Howard's Gift: Uncommon Wisdom to Inspire Your Life's Work

author: Eric Sinoway

name: Wayne

average rating: 4.43

book published: 2012

rating: 5

read at: 2012/11/13

date added: 2012/11/13

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Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages

author: Dean Koontz

name: Wayne

average rating: 4.29

book published: 1988

rating: 4

read at: 2012/11/05

date added: 2012/11/05

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Automatic Woman

author: Nathan Yocum

name: Wayne

average rating: 4.60

book published: 2012

rating: 4

read at: 2012/11/01

date added: 2012/11/05

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A rip-roaring "steampunk noir" novel. Jacob "Jolly" Fellows is a big bruiser of a man. When he gets involved in a case that sees him framed unjustly for murder, he decides to investigate. Along the way he runs across A certain Dr. Doyle who offers him a "seven percent solution" to keep him going, and one of the antagonists is a certain Charles Darwin.



What is at stake is the Automatic Woman of the title. A robotic woman programmed to dance in Swan Lake, but who, it seems, has gained a life of her own. He is double-crossed and beat up at every turn along the way, but he also finds an unlikely ally.



I enjoyed this novel. The main character has a dark sense of humor and manages to take quite a beating during the book. He is not without resources, but they are reasonable and not preposterously out of line. The name dropping tends to get a little old to me, but this is not out of sorts for this genre of novel. Charles Darwin made an unusual choice for an antagonist, but I thought it was interesting.



A fun quick read and I recommend it.





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