It's way more complicated and interesting than you think. Just wait.
So what are you reading, now? Part V
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It's way more complicated and interesting than you think. Just wait.
Just finished : Duma Key
Review: An excellent, atmospheric tale that more closely resembles classic King more so than many of his more recent novels. Though the story starts off a bit slow and is left to simmer from time to time, it gets under your skin and ends up being an effectively creepy story. Some very memorable, trademark King characters live in this story and while the death isn't quite as omnipresent as many of King's books, when it happens it's that much more powerful. It's not up there with "The Stand", "it' or The Dark Tower series but it's quite an enjoyable tale that any Constant Reader should enjoy.
Reading : A Stitch in Time
Review: An excellent, atmospheric tale that more closely resembles classic King more so than many of his more recent novels. Though the story starts off a bit slow and is left to simmer from time to time, it gets under your skin and ends up being an effectively creepy story. Some very memorable, trademark King characters live in this story and while the death isn't quite as omnipresent as many of King's books, when it happens it's that much more powerful. It's not up there with "The Stand", "it' or The Dark Tower series but it's quite an enjoyable tale that any Constant Reader should enjoy.
Reading : A Stitch in Time
Just finished Reap the Whirlwind.
Hoo, boy, talk about an eventful novel! Sweeping changes for three characters, significant developments for two...
Hoo, boy, talk about an eventful novel! Sweeping changes for three characters, significant developments for two...
Sad to learn about the death of Anne, though I'm curious as to why the Shedai have such impressive defenses. If they were the only significant power of note, and starships are a novelty to them, why do they have weapons capable of defending planets when the only way outsiders could reach them would be ships? Or are they features of old Shedai-on-Shedai wars?
Magic Realism as practiced by its originators (Carpentier, Garcia Marquez, etc. etc.) often touches upon Latin American concerns such as colonialism, Catholicism, the treatment of indigenous peoples and their "criolloization."
I really have no idea how the term has come to be interpreted. It's been almost 30 years since I studied it.
I used to piss off my Latin American Lit professors by having them read Lucius Shepard's stories in F&SF and demanding they point out how it was any different in intent or effect from the texts I was being assigned in class, apart from language and publishing venue.
Oh, this was a GREAT one! I read it before I read The Vampire Lestat, which was not done any favors by the comparison. In other words, Lestat came in a distant second to Timmy Valentine in the Vampire Rock Star battle of the bands.
Upon reflection, Timmy Valentine = Justin Bieber? Hmmm...
ETA: Oh, and I'm currently reading Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Fall of Atlantis.
My current audiobook in the car is God Emperor of Dune. Damn, but Emperor Leto can sure TALK! LOL!
Just in case you didn't know, Somtow wrote two sequels to Vampire Junction. And, of course, he also wrote a Star Trek novel, just to keep us vaguely OT.
So, how many of us Trek writers have also written vampire (or werewolf) books? There's me, Somtow, Laurell K. Hamilton, Mike Friedman, KRAD (who edited an entire anthology of were-stories years ago), Kevin Ryan, Christie Golden, John Gregory Betancourt, Matheson, Sturgeon, Bloch . . . .
Didn't Hamilton also work on the mess that ended up as Probe *shudder*
If you're referring to the Star Trek novel Probe, no.
Margaret Wander Bonanno wrote the first version. J.M. Dillard (who wrote some vampire fiction as "Jeanne Kalogridis") wrote a middle version. Gene DeWeese wrote the final version.
Finished Tales of the Dominion War. I'd say that about half the tales were pretty good, some of them felt like I'd read them before. A couple were just terrible.
Started on "Portal Through Time", one of the early Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels. Recently picked up the three "omnibus" collections for a total of ~$20, and they contain 9 novels. Portal Through Time is the third and final in Volume 1. So far, they've been a bit hit and miss, but this one's started out well, and is totally from the POV of a couple of bumbling vampires. Thus far.
Started on "Portal Through Time", one of the early Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels. Recently picked up the three "omnibus" collections for a total of ~$20, and they contain 9 novels. Portal Through Time is the third and final in Volume 1. So far, they've been a bit hit and miss, but this one's started out well, and is totally from the POV of a couple of bumbling vampires. Thus far.
I'm pretty sure that in Margaret's post from her website, she includes Hamilton as one of a number of authors that were involved in the book, and there were certainly more than those three, but I can't be sure.
Anyways, I'm still working my way through Cussler's Treasure (and have five days before it is due back at the library, at which point I will pick up some crime novels).
She carefully avoids to use real names (other than DeWeese) in her story about the MotS/Probe fiasco.
I just reread the document and she only names two authors who did rewrites:
The Vampire Lady (the general consensus seems to be that this is J.M. Dillard) and Gene DeWeese.
i must have mistaken that for Hamilton then, as she is also a Vampire Lady
Continuing my re-read of the TNG relaunch. I'm about 100 or so pages away from finishing up the Destiny trilogy. I've been tearing through the trilogy much faster than I thought. I just don't want to put the books down (and I've already read them once before... I know how it ends... it's just soooo freakin' good). The re-read will then move straight on to Losing the Peace. Then, finally, I can move on to new Trek fiction with Paths of Disharmony and, in a couple of weeks, Indistinguishable From Magic.
Finished CSI: Shock Treatment a few minutes ago. Good read, I will most likely write a review for USF somewhere down the line (I'm still way behind.)
Glad you liked it! Let me know when your review runs. I'll be curious to hear what you think.
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