Reading Rough Beasts of Empire and loving it so far. Sisko's is pretty close to my house while I'm at college so extra bonus points!
So what are you reading? Part VI
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I'm very far behind on my Trek reading.
But, right now I'm reading "Carte Blanche" by Jeffery Deaver. The new 007 novel.
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are any of the bond books in e form?
I've actually not read any of the other Bond books, but I'm reading 'Carte Blanche' on Kindle, and Amazon has the Fleming books in the Kindle store, so I guess they are.
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Just finished Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders, and liked it loads better than Robinson Crusoe. I'm hoping to have a detailed review up on my blog in the next couple of days.
Onto a non-fiction book, The Cello Suites by Eric Siblin, all about Bach and Pablo Casals (the cellist who made the Suites famous).
Onto a non-fiction book, The Cello Suites by Eric Siblin, all about Bach and Pablo Casals (the cellist who made the Suites famous).
The Third Chimpanzee, Jared Diamond.
I finished Burn Notice: The Fix and I'm about to start on Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
I am reading A time to die, next will be Vanguard-Declassifed since I recieved it yesterday 
Hope you like COUNTDOWN! I have weird associations with that book, probably because I had a kidney removed halfway through writing it!
Wow. I heard contract negotiations could be tough, but really...
Hope you like COUNTDOWN! I have weird associations with that book, probably because I had a kidney removed halfway through writing it!
Having taken what seemed like an age to read The Hobbit, I decided to read some good ol' fashioned pulp style fiction in the form of Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor which to be honest, was a fantastic read and possibly the best Star Wars novel in my opinion since Star by Star.
I'm currently reading through Myriad Universe: Shattered Light: The Tears of Eridanus and it's a very interesting read, I'm loving the fact that Earth/Humans are playing almost second fiddle to Andoria/Andorians in the Interstellar Union and the Vulcans are as war like as we are, just turned up a few degrees.
Afterwards, I'll either read Honour in the Night or Children of the Storm, not so sure yet.
I'm currently reading through Myriad Universe: Shattered Light: The Tears of Eridanus and it's a very interesting read, I'm loving the fact that Earth/Humans are playing almost second fiddle to Andoria/Andorians in the Interstellar Union and the Vulcans are as war like as we are, just turned up a few degrees.
Afterwards, I'll either read Honour in the Night or Children of the Storm, not so sure yet.
Wow. I heard contract negotiations could be tough, but really...
Hope you like COUNTDOWN! I have weird associations with that book, probably because I had a kidney removed halfway through writing it!
But at least my agent got 15% . . . .
(True story: my friends at Tor Books actually sent me a life-sized plastic kidney as a replacement. It's sitting on my bookshelf now.)
My non-fiction books so far this year are about 13:
Living High and Letting Die by Unger
A Concise History of the Third Reich (translated by Dunlap) by Benz
A Philosophy of Political Myth by Bottici
Technology and Man’s Future (3rd ed.) edited by Teich
The Conquest of Happiness by Russell
Man’s Search for Meaning (Rev. & Updated) by Frankl
Ecology in the Twentieth Century by Bramwell
The Principle of Normalization in Human Services edited by Wolfensberger
The Green and the Brown by Uekoetter
The Nazi Dictatorship (4th ed.) by Kershaw
Racial Hygiene: Medicine under the Nazis by Proctor
The Nazi War on Cancer by Proctor
The Nazi Conscience by Koonz
You will note that I have read a set of books about Nazi history (from course books which were in the store).
I have also read about 22 Star Trek books, last two books of "Preternatural" by Margaret Wander Bonnano, and, for some strange reason (I was tutoring someone) "The Catcher in the Rye".
Being interested in Christopher L. Bennett's books, I have purchased many ST books recently and have lots more waiting for me at the local SF bookstore.
Just read "Greater Than the Sum" and a I remember MWB's persona discussing use of a thesaurus for additional words for "entity". (Maybe it is a false memory) And, I see that there may be as many "Endgames" as there are persons.
Upon reading "DTI: Watching the Clock", I brought up the possibility of totalitarian tendencies from the book. A friend of mine recently suggested that arguments can be carried "ad Hitlerum" where the evil is traced back to Hitler and that ends the argument (and, he who argues such in an inappropriate way automatically loses the argument). Arguments, even such as "Homo Sacer" by Agamben, may be a bit "ad Hitlerums". Enough to address the present time.
Anyway, we are halfway through the year and many more books to read before the year ends! Hurray! I hope to read more recent Star Trek books and perhaps 20 - 25 more this year.
