I've started on The Man in The Hight Castle by Philip Dick. I've seen the series, but hadn't got round to the novel yet.
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11) FOREVER AND A DAY by Anthony Horowitz.
Yeah, finished this a few weeks ago and keep meaning to post about it. The latest Bond book isn’t bad – Horowitz gets the tone, I prefer the period-set ones, and it isn’t weighed down by an unnecessary character return like the last one was. That said, the plot is basically the film version of LALD, the fact that it’s a prequel kind of makes Sixtine’s fate obvious from the get-go (and, frankly, too similar to Vesper’s – yeah, spoilers, it came out 18 months ago), and I got kind of put off early by a police report describing a person being lifted off his feet by a pistol shot- something that works for acinematic imagery in narration, but no police report would say cos it doesn’t happen in real life (the physics don’t support it). And I say that someone who’s used the trope in general narration. In the main, though, it rasonable entertainment as a Bond fix.
I did start reading the Star Wars zombie novel Death Troopers, but TBH the endless buildup with the teen siblings and lack of SW feel beyond filling it with species names from that ‘s verse is boring the shit out of me...
Yeah, finished this a few weeks ago and keep meaning to post about it. The latest Bond book isn’t bad – Horowitz gets the tone, I prefer the period-set ones, and it isn’t weighed down by an unnecessary character return like the last one was. That said, the plot is basically the film version of LALD, the fact that it’s a prequel kind of makes Sixtine’s fate obvious from the get-go (and, frankly, too similar to Vesper’s – yeah, spoilers, it came out 18 months ago), and I got kind of put off early by a police report describing a person being lifted off his feet by a pistol shot- something that works for acinematic imagery in narration, but no police report would say cos it doesn’t happen in real life (the physics don’t support it). And I say that someone who’s used the trope in general narration. In the main, though, it rasonable entertainment as a Bond fix.
I did start reading the Star Wars zombie novel Death Troopers, but TBH the endless buildup with the teen siblings and lack of SW feel beyond filling it with species names from that ‘s verse is boring the shit out of me...
Started with "The lady of the lake" by Andrzej Sapkowski
I'm doing a re-read of "Strangers from the Sky". I haven't read it in years and I recently re-read "Enterprise: The First Adventure" and of course "The Captain's Oath". I decided it would be a good time to re-read another early Captain Kirk adventure (plus I'm curious to see if there are any other links to "Enterprise: The First Adventure"). As I recall, "Strangers from the Sky" was much more consistent with "Where No Man Has Gone Before" than E:TFA. The only thing I recall is Margaret Wander Bonanno threw in a note that Dr McCoy had to leave the Enterprise for a time and Dr Piper was called back into service until McCoy could return (which I took to be sort of a token nod to E:TFA and why McCoy was in that story and not Piper). I wonder if there are any other nods since as I recall both novels were written within about a year of each other.
Dead Endless by @DaveGalanter
I finished up The Q Conflict, and started ST Section 31: Control by @David Mack. Control definitely starts off with one hell of an attention getting in media res opening.
Yeah i don't think It's getting better
Started on X-Men: Mutant Empire by Christopher Golden this morning.
I almost forgot about that novel. I had to re-read the summary to remember what happened. I think it does get better as it goes along so hang tough.
Sadly it's currently the last novel based on the station. "Enigma Tales" follows up after "Control" and focused on Cardassia, Bashir and Garak. And "Original Sin" is basically a Gamma Quadrant book based around Captain Sisko and the Robinson. Oh, and there's an e-book "I, The Constable" which focuses on Odo and Quark.
I have a feeling those 3 books may be the last DS9 books we'll ever see. Which saddens me because there are a lot of future stories. I would love to see what happens to Bashir in the future and I would have loved more Gamma Quadrant DS9 books focusing on Sisko and the Robinson.
It's such an odd book, and I'm not sure it would make my PKD top ten. It's good, PKD's prose occasionally soars, and I've never not enjoyed reading TMitHC I even think it makes more sense in light of PKD's late work, especially the VALIS stuff, which deals with what it's like to like in a world that is false. But on its own, it's kinda pointless -- it's high on incident, low on plot, and the ending is a giant shrug. The television series is really a "variation on a theme," and maybe even has more in common with PKD's unfinished sequel about the Nazis trying to open a portal to another world.
I'm hoping to get caught up in the last few years worth of TOS books. Starting with The Antares Maelstrom by Greg Cox. I also have the face of the unknown, legacies trilogy, amongst others going back to about 2015 or so.
Indeed. I don't think it's one I'd re-read a lot, but I did like it.
I know I haven't read much of PKD's works (though I've probably seen a lot of stuff based on his work), but that'll change. I know my Dad has most of his stuff so I'll have a look there.
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