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Book review: The Olive Sisters by Amanda Hampson


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With the gentle, undulating flow of many Italian or Spanish stories, The Olive Sisters also walks the well-worn path of bittersweet romance and wistful hark-back to the past that seem to be the hallmark of Mediterranean fiction.

Rating: 7 of 10

Book review: The Beijing Of Possibilities by Jonathan Tel


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With almost text-book precision, Jonathan Tel captures the essence of the perfect short story in this loosely woven collection of heartbreaks, secrets, humanities and mundanities, backdropped by the mysterious Beijing.

Rating: 9 of 10

Book review: Whom God Would Destroy by Commander Pants


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A light-hearted romp through the big boys of serious topics - Whom God Would Destroy examines the subjects of religion, psychiatry, the mentally ill, and alien conspiracies in a sniggeringly hilarious meander through some cunning plot twists and a whole new understanding of the universe as it is.

Rating: 9 of 10

Book review: American Hoax by Charles Firth


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If this was lunch, it would be a Wendy's hot dog with everything.

Rating: 6 of 10

Book review: Twilight by Stephanie Meyer


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What if Joss Whedon wrote like an 8 yr old, Buffy was a petulant, crying moron and Angel was her self flagellating bitch? Stephanie Meyer would be $70 million poorer, that’s what.

Rating: 2 of 10

Short story: Afternoon Delight



There was something about her; wild, lawless, smoldering.

Book review: The Troublesome Offspring Of Cardinal Guzman by Louis de Berniéres


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Mildly disappointing, but only compared to the insanely high standards I have come to expect from Mr de Berniéres and his extreme awesomeness as an author.

Rating: 8 of 10

Short story: Friday Afternoon




I like the colour green.

Book review: Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis


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If this was fused with a grim, dystopian sci-fi blockbuster in some of Godawful teleporter accident it would be the film 'Brazil'.

Rating: 8 of 10

Short story: Club



Swaying, shaking, bright lights tight skirt tall heels.

Book review: Dedication by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus


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McLaughlin and Kraus are back - and in my opinion, even better than before. Dedication is the quintessential girl's fantasy, with an unexpected happily ever after - where the girl makes the rules.

Rating: 8 of 10

Short story: The Architect



Each day, the architect strides into his penthouse office with two hundred and seventy degree panoramic views and a large oak display table.

Book review: Panic by Jeff Abbott


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Feeling like you just haven't had enough spy/CIA conspiracy in your life lately? Lacking in running, gun fights, car chases, and general confusion and accusations about the CIA? Might be time to read Panic...

Rating: 6 of 10

Short story: The Battle



The assembly look smart; boots that glisten, bayonettes that gleam, hats sitting regally as even their feathers stay firm in the gentle breeze.

Book review: Spook Country by William Gibson


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If this was written before anyone had heard of the author, it would get a pretty patchy reception.

Rating: 6 of 10

Short story: Housekeeper



If cleanliness and orderliness are next to Godliness I would already be in heaven. A place for everything and everything in it's place; my place is among dusted shelves, knick-knacks lined up with military precision, coffee tables that have never been within spitting distance of coffee.

What's in a game?



I do not have an addictive personality. Really. Look at me - I'm nearly twenty-eight, I don't smoke, I drink only on occasion, and I have chocolate consumption down to about once a week. On the other hand - I'm a quitter - I can give up just about anything, including university, hard work, and replying to my emails. Where am I going with this? Enough of the boring bits, onto this quasi-review of the Sims!

Short story: Territory



Public policy, budget restrictions, pandering to the moral majority, funding eccentricities, a hodgepodge of papers, politicians, tight organisation, paternalism, ignorance, apathy.

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