SF/F Books: Chapter Two - What Are You Reading?
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I'm not familiar with this title. Is it a novel or comic?
It's Pocket's new line of Young Adult/Teen books based on the JJ verse.
I've been re-reading the Harry Potter books, I'm up to Prisoner of Azkaban. Also currently reading Game of Thrones.
Just looked up Captain Future on Wikipedia. He sounds awesome! What's the title of Volume 1?
ETA: Never mind. I just found it on Amazon.
About halfway through RICHARD MATHESON ON SCREEN by Matthew Bradley. It's a non-fiction look at the various screen adaptions of Matheson's works, as well as the movies and tv episodes he scripted personally.
I finished reading about his Poe adaptations last night. Next up: Duel and The Night Stalker . . . .
I finished reading about his Poe adaptations last night. Next up: Duel and The Night Stalker . . . .
Finished Against All Things Ending by Stephen Donaldson, book 3 of 4 of the Final Chronicles of Thomas Covenant... I know the TC books are not widely popular here but I thought it was excellent and didn't leave us with the kind of brutal cliffhanger I was half expecting lol... next up are my Xmas presents, Betrayer of Worlds by Larry Niven and Edward Lerner, the latest of their Ringworld prequels, and then The Sorcerer's House by Gene Wolfe -- saving the best for last. 
So, I read a little bit of this last night and really enjoyed it. I probably shouldn't have started a third book, but I'm enjoying this one too.
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
It's steampunk AND a Zombie novel.
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
It's steampunk AND a Zombie novel.
^^^
Boneshaker was one of this year's Hugo nominees for Best Novel.
Boneshaker was one of this year's Hugo nominees for Best Novel.
It was also nomnated for the Nebula. The sequel, Dreadnought, is now on sale.
(Did I mention it's a Tor book?)
Apparently it's the third book set in the same universe after Boneshaker and Clementine. Pretty cool. I'll have to pick all these up. I'm loving Boneshaker so far.
Lately I've been continuing my way through Ian Fleming's James Bond series. I just have the short stories, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, and The Man with the Golden Gun to go.
On the non-fiction (but sci-fi related) front, I read Fade In: Idea to Final Draft - The Writing of Star Trek: Insurrection by Michael Piller. Good to see it finally made available, if not actually published. It was the inaugral book I read on my Kindle.
Next up I read Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze by Lester Dent (under the house name Kanneth Robeson), the first in the long line of Doc Savage pulp novels. It's fun Boy's Own Adventure stuff, although Doc is the ultimate Mary Sue.
Then I read The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. Lots of subtextual readings one can make here. In addition to the themes Kafka is famous for, it struck me that it can be read as a metaphor for the impact of a terminal illness on a family, particularly in a time when certain terminal illnesses carried a social stigma.
Lastly, I most recently read The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany. Its lyrical, poignant, sometimes disturbing and has some unforgetable scenes and imagery.
On the non-fiction (but sci-fi related) front, I read Fade In: Idea to Final Draft - The Writing of Star Trek: Insurrection by Michael Piller. Good to see it finally made available, if not actually published. It was the inaugral book I read on my Kindle.
Next up I read Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze by Lester Dent (under the house name Kanneth Robeson), the first in the long line of Doc Savage pulp novels. It's fun Boy's Own Adventure stuff, although Doc is the ultimate Mary Sue.
Then I read The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. Lots of subtextual readings one can make here. In addition to the themes Kafka is famous for, it struck me that it can be read as a metaphor for the impact of a terminal illness on a family, particularly in a time when certain terminal illnesses carried a social stigma.
Lastly, I most recently read The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany. Its lyrical, poignant, sometimes disturbing and has some unforgetable scenes and imagery.
Started re-reading The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner.
A visionary book. Ironically, it's set in 2010, I think.
A visionary book. Ironically, it's set in 2010, I think.
So, I finished The Hunger Games trilogy tonight. The third book (Mockingjay) was clearly the strongest of the series. The action was pretty close to non-stop in this one with only a few reprieves in the fighting. It was definitely an intense series. I, like you, wondered if the poor kid (Katniss) was ever going to catch a break and by the end, wouldn't have been surprised by the way that things were going if every single person in the world she cared about in any way shape or form died......just to spite her existence.
As for age appropriate...........my 12 year old daughter was read "The Hunger Games' in class without any notice being given to us as parents that this was going to happen. When I found out about it, I had just heard bits and pieces about the Hunger Games and that's what prompted me to read the first book to begin with.
While I don't think it's a book I would recommend to most 12 year olds (or even 13-14) because of how violent (not graphically so, just what's occurring in the narrative) the content is, I will say it's completely devoid of language and inappropriate sexual content so I suppose for those kids playing Halo Reach, the violence in here may not be too bad.
In any case, this is a quick, easy trilogy that anyone can blow through at a pace of one book every 2-3 nights depending on how much time you have each night. I'd recommend it as a reasonably well written series with some nice twists in the end. Nothing earth shattering here but it's a competently told story.
Next: The Bride Collector
As for age appropriate...........my 12 year old daughter was read "The Hunger Games' in class without any notice being given to us as parents that this was going to happen. When I found out about it, I had just heard bits and pieces about the Hunger Games and that's what prompted me to read the first book to begin with.
While I don't think it's a book I would recommend to most 12 year olds (or even 13-14) because of how violent (not graphically so, just what's occurring in the narrative) the content is, I will say it's completely devoid of language and inappropriate sexual content so I suppose for those kids playing Halo Reach, the violence in here may not be too bad.
In any case, this is a quick, easy trilogy that anyone can blow through at a pace of one book every 2-3 nights depending on how much time you have each night. I'd recommend it as a reasonably well written series with some nice twists in the end. Nothing earth shattering here but it's a competently told story.
Next: The Bride Collector
Currently am reading Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff which reportedly is the source material for the planned/upcoming biopic on Cleopatra that Angelina Jolie was attached to and James Cameron was rumored to direct. If they make a film based on this book I'll be extremely excited for it. Excellent stuff.
I need to pick that one up too. I've been on an Egypt kick recently.
Doing a first-time read for a change.
Halting State by Charles Stross
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