SF/F Books: Chapter Two - What Are You Reading?
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Finished: Mars Life by Ben Bova. It was Ok, but not nearly as good as the first or second. I would say that anybody would enjoy the first book better than this one. This one felt a bit extraneous and had a bit more of an agenda to it. The political agenda kind of got in the way of the story, which wasn't the case with the first or the second. It's also the way I feel for most of his books published by Tor. They feel a bit too much by the numbers. His 'New Morality Movement', which is in most of his books these days kind of take away from what should be exciting, which results in something rather generic in feel. So, that said, I'm not much of a big fan of his material under the Tor label.
Started: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. I have every book but two. The Silver Chair and The Last Battle, which I plan to get.
Started: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. I have every book but two. The Silver Chair and The Last Battle, which I plan to get.
I'm kind of disappointed to hear this, but most of his recent stuff has had some kind of ridiculous political subplot.
I'm reading The Lost Fleet:Victorious the final novel in Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet hard SF series but not the last to feature Black Jack Geary. There is supposed to be a sequel series and a spin off featuring the Syndics, can't wait for those.
Yeah, I hear you. I was really hoping it would be better than it was. I've been really disappointed in his books lately. Though, from what I've read of his lately, this is still actually one of his better efforts. I think though that the first book's ending is perfect, because it gives you that feeling of wonder. The second book is good too, and the 8 year gap between them (6 in-story) actually helped the story and gave it more weight. There was still a feeling of wonder. But there wasn't really any wonder left in Mars Life. What little of it was decimated by his New Morality Movement, not to mention that part of the book felt like a repeat of what had happened in Return to Mars with the funding being threatened, yet again. I'm unsure if his New Morality Movement is something he created after he started getting published by Tor, but I don't like it.
I am reading chapter Two
Star Trek Re-watch: “Assignment: Earth”
While on a frivolous time travel mission to research Earth’s history, circa 1968, Enterprise accidentally intercepts a transporter signal from an unknown source over a thousand light years away. A well-dressed man holding a black cat beams onto their transporter pad and looks at them dramatically.
Star Trek Re-watch: “Assignment: Earth”
While on a frivolous time travel mission to research Earth’s history, circa 1968, Enterprise accidentally intercepts a transporter signal from an unknown source over a thousand light years away. A well-dressed man holding a black cat beams onto their transporter pad and looks at them dramatically.
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Reading Designated Targets, Birmingham's 2cnd book in Axis of Time trilogy. Very exciting stuff.
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Reading Designated Targets, Birmingham's 2cnd book in Axis of Time trilogy. Very exciting stuff.
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How is it so far?
I read about that one, but didn't like the premise. But Stirling has won me over before even when I didn't like the premise, as in Conquistador. So with a little bit of a push I might read this too.
I love a lot of what Stirling writes but couldn't get into this for some reason. Maybe I should try again?
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