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Shadow of the Hegemon. I’m reading Shadow series again while I’m waiting for Shadow of the Giant’s release.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, after other hatrackers recommended it. Surprisingly good.
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I'm working on volume one of Dream of the Red Chamber (also called Story of the Stone) (English tranlations). I had read exerpts before in a class I had, and am finally going to read the whole thing. It is a pain at first because of the volume of characters and their relationships with each other, but it is surprisingly interesting.
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Annie, I have read almost all of Wolfe's novels and a lot of his shorter fiction. He is my favorite author. Which is why I broke down and bought The Wizard, vol.2 of the Wizard Knight by wolfe. I think it's my only hardcover purchase in the last year. Noemon, it's as good or better than vol.1.
SteveR, good to see another hard-core sci-fi fan here! I haven't read any Welles in a while, I need to.
quote: I found the The Dragobbone Chair , which I had loaned to a student who moved away. It is a great way to unload books, too
Elizabeth Who was it that said 'only your friends steal your books'?
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Morbo, sounds like a Mark twain saying. ha ha.
I just loaned Game of Thrones to a friend, with a very clear threat of death if she does not return it.
I just finished Requiem of the Sun the fourth of Elizabeth Hydon's Rhapsody series. Ireally do love it, and I am glad i broke my promise to stop at book 3.
Now, I am reading the first of Michael Jecks' Knights of the Templar series. I am not really into it yet, but it is always hard for me to switch out of fantasy mode. Sometimes, aftr I finish a series, I can't read anything at all for months. I hate that.
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Tea time is the sequel to Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, right? I hated Dirk, I read it 1/2 way then gave it up. Love Catch-22 ,though.
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I just read Reservation Blues about a month ago. He writes more about the same characters in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Both great books. Have you read anything by Thomas King? I imagine that you'd like his stuff, if you're a fan of Alexie.
I just finished Eleanor Rigby, by Douglas Coupland, and just started The Time Traveler's Wife.
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Selected Stories of Philip K Dick You gotta love that man.
Oh, and I just started reading the Lemony Snicket series with my son. He really enjoyed the first book (as did I!) and we're beginning the second book tomorrow night.
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Oh, hello BELLE. I am reading my 32 dollar hardcover "Elegy to a Lost Star" by Elizabeth Haydon, and already in agony waiting for book 6. Not that I blame you for this or anything.
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*rant* Why, oh why, does all cover art for fantasy and sci-fi novels have to completely suck? I was actually embarassed standing in line with the darn thing.
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LOL. That's hilarious! I don't think I've been embarassed by cover art yet, but I don't doubt that it's possible.
I'm reading Peter and the Starcatchers - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. I'm loving it, it's so funny and fast and cute. I love the ilustrations too, the one with "the Ladies" almost made me split my pants laughing. Posts: 6415 | Registered: Jul 2000
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Had to read it for a history class. But it's a really good story about a black woman who grew up in the St. Louis suburbs in the 70's. I never appreciated a lot about that mindset, and either way it's a good story, history major or not.
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Emma by Austen. I re-read Pride and Prejudice for my english class and really liked it. Emma is my aunt's favorite book. I thought that since I have a new found appreciation for Austen I should give it a shot.
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I was planning on going through all fo Austen's novels. I will just make Mansfeild park the next one.
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Fitz, tell me how The Time Traveler's Wife goes.
I'm reading, An Equal Music by Vickram Seth, The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, and The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver.
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Thanks for the heads up on "The Time Traveler's Wife." With respect to Middlesex, the parts in Detroit, from the Nation of Islam through the riots, were the high-points of the book for me. The car chase at the end was just about the funniest car chase scene I've ever read. Everything else seemed to fall short, including the half-done explanation of Chapter 11's name. Wait, I did appreciate how the impetus of Chapter 11's change was not going to college but the feeling of dread that went along with his life being left up to the draft lottery.
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Is this your way of telling us that you never bought any of the later Alvin Maker books?
I was rereading them while I was waiting for Crystal City, and my friend kept making comments about me reading romance novels.
I just finished Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb, and I absolutely loved it. I can't wait to read the rest of the series and whatever else I can get my hands on. Now I'm reading something or other by Gene Wolfe. I'm having trouble getting into though.
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So am I! I really enjoy it. I'm skipping the technical parts which would probably have interfered hugely with my enjoyment. What I like the most is the way the viewpoint switches from person to person and the way all of the characters see each other differently. I wish all books that switched viewpoints would do it as well as Robinson. Robert Jordan in particular would be rendered almost readable if he took advantage of the opportunities his million and one viewpoints offered.
