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Originally Posted by sgoldin
I loved Treasure Island as a kid, and I picked it up as an adult thinking, "Well, this'll be quaint." Instead, I found it every bit as exciting and gripping as I remembered. Enjoy, Marrella!
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I do, though I am afraid I am missing bits of it because it is my bedtime book.
I am listening to the Blackstone version which is read by Frederick Davidson.
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Originally Posted by sgoldin
I just finished Kim Stanley Robinson's 2312 (which just won the Nebula Award for Best Novel). Much of it is absolutely brilliant, a tour through a very inventive Solar System society 300 years from now. But be warned, it is S-L-O-W.
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I remember reading his
The Years of Rice and Salt after it won the Hugo. Yikes, what a slog.
The problem was that it had also interesting bits, so I had to finish it. But I guess I really don't like his style.