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Bay Area programmer guy. Lifelong comic book reader, also a big fan of comic strips and webcomics. In prose I mostly read science fiction with a smattering of fantasy, horror, mystery and the occasional nonfiction book. My cats help.
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Michael Rawdon rated Village in the Sky: 3 stars
Michael Rawdon rated The Emperor's Soul: 4 stars
The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
When Shai is caught replacing the Moon Scepter with her nearly flawless forgery, she must bargain for her life and …
Michael Rawdon rated Hawk: 3 stars
Hawk by Steven Brust (Vlad Taltos, #14)
Vlad Taltos has a price on his head. It isn't the first time, but what's new is that the entire …
Michael Rawdon rated These Lifeless Things: 4 stars
These Lifeless Things by Premee Mohamed (Solaris Satellites)
Michael Rawdon rated On Writing: 4 stars
Michael Rawdon rated A Conventional Boy: 3 stars
A Conventional Boy by Charles Stross (Laundry files)
Michael Rawdon rated The Memory Palace: 5 stars
Michael Rawdon rated Tiassa: 4 stars
Tiassa by Steven Brust (Vlad Taltos, #13)
Long ago, one of the gods fashioned an artifact called the silver tiassa. To Devera the Wanderer, it's a pretty …
Michael Rawdon rated Under Fortunate Stars: 5 stars
Michael Rawdon rated Iorich: 3 stars
Iorich by Steven Brust (Vlad Taltos, #12)
House Jhereg, Dragaera's organized crime syndicate, is still hunting Vlad Taltos. There's a big price on his head on Draegara …
Michael Rawdon rated The Tainted Cup: 5 stars
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Shadow of the Leviathan, #1)
In Daretana’s greatest mansion, a high imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree erupted from his body. …
Michael Rawdon rated Jhegaala: 3 stars
Jhegaala by Steven Brust (Vlad Taltos, #11)
Michael Rawdon rated Babel-17: 2 stars
Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
During an interstellar war one side develops a language, Babel-17, that can be used as a weapon. Learning it turns …
Michael Rawdon rated Word by word: 4 stars
Word by word by Kory Stamper
"Brimming with intelligence and personality, a vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made - a must read for word …