Started on The Revelation Code by Andy McDermott. After that, I'm thinking Grunts by Mary Gentle.
What are you reading?
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I plan on finishing The Stand up tonight or tomorrow. 
A book I'd previously abandoned: Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn. I should've left it in its abandoned state.
Never read the book, but I did watch the movie and was mad that I spent time on it. The ending is so stupid. I just couldn't believe she would willingly put herself in that situation, which made the entire story lose credibility.
^ I thought the story lost credibility way earlier than that! 
I didn't like the ending, but it wasn't totally inconsistent with her previous behavior. Maybe the movie didn't include enough past history to show that.
I didn't like the ending, but it wasn't totally inconsistent with her previous behavior. Maybe the movie didn't include enough past history to show that.
I finished The Stand around 3AM.
^^ Now there's a modern-day classic. 
Assuming it's still considered modern. That was a pretty long time ago, now that I think of it.
Assuming it's still considered modern. That was a pretty long time ago, now that I think of it.
It took me a while, but I've finally started reading the sequels to Neuromancer. Currently 20% into Count Zero.
^ I thought the story lost credibility way earlier than that!
Yeah, maybe. In the movie at least, I felt it came way out of the left field. Then again, I found myself not caring enough to really notice any of those possible details...
Count Zero was my introduction to Gibson when it was serialized in Asimov's.
The Stand is something I should really go back to. I did start reading it a long time ago and just gave up, whether I just didn't have the patience or whether it just didn't grab me I don't know. I do have an odd kind of relationship with King's work. I love his short stories but many of the novels I've read/tried to read leave me cold for some reason, although having said that I loved his JFK/Time travel book 
About halfway through now, getting an odd sensation of déjà vu every now and then... beginning to think I might have read it before... or at least parts of it...
I'm now reading The Jakarta Pandemic. The Stand was published in 1978 and re-released in 1990, so it is a bit dated. However, it's still an enjoyable read.