Also reading Sunshine by Robin McKinley for the second time. Which is a wonderful book. Let me say right now that I don't do vampires. Period. I love this book, vampires or no vampires. Mostly I love that her characters are flawed and real, but that's not the point, that's just who they are. It seems like most authors feel that if their characters are going to be flawed there has to be a reason for the flaw, while in real life people are flawed just because that's human.
Crime and Punishment which I'm really enjoying, to my great surprise and pleasure.
Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold, who is inching out the competition to become my all time favorite author. Her books are categorized as space opera, but in no way are they fluff.
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"Junk" by Melvin Burgess. Picked it up in the school library today when I was bored and couldn't put it down, tho I had to when the bell went for end of school. It's fantastic - gripping, well written, love the PoV switches. Will be finishing it tomorrow!
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I just finished the Rape of the Lock. For school.
Story about books: I went at a fantastic booksale where the books were disgustingly cheap (and then reduced to every book twenty five cents- needless to say I had a HUGE box just FULL of books ) and was wandering around, minding my own business when this person (male, twenty-five-ish) comes up to me.
Him: "You like books, right?" (This is before I got the box- I am balancing a stack of books that goes from my waist to just under my chin) Me: "Um, (nervous laughter) yes."
He then proceeds to hand this book to me, it's called 'Pan' and it's by a Norwegian author called something like Knut Hamsen (in translation).
Him: "He's one of the best authors ever, Hemingway took a lot from him." Me: "Oh... er...thanks..." (I flip through it)
This person kind of left me with it, smiling and walked away into the crowd. I looked for him, but I didn't see him.
So I figured this book was good, and it was, although not outstanding. But the thing that was most stunning was the fact this person had obviously found this book and had been looking around for someone who would likely enjoy said book/author.
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I recently discovered Vernor Vinge. I read Fire Upon the Deep, which I liked, and then the prequel, Deepness in the Sky, which was just as good. I then read The Peace War, which didn't do much for me. I am in the middle of Marooned in Realtime, its sequel, which I am enjoying much more.
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Yay for Fire Upon the Deep !!! Didn't you love the tines and their world? I found it absolutely fascinating. What did you think of the prequel? I saw it last week but was afraid I'd be disappointed.
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I loved the prequel. The alien culture is too close to 20th-century earth to be believable, but one of the human cultures is sufficiently alien to make up for it.
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quote:I am reading my 32 dollar hardcover "Elegy to a Lost Star" by Elizabeth Haydon, and already in agony waiting for book 6. Not that I blame you for this or anything.
Sorry about that.
I won't spoil it for you - but Elegy, while good, was tough for me. Since you feel the same way about certain characters as I do, I'm sure you'll have the same reaction.
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I have been emberrased by cover art both the Alvin Maker series and a couple of the Wheel of Time books led some of my freinds to believe I had taken up romance novels. It took a week to convince them otherwise and the making fun of went on for months. I am currently reading the divinci code. Its decent but I don't think its the greatest most shocking book ever like everyone was shouting for a while their.
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I finished Marooned in Realtime. I enjoyed it, even though the ending didn't come together as much as I would have hoped.
I'm now reading some of Vinge's short fiction. I read "Fast Times as Ridgemont High", and am now reading "The Cookie Monster". It's been a long time since I've read short fiction, mostly because OSC doesn't write enough of it. Now I remember why I like it so much.
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I just picked up Clothar the Frank, by Jack Whyte, at the library today. Jack Whyte has a great take on Arthurian legend, and his stories are always pretty absorbing. Clothar is his intepretation of Lancelot. I'm eager to see how Whyte will handle the infamous Lancelot-Arthur-Guinevere love triange.
As for The Time Traveler's Wife, I enjoyed it quite a lot. It wasn't that it was very deeply engaging, but it was a fast-paced, energetic read, with great characters. I definitely recommend it.
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What do you care what other people think? by Richard Feynman. I thought his series of narratives about investigating the cause of the Challenger explosion was fascinating.
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Just finished: "Beyond Recognition," a murder mystery sort of thing about an arsonist.
Chipping away a little at "The Redemption of Althalus," which I read about ten pages of between books. I should be done in 2007 or so.
I picked up two books for a buck. One is "The Icarus Girl,"by Helen Oyeyemi(yup-caught my eye because of our Icarus) and "How Evan Broke his Head and Other Secrets," by Garth Stein.
has anyone read these? They look pretty interesting. We shall see.
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