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benham · 04-22-2011, 05:47 PM

Yes! Excellent book, and scaringly timely!

richvalle · 04-22-2011, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by caleb72

I've read this one and I really liked it. However, I was having a bad patch in my reading and the novel lasted me a month or two. I think that had an impact on my enthusiasm for it which was a bit of a shame.

Before this I had read Consider Phlebas and The Player of Games and thought they were magnificent.

Tell us how you go with this one.

Regards
Caleb

I'll have to get back to you on this one... a made a dreaded trip to the library to pick up The Monstrumologist for my daughter based on someone's post here and I ended up picking up a few paper books there.

I found 'Distant Thunders by Taylor Anderson. The 4th book in The Destroyermen series. It's good if you like the 'something military from Earth goes somewhere/somewhen else' type of stories. A WWII destroyer in this case.

Also found the 2nd book by Ari Marmell on the New section. It looked good so I went back and found the first book... The Conqueror's Shadow. Supposed to be darkish fantasy. We'll see.

DiapDealer · 04-22-2011, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by richvalle

I found 'Distant Thunders by Taylor Anderson. The 4th book in The Destroyermen series. It's good if you like the 'something military from Earth goes somewhere/somewhen else' type of stories. A WWII destroyer in this case.

I've really enjoyed the Destroyermen series. Glad to see someone else does too.

Fbone · 04-22-2011, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by thinkpadx

I was a little bummed spending money on it but it had gotten good reviews so I took a chance. I'm not a hardcore Fantasy fan for which I think this book might appeal. For me it was too much reading back and forth between cities and people, without really getting anywhere. You will have to remember a handful of cities and names just in the first 1/3.

I'm not a hardcore fantasy person either. I get confused easily too.

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kennyc · 04-22-2011, 09:38 PM

Just started The Canon by Natalie Angier

Excellent so far (on a chapter or so in).

Bought a used p-book and then added the ebook.

caleb72 · 04-22-2011, 10:50 PM

I finished Flaming Dove - great story but the writing wasn't so great. I've just started Dust by Arthur Slade.

jgaiser · 04-23-2011, 12:18 AM

Tomorrow is Do Nothing But Read Day and I've got a full plate. Working on finishing T.A. Pratt's Blood Engines, have a copy of Consider Phlebas as a $0.99 offer from B&N , a couple Diana Wynne Jones Chrestomanci books and a book of short stories by Tim Pratt, Little Gods.

Fbone · 04-23-2011, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by jgaiser

Tomorrow is Do Nothing But Read Day and I've got a full plate. Working on finishing T.A. Pratt's Blood Engines, have a copy of Consider Phlebas as a $0.99 offer from B&N , a couple Diana Wynne Jones Chrestomanci books and a book of short stories by Tim Pratt, Little Gods.

Don't work too hard

dreams · 04-23-2011, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by edbro

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If anybody is looking for a very funny book then check out Lisa Lutz's Spellman Files. I mentioned a few posts back how I had just started it. I'm about 75% done now and this book is hilarious.

Just read about her new book on NPR (podcast and story) . Lisa Lutz and (ex-boyfriend, editor, and published poet) David Hayward wrote Heads You Lose it a bit differently.

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They've created a kind of parallel book within the book by sharing the email exchanges between the two of them, as they fling japes, zingers, and even the occasional compliment back and forth as they write "Heads You Lose." And you thought murder was tough.

So, now I have to check out her Spellman Files.

pdurrant · 04-23-2011, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I'm not sure what I'll read next. Perhaps another Agatha Christie.

Yes — Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie, her eleventh book.

A nice collection of short mysteries with a thin overall plot. Lots of references to other fictional detectives. Starring Tommy and Tuppence.

Next: What Distant Deeps by David Drake

The latest in his Lt. Leary series.

caleb72 · 04-23-2011, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by jgaiser

Tomorrow is Do Nothing But Read Day and I've got a full plate. Working on finishing T.A. Pratt's Blood Engines, have a copy of Consider Phlebas as a $0.99 offer from B&N , a couple Diana Wynne Jones Chrestomanci books and a book of short stories by Tim Pratt, Little Gods.

Oooh - hope you like Consider Phlebas. I thought it was a great read.

Regards
Caleb

jackdrew · 04-23-2011, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by orlok

I'm going to be reading Full Dark soon - any comments?

It was very, very good. I really love how King is able to spin threads and bring them together. The first story might've been the best of the lot, in my opinion.

-Jack

orlok · 04-23-2011, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by jackdrew

It was very, very good. I really love how King is able to spin threads and bring them together. The first story might've been the best of the lot, in my opinion.

-Jack

Thanks Jack. I have finished now, and wholeheartedly agree. More like 4 novellas than short-stories, and each one excellent. King's writing improves with every book.

Steve Anderson · 04-23-2011, 12:57 PM

Just started Field Gray by Philip Kerr. It's historical crime noir -- former Berlin detective Bernie Gunther has to come clean about his role in WWII, and the story switches between the 1940s and 1950s. I like it so far. Luckily it's better than his last one.

BrianWillis · 04-23-2011, 01:30 PM

I read Toxic Assets a literary thriller

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benham Guru Posts: 882 Karma: 5565888 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Townsend, WI Device: Palm TX, PRS-505 (BLUE)	Yes! Excellent book, and scaringly timely!

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Steve Anderson Addict Posts: 226 Karma: 260821 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, Oregon USA Device: iPhone, laptop, more	Just started Field Gray by Philip Kerr. It's historical crime noir -- former Berlin detective Bernie Gunther has to come clean about his role in WWII, and the story switches between the 1940s and 1950s. I like it so far. Luckily it's better than his last one.