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Oct. 12, 2009
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Smashwords book reviews by Alex Bell
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Xenolith
on Nov. 02, 2009
(no rating)
I've just been emailed by Smashwords and asked to review this book. I'm afraid I can't do that, since the ePub version I bought has double spaced lines - that is, there is a space between each line of text. I have so many books on my To Be Read list that I'll read them before trying to fix up Xenoliths. If I ever do I'll let you know. Regards, Alex
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The Mystic Travelogues
on June 05, 2011
(no rating)
I think this is a superb example of high quality ebook production, and it has an entrancing story as well. 10 out of 10. I intend to keep this book on my reader as an example of what to aim for. Alex Bell
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The Blasphemy Tour
on July 06, 2012
I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand it enabled me to stretch my mind by grappling with alternative points of view, particularly about the relevance and basis for religious belief, and supported my own beliefs in the stupidity of war and of mindless patriotism. On the other hand the views expressed are selective, not to say bigoted, and express only one point of view. Some of the situations and events described seem unbelievable even for the US. And I think it weakens the case the author presents to use two people who have fried their brains with drugs as the protagonists. Worst of all, to someone who designs ebooks, is that plonked down in the middle of chapter one there is a several line shill from somebody or other offering his services as a proof reader.