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Old 10-24-2013, 08:35 AM   #17986
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Well, I've finally got to the end of "Forge of the Elders" by L. Neil Smith. This was a part of my "catch up on my past Baen purchases" project, which unfortunately is a losing race, since I'm buying 4 new Baen books a month, but only catching up on the old ones by 1 or 2 a month . Anyway, be that as it may, this was a book I bought in April 2000.

The plot is that, in the mid 21st century, in a USA which is now a part of the world-wide Soviet Empire, an expedition is sent to an asteroid, in order to mine its resources, where it is discovered that the asteroid is populated by a wide range of sentient beings from alternate time-lines, in which evolution has followed different paths. Even worse, this is a capitalist society, rather than being good Marxists!

An interesting idea, but I found it terribly hard going, and I honestly can't recommend it.

On now to something a lot easier to read: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" by Agatha Christie, one of her standalone detective stories not featuring any of her "regular" detectives.
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Old 10-24-2013, 08:46 AM   #17987
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Have yet read the King's new release and sequel to The Shining, Doctor Sleep? If not It'd sure be a great choice to read next!

I haven't read Dr Sleep, but there's an excerpt at the end of The Shining which I can't wait to get to. The Shining has been one of the creepiest books I've ever read and the movie was fantastic.
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Old 10-24-2013, 11:13 AM   #17988
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I'm enjoying Kindred. It is nothing like any other time travel story I've ever read and that's the only science fiction part of the story. They rest is just a really good story of a modern black women (1976) flung back in time to the days of slavery.
I'm not into SF&F, but this book sounds interesting. I might grab it from my library-in-the-sky for my next read.
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Old 10-24-2013, 11:24 AM   #17989
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I'm not into SF&F, but this book sounds interesting. I might grab it from my library-in-the-sky for my next read.
It's not really SF. Just has the time travel element. It's kind of like Outlander which s not SF either but does have a time travel element to it. Also, 11/22/63 is the same way. Time travel element, but not really SF.
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Old 10-24-2013, 01:13 PM   #17990
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Well, I've finally got to the end of "Forge of the Elders" by L. Neil Smith. This was a part of my "catch up on my past Baen purchases" project, which unfortunately is a losing race, since I'm buying 4 new Baen books a month, but only catching up on the old ones by 1 or 2 a month . Anyway, be that as it may, this was a book I bought in April 2000.

The plot is that, in the mid 21st century, in a USA which is now a part of the world-wide Soviet Empire, an expedition is sent to an asteroid, in order to mine its resources, where it is discovered that the asteroid is populated by a wide range of sentient beings from alternate time-lines, in which evolution has followed different paths. Even worse, this is a capitalist society, rather than being good Marxists!

An interesting idea, but I found it terribly hard going, and I honestly can't recommend it.

On now to something a lot easier to read: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" by Agatha Christie, one of her standalone detective stories not featuring any of her "regular" detectives.
L. Neil Smith is a hardcore Libertarian and all of his books tend to aggressively push this agenda. Some are decent reads if you ignore how hard he pushes his views. Others are very badly written in my opinion.
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Old 10-24-2013, 02:58 PM   #17991
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L. Neil Smith is a hardcore Libertarian and all of his books tend to aggressively push this agenda. Some are decent reads if you ignore how hard he pushes his views. Others are very badly written in my opinion.
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Thanks! I think one of his books is enough for me .
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Old 10-24-2013, 03:03 PM   #17992
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Well, I've finally got to the end of "Forge of the Elders" by L. Neil Smith. This was a part of my "catch up on my past Baen purchases" project, which unfortunately is a losing race, since I'm buying 4 new Baen books a month, but only catching up on the old ones by 1 or 2 a month . Anyway, be that as it may, this was a book I bought in April 2000.

The plot is that, in the mid 21st century, in a USA which is now a part of the world-wide Soviet Empire, an expedition is sent to an asteroid, in order to mine its resources, where it is discovered that the asteroid is populated by a wide range of sentient beings from alternate time-lines, in which evolution has followed different paths. Even worse, this is a capitalist society, rather than being good Marxists!

An interesting idea, but I found it terribly hard going, and I honestly can't recommend it.
You know, Harry, with the size of the TBR you have, you really shouldn't be wasting time reading dreck that you're not enjoying. Even though I have quite a few Baen books that I've had for quite a while but haven't read, some of them won't ever be read. Especially with a few Baen authors that I simply won't read regardless of how well written their books may be, but where I ended up with their books because they were in one bundle or another.
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Old 10-24-2013, 03:20 PM   #17993
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You know, Harry, with the size of the TBR you have, you really shouldn't be wasting time reading dreck that you're not enjoying.
I know, and you're right. I just have an aversion to abandoning books. I really should have given up on it when it was obvious that it wasn't my cup of tea.
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Old 10-24-2013, 03:25 PM   #17994
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I know, and you're right. I just have an aversion to abandoning books. I really should have given up on it when it was obvious that it wasn't my cup of tea.
I am getting better at this. I think I've abandoned 9 books this year.
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Old 10-24-2013, 04:12 PM   #17995
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Thanks! I think one of his books is enough for me .
The two I liked are The Nagasaki Vector and Their Majesties' Bucketeers.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...agasaki_Vector

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...ies_Bucketeers

The second one is a Sherlock Holmes style murder mystery with aliens.

I read these many years ago in paper. I did enjoy them and if you have one give it a go.

http://www.amazon.com/Majesties-Buck...s=l+neil+smith

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Old 10-24-2013, 06:38 PM   #17998
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Old 10-24-2013, 07:20 PM   #17999
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...It's kind of like Outlander which s not SF either but does have a time travel element to it....
Coincidentally, I'm reading Outlander right now. Apparently from the reviews on Goodreads, a lot of people are turned off by some of the plot elements.

I haven't gotten that far in the book yet, but so far it seems to be very well-written.
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Thanks, Apache.

I've tried to read Smith's The Probability Broach several times, but the Confederacy-Hamiltonian politics thing was taking up too much of the entertainment space. The Nagasaki Vector looks interesting, and I will put it on my TBR.
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