So what are you reading now? Part 2
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I've also read The Terminal Experiment and Calculating God, both of which are absolutely outstanding and I would highly recommend, and the Neanderthal Parallax, which is a series of three books that starts brilliantly and ends very stupidly, which I would not recommend.
The show has done well in the ratings, so premature cancellation doesn't seem likely.
That's an understatement. The show has virtually nothing to do with the book aside from the general concept of the whole world having a flashforward. The time frame, the characters (with one partial exception), the cause of the flashforward, and the storyline are all totally different.
His novel Calculating God is really, really good.
Since the last time I posted an update (way back in the old thread) I have read:
Supernatural: Witch's Canyon
Vanguard: Open Secrets
TNG: Losing the Peace
DSN: The Never-Ending Sacrifice
TOS: Troublesome Minds
(links to reviews)
Now I'm reading Titan: Over a Torrent Sea.
Supernatural: Witch's Canyon
Vanguard: Open Secrets
TNG: Losing the Peace
DSN: The Never-Ending Sacrifice
TOS: Troublesome Minds
(links to reviews)
Now I'm reading Titan: Over a Torrent Sea.
I took a few years off from reading Trek books, so have been trying to catch up recently. I just started reading the Voyager String Theory trilogy. I want to catch up so that I can read Full Circle.
Just finished "The Covenant of Genesis" by Andy McDermott. So far, I've found all this series entertaining
Next up is a collection of short stories by Peter Hamilton - A Second Chance at Eden.
Next up is a collection of short stories by Peter Hamilton - A Second Chance at Eden.
Reading The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh, the biography of a woman I had never heard of before and probably no one else had either. She was traveller, writer, and all-around "citizen of the world" in the 1700s--the fact that she's a woman doing that in that time period make it interesting enough, but she also had quite the adventurous life, it seems.
I finished reading that a couple of weeks ago, and now I got my father reading them. He's just finished "The Hunt for Atlantis" and started straight away on "The Tomb of Hercules."Just finished "The Covenant of Genesis" by Andy McDermott. So far, I've found all this series entertaining
Great writing and I look forward to "The Cult of Osiris" and "The Vault of Sheva."
Well, before I saw this I found Hominids at the used book store and am planning on starting that shortly. I'll let you know how it turned out for me.
Calculating God looks interesting and between that and your recommendations I've moved that to the top of my "need to get new or used" list. Thanks for the input.Seems to be, that I'm not the only Robert J. Sawyer-Fan here.
So far I read Flashforward and his Hominids-Trilogy and loved all of them. It's quite refreshing that there are still authors around, who don't need 800 or 1000 pages to tell a good story. Plan for the next couple of years is it tho read all his books and anthologies (22 so far). The Terminal Experiment and Iterations are already waiting on the shelf.
Currently I'm reading Robert Charles Wilsons Julian Comstock (Quite Nice so far), the Mere Anarchy-Omnibus (So far I read two stories, both quite good) and an Anthology of Alternate History-Short Stories, Other Worlds with some quite big names like Alastair Reynolds, Stephen Baxter or Robert Charles Wilson (Half of the stories is quite good, the other half is more or less boring and forgettable).
So far I read Flashforward and his Hominids-Trilogy and loved all of them. It's quite refreshing that there are still authors around, who don't need 800 or 1000 pages to tell a good story. Plan for the next couple of years is it tho read all his books and anthologies (22 so far). The Terminal Experiment and Iterations are already waiting on the shelf.
Currently I'm reading Robert Charles Wilsons Julian Comstock (Quite Nice so far), the Mere Anarchy-Omnibus (So far I read two stories, both quite good) and an Anthology of Alternate History-Short Stories, Other Worlds with some quite big names like Alastair Reynolds, Stephen Baxter or Robert Charles Wilson (Half of the stories is quite good, the other half is more or less boring and forgettable).
I just finished Una McCormack's Star Trek Deep Space Nine The Never-ending Sacrifice. I found it a thoroughly enjoyable exploration of Cardassian family dynamics and politics. If you like Cardassians at all, don't skip this one. The detail is crisp and never bogs down the narrative, and the characters have depth and believability. You may not always agree with everything they do, but you may even find yourself liking a few otherwise unsympathetic members of the "old guard".
I think I've only read one Sawyer so far (his first, Golden Fleece, original edition) and the sample chapters and outline for his unpublished Trek novel Armada. I've got Starplex and Calculating God around here somewhere; I'll have to read them eventually.
But I'm more determined to get back to reading Robert Charles Wilson. I've only read his first three novels and quite liked them, but somehow never got around to his other books, which always get really good reviews.
In the meantime, I'm reading Karen Traviss's second Gears of War novel, Jacinto's Remnant.
Thanks! A very fair review.
Sorry it was a con for you to focus so much on the big-three. Glad you otherwise enjoyed!
That book was awesome. My favorite of the year so far, easily. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
Sawyer is fun, but in my opinion doesn't even approach Wilson.
Finished Ringworld’s Children. Although interesting, IMO none of the sequels are quite as good as the original, and what they did with the Ringworld at the end had an iffy Voyager-style unlikely vibe.
Now I’m reading Trek to Madworld. There’s something I love about these old Trek novels. Maybe the writing style of the 70’s?
Now I’m reading Trek to Madworld. There’s something I love about these old Trek novels. Maybe the writing style of the 70’s?
Killed all of my Trek books for the moment, and the Library has been slow to get me my next requested books (Sword of the Lady, SM Stirling; FlashForward; something else, i forget). Right now, I'm reading "Pint-Sized Ireland - In search of the perfect Guinness" by Evan McHugh. A travelogue kinda book about a couple people pub-crawling Ireland, pretty fun.
Kinda wanna do that at some point soon, trying to decide between a couples sort of thing or a bunch of dudes (maybe Bachelor Party). Pros and cons to each idea, i suppose.
Kinda wanna do that at some point soon, trying to decide between a couples sort of thing or a bunch of dudes (maybe Bachelor Party). Pros and cons to each idea, i suppose.
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