SHEA had just beaten me at chess, as usual, and, also as usual, I had …
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François rated The Marching Morons: 4 stars
The Marching Morons (1959, Ballantine Books)
The Marching Morons by C. M. Kornbluth
The Marching Morons (and Other Famous Science Fiction Stories) is a collection of stories by Cyril M. Kornbluth, originally published …
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The Marching Morons (and Other Famous Science Fiction Stories) is a collection of stories by …
Excellent.This is the (very) short novel on which the 2006 movie Idiocracy ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy ) is based.
François rated Death Comes to Marlow: 4 stars
Death Comes to Marlow by Robert Thorogood
Second book of the Marlow series. It’s been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks – AKA …
François finished reading Death Comes to Marlow by Robert Thorogood
Second book of the Marlow series. It’s been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, …
Nice little closed room mystery.
François rated Beltenebros: 4 stars
Beltenebros by Antonio Muñoz Molina
Beltenebros es una novela del escritor español Antonio Muñoz Molina publicada en 1989.
Darman, un británico excombatiente en las filas …
François finished reading Beltenebros by Antonio Muñoz Molina
Beltenebros es una novela del escritor español Antonio Muñoz Molina publicada en 1989.
Darman, un …
Es un libro interesante, pero tambien un poco raro. Se te da vueltas con el tiempo, los recuerdos, el pasado y el presente y a veces resulta dificil saber donde estas. Pero vale la pena, ya que al final, es !sorprendente! :-)
François rated Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine: 4 stars
Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine by Jules Verne
OU LA PERSONNALITE ET LA NATIONALITE DES PERSONNAGES SE DEGAGENT PEU A PEU « Il faut pourtant convenir que la …
François finished reading Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine by Jules Verne
OU LA PERSONNALITE ET LA NATIONALITE DES PERSONNAGES SE DEGAGENT PEU A PEU « Il …
Nice classic :-)
François rated Le monde englouti: 5 stars
Le monde englouti by J. G. Ballard
The Drowned World is a 1962 science fiction novel by British writer J. G. Ballard. The novel depicts a post-apocalyptic …
François finished reading Le monde englouti by J. G. Ballard
The Drowned World is a 1962 science fiction novel by British writer J. G. Ballard. …
Excellent book, recommended. It is one of the few tht I keep reading and re-reading. This timein English but the french version is also good.
François rated Fairy Tale: 5 stars
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy …
François finished reading Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this spellbinding …
Brilliant, as usual. But then I'm a fan, so I expected no less of him. Ending a bit tame compared to rest of book, but he's still good!!!!
François rated Le monde englouti: 5 stars
Le monde englouti by J. G. Ballard
The Drowned World is a 1962 science fiction novel by British writer J. G. Ballard. The novel depicts a post-apocalyptic …
