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WestMichRad

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5. I recently read Earth by David Brin

Reply to Tetrachloride (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 8, 2024, 11:26 AM

Dec 8

Very challenging to figure out what was going on. Was halfway thru the book before the disparate plot lines began to get tied together. Made it hard for me to stay engaged with the book.

Are all of Brin’s novels like that?

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What Fiction are you reading this week, December 8, 2024? [View all] hermetic Dec 8 OP

The Uplift Universe series by David Brin. Currently, The Uplift War and Infinity's Shore Tetrachloride Dec 8 #1

I recently read Earth by David Brin WestMichRad Dec 8 #5

The books by David Brin that I don't read include: Kiln People, Otherness and Earth. Tetrachloride Dec 8 #8

Dean Koontz blue sky at night Dec 8 #2

Wow! I had no idea hermetic Dec 8 #7

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A review hermetic Dec 8 #12

I reread that earlier this year. It's one of my favorite Clavells. rsdsharp Dec 8 #24

Orbital Mz Pip Dec 8 #6

Ooooh yeah hermetic Dec 8 #13

So far so good Mz Pip Dec 8 #20

Thanks for the weekly thread, hermetic. I'm still meandering thru the Texas Hill Country japple Dec 8 #9

I want to read that one, too hermetic Dec 8 #14

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Sounds good hermetic Dec 8 #17

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Brand new hermetic Dec 8 #18

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I really liked that book! LearnedHand Dec 8 #22

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Those all sound really good hermetic Dec 8 #30

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Hurry Sundown by K.B. Gilden mike_c Dec 8 #33

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