The Fast Red Road is the kind of novel that makes you want to write, and drive, and read more of Jones' work. The prose is clear and uninhibited, and never takes itself too seriously. A syllabus in Jones' class at Texas Tech is more entertaining than most books on the bestseller list; his fiction is remarkable.

The Fast Red Road is a wild ride that moves beyond postmodernism into something totally new. This is a fun, fast, read that sticks with you after you are finished. Young authors like Jones give us a reason to be excited about the future of literature.

This is probably the best novel I have ever read. Jones' style in this book is very much akin to Pynchon's in The Crying of Lot 49, except more sonically tasty. The plot jumps out at you in complex imagery that mirrors this linguistic free-for-all (I read this book with more than one dictionary at hand). Like Joyce, it's very tough to get a hold of mentally, but, in the end, well worth it. Anyone interested in contemporary fiction does themselves a disservice by not reading this book.

This book is recommended for ages 9-12, but my 6-year-old ate it up and my 4-year-old enjoyed it too. I bought it because my girls are going through a knights and castles thing, and this was recommended as a good place to learn about them. I thought we'd just read that section and put it on the shelf until the other subjects came up. Well my 6-year-old saw things differently. She loves this book. She loves the way it is laid out and what she is learning from it. She had no interest in Vikings or Romans or Egyptians before this, but now she wants more on all these topics. And it is a fun book for me to read too. It is reminding me of things I hadn't learned since I was a child, and the diagrams are so clear that maybe I am learning things better than I did when I was a child.

WOW, this is a compilation of four different civilizations, it includes ALOT of information on understanding how these ancient groups lived. I have learned alot of interesting facts every time I haved looked through the pages. The illustration in it is amazing, there is not a corner left empty in this huge book!

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Regardless of whether you are a great leader or are working to achieve successful leadership, this book provides great devotions. If you are searching for something on motivation then you look under the subject heading of motivation and see what stories are available. Each story is motivating, inspiring, and has modern day settings.

The stories are from some of the great leaders of today as well as some from the not so distant past. The devotions will assist any leader in determining a solution for an issue. Leadership Devotions are accompanied by scriptural references so you do not just read what someone else has said or done, but what God says about the same topic.

A great addition for any leader's library, "Leadership Devotions", should be on the shelf of all leaders. It doesn't matter whether you are a leader of many, few, or one, this book will stimulate you to become a great leader.

This book was such a surprise! I love Sinclair Lewis but I never expected such a great young reader's book from him. It's a terrific view of what he thought the future might be: lots of hope in technology and the ultimate triumph of good over evil. I don't know what the original book looked like, but this one is BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Very simple - Don't read this book unless you intend to become serious about your walk with Jesus. It describes how to truly live the Christ-life of joy, love and peace.

Graham and Marvin change the way we look at the city. Borrowing from architecture, geography, urban planning and sociology they demonstrate how infrastructure, mobility and urban life are intertwined in messy, fragmented configurations. Splintering Urbanism illustrates the increasingly segregated city, describing the unequal access to infrastructures of energy, information and transport - where providing corporations 'cherry pick' the most potentially profitable users. The books major value is its integration of a corpus of diverse theoretical and practical approaches to the urban. This book is likely to reinvent the imagining of the city for academics, planners and architects alike.

This book is like a bronseal advert, it does what it says on the tin. the authours have given a indepth look at life in a city in terms of communications. the reason i have now bought this book is that i have read the social and cultural impacts of communications within a city, and now want to read the rest. the authors which for me gives the book real zeal is that their writings are de-viod of utopian or distopian views and keep to real facts. im sorry my review is not of a professional nature, but i recommend this book to anyone in studies at degree level or anyone interested in the way a whole city operates purley by communications albeit internet, phone or any ohter communication. a must buy.

Stephen Graham Jones is an extremely talented writer. He throws off vivid phrases and unforgettable scenes like sparks from a fireworks pinwheel. In ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SINNERS he has devised an entirely original motive and modus operandi for the "Tinman", a serial kidnapper and killer who strikes in the wake of midwestern tornados. Having said that, I must confess that I disliked this book intensely.

First, there is the body count, which approaches the carnage of a Tom Clancy war novel. Two Sheriffs, a dozen FBI agents, numerous firemen, two psychiatrists, countless civilians, and dogs, cats, and horses. And that doesn't include all the victims of the twisters! One expects death in mysteries and suspense novels, but Jones seems to be striving for some kind of macabre record for gore.

Second, the arch-villain is far too superhuman for my taste -- an all-knowing Hannibal Lechter with wings. The Tinman flits between Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Connecticut, and Tornado Alley as if born by flocks of flying blue monkeys. Jones offers us no explanation for where his killer acquired all the skills he displays nor the wealth needed to support his farflung operations.

Third, the unlikely plot contrivances were too much for this reader to swallow. Example: the only explanation offered for how the killer manages to be johnny-on-the-spot for every tornado is that he was raised by Mennonites. The series of events that end the book are nightmarishly unconvincing. Yet in those same pages Jones gives us the striking simile of National Guard helicopters landing at a tornado site "...like Valkyrie, to ferry off the dead."

Let's hope that Jones next book displays his gifts as a fiction-writer -- minus the glut of blut.

I think I see what Jones is doing with this one, pairing stuff: jim doe vs cody, meaning either native american vs buffalo bill (cody) or native american vs federal government (FBI). both work. but those are just the good guys. the bad guy, it seems, is the one using native culture for his own ends. but there's more here, too, I think.

ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SINNERS is a work of art. The cadence of the prose snap off the page and their rhythm is amazing. The book is an amazing thriller but don't pigeon hole this book into any genere it's a book for everybody. It'll keep you reading late into the night...and did I mention the prose...this guy can WRITE. Seriously if you're looking to read something different something with edge and is suspenseful, something that will make you fall in love with literature again, buy this book. Spend the [money] on ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SINNERS.

Another great collection of Sci-Fi Novels, a collection of Six stories that join into one big story... All of them have separate storylines which all coincide towards the end.

A great read for anyone on holiday and nothing much to do... Reads easily even if it is a bit on the childish side most of the time, a great read for kids getting into Sci-Fi and I certainly enjoyed it...

A bit of a change from Asimov ;Þ