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Book Review: Walter Mosley’s Futureland

Book Review: Walter Mosley’s Futureland

I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: NetGalley Futurelandby Walter Mosley horror, science fiction, short stories that was published by Grand Central Publishing on June 4, 2013 and has 400 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Nine short stories of horrifying science fiction, of a future that simply continues the problems of today with more advanced science. Each story provides a different look at this future society, and it isn’t nice. It isn’t a world in which I want to live, where your birth or lack of employment condemns you to a life of nothing. Where the system is sucking out man’s ingenuity and spirit for the sake of production and profit. I received an advance copy from NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for the purpose of an honest review. The stories tie loosely together with a few common characters that crop up here and there. There’s Akwande and his idealism and Tristan the First, Dominar of the Blue Zone, and his shared lack of compassion or humanity with Kismet. Folio Johnson is a far-seeing man — no […]

Posted July 7, 2015 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Book Review: Nelson DeMille’s The Lion’s Game

Book Review: Nelson DeMille’s The Lion’s Game

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Lion’s Gameby Nelson DeMilleIt is part of the John Corey #2 series and is a suspense in a paperback edition that was published by Grand Central Publishing on January 1, 2002 and has 720 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books in this series include [books_series] Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Night Fall, The PantherSecond in the John Corey suspense series revolving around a former NYPD detective. This story takes place before the Twin Towers and after the World Trade Center bombing and TWA 800. My Take This one was depressing. Oh, Corey is just as snarky as ever…thank god. I do enjoy his brand of humor. You’ll crack up at his explanation for why the feds created the ATTF. Critical points like pastrami sandwiches play a huge role. I must say, though, that I can understand why those around him sometimes — most of the time — want to bash his head in! I also enjoy how he manages to bash his way through to […]

Posted January 24, 2013 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments