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Originally Posted by Dazrin
Next up is The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu. I believe this is the first (full length) book he has had published ... except that he has translated several other books including the first and third books of the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy I just finished. I have high hopes given how much I enjoyed those two books in particular. (And because his previous short story, The Paper Menagerie, was the first work ever to win a Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award, I should probably try it at some point.) |
The Paper Menagerie was a worthy story, very sad but very good.
The Grace of Kings, well, I couldn't get through it. I just haven't been in the mood for epic fantasy for a while and can't force myself to engage. I may try again at some point.
I just finished
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde which I hadn't read before and then
Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science by Dr. William Bass who started the "body farm" at the University of Tennessee. I enjoyed his* fiction debut novel a few years ago and wanted to learn a little more.
*Written by him and Jon Jefferson under the pen name "Jefferson Bass".
Next up is
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe. This was nominated for the March 2014 MR Book Club and I put in a request for it then, it just now became available at my library so I will go ahead and read it. I also just received
One Second After, an apocalyptic thriller by William R. Forstchen, and I will probably go back and forth between the two.