Hey!! Let's get some action going! What are we reading?

[Ea]

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

There's a movie!

IMDb link

Haven't seen it myself, but it got great reviews, especially the actress who plays Lisbeth Salander.

[beppe]

Originally Posted by Ea

I love the idea of the Napoleonic Wars with dragons. It's such a brilliant idea, and it's carried out very well.

Hi Ea, everybody is speaking highly of the books about Napoleonic Wars with dragons. I decided, i am going to buy the first one and read it. I might also reread the trees' part of the LOR.

I like this thread and I would like to discuss in it and not just post from time to time.

[Trebro]

Just finished American Gods, I liked it better than I did when I abandoned it, but I felt like the book ended with a whimper rather than a bang. There was one plot point I particularly enjoyed, however, that was nicely set up by Gaiman. But I think you need to be into mythology to like this book at all. My wife is not nearly so into it as I am, and she wasn't impressed when she read it a few years ago.

[Edited to add: I will be jumping into the discussion when I get home from work today!]

Working on the June issue of Apex Magazine now. Figure I need a break from novels, so I'm going to read a few shorter pieces this week.

[roger the rabbit]

Originally Posted by beppe

Hi Ea, everybody is speaking highly of the dragons' books. I decided, i am going to buy the first one and read it.

Been a few adverse comments lately, I was warned the first was a slow starter and that it certainly is but in the end I found the story an entertaining read.

As long as you are aware it is a very slow starter, and read to the end, you should enjoy it. The second and third books are better.

My comments after reading them in this post

[beppe]

Originally Posted by roger the rabbit

Been a few adverse comments lately, I was warned the first was a slow starter and that it certainly is but in the end I found the story an entertaining read.

As long as you are aware it is a very slow starter, and read to the end, you should enjoy it. The second and third books are better.

My comments after reading them in this post

I am sorry, I was referring to an other series, I will edit my original post.

I read your (well written) comments on Steig Larsens Millenium trilogy. I agree 100% with your judgments.

I reread the third already. I am strating to feel a certain stirring to reread the second. For the first I still feel neutral.

[kennyc]

I'm so confused....

[Ea]

Originally Posted by Trebro

[Edited to add: I will be jumping into the discussion when I get home from work today!]

Was just about to send you a link

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Now onto the other two in the trilogy. First, Oracle

And I quickly followed it up with Prophet by Mike Resnick

Well, I now understand why they didn't really stay with me. A very weak ending in my opinion, I'm not surprised I forgot I'd read them.


Now onto something I bought a couple of years ago, when I bought a LOT of books from Fictionwise on a 100% rebate deal.

Camouflage by Joe Haldeman

It's not available from Fictionwise anymore, and it doesn't seem to be available at Amazon to UK customers. So I'm glad I bought it when I did. Joe Haldeman wrote the wonderful The Forever War.

[WT Sharpe]

Yesterday I finished White Seed: The Untold Story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke by Paul Clayton. Towards the end, the pace increases to breakneck speed, and the story ends with a very satisfying climax. This must read ends with a bang, not a wimper. This story will stay with me for a long time.

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Originally Posted by Ea

Very different. It's like old-fashioned boys' adventure stories. I think she's made the dragons enormously charming - you'll see see when you get to it I admire her grasp of language - it's easy to read, yet feels 'dead on' the style of the time.

I've been dithering about dipping my toes into this series, and this I think has made me decide to try

[Trebro]

Read Apex Magazine for June and Clarkesworld Issue 45 today. I wasn't real big on the Apex stories, to be honest, but I'm not sure they're written for someone of my taste. They seemed to be geared a bit more towards harder SF and didn't seem fleshed out enough. The Clarkesworld stories were complex and had a nice dark edge to them, and was just as good as the other times I've remembered to read the online magazine. (Disclosure: They once published my wife, I may have a slight bias.)

Apex Magazine June 2010 Issue

Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 45

Next up? I dunno, maybe one of my random grabs from Smashwords.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Yesterday I finished White Seed: The Untold Story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke by Paul Clayton. Towards the end, the pace increases to breakneck speed, and the story ends with a very satisfying climax. This must read ends with a bang, not a wimper. This story will stay with me for a long time.

Hmmmm......

Oh well 89 cents at Amazon clinches it!

http://www.amazon.com/White-Seed-Unt.../dp/B002SN9GF2

[roger the rabbit]

Originally Posted by beppe

I am sorry, I was referring to an other series, I will edit my original post.

I read your (well written) comments on Steig Larsens Millenium trilogy. I agree 100% with your judgments.

I reread the third already. I am strating to feel a certain stirring to reread the second. For the first I still feel neutral.

My mistake!

[GeoffC]

I too was confused .....

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Camouflage by Joe Haldeman

Fun, but not brilliant. A fairly weak ending. Disappointing overall.

Now for something that will be fun but (I hope) much better than Camouflage. The third volume in Baen's re-issue of all Poul Anderson's Technic Civilisation stories. This volume is the last tranche of stories about the trader Nicholas van Rijn, and his protégé David Falkyn.

Rise of the Terran Empire by Poul Anderson