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by Robert A. HeinleinThis one's a time travel tale from 1956 that somehow I have never managed to read until now. It's set in the future, 1970. Dan Davis is an engineer who gets done wrong by his fiancée and his business partner. Through a series of events he ends up traveling to the future... via suspended animation. He awakes 30 years later in the future future, 2000 A.D. (This was before C.E. became the accepted nomenclature.) As Dan explores his new reality, he comes up with a plan to get his revenge. All in all it was a good read. What I found most enjoyable was reading Mr. Heinlein's vision of the futures that are now about 20 and 50 years in the past. But the story kept my attention as well. If you don't mind a bit of 1950s worldview, go ahead and check it out.

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by George R. R. MartinThis book was a long one. It wasn't exactly a slog, but I was propelled as much by my desire to finish the book as I was by my desire to find out what happens next. The book focuses mostly on the shenanigans up in the north of Westeros and the shenanigans in the eastern lands of Valyria. Both storylines moved too slow for my tastes and both were left hanging at the end of the book. But despite my whining, I'll probably pick up the next volume of the series to see what happens next. Anyway, now that I'm all caught up with the series, I may have to check out that "acclaimed HBO® series".

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