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Steve Anderson · 10-09-2011, 05:05 PM

Blood on the Tracks by Cecelia Holland, a concise history (Kindle Single) of the relatively unknown Great Railroad Strike of 1877 in the US. It's gritty and relevant and reads like historical fiction. I like how Kindle Singles and others are putting out creative nonfiction stories longer than an article but shorter than a book.

xg4bx · 10-09-2011, 09:32 PM

Birthright by Rick Partlow, its a gritty cyberpunk/detective/space opera.

maianhvk · 10-09-2011, 10:54 PM

The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau. I watched the movie so reading would be fast.

caleb72 · 10-09-2011, 10:59 PM

Just finished The Island of Doctor Moreau by H G Wells. I enjoyed this book. I think I might have seen one of the movies before and it didn't make much of an impression on me, but the book seemed much better.

Now I'm reading Age of Giants - awakening by Rob Reaser. This is a read for my indie review website.

maianhvk · 10-10-2011, 08:23 AM

2 pages into City of Ember and I happened to stop to surf the Internet and wow, there's a short story written as a prequel to the series Riyria Revelations. It's called The Viscount And The Witch, and it comes free on Smashwords and the author's website. While waiting (impatiently) for Percepliquis, this is a good way to forget that Riyria Revelations has only 6 books...

DiapDealer · 10-10-2011, 09:35 AM

Been reading short-stories in the morning and Neal Stephenson's REAMDE the rest of the time.

Notable short stories in this batch:

"Staying Behind" by Ken Liu (from Clarkesworld Issue 61). A rather poignant post-apocalyptic tale with a unique twist on the apocalypse—which isn't your run-of-the-mill nuclear-fallout/war/plague/zombies variety. Rather amazing, really, how much he got me to care in so few words.

Also, "The Nearest Thing" by Genevieve Valentine (from Lightspeed's Aug 2011 Issue). A heartbreaking A.I. tale where the A.I. isn't a SkyNet predecessor.

REAMDE is still going great. I haven't been able to dedicate as many marathon reading sessions to it as I'd like, but it's not a race I guess. So far, I'd have to say it's probably the most accessible work of his I've read. He's obviously never going to be considered "light reading," but it can be nice sometimes to not have to re-read sections to make sure you didn't miss anything, too (although I'm sure you could if you really wanted to). The pacing has felt very natural so far... tension, release... tension, release. Like any good musical composition.

kennyc · 10-10-2011, 09:39 AM

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REAMDE is still going great. I haven't been able to dedicate as many marathon reading sessions to it as I'd like, but it's not a race I guess. So far, I'd have to say it's probably the most accessible work of his I've read. .....

Thanks for that.

Latinandgreek · 10-10-2011, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by maianhvk

2 pages into City of Ember and I happened to stop to surf the Internet and wow, there's a short story written as a prequel to the series Riyria Revelations. It's called The Viscount And The Witch, and it comes free on Smashwords and the author's website. While waiting (impatiently) for Percepliquis, this is a good way to forget that Riyria Revelations has only 6 books...

Just what I needed, a Riyria Revelations fix! What a great series, I think I'll re-read it before the last book is released.

maianhvk · 10-10-2011, 11:30 AM

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Just what I needed, a Riyria Revelations fix! What a great series, I think I'll re-read it before the last book is released.

Well you might want to have a look at this, too.

It's a pity facebook is blocked here.

WT Sharpe · 10-10-2011, 04:19 PM

Just finished reading New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer by Bill Maher (2003). Sometimes I think he can be an infuriating idiot and other times he's a very astute observer of the political scene, but he's always funny and well worth reading. Four stars out of five.

rsullivan · 10-10-2011, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by maianhvk

2 pages into City of Ember and I happened to stop to surf the Internet and wow, there's a short story written as a prequel to the series Riyria Revelations. It's called The Viscount And The Witch, and it comes free on Smashwords and the author's website. While waiting (impatiently) for Percepliquis, this is a good way to forget that Riyria Revelations has only 6 books...

Hey thanks for spreading the news about The Viscount and the Witch and glad to see you are excited about Percepliquis. BTW Michael and I are trying to get Amazon to make this short story free (it is $0.99 now as that is the lowest price we can make it). If you want to help make it free please go to: http://www.amazon.com/Viscount-Witch.../dp/B005QOIHR8

and use the "tell me about a lower price. It will ask you where you found it cheaper and you can mention iBookstore where it is $0.00. (http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-...ia/id471773875)

If enough people tells Amazon - my hope is that they will match the free price.

