So what are you reading, now? Part V

[Smellincoffee]

Just finished Susanne Alleyn's A Far Better Rest, which impressed the hell out of me. When I picked it up, I thought it was going to be a period romance and thought about returning it to the library unread. Instead it turned out to be a great story -- A Tale of Two Cities through Carton's eyes, and a personal look at the French Revolution.

Continuing in Age of Absurdity. I recently ordered five Trek books -- the first three Vanguards (which, considering how much they're worshiped here, I am looking forward to) and books four and five of the Titan series.

 

[ST-One]

Started reading the novelization of TMP today - it's not particularly well written, but it gives some... meat to what we've seen in the film.
After that book I'll read Bennett's continuation of TMP's 'human adventure', Ex Machina.

 

[BrotherBenny]

Chris, with a new editor in charge, how about pitching an Ex Machina sequel?

I'm still reading Cussler's Sacred Stone and then I believe I will read Paths of Disharmony to round out my Trek reading. After that, more Cussler depending on what I pick up from the library (probably more of the Dirk Pitt ones until I get bored) and the three new CSI novels I have sitting on my Kindle.

I also have Dragonflight, the first PERN novel on the Kindle, in addition to Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell, an interesting take on a merchant ship and its characters. Plenty to read right now.

 

[Christopher]

Chris, with a new editor in charge, how about pitching an Ex Machina sequel?

If it were up to the editors alone, Marco would've let me do a sequel years ago. The sales of ExM weren't deemed strong enough to warrant a sequel. But I'm always looking for opportunities to revisit that era in some form. (And I have gone back to that era once already, in Mere Anarchy: The Darkness Drops Again.)

 

[Sci]

Just finished Rough Beasts of Empire by David R. George III. Very good.

I was looking for my copy of Obama's Wars, which I was about halfway through before setting it down for a month or so, but I can't seem to find it. So instead, I've picked up my old and mostly unread copy of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin, and started over on that one.

I'll probably pause through that one for Typhon Pact: Paths of Disharmony by Dayton Ward. Once both of those are done, I'll move on to A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn.

 

[BrotherBenny]

Chris, with a new editor in charge, how about pitching an Ex Machina sequel?

If it were up to the editors alone, Marco would've let me do a sequel years ago. The sales of ExM weren't deemed strong enough to warrant a sequel. But I'm always looking for opportunities to revisit that era in some form. (And I have gone back to that era once already, in Mere Anarchy: The Darkness Drops Again.)

With the other TOS era books going around at the moment, might this be an opportune time to try again?

 

[OverlordSpock]

Just finished David Baldacci's Hour Game. It was okay for a murder mystery thriller. Second half is better than the first. It has a few nice twists.

I'll be starting Paths of Disharmony tomorrow after I pick it up from Barnes and Noble (which has it, but again Borders does not... *sigh*)

 

[ST-One]

Chris, with a new editor in charge, how about pitching an Ex Machina sequel?

If it were up to the editors alone, Marco would've let me do a sequel years ago. The sales of ExM weren't deemed strong enough to warrant a sequel. But I'm always looking for opportunities to revisit that era in some form. (And I have gone back to that era once already, in Mere Anarchy: The Darkness Drops Again.)

Very good. That books sits on my Nook, waiting to be read.

 

[jhempel24]

'Who P-p-p-Plugged Roger Rabbit' is put on so hold so I may read 'The Dark Knight Returns' and 'The Dark Knight Strikes Again.'

I had know idea the Roger Rabbit movie was based off of a book....I must buy those now.

 

[Christopher]

I had know idea the Roger Rabbit movie was based off of a book....I must buy those now.

Just be aware that the movie was only very, very loosely based on Who Censored Roger Rabbit? The concept of humans and toons coexisting in the real world and the names of the main characters are pretty much the only points of commonality. The novel is darker and more adult in tone, it's set in the (then-)present day, the nature of the crime is very different, the personalities are different, etc. Personally I liked the movie much better.

 

[jhempel24]

I had know idea the Roger Rabbit movie was based off of a book....I must buy those now.

