A Short History of the World
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Although best known for his scientific romances that paved the way for the modern science fiction...
Project Genesis: The Short Story Prequel to the Genesis Rising Series
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Global terrorism. The declining population. An uncertain future. Does the Sphinx hold the...
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Piper Robbin and the American Oz Maker
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WORLD WAR OZ from coast to coast. An adult fantasy that takes one of America's favorite tales and...
epic fantasy fiction adult Piper Robbin and the American Oz Maker Warwick Gleeson
We Must Be Brave
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We can’t choose who we love. We can choose who we fight for. ‘This is storytelling at its...
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Redemption (The Hacker Chronicles #2)
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Saturday, the second day of July, in the year of our Lord, 1644, will be a day long remembered by...
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Can Machines Bring Peace? (The Thinking Machine Trilogy #1)
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Can a machine bring peace? Or are humans built for war? 450 years after Earth was bombed back to...
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Fishing With Tolstoy
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FISHING WITH TOLSTOY is a timely and heartwarming story of friendship that pokes tongue-in-cheek fun...
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The King’s Mother
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1461. Through blood and battle Edward has gained England’s throne – king by right and conquest...
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Decision at Thunder Rift: Book One of The Saga of the Gray Death Legion
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THE EPIC FIRST NOVEL OF THE LEGENDARY SCIENCE FICTION SERIES... Thirty meters tall, seventy tons...
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LCD bounces around somewhat in time from toddlerhood to the present day. It’s auto fiction, really, although I had to double check that. So I suppose it’s a mix of Saisio’s autobiography that has been fictionalised in places.
I found the details of a child growing up in Finland, Saisio’s communist parents, along with 1950’s Finnish life, fascinating. It also made me curious about the war and occupation of the Russians in Finland, and I consequently did a bit of background reading about that.
I love reading translated books, and the translator, Mia Spangenberg, has made sure that this has lost none of its humour. The relationships between the narrator and their family members are so well drawn. Their experiences, traumas, upbringings and their expectations of this small child make for an engrossing read.