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Originally Posted by Hampshire Nanny
I want to shout out a great THANK YOU to all of you who recommended The Golem and the Jinni. I finished it about a week ago and thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Ditto. I'm really pleased I bought it and read it. Sometimes there's only hype, but this book was good.
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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Next up: The Omega Egg by Mike Resnick et al. A round-robin novel that was created at Fictionwise. I bought it when it was still being produced chapter-by-chapter back in 2005. It's about time I read it and found out if was worth the money!
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Unfortunately, I find I don't like the round-robin format. Individually, the writers are great, and each section is fine, but I just don't like the complete lack of any overall vision. I can see that it was fun to write, and could be fund to read if you enjoy seeing authors set each other cliff-hangers and how they move things on. But that's one level of abstraction more than I want at the moment. So, after five chapters I'm abandoning it.
Next up:
1636: The Barbie Consortium by Gorg Huff et al. I'm 99% sure I'll enjoy this, a collection of stories covering one group of youngsters in the 1632 universe. Bought yesterday, thanks to a Kobo coupon.