"The Reality Dysfunction" by Peter F Hamilton was recommended to me, so I'm giving that a try
Review it a little when you are done-I can't remember if I picked it up or not. Thanks!
SF/F Books: Chapter Two - What Are You Reading?
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Review it a little when you are done-I can't remember if I picked it up or not. Thanks!
I just finished reading "Neuromancer" by William Gibson. It was an interesting book, and I liked the ending, though obviously it is a little dated by now (such as when Case talks about how expensive and high-tech the 4 megabytes of RAM he stole are). I honestly found it a little difficult to follow, as the scenes jump randomly, the dialogue is jilted, and there doesn't seem to be enough explanation of the locales and overall dynamic of the world. I have a feeling I would have liked this book better had I read it when it originally came out, but the cyberpunk motif has been so used by now that it has lowered my appreciation for the original cyberpunk work.
Currently reading Hechee Rendeszvous by Frederick Pohl. I really enjoyed the first two in this series, kind of a fun romp through one of our possible futures. Hopefully the series can keep it going through the last 2 books.
Currently reading Hechee Rendeszvous by Frederick Pohl. I really enjoyed the first two in this series, kind of a fun romp through one of our possible futures. Hopefully the series can keep it going through the last 2 books.
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Just started reading Star Trek Mirror Universe - Shards and Shadows, after finishing the third DS( Empok Nor novels earlier in the day.
I read it in 1985. It really did seem like something amazingly fresh and different back then, even though there were some obvious antecedents (noir crime literature, John Brunner's The Shockwave Rider, etc). That and Blade Runner (released in 1982) really changed SF, written and filmed, to a considerable extent for years after. Some great books and TV came out of all that, too, even if some elements did get cliched pretty quickly.
I am rediscovering Philip K. Dick, and currently am reading Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said, about a world-famous celebrity who wakes up and finds he no longer has an identity and no one knows who he is. Also re-reading Arthur C. Clarke's The Songs of Distant Earth. -- RR
Finished The Drawing of The Three yesterday. I liked it even more than I did The Gunslinger, and there were some very imaginative concepts. It was a good story with some compelling characters (you're right, Turd Ferguson, Eddie Dean is one of them) and clever humour thrown in. It did what all good series are supposed to do: make me excited for the next volume.
I'm starting The New Annotated Dracula today, and then after that it will be Stephen King's The Stand.
I'm starting The New Annotated Dracula today, and then after that it will be Stephen King's The Stand.
You're lucky, you now get to read The Waste Lands for the first time. This is definitely my favorite book of the series.
I'm about half way through it at the moment and I'm still undecided. I know there are two books to follow (1st and 2nd are about twelve hundred or so pages, not sure about the third).
On the one hand, it certainly does have its interesting bits, but I think the main part of the story is only just getting started at the point I'm at. I'll let you know a more complete view when I've finished
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I'm just re-reading (Or possibly reading for the first time) the Mirror Universe New Frontier story in Obsidian Alliance.
Finished Small Favor by Jim Butcher last night, and now I'm reading...Turn Coat by Jim Butcher.
I'm so weak. I've avoided buying the new Dresden hardcovers for the past two years (I started reading the series in 2007, after the TV show started) because I prefer collecting books in paperback. But I just enjoy reading these books so damn much that I decided I couldn't wait another year to read Turn Coat. Curse my lack of willpower!
I'm so weak. I've avoided buying the new Dresden hardcovers for the past two years (I started reading the series in 2007, after the TV show started) because I prefer collecting books in paperback. But I just enjoy reading these books so damn much that I decided I couldn't wait another year to read Turn Coat. Curse my lack of willpower!
Damn you and anyone who ordered the American hardback... Turn Coat isn't released here until the 16th.Finished Small Favor by Jim Butcher last night, and now I'm reading...Turn Coat by Jim Butcher.
I'm so weak. I've avoided buying the new Dresden hardcovers for the past two years (I started reading the series in 2007, after the TV show started) because I prefer collecting books in paperback. But I just enjoy reading these books so damn much that I decided I couldn't wait another year to read Turn Coat. Curse my lack of willpower!
I've decided to start The Stand before I've finished The New Annotated Dracula, mostly because of the incredible length of the first and the slower rate at which I seem to be reading the second; I have a thin hope this will make things go faster. That, and the fact that Dracula is a really large, oversized book and I want something I can read on the bus.
Just got Turn Coat, I'm on to chapter 3, and now I'm going to continue reading it.
I'm a little more than halfway through it. I'm really liking the...
somewhat more down-to-earth nature (er, relatively speaking) of the mystery. Sure, it still involves an uber-powerful semidivine being, but after the last few stories dealing with angels and demons and bears, oh my, it's nice to get something that (so far) seems a little less grandiose. I'm also liking the increased involvement of the White Council.
When I first started reading them I read the first 8 in a row... it got to be too much about there...
I've thought about buying them again for various reasons, so I couldn't blame you.Is it bad that I went and bought the first four books again just because I wanted them all to have matching cover art?
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