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yvanleterrible · 10-21-2007, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

I think you're right, but it's tough work to extrapolate this. Some authors have tried, though. John Barnes' Orbital Resonance does some of this, as does Ian M. Banks. I think Cherryh chooses to have characters that we can recognize in new situations, rather than trying to explore how people would change in the new situations. Even in her hani novels, the hani have rather humanish personalities, though her other aliens are more believably non-human.

I've read one Chanur in French, the first. I did like it. It's exactly as you say, I remember her telling in subtle ways throughout that book, that she was transposing characters to an understandable format for humans. I'm looking forward to read the others.
Do you get the feeling sometimes that Cherryh is trying to write for a sci-fi TV show? Her books wouldn't require a lot of special effects. Although sometimes the narrative is too involved for a visual representation...

cherdman · 10-21-2007, 06:28 PM

Still reading The Night's Dawn Trilogy (Peter F. Hamilton)...man this is a looong trilogy...good, but looong...

(and Halo 3 hasn't helped with my reading time much...)

nekokami · 10-21-2007, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Do you get the feeling sometimes that Cherryh is trying to write for a sci-fi TV show? Her books wouldn't require a lot of special effects. Although sometimes the narrative is too involved for a visual representation...

No, I've never really had that feeling, but as I don't watch TV really, I don't normally think of how something would be transposed to TV.

I thought she got better at presenting the alien perspective as time went by. Chanur's Legacy, I thought, handled this better than her earlier books. But even Chanur's Homecoming, when the hani ship inadvertently acquires a kif crewmember, had some good points about the utter lack of comprehension between species.

My favorite book of hers about alien perspective is actuallyWave Without a Shore-- even though some of the characters who can't understand each other are actually human, and some of the humans seem to get along better with the aliens than with the other humans. (Now that I think of it, that's a common theme with her.)

JSWolf · 10-22-2007, 08:24 PM

I'm reading Pyramids by Terry Pratchett. I'm going to have it finished sometime this week. It's quite good so far. Frustrating at times too as you just want to slap the main character at times. Now I need to figure out what the next book in the Discword series is.

nekokami · 10-22-2007, 08:35 PM

Wikipedia has a very helpful chronological and thematical list. Enter "discworld" as the keyword.

I just finished re-reading Mister Monday by Garth Nix. It was even better than I remembered -- I noticed a bunch of things I'd missed on the first read, especially in light of having read up to Lady Friday since then. Now I'm about halfway through Grim Tuesday. Maybe I'll take a break from Nix and re-read some Katherine Kurtz after this. I haven't read anything by her in a long time. The Kite Runner and Three Cups of Tea are also on my to-read list, but I have them in paper, not as ebooks. I have some Neil Gaiman and Cornelia Funke stacked up waiting for attention, too-- but when I'm as tired as I've been lately, I tend to want to just re-read something familiar.

JSWolf · 10-22-2007, 08:40 PM

I've been finding myself having a hard time recently reading something that is not light or not action packed. But Pyramids is doing quite well for me at the moment.

astra · 10-23-2007, 03:57 AM

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince...

yvanleterrible · 10-23-2007, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I'm reading Pyramids by Terry Pratchett. I'm going to have it finished sometime this week. It's quite good so far. Frustrating at times too as you just want to slap the main character at times. Now I need to figure out what the next book in the Discword series is.

I feel that a lot too. I can't believe why authors do that sometimes. Heroes can't all be perfect!

That book's on my list, I'll add a tickmark to it now. Say Jon, do you read the Discworld series in order?

JSWolf · 10-23-2007, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I feel that a lot too. I can't believe why authors do that sometimes. Heroes can't all be perfect!

That book's on my list, I'll add a tickmark to it now. Say Jon, do you read the Discworld series in order?

I am reading the series in order. The next book to read is Guards! Guards!. I'm finding it works better in order as you get bits of info in some books that could be a spoiler for out of order.

rrobinroberts · 10-23-2007, 10:36 AM

I finished Moby Dick. It was enjoyable and not at all daunting as it was when I was 22. Does anyone know if the aubrey/maturin novels by Patrick O'Brien are available in for the sony ebook?

yvanleterrible · 02-14-2008, 08:49 PM

I finally bought 'Deliverer', the latest in Cherryh's nine book 'Foreigner' series. I'm almost at the end now and totally baffled. How, in the name of space, did I like the first eight that much to find this one so stale!!!

Still she writes nicely, composes beautiful worlds and scenes, but the story! Where's her famed jaw gaping story?

Resume so far: "King's kid is stubborn, king's kid gets kidnapped by king's ennemies, king's kid gets rescued..." That's it?

Okay I'll finish reading it, then I might figure out where I got lost, but it sure isn't promising. Then I'll move to Chanur.

JohnnyD · 02-15-2008, 03:07 AM

"The Wishsong of Shannara" by Terry Brooks. This is one of my p-books, which I got somewhere as a html-file; it took me an hour or two to make a nice looking Mobipocket-book, including cover image, toc, etc...

It's a good read and it gives me the opportunity to compare dead tree paper with e-paper. E-paper is not bad at all

montsnmags · 02-15-2008, 03:28 AM

I'm currently reading '50 Essays' by George Orwell, downloaded directly from this very forum:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11625

I'm thoroughly enjoying it. The essay on Dickens has thus far been my favourite.

