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ON CELESTIAL MUSIC

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THE FOUR FINGERS OF DEATH

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A smart, fun satire—Jonathan Swift in space, with twists befitting Vincent Price. Full review >

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A novel that might well have been more fun to write than it is to read. Full review >

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Where he got the focus to write through all this is a wonder, though he sure had plenty of material on death, defeat, and... Full review >

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DEMONOLOGY

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An infuriatingly uneven second collection (after The Ring of Brightest Angels Around Heaven, 1995) whose chaotic feel and... Full review >

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