and music.
But absolutely NO dissappointment.

"A Gate at the Stairs" was a finalist for the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for
Fiction and for the Orange Prize.

If you have doubts about reading this one, check it out!

Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 23:33:00 +0000

Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was the first endeavour of a new author, as far as I knew,
but the concept of using bodies as mere containers for the mind,
this weird concept of immortality drew me in.

And I loved it! It's a noir private agent/investigator style, a dark hard sci-fi tale with militaristic action,
political intrigue, sprinkled with some gratuitous sex and gore.

How can you miss this?

I've recommend this before and I still haven't received negative feedback because of it.

A really great surprise!

The Lives of Dax by Marco Palmieri

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:58:00 +0000

The Lives of Dax by Marco Palmieri

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A nice anthology feel for the book, all the stories were entertaining.
Helped me learn more of the lore and increase my curiosity for more of DS9 return stories.

WARNING: Some Spoilers ahead!

Starts with Ezri telling her experience of the unexpected joing....

Then a story about Lela (politician) and a first contact with the L'Dira!

A nice story! Very character oriented.

Next, Emony and McCoy share a tale of love and discovery.
Nice twist, I never knew McCoy had this encounter.

Then, Tobin and friends discover the secret of teleportation plus fight some Romulans.

When I finished Audrid Dax story, I discovered glimpses of an origin of the Trill worms, and an interested renewall on more stories about this race!

Torias and the transwarp failure that ended his life. A Trill love story.

After I finished Joran tribulations, such a missing piece of Dax lives that was previously untold!

On another story, Curzon Dax and Benjamim Sisks with a story of alien understanding.

Finally, Jadzia faces an old enemy and deals with sibling problems.

End of Spoilers

Like I said before, a nice anthology feel for the book, all the stories were entertaining.

These renewed interest in Star Trek lore warrants my 5 star rating!