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The Last Book in the Universe has received mixed reviews. Many critics praised the novel for its involving plot. Many critics praised the novel for its involving plot. Debbie Carton, a reviewer from Booklist , called it a "fast-paced adventure" with a "moving conclusion" and "memorable characters."
Neil Gaiman is an admirer of James, especially his novel Votan, which provided one model for American Gods, calling it “I think probably the best book ever done about the Norse”. [3] James's skilful evocation of life and myths of Dark Age Europe also won him the admiration of neo-pagan authors John and Caitlin Matthews.
Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era is a 2013 non-fiction book by the American author James Barrat. The book discusses the potential benefits and possible risks of human-level or super-human artificial intelligence. [1] Those supposed risks include extermination of the human race. [2]
Gabriel Conroy – the main character of the story. 15 Usher's Island, the house once partly rented by Joyce's great aunts which was the model for "the dark gaunt house on Usher's Island", the principal setting for the story The statue of William III of England on Dame Street, Dublin, appears in a story told by Gabriel about his grandfather Patrick Morkan.
The Lost Fleet is a military science fiction series written by John G. Hemry under the pen name Jack Campbell. The series is set one-hundred-plus years into an interstellar war between two different human cultures, the Alliance and the Syndicate.
It is the fourth book in the John Dies at the End series, written under a working title "David Wong Dies in This One". [1] It is also the first of Pargin's novels published under his real name beginning from the first edition, after he had abandoned the "David Wong" pseudonym his previous books were published under. [2]
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic.He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century.
Doomsday Book is a 1992 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. The novel won both the Hugo [ 1 ] and Nebula [ 2 ] Awards, and was shortlisted for other awards. [ 3 ] The title of the book refers to the Domesday Book of 1086.