I'd love to know what you thought of it--not that I have a vested interest or anything.
So what are you reading now? (Part 3)
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That's why I have a fanny pack that can fit a hardcover or trade paperback
A Fanny pack? I'm afraid of Googling that so could you explain what that is? Unless you mean a man bag, then I know what you are one about.
Oh and I'm still reading Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels, so far I'm on book eleven: Set in Darkness. I did try and reread Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force a few weeks back, but couldn't get into although I have read it three times since it came out in 2003.
That's why I have a fanny pack that can fit a hardcover or trade paperback
Sexy.
That's why I have a fanny pack that can fit a hardcover or trade paperback
Must resist urge to make fun of US/UK differences in the definition of fanny...
Since the last time I posted here, I've read all five Percy Jackson novels by Rick Riordan. I really enjoyed them a great deal. Yeah, they're children's books but they're exciting, well written, well thought out, funny and very knowledgeable about Greek mythology.
I finished the first Percy Jackson novel, The Lightning Thief, the other day. I noticed quite a few similarities to Harry Potter, but I enjoyed it enough that I still plan on reading the others in the series.
I started on Star Trek: Inception yesterday. I'm not very far into it yet so I can't really say how I feel about it.
I started on Star Trek: Inception yesterday. I'm not very far into it yet so I can't really say how I feel about it.
The Trellisane Confrontation...
I may not make it out alive. Wish me luck!
I may not make it out alive. Wish me luck!
We call it a bumbag, fanny pack is a far better name for it, methinks.That's why I have a fanny pack that can fit a hardcover or trade paperback
A Fanny pack? I'm afraid of Googling that so could you explain what that is? Unless you mean a man bag, then I know what you are one about.
No just British!
So it's what we call a "bum bag" then.
I'm currently reading the four recent anthology star trek series: "Constellations" , "The Sky's the Limit" ,"Prophecy and Change" and "Distant Shores." I'm reading a story at a time from each book, in this order: TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY. Really enjoying all four books.
I love Hamilton. I am eagerly awaiting the third book in his current trilogy, so I can buy and read all three of them in one shot. His series tend to be more like one really gigantic novel split into sections, and I've found it much easier to read them back to back.
Pandora's Star / Judas Unchained is probably my favorite of his so far. It's great stuff.
Pandora's Star / Judas Unchained is probably my favorite of his so far. It's great stuff.
Peter F. Hamilton is awesome, one of the great originals currently in science fiction.
Am reading Kirsten Beyer's Full Circle. Enjoying it.
Am reading Kirsten Beyer's Full Circle. Enjoying it.
At the moment, galley pages for the print edition of our S.C.E. novella Distant Early Warning. After that? Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded by John Scalzi.
Just finished Alpha, the second of a Space: 1999 duology by William Latham. In a way it feels like it was trying to be something like the Faction Paradox arc in the Eighth Doctor Adventures or the Destiny trilogy, making some big changes to set up a new status quo, but it was too short and underwritten to have that kind of impact. Taking all of the mystery out of what fandom calls the Mysterious Unknown Force and tying it to a fanwankathon of elements from different episodes didn't help a lot, either. Still, the fact that we've had multiple Space: 1999 books this year makes me happy.
Next up, I think, will be the YA novel The Diary of a Dr Who Addict by Paul Magrs.
Next up, I think, will be the YA novel The Diary of a Dr Who Addict by Paul Magrs.
Just finished No Limits. Pretty weak. NF is all about pushing boundaries and going for the craziest, biggest stories possible, so it seemed annoying that this anthology seemed to be about authors admiring the results of that sensibility without duplicating it. A safer, more conservative set of stories you'll never find; several even literally chronicled events exactly as characters in the books had already described them. What a waste of time.
The only exceptions, in my opinion, were Mack's hilarious Kebron story and Bick's remarkably intense Morgan / Morgan's psychiatrist story. Both outstanding pieces of work that were actually willing to take some chances, think outside the box. The rest didn't tell me anything I didn't already know.
Am I alone in thinking this? Is there anyone that really enjoyed No Limits? I just kept being really bored. Maybe the problem was my expectations? I dunno. I'm really unsatisfied with this one.
The only exceptions, in my opinion, were Mack's hilarious Kebron story and Bick's remarkably intense Morgan / Morgan's psychiatrist story. Both outstanding pieces of work that were actually willing to take some chances, think outside the box. The rest didn't tell me anything I didn't already know.
Am I alone in thinking this? Is there anyone that really enjoyed No Limits? I just kept being really bored. Maybe the problem was my expectations? I dunno. I'm really unsatisfied with this one.
I read No Limits IIRC when it came out and enjoyed it very much, as I did all NF stories at the time (pre-3 year jump in After the Fall).
I took it for a celebration of PAD's vision, and I liked reading "other" interpretations of the NF characters.
(of course, since then I "fell out of love" with NF, but that's a different story)
Ended up taking Raymond Benson's Bond book Never Dream of Dying on the Whitby trip, and actually made it through it this time (it's about my fourth attempt)....
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