Cheers,
Marc

bookwormfjl · 02-15-2008, 08:19 AM

I am currently reading the third book in the Night's Dawn Trilogy--The Naked God. I was at B&N last night and was looking at the pbooks of the Night's Dawn Trilogy and there are actually six books as they have split each "book" in half (part 1 and part 2). So you are paying more than twice as much for the pbooks as the ebooks (of which there are three instead of six) and if you buy the ebook bundle you come out way ahead.

I am also reading the Robin Hobb's Farseer series. I have read Assassin's Apprentice and Royal Assassin. Now time for Assassin's Quest! The main character can be a little frustating at times but overall a good series. I have Fool's Errand in my inventory.

I am also reading the Belgariad Series by David Eddings and I am on the last book (Enchanter's Endgame) and looking forward to the Mallorean series.

So Many Books, So Little Time!

I just hate it when my job interferes with my reading time!

Jaapjan · 02-15-2008, 08:47 AM

Past week:

Harry Dresden, the Dresden Files books one through eight, Blasphemy, Mercedes werewolf books and some misc I already forgot. I read too much.

02-15-2008, 08:19 AM	#194
bookwormfjl Book Junkie Posts: 62 Karma: 78 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dallas/Fort Wroth Device: Sony PRS-505; Cybook Gen 3; Kindle 1; Kindle 2; Kindle DX; Nook	The Naked God by Peter F. Hamilton I am currently reading the third book in the Night's Dawn Trilogy--The Naked God. I was at B&N last night and was looking at the pbooks of the Night's Dawn Trilogy and there are actually six books as they have split each "book" in half (part 1 and part 2). So you are paying more than twice as much for the pbooks as the ebooks (of which there are three instead of six) and if you buy the ebook bundle you come out way ahead. I am also reading the Robin Hobb's Farseer series. I have read Assassin's Apprentice and Royal Assassin. Now time for Assassin's Quest! The main character can be a little frustating at times but overall a good series. I have Fool's Errand in my inventory. I am also reading the Belgariad Series by David Eddings and I am on the last book (Enchanter's Endgame) and looking forward to the Mallorean series. So Many Books, So Little Time! I just hate it when my job interferes with my reading time!

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10-21-2007, 06:28 PM	#182
cherdman Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: T-E-X-A-S Device: Dell Axim X51v	Still reading The Night's Dawn Trilogy (Peter F. Hamilton)...man this is a looong trilogy...good, but looong... (and Halo 3 hasn't helped with my reading time much...)

10-22-2007, 08:24 PM	#184
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,792 Karma: 146391129 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I'm reading Pyramids by Terry Pratchett. I'm going to have it finished sometime this week. It's quite good so far. Frustrating at times too as you just want to slap the main character at times. Now I need to figure out what the next book in the Discword series is.

10-22-2007, 08:35 PM	#185
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Wikipedia has a very helpful chronological and thematical list. Enter "discworld" as the keyword. I just finished re-reading Mister Monday by Garth Nix. It was even better than I remembered -- I noticed a bunch of things I'd missed on the first read, especially in light of having read up to Lady Friday since then. Now I'm about halfway through Grim Tuesday. Maybe I'll take a break from Nix and re-read some Katherine Kurtz after this. I haven't read anything by her in a long time. The Kite Runner and Three Cups of Tea are also on my to-read list, but I have them in paper, not as ebooks. I have some Neil Gaiman and Cornelia Funke stacked up waiting for attention, too-- but when I'm as tired as I've been lately, I tend to want to just re-read something familiar.

10-22-2007, 08:40 PM	#186
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,792 Karma: 146391129 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I've been finding myself having a hard time recently reading something that is not light or not action packed. But Pyramids is doing quite well for me at the moment.

10-23-2007, 03:57 AM	#187
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince...

10-23-2007, 10:36 AM	#190
rrobinroberts Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: sony ereader	I finished Moby Dick. It was enjoyable and not at all daunting as it was when I was 22. Does anyone know if the aubrey/maturin novels by Patrick O'Brien are available in for the sony ebook?

02-14-2008, 08:49 PM	#191
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	I finally bought 'Deliverer', the latest in Cherryh's nine book 'Foreigner' series. I'm almost at the end now and totally baffled. How, in the name of space, did I like the first eight that much to find this one so stale!!! Still she writes nicely, composes beautiful worlds and scenes, but the story! Where's her famed jaw gaping story? Resume so far: "King's kid is stubborn, king's kid gets kidnapped by king's ennemies, king's kid gets rescued..." That's it? Okay I'll finish reading it, then I might figure out where I got lost, but it sure isn't promising. Then I'll move to Chanur.

02-15-2008, 03:07 AM	#192
JohnnyD Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 72819 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Drenthe, The Netherlands Device: Cybook Gen3 (cracked screen)/Bebook/Nokia E60/Nokia 5800/Kobo Aura HD	"The Wishsong of Shannara" by Terry Brooks. This is one of my p-books, which I got somewhere as a html-file; it took me an hour or two to make a nice looking Mobipocket-book, including cover image, toc, etc... It's a good read and it gives me the opportunity to compare dead tree paper with e-paper. E-paper is not bad at all

02-15-2008, 03:28 AM	#193
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	I'm currently reading '50 Essays' by George Orwell, downloaded directly from this very forum: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11625 I'm thoroughly enjoying it. The essay on Dickens has thus far been my favourite. Cheers, Marc

02-15-2008, 08:47 AM	#195
Jaapjan Avid reader Posts: 262 Karma: 132 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Netherlands Device: HTC Touch Diamond, iLiad Book Edition	Past week: Harry Dresden, the Dresden Files books one through eight, Blasphemy, Mercedes werewolf books and some misc I already forgot. I read too much.

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