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Roy Adams

roytoo@ramblingreaders.org

Joined 2 years, 2 months ago

I mainly read sci-fi, mystery, some suspense/horror and the occasional non-fiction.

Mastodon: mstdn.social/@roytoo

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2025 Reading Goal

94% complete! Roy Adams has read 49 of 52 books.

reviewed Thud! by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, Book 34)

Terry Pratchett: Thud! (Paperback, 2006, Corgi Books) 4 stars

Koom Valley? That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the …

Great story

5 stars

"That is not my cow!" brings back good memories of reading books to the kids. Nice touch that Sam always makes it home to read each day.

reviewed Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #33)

Terry Pratchett: Going Postal (Paperback, 2005, HarperTorch) 5 stars

Suddenly, condemned arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig found himself with a noose around his neck and …

Good tale with a critique of extractive capitalism

5 stars

Con artist Moist von Lipwig gets a second chance at life if he'll be the postmaster of Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service. Along the way he grows and does the "better thing" instead of what would be immediately satisfying.

reviewed The Last Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison (Dangerous Visions, #3)

Harlan Ellison: The Last Dangerous Visions (EBook, 2024, Blackstone Publishing) 4 stars

An anthology more than half a century in the making, The Last Dangerous Visions is …

A very good ending to the Dangerous Visions books.

5 stars

It was a very long time coming, but well worth the wait. J. Michael Straczynski's intro explains why the book was delayed and provides a clear-eyed but loving epitaph for Harlan Ellison.

Manly Wade Wellman: John the Balladeer (Paperback, Baen Books) 5 stars

In John the Balladeer, the late Manly Wade Wellman gave us one of the most …

Appalachian tales with some magic

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Interesting tales of Appalachian folk tales and life from the perspective of traveling balladeer John with the silver stringed guitar. The stories were written in the y1950s so to me there is an interesting blend old ways (John walks on his travels) and more modern life (automobiles, railroad and even planes).

Manly Wade Wellman: John the Balladeer (Paperback, Baen Books) 5 stars

In John the Balladeer, the late Manly Wade Wellman gave us one of the most …

Good stories

5 stars

Interesting tales of Appalachian folk tales and life from the perspective of traveling balladeer John with the silver stringed guitar. The stories were written in the 1950s so to me there is an interesting blend old ways (John walks on his travels) and more modern life (automobiles, railroad and even planes).