he’s too grumpy. I
felt grumpy reading it.

I gave up half-way through
the first story.

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Well written in a Faulkner-prose style and a definate
page turner. I enjoy post-fallen world stuff usually
but this was just grim through and through.

There were no apostrophes in the contractions
and for some reason that drove me nuts.

...and there were a lot of contractions.

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mellow contemporary jazz.

Botti is a horn maestro.

Play this for your lady,
she’ll thank you in pleasant
ways.

Or, listen to it in traffic.

We can all use a little slow
down…

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I had forgotten how
all that internal plumbing
worked.

Also, it was refreshing to
remember that other animals
poop, too.

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Your kids will
love it.

Buy some incense.

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Really on time.

Anne was a hotty. Desirable. Brilliant.
Troubled – yea, nuts.

But, oh, what a gem
like mind. So evocative
I had tears in my eyes.

The most beautiful poetry
I’ve read in months.

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I enjoyed the concept of YGBM
(you’ve gotta believe me) the
use of semantic control by remote
triggering: is this not happening
already and has been for that matter
to a lesser degree?

Look around you with care.

Do you really need an SUV when
gas prices soar and a fuel-efficient
minivan would suffice?

The novel makes you think about what’s
going on behind what’s going on.

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Marusek started this as a vignette; it reads thus. The vignette part (beginning) is abso brilliant. The story mires later, but this book was the second-best SF book I’ve read so far this year. Vernor Vinge’s Rainbow’s End being the first.

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Because they know good chocolate!