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Simple Rules Create Complex Social Systems  

by: rogerco

The Dawn of Everything  

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on: 29 Apr 2023

1. Freedom to Move 2. Freedom to Refuse an Order 3. Freedom to Create New Forms of Social Reality

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The prize is in the reading  

by: rogerco

The Silence of the Girls  

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on: 16 Apr 2023

First class writing.

Full review 93 words

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A Life in Transistion  

by: rogerco

A Fortune-Teller Told Me  

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on: 20 Mar 2023

The year of not flying certainly seems to have changed him for the better, from the hard boiled journo to someone a lot more aware of the darker side of the rising tide of capitalism.

Full review 130 words

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Not successful  

by: rogerco

Utopia Avenue  

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on: 19 Feb 2023

A collection of cameos by dead musicians

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rating of "The Siege of Krishnapur"  

by: Roger CO

The Siege of Krishnapur  

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on: 25 Jan 2023

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rating of "Unsheltered"  

by: Roger CO

Unsheltered  

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on: 24 Dec 2022

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rating of "Agent Running in the Field"  

by: Roger CO

Agent Running in the Field  

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on: 28 Nov 2022

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Classic Pynchon  

by: rogerco

Bleeding Edge  

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on: 26 Nov 2022

New York in the aftermath of the dot-com crash of 2001 provides a natural landscape for Pynchon's

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rating of "The Black Swan"  

by: Roger CO

The Black Swan  

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on: 01 Sep 2022

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Easy reading  

by: rogerco

Ross Poldark  

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on: 15 Aug 2022

Review extract: A quick light read. ...

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A stoned shaggy dog's tail  

by: rogerco

Inherent Vice  

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on: 14 Aug 2022

A gripping return to form in true shaggy dog form

Full review 257 words

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A Lost Opportunity for a good book  

by: rogerco

The Lost Apothecary  

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on: 27 Jul 2022

Review extract: The eighteenth century story is competently told although seemingly a little unlikely, the probelm comes with the appalling wet american woman and her nasty husband in the today section. ...

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How the Gods Live  

by: rogerco

Circe  

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on: 16 Jul 2022

Fabulous storytelling

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Poetical writing at its best  

by: rogerco

Hamnet  

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on: 24 Jun 2022

Engrossing and affecting tale

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rating of Emotionally Weird  

by: Roger CO

Emotionally Weird  

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on: 22 Jun 2022

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rating of "Kafka on the Shore"  

by: Roger CO

Kafka on the Shore  

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on: 06 Jun 2022

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rating of "The Wee Free Men"  

by: Roger CO

The Wee Free Men  

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on: 03 Jun 2022

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More of the Same  

by: rogerco

Winterkill  

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on: 18 May 2022

More snow, a death, a past, the real crime not the death

Full review 71 words

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Macbeth on Discworld  

by: rogerco

Wyrd Sisters  

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on: 20 Apr 2022

An entertaining fast read

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Excellent Read  

by: rogerco

Grasshopper  

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on: 02 Apr 2022

Keeping the tension up with hints of what is to come at every stage

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Similar to the previous  

by: rogerco

Whiteout  

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on: 19 Mar 2022

but still a good read

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The Poetry of Paths  

by: rogerco

The Old Ways  

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on: 01 Mar 2022

Beautifully written, and deeply meditative

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They led, many have followed  

by: rogerco

The Anarchy  

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on: 27 Feb 2022

Absorbing

Full review 67 words

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19th Century Farming Life Revealed  

by: rogerco

Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay  

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on: 19 Jan 2022

...and also the community built around the farming work of the year

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Average small town average crime mystery  

by: rogerco

The Creak on the Stairs  

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on: 05 Jan 2022

A bit confusing and a messy end, but a good quick read

Full review 174 words

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