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<p>There's an interesting <a class="reference external" href="http://www.reason.com/hod/bb091305.shtml">article</a> by Bidisha Banerjee in
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<section id="wednesday-14-september-2005"><h2>Wednesday, 14 September 2005</h2>
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<p>I ran across a reference to a post from 2004 explaining <a class="reference external" href="http://www.goldrushgames.com/">Gold Rush
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<p>I also ran across an article that gives some of the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.locusmag.com/2004/Features/03Wallace_PODEssay.html">reasons</a>
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<li><p><em>A Bone to Pick</em>, by Charlaine Harris; Walking and Company/ Walker
Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Also good, though more conventional
than the other books by Harris that I've read.</p></li>
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<li><p><em>Shapespeare's Trollop</em>, by Charlaine Harris; St. Martin's
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366621/">Inuyasha - Kagami no naka no mugenjou</a>, also known as <em>Inuhasha:
The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass</em>, 2002; directed by Toshiya
Shinohara, screenplay by Katsuyuki Sumizawa, story by Rumiko
Takahashi. Good.</p></li>
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<li><p><em>Olympos</em>, by Dan Simmons; Eos/HarperCollins Publishers, 2005. I did
not enjoy it as much as <a class="reference external" href="posts/2003/09/20/2003-09-20-recent-reading-obrian-weber-simmons/#illium">Illium</a>, and thought it rather
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<li><p><em>Shakespeare's Christmas</em>, by Charlaine Harris, copyright 1998; Dell
Publishing/Random House Inc., November 1999; reprinted by arraignment
with St. Martin's Press. These <em>Shakespeare</em> books are very good.</p></li>
<li><p><em>Singularity Sky</em>, by Charles Stross, copyright 2003; Ace Books,
July 2004. Enjoyable. I'll have to look for other books by Stross.</p></li>
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Kihachi Okamoto, and story by Shugoro Yamamoto. Good.</p></li>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114660/">Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead</a>, 1995; Directed by Gary
Fleder, written by Scott Rosenberg. I liked the Warren Zevon song
better, but the movie wasn't bad.</p></li>
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<li><p><em>Shakespeare's Champion</em>, by Charlaine Harris, copyright 1997; Dell
Publishing/Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., November
1998.</p></li>
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