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12-09-2013, 01:44 AM | #18287 | ||
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But I think I'll take a break before I jump on that last one. Time for a quick dip back to Liad for The Tomorrow Log, which I have a new Audible version of to read alongside my eBook version. One thing no one ever accused Lee & Miller of is writing too long. I always end up wanting more. |
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12-09-2013, 09:40 AM | #18288 |
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Just finished "The Forge", the first book in the "General" series by S.M. Stirling and David Drake. This is contained in the Baen omnibus edition called "Hope Reborn", which I bought in April 2000.
The book is set on a planet where an interstellar civilisation has collapsed back to about an 18th century level of technology, and the memory of the former high-technology civilisation has turned into a church, whose priests worship defunct computers. A young man, Raj Whitehall, stumbles upon an ancient sentient battle computer in a base deep below the city where he lives, and is selected by the computer to be its agent to unite the planet and restore the fallen civilisation. A very good book indeed, but contains a lot of graphic violence and strong language. This is part of my "read my old Baen Webscription ebooks" challenge. |
12-09-2013, 10:15 AM | #18289 | |
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12-09-2013, 10:21 AM | #18290 |
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12-09-2013, 02:12 PM | #18291 |
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Finished Lincoln in the World The Making of A Statesman and the Dawn of American Power by Kevin Peraino. I found it complementary to Amanda Foreman's A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War, as Peraino concentrated more on Lincoln's relations with Napoleon III, and the French attempt to set up a puppet empire in Mexico.
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12-09-2013, 04:08 PM | #18292 |
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I am currently reading The Great War at Sea: 1914-1918 on my Kindle.
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12-09-2013, 05:46 PM | #18293 |
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I'm on book 3 of the Farseer Trilogy, Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb. I am really enjoying this trilogy and the adventures of Fitz. I'll definitely give LiveShip Traders and The Tawny Man a try as well.
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12-10-2013, 06:04 AM | #18294 | ||
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This book looks at how things were going in the equivalent of Ireland during the middle of the other two books. An enjoyable, if slightly melancholy, story. Next up: Uchenna's Apples by Diane Duane. A new YA set in modern Ireland. |
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12-10-2013, 03:42 PM | #18295 | |
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Next up: A Cosmic Christmas 2 You edited by Hank Davis. From the November Baen Monthly Bundle. It seems about the right time to read it! [Wow. It's not often I get posts with no-one in-between!] |
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12-10-2013, 08:16 PM | #18296 |
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Haven't updated this in a few months, so here's what I've been reading:
Just Finished: -Tales of Dunk and Egg by George R.R. Martin (I read all three novellas that have been released so far) -Doctor Sleep by Stephen King -The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith/J.K. Rowling Currently reading: -The Stormlight Archive #1 - The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson - 19% -The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Grimswell Curse by Sam Siciliano - 13% -The Princess and the Queen by George R.R. Martin - this is the last story in the Dangerous Women book and I've only read this one story, so who knows what percentage into the story I am. My Nook says I have 53 pages left though. |
12-10-2013, 08:19 PM | #18297 |
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Reading The Lies of Locke Lamora. Accidentally read The Republic of Thieves first, not knowing it was a series. Haha. Still a good read though.
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12-10-2013, 08:45 PM | #18298 | |
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Rysa Walker & India Drummond
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Well staying on the freebie trail I've begun reading another freebie that I just got from Amazon called Blood Faerie (Caledonia Fae #1) by India Drummond. |
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12-11-2013, 02:26 PM | #18299 |
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The Bones of Avalon by Phil Rickman here.
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12-11-2013, 04:11 PM | #18300 | |
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