What are you reading?
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I have read all the Jimmy Perez books
. They are one of my favourite series. Have you seen the Shetland TV series?
My problem with the Shetland series is they got Douglas Henshall to play Jimmy. I think he is fine in the role except he does not look one bit like how Jimmy is described in the book, Jimmy is meant to be dark because of his Spanish heritage.
Also they upped Casssie's age, she is about 16 in the series and Fran is already dead at the state of the first episode.
However it is quite a good series.
Also they upped Casssie's age, she is about 16 in the series and Fran is already dead at the state of the first episode.
However it is quite a good series.
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I am listening to Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton, narrated by Scott Brick. It is a novel based on the Cope vs Marsh Bone Wars.
I gather the unpublished book was discovered by his wife and it had to be tidied up a bit before it could be published. It was released today, several years after Crichton's death.
I gather the unpublished book was discovered by his wife and it had to be tidied up a bit before it could be published. It was released today, several years after Crichton's death.
I just started Shadows In Bronze by Lindsey Davis, the second of her Falco historical mysteries which take place in Imperial Rome during the rule of Vespasian.
I'm also listening to the audio book of Naked Empire by Terry Goodkind, the eighth book in his Sword of Truth series.
I'm also listening to the audio book of Naked Empire by Terry Goodkind, the eighth book in his Sword of Truth series.
Heh, I just picked up the hardcover edition today. How's the audiobook? I've had quite a bit of interest in this seeing as one of my Uncles is a paleontologist. There was a fairly good American Experience documentary about this a few years ago.
The Dark Net, which is ostensibly about the parts of the internet only accessible through the Tor browser and the hidden wiki. In general it is more about how encryption and the internet can bring out the darker side of human nature (4chan trolling, asassination markets, child porn) as well as give protection to political dissidents and the like. It reminds me a lot of The Internet Police, but without the law enforcement content. I haven't finished yet, though. Right now most of the content the book has covered is accessible in the 'clear net' -- it's just 4chan, reddit, that sort of thing. It mentions a couple of older SF works -- The Shockwave Riders and True Names, both the product of cypherpunks, or cyber-libertarians. I'll have to look for Shockwave Riders in particular..
I am a few chapters in and it has been quite good so far, Scott Brick is one of my favourite narrators. I have seen a documentary on the Cope vs Marsh war but I am not sure if it is the same documentary you have mentioned.
Maybe it was. I'm not aware of many documentaries on the subject.
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1636: Mission to the Mughals, umpteenth book in the "1632" shared-universe series begun by Eric Flint.
I am listening to Dangerous Women edited by George RR Martin and Gardner Dozois, several different authors, several different narrators.
I started with the last story The Princess and the Queen by George RR Martin because that is the story I bought the book for. It is a story about the Targaryen Civil War.
I started with the last story The Princess and the Queen by George RR Martin because that is the story I bought the book for. It is a story about the Targaryen Civil War.
I just finished the first volume of the new Nevernight trilogy by Jay Kristoff, whose work I'm otherwise not overly familiar with. The second volume (Godsgrave) is due out between August and September, and I'm looking forward to it. It has a somewhat V For Vendetta vibe in some ways, but I feel Kristoff came up with some interesting concepts for this world although the writing could be better in certain places. Parts of the chapters also rely a bit too heavily on footnotes to explain background details, and I agree with some of the criticisms I've read that these could have easily been incorporated into the main work itself.
Nevernight is geared more for adult than young readers, as it includes quite a bit of sex and violence. One of the good aspects for me is that Mia's struggle to not completely lose her compassion and humanity, even though she's been forced to walk a very dark and bloody path to avenge her family. Not all of the members in the Red Church are inherently evil or amoral, but such individuals unsurprisingly make it in as well. By the same token, the Church of Aa isn't immune to corruption either.
Nevernight is geared more for adult than young readers, as it includes quite a bit of sex and violence. One of the good aspects for me is that Mia's struggle to not completely lose her compassion and humanity, even though she's been forced to walk a very dark and bloody path to avenge her family. Not all of the members in the Red Church are inherently evil or amoral, but such individuals unsurprisingly make it in as well. By the same token, the Church of Aa isn't immune to corruption either.
Star Trek Seekers - Point of divergence
Kingpin, cybercrime nonfiction about the programmer behind a carding empire
Zero Day, cyberthriller about two security consultants tracing a virus and trying to prevent the digital equivalent of 9-11
Zero Day, cyberthriller about two security consultants tracing a virus and trying to prevent the digital equivalent of 9-11
19 years after I started the series I have finally cracked open book 14 of The Wheel of Time: A Memory of Spring
I read book 13 back in 2010 when it first came out and rather enjoyed it, but never got around to starting the finale when given it as a Christmas present back in 2013.
7 years on and it all still makes sense and I recall most of the characters. Remarkable.
Hugo - 100 pages down, 900 to go...
I read book 13 back in 2010 when it first came out and rather enjoyed it, but never got around to starting the finale when given it as a Christmas present back in 2013.
7 years on and it all still makes sense and I recall most of the characters. Remarkable.
Hugo - 100 pages down, 900 to go...
I'm listening to Wil Wheaton read Masters of Doom, a history of the formation of id games and the partnership between John Romero and John Carmack. I'm pretty much only listening to it for Wheaton, and he's hilarious.
I'm also reading Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy.
I'm also reading Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy.
