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Daniel’s 2023 Year in Books
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Daniel Polansky
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A City Dreaming Out Now
Friends! Would you believe it or not, I have a new book out. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... It's called A City Dreaming, and it's a ramble through an impossible New York, courtesy of a fast talking lush who prefers quiet beer bars to world saving. It's strange, it's funny, you could do a lot worse. Take a look!
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Low Town (Low Town, #1)
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2011
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42 editions
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The Builders
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2015
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3 editions
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Tomorrow, the Killing (Low Town, #2)
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2012
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17 editions
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She Who Waits (Low Town, #3)
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2013
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13 editions
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Those Above (The Empty Throne, #1)
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2015
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10 editions
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A City Dreaming
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2016
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14 editions
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Those Below (The Empty Throne #2)
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2016
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10 editions
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Seventh Perfection
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2020
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5 editions
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A Drink Before We Die
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2014
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2 editions
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Tomorrow's Children
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2024
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Daniel’s Recent Updates
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| True crime overview of two Roman neer-do-wells committing a Leopold and Loeb. Overwrought, even (especially) given the seriousness of the subject matter. | |
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| Two murders twenty years apart set a police inspector to investigate the dark corners of France's history ...more | |
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| Essentially an attempt to recreate the mindset of the French proletariat and petit bourgeoisie during the 18th century. I thought it was enjoyable and interesting but then I love this sort of investigative history. Although I will admit the subject i ...more | |
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| An attempt to construct pre-literate Greece through the Homeric oral epics. Broadly interesting, though one does get the sense that an awful lot of this is riding on what might have been a throw away line by an itinerant half-drunk poet (most poets a ...more | |
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| A narrative history of the first rifled units in the English army and their various battles against Napoleon. In retrospect I can see my erstwhile passion for military history as a late adolescent attempt to confirm a masculinity in which I so obviou ...more | |
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| The personal history of an obsessive surfer. Finnegan is fascinating and a good writer | |
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| The kind of horror which somehow works despite you knowing where every story is going to go from the first page. I find myself wanting to read another. | |
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| A middling bourgeoise businessman is targeted for assassination, and finds himself forced to discover the tiger which has always lurked beneath his surface. Again Manchette shows an enormous genius for reconstituting hackneyed genre premise (in broad ...more | |
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| After last week’s somewhat disappointing snatch of Keret’s non-fiction it was fun to read him back in top form. I’m honestly shocked that Keret isn’t more popular than he is already—not only are his stories funny, poignant, and original, but they’re ...more | |
“It’s a dangerous thing, pretense. A man ought to know who he is, even if he isn’t proud to be it.”
― Tomorrow, the Killing
― Tomorrow, the Killing
“I remember the lightning in the air, and the lovers bidding goodbye to each other in the streets, and I can tell you what I think. We went to war because going to war is fun, because there's something in the human breast that trills at the thought, although perhaps not the reality, of murdering its fellows in vast numbers. Fighting a war ain't fun - fighting a war is pretty miserable. But starting a war? Hell, starting a war is better than a night floating on daeva's honey.”
― Low Town
― Low Town
“The dangerous men were still asleep, their blades sheathed next to their beds. The really dangerous men had been up for hours, and their quills and ledgers were getting hard use.”
― Low Town
― Low Town
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| Beyond Reality: Forthcoming books for August 2011 | 34 | 101 | Aug 01, 2011 07:22PM | |
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| Beyond Reality: Nominations for December 2011 | 43 | 112 | Sep 21, 2011 09:32AM | |
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| The Sword and Laser: What books would you recommend to someone scared of the Genre? | 79 | 418 | May 19, 2012 10:23AM | |
| Beyond Reality: Nominations for September 2012! | 19 | 46 | Jun 25, 2012 08:20AM | |
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| The Sword and Laser: Dream guest authors for the podcast | 152 | 570 | Jun 17, 2013 12:19PM | |
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Tracey the Lizard Queen
Dec 05, 2014 11:34AM
Thanks for accepting! Very excited for Those Above!
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Tabitha wrote: "Daniel wrote: "Tabitha wrote: "Flipping fantastic...I hope theres more in the works!"There is more in the works...glad you liked it!"
Wonderful to hear! I'm getting my brother in law who is dep..."
That's all great news...thanks!
Tabitha wrote: "Flipping fantastic...I hope theres more in the works!"There is more in the works...glad you liked it!
Tabitha wrote: "Daniel! I won - I won! I will be reading it as soon as it arrives. Glad you decided to join Goodreads! Now add more books mister so we can cyber stalk your shelves - that is what its all about!"Ha - I'll do my best! Hope you like the book!
When did Nikola Tesla become the person that really stoned people want to ramble about at parties?
Shellie (Layers of Thought) wrote: "Welcome to Goodreads Daniel!!!"Thanks! Happy to be here!
Welcome to Goodreads Daniel!!!
