11-25-2014, 11:26 AM | #21196 |
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I've just finished "By Any Other Name", an SF short story collection by Spider Robinson, which I originally bought from Baen in 2001. Extremely enjoyable, particularly the novella which is the "title story" of the book. Highly recommended, although I should perhaps note that a couple of the stories in the book are sexually explicit.
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11-25-2014, 12:47 PM | #21198 |
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I've been reading Mission Gamma Book One: Twilight: Twilight Bk. 1 (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) by David R. George III
...and it really seems to be jumping around quite a bit. I'm about 40% in an there still doesn't seem to be any solid plot line. I mean a few chapters here and there are good, but other than that I don't see a story. Anyone else find this to be the case? I assume this is B1 of 3 and maybe that's why the slow start. I'm really considering moving on. |
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11-26-2014, 07:20 AM | #21200 |
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And so I'm now reading An Infamous Army by Georgette Heyer. Another Regency Romance, continuing with the characters from Regency Buck, but (as far as I've got, anyway) set in Belgium, and involving the Duke of Wellington. Looking good so far, although keeping track of all the characters is tricky. A re-read of Regency Buck beforehand might have been a good idea.
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11-27-2014, 05:57 AM | #21202 |
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Just finished The Science of Interstellar by Kip Thorne It was very interesting and I now understand the movie much better.
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11-28-2014, 04:25 AM | #21203 |
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Yesterday I finished The Leper of Saint Giles (The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael Book 5) by Ellis Peters. I give it a very strong 4 stars out of 5. This, so far, has been my favorite of the series.
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11-28-2014, 11:12 AM | #21204 |
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Oh so good to know. I'm just starting Saint Peter's Fair, so it won't be long before I get to The Leper of Saint Giles.
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11-28-2014, 11:19 AM | #21205 |
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Finished A Rising Thunder by David Weber -- though the book simply stopped without a finish! I have Shadow of Freedom yet to read, but it's one of the parallel threads, not the mainline. Has anyone heard when the next Honor Harrington novel is due?
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11-28-2014, 08:25 PM | #21206 |
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Not before summer, going by the announced bundle list.
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11-29-2014, 12:34 AM | #21207 |
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Just went way back in time to read the first "Burglar" book from Lawrence Block, Burglars Can't be Choosers. And I must say I quite enjoyed it. Enough that I'm going to read the next one. A complete break from the sort of thing I have been reading.
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Yes, exactly. That's why I said what I did; "nothing announced yet, as far as I can see."
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