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OrbWeaver
BECAUSE FALCONER
WOW. I've never actually run into a real, live, author fanboy before. Gosh, what a novel (har har har) experience! Mike was just offering a suggestion for something you might enjoy, based on your taste in detective novels. Insulting his suggestion was incredibly uncalled-for, and completely out of the blue.
I read the Garrett P.I. novels when I was about 21, and really enjoyed them. Glenn Cook is a very prolific and skilled writer, who writes engaging stories and likable, developed (and developing) characters.
I'd hardly call any of his Garrett novels a "weak-ass substitution" for anything.
Pellaz
Tigron of Immanion
* boggle *
Wow, you're in for a treat. Most of the Discworld books are real gems. I've pretty much read them in release-date order and the only one that was less than "very good" IMO was Feet of Clay.
--Except for Swordbearer. :Smug:
Nice guy, though. I'll be thinking of him while I'm at ChattaCon this coming weekend: back in the day, Glen used to set up as a bookseller there and I dropped a fair amount of cash at his tables. Ironically, one of the annual rituals was purchasing the latest Discworld book in its UK edition, before being released in the States.
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* not to be confused with Hoggle...he's a goblin
OrbWeaver
BECAUSE FALCONER
The ones I liked the least was Eric and Mort. You'd think I'd love Mort, since I'm a big fan of Death in those novels, but not even Death made Mort an exciting novel for me.
Feet of Clay has one of my favorite quotes in it: "I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES. I TURN UP ONLY ONCE."
Pellaz
Tigron of Immanion
Just finished: Robert A. Heinlein, Have Spacesuit, Will Travel. I'd swear I've read this before and my reading list kinda confirms that, but after re- (?) reading it, I don't think so. A good Heinlein "juvie" that holds up fairly well even today.
One thing I liked about the ending is that after having some (literally) out-of-this-galaxy experiences, Our Hero and his sidekick are not brain-wiped or given some amnesia drug or whatever before being returned home to Earth, where they've barely made it to Mars. Kinda refreshing, actually.
Now reading, C.J. Cherryh, Hunter of Worlds....another oldie.
Both books acquired at the excellent McKay used bookstore in Chattanooga....a store so mighty, even Glenn goes there.
One thing I liked about the ending is that after having some (literally) out-of-this-galaxy experiences, Our Hero and his sidekick are not brain-wiped or given some amnesia drug or whatever before being returned home to Earth, where they've barely made it to Mars. Kinda refreshing, actually.
Now reading, C.J. Cherryh, Hunter of Worlds....another oldie.
Both books acquired at the excellent McKay used bookstore in Chattanooga....a store so mighty, even Glenn goes there.
The New Dead: A Zombie Anthology - Christopher Golden (ed.)
I just got my copy of this and have only read a few stories, but so far the story "What Maisie Knew" by David Liss has been hands-down the coolest. Seriously, that is one fucked up story - slavery, necrophilia, zombie strippers, and an anti-hero you almost feel sorry for. Worth the price of the book alone.
Surprisingly, the Max Brooks story ("Closure, Limited") was very short and slightly disappointing.
Still, I'm looking forward to reading the Joe Hill story soon...told all in Tweets.
There are a ton of other great authors in this one, so zombie lovers check it out!
:zombie:
I just got my copy of this and have only read a few stories, but so far the story "What Maisie Knew" by David Liss has been hands-down the coolest. Seriously, that is one fucked up story - slavery, necrophilia, zombie strippers, and an anti-hero you almost feel sorry for. Worth the price of the book alone.
Surprisingly, the Max Brooks story ("Closure, Limited") was very short and slightly disappointing.
Still, I'm looking forward to reading the Joe Hill story soon...told all in Tweets.
There are a ton of other great authors in this one, so zombie lovers check it out!
:zombie:
Pellaz
Tigron of Immanion
Yay, Chris Golden!
Now reading: Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals -- 35% done. This return to the Discworld is all about, err, 'footie.'
Last finished: C.J. Cherryh, Hunter of Worlds -- good plot and storyline, but you can tell it was one of her earlier SF works, since she tends to use a lot of alien concepts, italicized in the text, which affects the flow of the narrative. She got a lot better later, as her Chanur series is one of my favorite "spacegoing aliens meet up with humans" series ever.
Now reading: Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals -- 35% done. This return to the Discworld is all about, err, 'footie.'
Last finished: C.J. Cherryh, Hunter of Worlds -- good plot and storyline, but you can tell it was one of her earlier SF works, since she tends to use a lot of alien concepts, italicized in the text, which affects the flow of the narrative. She got a lot better later, as her Chanur series is one of my favorite "spacegoing aliens meet up with humans" series ever.
Yippee38
Living the dream!
You can't say "Chris Golden" because you could be talking about Christopher Golden, or Christie Golden.
Infinte Jest - David Foster Wallace: Slowest read I've ever had. Enjoyable, but one where you do a lot of pausing and thinking and making sure you read everything carefully.
Pellaz
Tigron of Immanion
Okay... NR: Steven Boyett, Ariel. This was part of my used-book 'haul' at McKay's in Chattanooga.
I'm just shy of halfway through and it's proving to be quite fun, witty and well-informed. What happens when everything stops, including electricity and gunpowder...and yet, magic is suddenly, and sometimes frighteningly, 'real'?
Written in 1983 and the author's first novel. Kinda helps that the characters are now trudging up the ruins of I-85 from Atlanta toward New York; they passed right by my house.
Last finished: Unseen Academicals, by Terry Pratchett. Very good, but a little harder to get into since the focus on football (i.e., soccer or 'footie') is largely lost on an American audience.
I'm just shy of halfway through and it's proving to be quite fun, witty and well-informed. What happens when everything stops, including electricity and gunpowder...and yet, magic is suddenly, and sometimes frighteningly, 'real'?
Written in 1983 and the author's first novel. Kinda helps that the characters are now trudging up the ruins of I-85 from Atlanta toward New York; they passed right by my house.
Last finished: Unseen Academicals, by Terry Pratchett. Very good, but a little harder to get into since the focus on football (i.e., soccer or 'footie') is largely lost on an American audience.
jhallum
Computer guy
re-reading the malazan books from beginning to end. Just working through Deadhouse gates for the umpteen millionth time (and it's still great).
Also have Paolo Bacigalupi's Windup Girl and Cormac MacCarthy's The Road to work through from the library. Getting to be time to read the Hugo and Nebula nominees for Best Novel.
Also have Paolo Bacigalupi's Windup Girl and Cormac MacCarthy's The Road to work through from the library. Getting to be time to read the Hugo and Nebula nominees for Best Novel.
Pellaz
Tigron of Immanion
BenMech
student of the d'eh
Just finished The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov after putting it away back a long time ago from distractions.
Dunno what's next on my queue.
Dunno what's next on my queue.
Any thoughts on it? I was quite pleased. Things actually happen!
Yes, things do happen, as you told me at the EbS show. Because of things happening, finally, I thought it was the best book in the series to date.
Pellaz
Tigron of Immanion
I'd rank it well up there. Along with a re-read of Atlas Shrugged, I'd place The Gathering Storm as the best book I read in 2009.
Harvester
The Promoter
"Silver"- Steven Savile
This is one of those VERY RARE books that had me going "WTF!" after finishing chapter 1.
This is one of those VERY RARE books that had me going "WTF!" after finishing chapter 1.
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