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John’s 2023 Year in Books
Take a look at John’s Year in Books. The long, the short—it’s all here.
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Grimdark Magazine Issue #34
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Materials Kinetics: Transport and Rate Phenomena
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Fundamentals of Inorganic Glasses
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John’s Recent Updates
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My complete review is available at Grimdark Magazine. The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror (Volume 3) is the latest installment in Paula Guran's annual compilation of top short stories published over the preceding year. Despite its name, this is ac ...more |
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My complete review is available at Before We Go Blog. The King Must Fall is the latest anthology of all-original short stories from the gang at Grimdark Magazine. Edited by Adrian Collins, Mike Myers, and Sarah Chorn, this fantastic collection of nine ...more |
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My complete review is published at Grimdark Magazine. The Broken Empire trilogy comes to a Shakespearean end in Emperor of Thorns, which finds Mark Lawrence soaring to new literary heights as Jorg Ancrath deepens his understanding of this post-apocaly ...more |
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My complete review is published at Grimdark Magazine. King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence is one of the greatest masterpieces of grimdark fantasy, a towering literary achievement that takes us into the darkened mind and heart of Jorg Ancrath as he comes t ...more |
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My complete review of Prince of Thorns is published at Grimdark Magazine. Prince of Thorns is simultaneously a grimdark fantasy, a post-apocalyptic dystopian thriller, and an epic revenge narrative told from the point of view of a first-rate sociopath ...more |
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My review of The Hod King is published in Grimdark Magazine. The Hod King is the third volume in Josiah Bancroft’s masterful Books of Babel tetralogy, combining the best features of the first two books of the series, Senlin Ascends and Arm of the Sphi ...more |
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"The Strange Library" is a fairy tale-like novella about a boy who gets lured into a labyrinth in the basement of his public library. An old man locks him in a cell deep below the library and forces him to memorize three thick volumes about Ottoman ta ...more |
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"Dark Tide" is #10 on my list of Top Ten Mark Lawrence Short Stories. Read my full listicle at Grimdark Magazine. Dark Tide is an eerily unsettling horror story from Mark Lawrence. A mysterious dark tide is rising, leading to strange electrical distur ...more |
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Jan 16, 2022 03:38PM
Dear John, thanks for the friends invite!
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Goodreads seems to be randomly deleting friends. I didn't unfriend anyone. If we somehow got randomly unfriended, please send me another request and I'll accept. I feel bad about getting disconnected from people!
Luís wrote: "Thank you, John."Thank you too, Luis! So nice meeting you!
Majenta wrote: "Hello, John! Thank you for contacting me! I hope you are as safe and well and possible and having a good week. Congratulations on your books! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings ..."Thanks so much, Majenta! It's such a pleasure to meet you. I look forward to discussing books with you. Best wishes!
Hello, John! Thank you for contacting me! I hope you are as safe and well and possible and having a good week. Congratulations on your books! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings and peace.Best wishes from Majenta
Nenia ✨ I yeet my books back and forth ✨ wrote: "Hi John! Thanks for adding me!"Such a pleasure meeting you, Nenia! I hope all is well with you!
Hi John! Thanks for adding me!
