Reading Interphase: Book Two. I’m going n a mission to read all the SCE books.
So What Are you Reading?: Generations
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CLASSIC MONSTERS UNLEASHED, edited by James Aquilone.
An anthology of new, sometimes revisionist stories about the classic monsters: Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster, the Phantom of the Opera, Doctor Moreau (and his creations), the Headless Horseman, etc.
I'm enjoying it so far.
An anthology of new, sometimes revisionist stories about the classic monsters: Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster, the Phantom of the Opera, Doctor Moreau (and his creations), the Headless Horseman, etc.
I'm enjoying it so far.
We're pushing the Firewall episode out a little bit. The next Book Club episode (Feb. 29) will be part 1 of the short stories from Star Trek Explorer Presents: "The Mission" and Other Stories. The Book Club episode after that (March 14) will be Firewall.
Deuteronomy. No heavy hydrogen is involved.
I am trying my first audiobook: The Children of Hurin by JRR and Christopher Tolkien, read by Christopher Lee. I generally do best with ebooks and paper books, but Tolkien's works lend themselves more readily to being read aloud than most others. Once I got past the family tree information at the start, I found myself really digging the book.
Christopher Lee as in Count Dooku? Christopher Lee as in the old SNL "Death makes an apology" sketch?
At any rate, Joshua. And I'm now almost 200 pages into Bookshops & Bonedust. Viv and Fern have just stumbled upon a most curious book. And there's still a certain dissonance inherent in a female gnome bookseller named Fern, who could teach Dr. T'Ana how to cuss.
At any rate, Joshua. And I'm now almost 200 pages into Bookshops & Bonedust. Viv and Fern have just stumbled upon a most curious book. And there's still a certain dissonance inherent in a female gnome bookseller named Fern, who could teach Dr. T'Ana how to cuss.
Yes. The Christopher Lee who played Saruman and read The Lord of the Rings once a year was hired to narrate the Hurin audiobook.
I'm throwing in the towel on Throne of Jade. It does not have the same charm as His Majesty's Dragon, and I am seeing a lot of reviewers saying that their boat trip is a tough slog.
Oh, and I almost forgot: Christopher Lee as in "Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like you to meet . . . Loaf!"
I enjoyed Húrin a bit but the most interesting bit to me was the afterword about how the complete text was assembled! I found myself wishing someone would adapt it; because of the weird way it was assembled, some parts that should be important are just summarized, and some threads don't really pay off. A good adapter could expand and smooth out some of that stuff; I reckon it would make a good comic book miniseries.
Book four of Temeraire was my most recent. I actually loved the boat trip; other than the relationship between Laurence and Temeraire, my favorite part of the series is how Novik so skilfully weaves dragons into nineteenth-century norms, and the boat trip really showed that off in great detail. For me, book four was the weakest of the ones I've read, and though I enjoyed book two more than you obviously are, I would say book three is better. (Book one is my favorite so far, but book three has some truly excellent sequences.)
Judges. Note that none of the Judges have names like "Harry" or "Abby" or even "Wapner."
I always manage to forget just how brutal and bloodthirsty most of Joshua is. And the same goes, to a lesser extent, for Judges.
"Joshua, son of Nun" and "Voq, son of none" always seem to remind me of each other.
Oh, and I'm now about 2/3 of the way through Bookshops & Bonedust.
I always manage to forget just how brutal and bloodthirsty most of Joshua is. And the same goes, to a lesser extent, for Judges.
"Joshua, son of Nun" and "Voq, son of none" always seem to remind me of each other.
Oh, and I'm now about 2/3 of the way through Bookshops & Bonedust.
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That's fair. As a big Hornblower fan (and someone who studies the nineteenth-century too), the big appeal of the series is that I totally believe that if the nineteenth century had really had dragon transport ships going to China, it would have been exactly as depicted in Throne of Jade.
Scratch all this. Throne of Jade was the second book. It was Black Powder War that bogged me down. I do not recall why. I only remember that the third book stopped me cold.
I really liked Black Powder War! It does have another long journey (overland this time, from China to Turkey), which I could see being offputting, though I did enjoy it. Once the characters get back to the western Europe, though, it becomes utterly gripping.
Now 260 pages into Bookshops and Bonedust. And still waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Judges Ruth First Samuel
Yesterday I read S.C.E. Cold Fusion by Keith R.A. DeCandido. Some great character moments and a bit of a crossover with DS9.
Next up is Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz
Next up is Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz
Finished Bookshops & Bonedust yesterday afternoon. Interesting ending. And interesting epilogue.
Second Samuel First Kings
Crimson Climb was a decent Qi'ra story, especially once she started working for Dryden Vos. Its post-Solo content is extremely minimal; the focus is squarely on her time between Solo's prologue and when Han and Chewie see her in the film.
The Never Ending Sacrifice and The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway are both very solid reads from Una McCormack. No matter what she is writing about, the writing skills and compassion for life are always present.
I am currently reading A Death in Tokyo and rereading the A Time To... series. Fourth Wing came in at the library, so that is up next.
The Never Ending Sacrifice and The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway are both very solid reads from Una McCormack. No matter what she is writing about, the writing skills and compassion for life are always present.
I am currently reading A Death in Tokyo and rereading the A Time To... series. Fourth Wing came in at the library, so that is up next.
I'm bogged down in The Making of Star Trek -- The Motion Picture. It's so hagiographic of Roddenberry I might give up and try something else.
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