Paths. Proteus was fun. I have a ton of Alt Hist stuff and Paths doesn't cut it.
SF/F Books: Chapter Two - What Are You Reading?
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Paths. Proteus was fun. I have a ton of Alt Hist stuff and Paths doesn't cut it.
I use Visual Bookshelf in Facebook. I'm not entirely pleased with it; I may think about joining one of those websites.
On topic, I'm going to start Stephen King's Full Dark, No Stars tomorrow, his latest collection of novellas. Doesn't sound as if there are actual SF/F elements in it, though.
On topic, I'm going to start Stephen King's Full Dark, No Stars tomorrow, his latest collection of novellas. Doesn't sound as if there are actual SF/F elements in it, though.
Just finished reading Scott Snyder's American Vampire last night...thought it was brilliant. Stephen King has three stories combined with Snyder's stuff. It's kind of a new take on Vampires and builds a new mythology. Can't wait for more.
Started on The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Spent the last two days reading Kevin Smith's Green Hornet run which was just fantastic and what the Seth Rogen film should have been more like. Looking forward to seeing Phil Hester take over the second year. Also just read Scott Beatty's reboot of Buck Rogers. Thought it was really cool. Sad to learn that it was canceled. I'm looking into getting "The Warlord of Mars" also by Dynamite Comics and Beatty's Sherlock Holmes: Year One.
Re-reading Replay by Ken Grimwood
Three China Mieville books in a row in about 4 days:
Perdido Street Station - 8.5
The City & The City - 9.5
Kraken - unfinished, currently hovering at a 7 half way through
Quite brilliant world creator (or in the case of Kraken, re-inventor)
Hugo - by Jabber and fuck!
Perdido Street Station - 8.5
The City & The City - 9.5
Kraken - unfinished, currently hovering at a 7 half way through
Quite brilliant world creator (or in the case of Kraken, re-inventor)
Hugo - by Jabber and fuck!
You'll see
Just started reading "Star Trek Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire".
Oh yeah, I did.
Ian McDonald The Dervish House, which was a great disappointment, so great I couldn't finish it. All SF where capitalism not only has a rosy future but countries like Turkey will magically become equal players are absurdly apologetic. The clanging of an agenda keeps drowning out the voices of the characters. The Mellified Man motif was a kind of anachronism, being out of Chinese history. And the kid who saw "djinn" might have seemed colorfully Other. But, I don't think a novel set in the future US could put in a US national who suddenly started seeing demons, even a kid from an evangelical family, without getting considerably more freaked out about it. And he especially wouldn't be getting supernatural knowledge about pregnancies.
Just a couple of pages into Charles Yu's How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. So far looks to be an absurdist novel, instead of science fiction. The general premise seems to be that SF as such is absurd. This is a little offputting.
Just a couple of pages into Charles Yu's How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. So far looks to be an absurdist novel, instead of science fiction. The general premise seems to be that SF as such is absurd. This is a little offputting.
Going to start Star Trek: The Children of Kings by David Stern sometime tomorrow.
Also, I picked up Doomsday Book by Connie Willis from the bookstore, on the recommendation of a friend; I'd heard the name before and was intrigued. No idea when I'll get to it, though.
Also, I picked up Doomsday Book by Connie Willis from the bookstore, on the recommendation of a friend; I'd heard the name before and was intrigued. No idea when I'll get to it, though.
Finally got to Titan: Synthesis. I actually read Typhon Pact: Sieze the Fire first and realized I was skipping not only Titan: Snyth but also Zero Sum Game.
Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire was great and now getting to Zero Sum Game. I can't say how impressed I was by both. Very consistent and very readable. I liked the pacing of Titan:Synthesis. It felt like more than a big episode. Read like a three epi arc to me.
Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire was great and now getting to Zero Sum Game. I can't say how impressed I was by both. Very consistent and very readable. I liked the pacing of Titan:Synthesis. It felt like more than a big episode. Read like a three epi arc to me.
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