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Fast paced SF exploration of artificial life, interwoven with the story of the Golem of Prague.

Russell's first novel is a thoroughly original first contact story. Depending on your makeup, this is either completely depressing or strangely inspiring.

OK, so there's probably no one out there who doesn't yet know his sound...but I just put him on for the first time in a long while...and boy was I happy: Kodachrome, Loves Me Like A Rock - good stuff!

Friend on a train asks Cowboy: If I read ONE Western novel which should it be? Cowboy recs Lonesome Dove, and I'm so glad he did, because I'd never have read it otherwise. Funny, grand, beautiful.

Lisa was a beautiful Bay Area folk singer/songwriter. Her music was at turns sweet, funny and political. Ahh, and she wrote kids music as well. She's missed.

How different might my life be, if I'd had a children's book about a mole who gets pooped on - and then ventures out to discover whose doo he's wearing?

Viorst thoroughly captures the essence of a terrible day, in a way that's easy for a kid to make sense of and laugh at. This book entertains me as much today as it did when I was four.

...But sometimes even mommas make mistakes!

Just a lot of fun. Cusack at his best!

Written by a hoopy frood who really knew where his towel was!

Believe it or not, this was my first exposure to Firefly, or really to Whedon at all. Whether you've seen the short-lived series or not, the movie is a lot of fun.