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Posted 2016-03-06 2:32 PM (#12914 - in reply to #12239)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss. Even though Rothfuss suggests not reading this book if you haven't read any of the Kingkiller Chronicles, I read it anyway. It is a delightful little story about Auri, a damaged young woman with OCD. Told from Auri's point of view, everything must be done just so and placed just so. The underground world sounds fascinating and I may just have to read the Kingkiller Chronicles to see what's going on above ground.

The Peripheral - William Gibson. This is my first Gibson book, believe it or not. I own quite a few of his books and they're been in the TBR pile for years. This was a decent book - worth the read in my opinion. There's cool tech and a murder to solve across two time periods. The time periods are a bit dystopian, but not so unrealistic - especially the one near our own.

A Darkling Sea - James Cambias. The sentient species the humans are supposed to leave alone are giant lobsters who have their own civilization. They do everything by touch and sonar. The policemen of the galaxy are centaur-like and seem to be obsessed with sex. And the humans are typical humans - don't want to follow stupid rules. Great story. I can see why it was nominated for some awards.

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