Current reading includes finishing "The Pursuit of Unhappiness: The Elusive Psychology of Well-Being" by Haybron plus "Mindfulness and Acceptance" edited by Hayes, Follette, & Linehan. Good stuff.
Living High and Letting Die by Unger
A Concise History of the Third Reich (translated by Dunlap) by Benz
A Philosophy of Political Myth by Bottici
Technology and Man’s Future (3rd ed.) edited by Teich
The Conquest of Happiness by Russell
Man’s Search for Meaning (Rev. & Updated) by Frankl
Ecology in the Twentieth Century by Bramwell
The Principle of Normalization in Human Services edited by Wolfensberger
The Green and the Brown by Uekoetter
The Nazi Dictatorship (4th ed.) by Kershaw
Racial Hygiene: Medicine under the Nazis by Proctor
The Nazi War on Cancer by Proctor
The Nazi Conscience by Koonz
You will note that I have read a set of books about Nazi history (from course books which were in the store).
I have also read about 22 Star Trek books, last two books of "Preternatural" by Margaret Wander Bonnano, and, for some strange reason (I was tutoring someone) "The Catcher in the Rye".
Being interested in Christopher L. Bennett's books, I have purchased many ST books recently and have lots more waiting for me at the local SF bookstore.
Just read "Greater Than the Sum" and a I remember MWB's persona discussing use of a thesaurus for additional words for "entity". (Maybe it is a false memory) And, I see that there may be as many "Endgames" as there are persons.
Upon reading "DTI: Watching the Clock", I brought up the possibility of totalitarian tendencies from the book. A friend of mine recently suggested that arguments can be carried "ad Hitlerum" where the evil is traced back to Hitler and that ends the argument (and, he who argues such in an inappropriate way automatically loses the argument). Arguments, even such as "Homo Sacer" by Agamben, may be a bit "ad Hitlerums". Enough to address the present time.
Anyway, we are halfway through the year and many more books to read before the year ends! Hurray! I hope to read more recent Star Trek books and perhaps 20 - 25 more this year.
Current reading includes finishing "The Pursuit of Unhappiness: The Elusive Psychology of Well-Being" by Haybron plus "Mindfulness and Acceptance" edited by Hayes, Follette, & Linehan. Good stuff.
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I finished "Countdown" yesterday, and thought it was quite good. I didn't even detect at any time Greg Cox's missing kidney.
So...off I went to B&N, and picked up the new "Star Trek: Vanguard - Declassified", the second of Guillermo Del Toro's vampire trilogy, "The Fall", and also Greg Cox's "Warehouse 13: A Touch of Fever".
I have started Greg's novel first. I am keeping my eyes open for that missing kidney, but it indeed is a huge warehouse, and I fear it will remain hidden.
So...off I went to B&N, and picked up the new "Star Trek: Vanguard - Declassified", the second of Guillermo Del Toro's vampire trilogy, "The Fall", and also Greg Cox's "Warehouse 13: A Touch of Fever".
I have started Greg's novel first. I am keeping my eyes open for that missing kidney, but it indeed is a huge warehouse, and I fear it will remain hidden.
Nah, I think that kidney ended up on Apokolips . . . .
Just finished Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy. Incredibly fantastic; one of the most perfectly constructed pieces of foreshadowing/setup/payoff I've ever seen. When you get to the end, in addition to emotionally satisfying conclusions for everyone, the mythology and foreshadowing all falls into place with a practically audible THUNK, and it's beautiful.
Great stuff.
Bonus, for anyone who's read his stuff but doesn't know this - all of Sanderson's novels (aside from obviously his Wheel Of Time conclusions) are set within the same big universe, and all his novels so far contain hints about what that looks like. His next 10-book series is as well, and then his epic after THAT one will finally explain how it all fits together. I definitely found some interesting hints in Mistborn 3 that I assume will pay off in 20 years or so. The skill with which he managed this sort of thing in this trilogy makes me believe he can definitely pull something like this off on that kind of scale.
Great stuff.
Bonus, for anyone who's read his stuff but doesn't know this - all of Sanderson's novels (aside from obviously his Wheel Of Time conclusions) are set within the same big universe, and all his novels so far contain hints about what that looks like. His next 10-book series is as well, and then his epic after THAT one will finally explain how it all fits together. I definitely found some interesting hints in Mistborn 3 that I assume will pay off in 20 years or so. The skill with which he managed this sort of thing in this trilogy makes me believe he can definitely pull something like this off on that kind of scale.
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