Monthly Archives: April 2016

Visitor by CJ Cherryh: a short review

I particularly like the stretches were Bren goes linguist on us. Watching him (and his author) tackle piecing together an alien language is absolutely delightful.

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The American Fur Trade in the Far West: a short review

An interesting book in ways I didn’t expect. In many ways this is a business history, but it’s a business history populated by unusually interesting characters.

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