04-28-2013, 10:11 AM | #16381 | |
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I am continuing my PKD spree so I started The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch |
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04-28-2013, 12:13 PM | #16382 |
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Just finished I am Legend by Richard Matheson. Good book. Nothing to do with the movie.
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04-28-2013, 02:31 PM | #16383 | |
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Not really sure what's next. A break from the Hugo winners, though, I think. |
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04-28-2013, 03:23 PM | #16384 |
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Helene Tursten "Detective Inspector Huss"
I'm enjoying this book quite a bit, even though the translation isn't great. One often gets the feeling that the translator is a native Swedish speaker, rather than a native English speaker, though I haven't actually looked him up. IAC, I'm about 2/3rds through it, and I'll definitely be reading more by her.
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04-28-2013, 06:05 PM | #16385 |
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Spurred by the upcoming movie of The Great Gatsby, I decided to reread the novel. This was assigned reading when I was 15 or 16, and at the time I couldn't get into it. Second time around I'm really enjoying it. I think I just had to grow into the work to appreciate it. Doesn't hurt too that this was something I chose to read rather than being forced to read it on a fixed schedule.
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04-28-2013, 07:54 PM | #16386 |
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I recently finished James Oake's "Freedom National" - a long slog, but well worth it for the illumination Oake's provides on the emancipation process.
For a complete change of pace, I am reading Avery Corman's "The Bust-Out King", a comedy caper which reminds me a lot of Donald Westlake's Dortmunder novels. |
04-29-2013, 01:49 AM | #16387 | ||
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I've started The Last Pope: Do Biblical and Catholic Prophecies Point to Pope Francis I? by Bob Thiel Ph.D. and so far it is just meh.. I am finding myself skimming through parts. I've started 3/13/13: POPE FRANCIS THE LAST by CLARK MITCHELL and, so far, it is a little more interesting to read, but just not catching my attention. Thankfully, these were free. Maybe, it's time for a romantic comedy or a historical mystery. I hate when I can't decide what to read next. |
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04-29-2013, 05:03 AM | #16388 |
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I finished Andre Norton's Star Born. In Junior High school I first began reading her books and fell in love with them. This one probably would have delighted me had I read it then. Now it comes over as an OK adventure story with a bit of an eco theme built in. There's also some reference to the dangers of an anti-intellectual Fundamentalism--which is more clearly spelt out in The Stars Are Ours which makes this book a kind of distant sequel.
The various evolutionary adaptations of humanity remind one a bit of The Seedling Stars by James Blish--though the idea isn't nearly as thoroughly developed. It's an above-average YA science-fiction novel, but I think that Norton was a great deal better in the books set in The Witch World Universe. Last edited by fantasyfan; 04-29-2013 at 05:07 AM. |
04-29-2013, 11:53 AM | #16389 | |
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Disney at Dawn was an enjoyable YA adventure and mystery tale taking place at the Disney World resort complex. This is the second book in the series Kingdom Keepers that I have read. I'll eventually read the entire series. After reading One Deadly Sister, I went to Smashwords and picked up the balance of the Sandy Reid Mysteries series (3 more books) and am now starting to read Sandy Reid Mysteries #2, The Price of Candy by Rod Hoisington as well as The Quest of the Missing Map (Nancy Drew #19) by Carolyn Keene (Mildred A Wirt). |
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04-30-2013, 01:44 AM | #16391 |
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OK. Just finished Shift by Hugh Howey. Bloody marvellous! It didn't quite hit the fever pitch of enthusiasm that Wool did, but it wasn't too far away. Can't wait until Dust gets here.
Now I've got two books on the go: Pale Queen's Courtyard - by Marcin Wrona. This is an indie book for my review site. I was pretty impressed with a steam/clock punk offering of his called The Whitechapel Gambit. However, this one is his debut novel and was a finalist in SciFiNow's 2009 War of the Words (whatever that is). It looks like it has a more Middle-Eastern fantasy feel. Interested to see how this goes. A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine. This is one of my favourite mystery writers. And this book was her first (under this name) and it won an Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1987. Hopefully it's as good as all the others I've read from her. |
04-30-2013, 04:09 AM | #16392 |
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Just finished And Make Not Dreams Your Master by MobileRead author Stephen Goldin. Really enjoyed this one. It was fast paced and filled with interesting images and symbols. The villain (and his dreadful mother) were very well painted, and made the eventual breakdown of the character very believable. My only complaint was that certain elements were predictable, but even those were enjoyable.
I love stories where people enter each others' dreams, and this one had a battle royal inside the mind of a madman upon whose outcome the fate (and sanity) of 70,000 innocent dreamers depended. It's available at Smashwords and Amazon. Check it out. |
04-30-2013, 05:08 AM | #16393 | |
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04-30-2013, 08:55 AM | #16394 | ||
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Then I read Double Star in paperback, and was almost relieved to find it peppered with typos. |
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04-30-2013, 09:54 AM | #16395 |
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Just started Murder on the Links, a Hercule Poirot mystery by Agatha Christie.
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