Just be aware that the movie was only very, very loosely based on Who Censored Roger Rabbit? The concept of humans and toons coexisting in the real world and the names of the main characters are pretty much the only points of commonality. The novel is darker and more adult in tone, it's set in the (then-)present day, the nature of the crime is very different, the personalities are different, etc. Personally I liked the movie much better.

Yeah, I saw that....it seems the 2nd books seems more tied into the movie than the first one. I'll end up buying both, it's only like $5 for the two of them.

 

[Starbreaker]

I'm on a Stephen King reading binge. I read all four novellas from Full Dark, No Stars and then his Kindle special UR. Some great stuff. I would love to see King write a science fiction novel. He's already dabbled in everything else.

1922 by Stephen King (Full Dark, No Stars) ✭✭✭✭
Big Driver by Stephen King (Full Dark, No Stars) ✭✭✭
Fair Extension by Stephen King (Full Dark, No Stars) ✭✭✭
A Good Marriage by Stephen King (Full Dark, No Stars) ✭✭✭✭
UR by Stephen King ✭✭✭✭

 

[Smellincoffee]

Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters, Maj. Richard Winters

 

[timothy]

read laurrell k hamilton's annita blake's vampire hunter series 20 books of greatness .
now I am reading star trek agin starting with death in winter .

 

[RonG]

In addition to reading the Typhon Pact novels (only have RBoE left, which is yet to arrive), I'm reading the "second" Bourne series (by Eric Von Lustbader) - just getting into The Bourne Betrayal.

I heard some rotten reviews on these, but I just had to try The Bourne Legacy, and was pleasantly surprised

 

[BrotherBenny]

In addition to reading the Typhon Pact novels (only have RBoE left, which is yet to arrive), I'm reading the "second" Bourne series (by Eric Von Lustbader) - just getting into The Bourne Betrayal.

I heard some rotten reviews on these, but I just had to try The Bourne Legacy, and was pleasantly surprised

I stopped reading the Bourne books with Deception, just wasn't holding my interest any more. Luckily, I borrowed it from the library and so have not wasted any money.

 

[Starbreaker]

I read Block Billy (novella) by Stephen King. ✭✭

Next up is Duma Key, which I had actually read half of at one point in time but had to take it back to the darn library over Christmas to avoid the exorbitant late fees. I was enjoying it at the time.

 

[S. Gomez]

I really enjoyed "Big Driver". Well, about as much as one can enjoy a story about a woman who gets raped and goes on a quest for vengeance. But it was a compelling read (despite my taking a rather long time to finish it).

 

[JustKate]

I had know idea the Roger Rabbit movie was based off of a book....I must buy those now.

Just be aware that the movie was only very, very loosely based on Who Censored Roger Rabbit? The concept of humans and toons coexisting in the real world and the names of the main characters are pretty much the only points of commonality. The novel is darker and more adult in tone, it's set in the (then-)present day, the nature of the crime is very different, the personalities are different, etc. Personally I liked the movie much better.

Yeah, I saw that....it seems the 2nd books seems more tied into the movie than the first one. I'll end up buying both, it's only like $5 for the two of them.

I liked the movie much better, too. For one thing, almost none of the movie's humor can be found in the book - the book is much, much darker. Also, Roger is a jerk. So it's interesting, but don't read it expecting the same magic you found in the movie. I don't know anything about the second book, though.

 

[Lee T]

Finished:

Unseen Academicals - the pacing of the story stumbles a bit sometimes but it's otherwise excellent. My favorite Discworld Mage story so far.

Terok Nor : Day of the Vipers - surprising book as I was not expecting the book to be about the ten years leading to the actual occupation and to tell the story of the destruction of the Oralian Way in the same breath. Quite ambitious, and the book does mostly succeed. There's so much happening over such a long time in just one book that it sometimes feel a bit cluttered but it's always interesting. Dukat is really well rendered and this backstory does fit well with what is to come. The only point I didn't like much is that there's abit too much name dropping, some of those "named" characters would have been better as new characters imo. There's nothing wrong with new characters after all, e.g. the main character is new and interesting.

Zero Sum Game - didn't like it much. The whole mission is so ill prepared and desperate that I have no doubt SI's boss do pray the gods of narrative causality daily. Good idea about the Breen though (but the dissident's explanation felt more like rehearsed propaganda than truth, which felt weird in the mouth of a dissident).