05-17-2011, 01:53 AM | #9421 |
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I haven't posted on this thread for many books, but wanted to share my latest read, because I really liked it. It's called "The Scavenger's Daughter" by Mike McIntyre. It's a thriller much in the line of Michael Connelly's stuff (imo). I don't give that many 5 star reviews, but this book earned one from me.
(btw, Caleb, you really do need to read the Hunger Games series-- really, you do) |
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05-17-2011, 09:58 AM | #9423 | |
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a part of the book early on that got a good reaction from me. Spoiler:
edit: read the first 10 chapters, part I as it's called and eagerly waiting to go home from work to get started on part II, guess the book is split into three parts. Last edited by siraks; 05-17-2011 at 03:02 PM. |
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05-17-2011, 06:04 PM | #9425 |
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Just finished Midnight Cowboy. Definitely not one you'll read to lift your spirits. I'm currently reading Beyond Star Trek: From Alien Invasion to the End of Time. It covers topics like, just what would happen if a spaceship 1/4 the size of the moon actually went into orbit around the Earth, as in Independence Day. Answer: It's really not pretty. Right now the author is discussing just how hard it is to send humans to other planets. Answer: Really really hard.
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05-18-2011, 01:06 AM | #9427 |
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Just finished China Mieville's Embassytown. Centers around some of the most alien aliens I've encountered-- with reasonably alien humans.
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05-18-2011, 04:09 AM | #9429 |
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05-18-2011, 04:20 PM | #9430 |
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KJV's 400th Birthday
This year is the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King james Version of the Bible. There are two good books on the subject of this hugely influential translation available on Amazon.
First is The Legacy of the King James Bible by Leland Ryken. He analyses the influence of the KJV in the folowing areas: 1. the King James Bible in its own day 2. The King James Bible in History 3. The King James Bible as a Literary Masterpiece 4. The Literary Influence of the King James Bible Another work is The Book of Books by Melvyn Bragg.I downloaded an extended free sample and was impressed with the author's vigorous style and the width of his study of the influence of the KJV on Western civilisation. He makes the point that there is an argument for considering this book to have been the most important volume ever put in print regardless of one's religious belief or lack of such. The Book of Books does have a wider sweep, presenting its ideas in broad brushstrokes, while Ryken is more scholarly and literary in emphasis, dealing with specific areas such as the contrasts between literal translations and the "dynamic equivalence" approach to Biblical translation, and the history of these traditions. I suspect that Bragg will appeal more to the general reader. Bragg's book is 384 pages long but still rather on the pricey side at over $20--even in e-book format. Ryken's volume is of comparable length but only $9.39. Last edited by fantasyfan; 05-18-2011 at 04:23 PM. |
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Finished another batch of Amelia Peabody, Plucky Victorian Egyptologist mysteries by Elizabeth Peters in publication order from The Ape Who Guard the Balance through to The Golden One. Or perhaps I should say, another batch of Walter "Ramses" Peabody Emerson, Improbably Talented Undercover Edwardian/Georgian Master of Disguise thrillers, which they seem to have become as the books ramped up to and through WWI.
The new formula (and these are very formulaic) seems to intersperse 1st person narrative by Amelia with 3rd person recounting of Ramses's thrilling escapades (and lovesick will-they-won't-they maunderings, which I could have lived without), plus the occasional family letters. I actually mildly like this change, since you now get multiple viewpoints of the action. The rest of it seems to be much the same. In any given book, expect the following to occur at least once:
Aside from that, they were decent reads if you know what you're getting into, and interesting enough if you like undercover investigative thrillers with increasingly vague archaeological links. Though I hope the library didn't pay too much for their PDF e-book copy of The Falcon at the Portal, as that was riddled quite a few errors, from missing punctuation to extraneous tildes to the usual scannos which prove that no one bothered to proofread, including characters being described as "inteffigent" and one unfortunate cast member being repeatedly renamed "Scum". Now onto the post-WWI Children of the Storm, which finally seems to be getting back to the series' archaeological murder-related roots, but with the new mostly improved narrative formula. |
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I'm currently reading Neal Stephenson's The Baroque Cycle.
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