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The Core Dump

The Core Dump is the personal blog of Nic Lindh, a Swedish-American pixel-pusher living in Phoenix, Arizona.

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    Review: Perdido Street Station

    Excellent fantasy from China Miéville.

    Tuesday, December 18, 2007

    Review: Made in America

    For the word nerds.

    Friday, December 07, 2007

    Review: The Lies of Locke Lamora

    A tentative debut novel from Scott Lynch.

    Friday, November 30, 2007

    Review: Nature Girl

    Carl Hiaasen wants you to not visit Florida.

    Thursday, November 29, 2007

    Review: Bleeding Hearts

    A disappointing non-Rebus novel from Ian Rankin.

    Thursday, November 29, 2007

    Review: JPod

    Douglas Coupland continues the exploration of the lives of tech workers he started in Microserfs.

    Thursday, October 25, 2007

    Review: Right as Rain

    Hard boiled crime fiction from one of the writers for The Wire.

    Tuesday, October 23, 2007

    Review: A Cruel Wind

    The granddaddy of dark fantasy. Highly recommended.

    Wednesday, October 10, 2007

    Review: On Intelligence

    Very interesting book about how intelligence works and the challenges we face in trying to build intelligent machines.

    Wednesday, October 10, 2007

    Review: All Creatures Great and Small

    Well-deservedly known as a classic.

    Saturday, September 15, 2007

    Review: Passage at Arms

    Das Boot in spaaaaaace.

    Sunday, September 09, 2007

    Review: Echo Park

    A decent installment in the Harry Bosch saga.

    Sunday, September 09, 2007

    Review: Stumbling on Happiness

    A slim volume on how we determine whether we’re happy or not. Worth reading.

    Saturday, September 01, 2007

    Review: Twilight Watch

    Brings the Nightwatch trilogy to a satisfying end.

    Thursday, July 19, 2007

    Review: Day Watch

    Continues the Nightwatch saga in strong form.

    Thursday, July 19, 2007

    Review: Nightwatch

    The first novel in the great Nightwatch saga. If you like fantasy, this is the real deal.

    Thursday, July 19, 2007

    Review: Hardwired

    Classic cyberpunk, well worth reading.

    Monday, June 25, 2007

    Review: The Digital Photography Book

    Will help improve the quality of your photographs.

    Thursday, June 07, 2007

    Review: The Ghost Brigades

    Fun space opera with emotional depth.

    Wednesday, May 30, 2007

    Review: The Dead Yard

    The second Michael Forsythe novel is grim and fast-paced.

    Wednesday, May 30, 2007

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