So what are you reading, now? Part V

[Smellincoffee]

Yesterday I finished Rough Beasts of Empire, enjoying it completely, and now I'm about finished with Bill Bryson's In a Sunburned Country.

 

[F. King Daniel]

TWotF was a latter-day work that borrowed a lot of pre-existing ideas from fandom, and I get so tired of the modern tendancy to assume that Shane Johnson was the original source for stuff like this.

I didn't mean to imply he was. Worlds of the Federation was just the first book that came to mind which I knew for sure OTOH listed Andor as Epsilon Indi (which, looking back, is spelled correctly in that book. It was my mistake). Shane Johnson always did a good job of building on prior sources in his books - and since his stuff was seen far more widely than the Medical Reference Manual or fanzine works, it's no wonder people occasionally credit him with coming up with some of this stuff.

 

[Greg Cox]

Inspired by the Marx Bros. marathon on TCM, I've been rereading my favorite book on the Marxes: Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and sometimes Zeppo.

 

[Jakks]

Finished Losing the Peace,(enjoyed it quite a bit) am now reading A Singular Destiny. Liking it so far.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Knee deep and wading further in The Evolution of God, a materialistic history of religion.

 

[Steve Roby]

Followed Hersh's Rat Girl with Brian Walker's Doonesbury and the Art of G.B. Trudeau, and am currently reading Andrew Earles's Husker Du: The Story of the Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock.

 

[ICW]

Hey guys!

I just finished The Art of the Impossible and I could NOT put that book down! It is, without question, one of the more entertaining 'Trek novels that I have read.

Right now, I'm basically reading the NF No Limits.

As for non-Star Trek books, I am reading:
They Call me Baba Booey by Gary Dell'Abate
The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood by Jane Leavy

 

[Defcon]

Finished Eureka: Brain Box Blues by Phaedra Weldon (as Cris Ramsay) last night.

Let's just say that I'm glad Rosenberg is writing the third book again, this one was a mess.

And my review is online now.

Still reading Seize the Fire.

 

[JRoss]

Reading Seize the Fire.

 

[RandyS]

Taking another (brief) Star Trek break to read Greg Benford's The Martian Race.

 

[Starbreaker]

The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman

set in a universe that is distinctly not our own, one dominated by the people of the Gun, who carry demon-possessed guns that give them supernatural abilities, and the people of the Line, whose world includes sentient engines. The fight between the Line and the Gun comes to a head when both sides hear that the famous general of the lost Red Republic may still be alive and could hold the key to a secret weapon capable of stopping the never-ending war.

 

[Snaploud]

I just finished the latest Myriad Universes and Typhon Pact books. Myriad Universes was a bit of a disappointment over-all, but the I enjoyed the Romulan plot-lines in Rough Beasts of Empire (even if the Sisko storyline was depressing as hell).

 

[label]

Just Finished : The Bride Collector by Dekker. (8.6/10)
Reading: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
After That: Duma Key by King

 

[Smellincoffee]

Still enjoying The Evolution of God, but I picked up Michael Jan Friedman's Reunion for a bit of light reading. I enjoyed the Stargazer series and Valiant, but I've never read Reunion.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I finished New Frontier #4: Into the Void, which was very OTT, but very enjoyable. I think the Great Bird of the Galaxy thing may have been a leeeetle too much, though.

I'm still reading Rosetta and enjoying it (TAS Vendorian reference!) and I've started Imzadi, which I've finally decided to try. I already love the Orion scientist.

 

[Starbreaker]

Taking another (brief) Star Trek break to read Greg Benford's The Martian Race.

I read this several years ago when I was on a Mars reading binge. Mars by Ben Bova, Crossing Mars by Geoffrey A Landis, Return to Mars by Ben Bova, The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. I remember giving this one a B or so. I think I wrote a review somewhere if I can find it. I'd be interested in reading Sunborn, the sequel.

 

[Lee T]

Finished Mass Effect : Retribution, quite good. The three Mass Effect books are worth your time and money if you enjoyed the game and would like more backstory.

Continuing Unseen Academicals, like all mage centered Pratchett's stories it's completely over the top but I'm enjoying it so far (My favorite Pratchett books are the Watch series).

Still struggling with Tanith Lee.

 

[Christopher]

Taking another (brief) Star Trek break to read Greg Benford's The Martian Race.

I read this several years ago when I was on a Mars reading binge. Mars by Ben Bova, Crossing Mars by Geoffrey A Landis, Return to Mars by Ben Bova, The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.

Not Robinson's Mars Trilogy? Although that's a marathon read all by itself.

 

[Starbreaker]

I've actually read the first half of Mars twice. I get so bored when that big time jump happens. I need to finish it this year.

 

[Sakrysta]

Will finish up Intellivore tonight before bed. I've only got a few more pages - couldn't QUITE knock it out on the lunch hour. I didn't hate it, but it was very meh. Duane is usually really good with alien concepts, and I liked this one as well. But the book itself needed more substance for the concepts and characters it was presenting. It took around half the book before it even named the adversary. And the inclusion of two other Starfleet ships and crews, while a great idea on the surface, really wasn't necessary here and seemed more just an excuse to have ships working in tandem in a story.

Up next is Immortal Coil.

Also, I tried The Windup Girl via audiobook, but I only made it about a third of the way through. I think this might be one of those books that needs to be read to really appreciate. I have a hard time listening to books when I can't see the names in my head. It's weird. This book is set in the Far East, and all the names are unfamiliar. It makes it really hard for me to keep up with the characters. The narrator for this one is really good though, which made me sad to stop listening, but when I had gotten so far and still wasn't really interested in the story, I admitted defeat.