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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Resident Aliens: Stories of NYC in the 1960s in Books

Oct 5, 2020  
Resident Aliens: Stories of NYC in the 1960s
Resident Aliens: Stories of NYC in the 1960s
Beth Porter | 2001
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Beth Porter's "Resident Aliens," gives us a novella, four poems and three short stories all focusing on the darker sides of post-war/post-depression era of New York through characters whose lives reflect it's less glamorous neighborhoods. Read my review of this unique collection here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/10/09/gritty-new-york-stories-and-poems/<br/><br/>NOTE: THIS Beth Porter is the author of ONLY "The Net Effect" and no other books attributed to her on this site.
  
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Sawyer (231 KP) rated Love, Death & Robots in TV

May 10, 2019  
Love, Death &amp; Robots
Love, Death & Robots
2019 | Action, Animation, Comedy
7
8.5 (37 Ratings)
TV Show Rating Watch
The animation is just about always amazing in some way (1 more)
I actually prefer these short episodes usually between 5 and 15 minutes
There is a lot of sexuality and nudity including full frontal male nudity that just seems like it's unnecessary most of time (1 more)
It's an aontology show Which means some episodes are just not going to be as good
A variety sample pack of short sci-fi animated stories
So this is a animated show each episode features a short self-contained story with a distinctive different animation style most of the stories are sci-fi in nature with a few being more on the supernatural side I was actually surprised by the overall quality usually in this type of show there's going to be very highs and very lows

I can say for the most part the show is really enjoyable lots of unique art styles unique stories with different backgrounds a lot of them do feel like it's more style than substance though

And there is a lot of Gore violence and sexuality sprinkled throughout the series that is just off-putting sometimes for me
  
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Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated War Stories: New Military Science Fiction in Books

Jan 12, 2018  
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War Stories: New Military Science Fiction
Jaym Gates | 2014
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
As a military fiction fan and a sci fi fan this was the best of both worlds in one. I loved how most of the stories were from either a LBGT perspective or a female one. Also the various views of war from authors(and in a lot of cases) soldiers from not only different branches but different countries. There were one or two stories that were very difficult to read because their wordiness caused them to be pretentious and drag on(one in particular). Over all though I would recommend this book and would like to see some authors turn the short stories into full length books.
  
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Ian Parr (9 KP) rated Wild Tales (2014) in Movies

Nov 18, 2019  
Wild Tales (2014)
Wild Tales (2014)
2014 |
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
"Six stories are told in this movie, and all are entertaining and enjoyable. However, because these are short stories, I found some ended too soon, left me wanting more, to find out what happened next, and one or two had disappointing endings. The pick of the stories are 'El más fuerte', about a road rage incident that escalates and the last story, 'Hasta que la muerte nos separe', about a wedding that goes very very badly! I would have liked some connection between each story, like a character appearing in each, but as it is it still comes highly recommended."

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Erika (17789 KP) rated The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life in Books

Dec 31, 2017  
The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life
The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life
John Le Carre | 2016 | Biography
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I definitely recommend listening to the audiobook version, as it's narrated by Le Carre himself. I really liked knowing the history behind the writer, and to see where a lot of his inspiration came from. It was broken up into a series of short stories/essays, which made it flow really well, in my opinion.