Thanks again for helping to spread the news about the short story.

captkjaneway · 10-11-2011, 11:10 PM

No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy.

Pretty good, took a while to get into the writing style and having not seen the film was a little disconcerting intially.

pdurrant · 10-12-2011, 04:06 AM

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F&SF Magazine, September/October 2011 by Spilogale Authors

The last issue was pretty good. I hope this is the same.

Unfortunately not. One of the Novelets had an interesting idea. I liked one of the short stories. Otherwise, they were rather depressing. I hope for stories more to my taste next month. I think that I shall have to re-evaluate my subscription at the start of next year, especially as my slight complete-ist nature no longer comes into play, as they have yet to make the two volumes missed during their transition to Amazon available in ebook format as although they've now made the March/April and May/June issues available, they are at a very high price, over 2.5 times the price of an issue as a subscription (£5.47 vs £1.98), and I'm not sure I want to spend nearly a year's subscription on 1/3 of a year's editions.

Next up: The latest Asimov's SF Magazine, December 2011 by Dell Magazine Authors, which should be more to my taste.

WT Sharpe · 10-12-2011, 10:47 AM

Hot damn! There's a Perry Mason book available for the Kindle. The Case of the Runaway Corpse by Erle Stanley Gardner. Maybe the copyright owners are testing the waters. This is book #47 of the series of 84. I'd rather they started with The Case of the Velvet Claws, but...

Wait! They have that also! Oh happy day! Mason has come to Kindle!

kennyc · 10-12-2011, 10:54 AM

Wonderful! I'm glad to see this happening. I was glad to see Steinbeck available, but the prices suck!

10-09-2011, 05:05 PM	#10996
Steve Anderson Addict Posts: 226 Karma: 260821 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, Oregon USA Device: iPhone, laptop, more	Blood on the Tracks by Cecelia Holland, a concise history (Kindle Single) of the relatively unknown Great Railroad Strike of 1877 in the US. It's gritty and relevant and reads like historical fiction. I like how Kindle Singles and others are putting out creative nonfiction stories longer than an article but shorter than a book. Last edited by Steve Anderson; 10-09-2011 at 05:43 PM.

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maianhvk whimsical Posts: 2,779 Karma: 88193939 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: in darkness Device: current: PPW 4. brick: K3 & Voyage.	2 pages into City of Ember and I happened to stop to surf the Internet and wow, there's a short story written as a prequel to the series Riyria Revelations. It's called The Viscount And The Witch, and it comes free on Smashwords and the author's website. While waiting (impatiently) for Percepliquis, this is a good way to forget that Riyria Revelations has only 6 books...

10-10-2011, 09:35 AM	#11001
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,591 Karma: 204624552 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Been reading short-stories in the morning and Neal Stephenson's REAMDE the rest of the time. Notable short stories in this batch: "Staying Behind" by Ken Liu (from Clarkesworld Issue 61). A rather poignant post-apocalyptic tale with a unique twist on the apocalypse—which isn't your run-of-the-mill nuclear-fallout/war/plague/zombies variety. Rather amazing, really, how much he got me to care in so few words. Also, "The Nearest Thing" by Genevieve Valentine (from Lightspeed's Aug 2011 Issue). A heartbreaking A.I. tale where the A.I. isn't a SkyNet predecessor. REAMDE is still going great. I haven't been able to dedicate as many marathon reading sessions to it as I'd like, but it's not a race I guess. So far, I'd have to say it's probably the most accessible work of his I've read. He's obviously never going to be considered "light reading," but it can be nice sometimes to not have to re-read sections to make sure you didn't miss anything, too (although I'm sure you could if you really wanted to). The pacing has felt very natural so far... tension, release... tension, release. Like any good musical composition.

10-10-2011, 04:19 PM	#11005
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Just finished reading *New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer* by Bill Maher (2003). Sometimes I think he can be an infuriating idiot and other times he's a very astute observer of the political scene, but he's always funny and well worth reading. Four stars out of five.

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captkjaneway Cockney Sci-Fi Geek! Posts: 472 Karma: 1463094 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wan Chai, Hong Kong Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Samsung Tab S 8.4", Samsung S6 Edge	No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy. Pretty good, took a while to get into the writing style and having not seen the film was a little disconcerting intially.

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10-12-2011, 10:54 AM	#11010
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,903 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Wonderful! I'm glad to see this happening. I was glad to see Steinbeck available, but the prices suck!