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About smellincoffee

Citizen, librarian, reader with a boundless wonder for the world and a curiosity about all the beings inside it.

With Wings Like Eagles

Posted on February 28, 2011 by smellincoffee

With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain© 2009 Michael Korda322  pages “The odds were great: our margins small: the stakes infinite.” – Vice Air Marshal Keith Park, No. 11 Group. RAF. As far as drama goes, … Continue reading →

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Vintage SF Covers

Posted on February 26, 2011 by smellincoffee

A few weeks ago while browsing eBay and looking for history works by either H.G. Wells or Isaac Asimov,   I spotted someone selling six classic Wells works for $6. Not six a piece, six all told.  They’re fifty-cent paperbacks … Continue reading →

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Paths of Disharmony

Posted on February 25, 2011 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Typhon Pact: Paths of Disharmony© 2011 Dayton Ward459 pages Andoria hangs over the edge of a precipice, only generations away from extinction. Founding members of the Federation, Andorians are unique in possessing four sexes, all of which are required to … Continue reading →

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The Outline of History

Posted on February 23, 2011 by smellincoffee

The Outline of History, Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind (Volume I)© 1920 H.G. Wells, revised edition by G.P. Wells and Raymond Postgate © 1970550 pages At the close of the Great War, people wondered how such a … Continue reading →

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The Revolutionist

Posted on February 22, 2011 by smellincoffee

The Revolutionist: A Novel of Russia© 1988 Robert Littell467 pages Arise! You workers from your slumber Arise! You prisoners of want For  Reason in revolt now thunders And at last ends the age of “can’t”.  “The Internationale”, English lyrics by  Eugène … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Book-to-Movie Adaptations

Posted on February 21, 2011 by smellincoffee

The best, or at least the most popular, literary dramas are often turned into movies, though purists insist a movie can never better the original novel. While I’m just as biased towards books as anyone, I suspect people favor the … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday (22 February)

Posted on February 21, 2011 by smellincoffee

Teaser Tuesday once again, and I’m throwing out extras. Before the evening was out she had seduced him into seducing her, a conquest that the young Tuohy lived to regret when he discovered, at roughly the same time as the dean, … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (9 Feb – 15 Feb)

Posted on February 17, 2011 by smellincoffee

February has been dominated by fiction so far, helped in part by my recent back of Trek acquisitions which I’ve not yet exhausted. I’ve also been in a weird funk as of late, unable to find science and even history … Continue reading →

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Over a Torrent Sea

Posted on February 17, 2011 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Titan: Over a Torrent Sea© 2009 Christopher L. Bennett356 pages Cover art and design by Cliff Nielson and Alan Dingman, featuring Aili Lavena, an aquatic member of the Titan crew who has a primary role in the exploration … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Literary Love Stories

Posted on February 15, 2011 by smellincoffee

Following on the heels of Valentine’s Day, the Broke and the Bookish inquire: what are some of your favorite bookish love stories? This is going to be rather difficult for me, because I don’t read a lot of books with romance … Continue reading →

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