Jim MacLachlan
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Inkle Loom Design & Construction
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Horses and Farms For Fiction Writers
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Carpenter Bee Trap Plans
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Handyman Tools: A Primer For Remodeling & Woodwork
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Building A Shop: Preparing a Practical Workspace
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"The story of Valentine Michael "Mike" Smith, a human raised on Mars by Martians, who returns to Earth to eventually start a cult-like commune is another Heinlein mid-career stab at social satire. Heinlein feeds his own ego by creating an alter-ego pe"
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I've always liked Perry's books, generally really liked them. "The Burglar" has a female lead who thinks a lot in ways that make no sense & does so repetitiously. The paranoia does given her 'job', but her constant attempts to make the 'security comp ...more | |
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Desert Star (Renée Ballard, #5; Harry Bosch, #24; Harry Bosch Universe, #37)
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Well done, but depressing. Harry usually is, though. I'm really impressed that Connelly has kept up his standards. He's aged Harry very well & that really helped keep up the tension at the end. Renee Ballard's part was well done & I liked the way her ...more | |
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Desert Star (Renée Ballard, #5; Harry Bosch, #24; Harry Bosch Universe, #37)
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Well done, but depressing. Harry usually is, though. I'm really impressed that Connelly has kept up his standards. He's aged Harry very well & that really helped keep up the tension at the end. Renee Ballard's part was well done & I liked the way her ...more | |
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“Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.”
― Artist Descending a Staircase
― Artist Descending a Staircase
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“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
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People who enjoy the same books often have similar tastes in other types of entertainment, from Movies and TV programs, to Restaurants, Travel, Recipe ...more
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We read Science Fiction from all ages, rotating group reads from Proto SF to the latest, & all authors from Abbott to Zelazny. ...more
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A place for those who walk the green forests of Middle Earth, cross the pale sands of Arrakis, sail the blue waters of Earthsea, slip among the shadow ...more
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Recommend Crafting and Do-It-Yourself books and resources (Apps, Magazines, the works) with reviews.
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Roger Zelazny, Science Fiction & Fantasy author extraordinaire, wrote dozens of books & stories over the course of his too short career. Discuss him & ...more
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This Group explores scientific topics. We have an active monthly book club, as well as discussions on a variety of topics including science in the new ...more
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Justly remembered for his thrilling stories about Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard wrote about many other characters and in genres other than Swo ...more
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Hard Boiled detective novels, noir, and great crime novels (old and new)
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We do have books/genres in common! I look forward to reading your reviews! :)
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Glad to, Luffy. Good reviews have me reading a lot of good books. I can now find more good books than time, even with audio books.
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I told GR not to shout it out, but it listens as well as my teens did. It was probably that batch edit that hung up & kept giving me an error. I finally went through & just changed them individually. Turned out to be faster.
I went through & made sure they were all on fiction, nonfiction, or 'sort-of-nonfiction' shelves. Then I exported them to an Excel spreadsheet & ran a macro that broke out the shelves for each book & counted them up. I was curious to see my trend in reading & this allows me to graph it quickly.
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Dang! You've been busy. Even when I was going through adding the bulk of my collection, I never got that much in a day!
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I don't go through friends reviews often enough, Tish. I'd like to more often, but too many groups & other stuff to do. It's friends' reviews that make GR so great for me, though. I rarely read a bad book any more.
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I've put it on my list to get. Thanks."
If you don't like it I'll eat my hat. :D
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I've put it on my list to get. Thanks.
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Regarding Robert A. Heinlein's "A human being should be able to.... Specialization is for insects."
Polymaths, like Leonardo Da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Jose Rizal, are a rarity. Two of the advantages of living in a good society are division of labor and trade.
An individual with a mind capable of producing a cure for cancer should be concentrating on such a task.