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Jonathan Carroll: The Wooden Sea: A Novel

 Small towns. Police chiefs. Resurrected dogs. Like TC Boyle, Jonathan Carroll is part history, part personal bard, but with an additional mixture of scifi and magical realism. The Wooden Sea is an excellent purview of what life in a small upstate new york town might be like if Neil Turoks physics were in charge of.... jim - Feb 29 2008 - Read Full Review >

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John Christopher: Welcome to a Week of John Christopher Novels

 Today we start our Bookian Homage to the great author John Christopher. This exceptionally prolific British author, whose books are unfortunately difficult to come across, and many of which are now out of print, has entranced youngsters since the late 1960s with tales of post apocalyptic worlds and those who live within them. His most well known series, The Tripods,.... bookian john cristopher - Aug 18 2007 - Read Full Review >

[Childrens Books] 

John Christopher: When the Tripods Came

 When the Tripods Came starts out the Tripod trilogy. Interestingly enough, it centers a lot around the mass hypnotism by a television broadcast show called the Trippy Show. Whats more scary... the alien force come to enslave the minds of humans, or the human broadcast technology that has nearly the same effect?.... trippy show fan - Aug 18 2007 - Read Full Review >



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