John McCluskey

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• SpeakerToManagers commented on Empire Games
  Link to my 5-star review of Empire Games on Amazon....
• Owen Blacker commented on Empire Games
  I re-read Merchant Princes last year, in impatient anticipation of Empire Games's publication. I'll add myself to the list of people telling you to start at the beginning — though get the newer Omnibus editions. Definitely worth it. A lot of fun :)...
• Pigeon commented on Empire Games
  I reread as a matter of course - you could say it's my justification for buying books rather than getting them out of the library. My best guarantee of enjoying a book is to have enjoyed it already on a previous occasion. Although I'm not keen on (though do not fanatically avoid) seeing "spoilers" before I've read a book at all, when I reread it somehow it doesn't seem to matter knowing what comes next; having read it once in ignorance seems to fix that newcomer's perspective in my head, so that for instance arriving at the dammed Sirannon for...
• Bill Stewart commented on Empire Games
  Is Empire Games eligible for Hugo nomination in 2016, or does it count as 2017?...
• Julian Satchell commented on Empire Games
  Thank you. I finished reading Empire Games over the weekend, and it is so good - Charlie is just getting better and better at this stuff. Rita is a wonderful creation, and there are some interesting hooks set for the sequels....