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Lobolover · 06-22-2008, 06:58 AM

ABO by Walter de la Mare .

montsnmags · 06-22-2008, 07:23 AM

I have just last night begun (well, just the intro) Steve Jordan's Onis...Oniuss....Onn... (Steve, you need to write the childrens version, with appropriately aimed title, so I can spell it proper-like [goes and checks Mobipocket Reader...]) ...The Onuissance Cells.

Cheers,
Marc

Lobolover · 06-22-2008, 07:12 PM

"The thing in the hall" by E.F.Benson

DixieGal · 06-25-2008, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Reading: Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge (So far, it's OK. Not great, not bad. Knowing this author, I expect it to pick up the pace pretty soon!)

I've begun several books in the past couple of days that I had to quit reading because they were so awful...

Trashed: Rainbow's End. The pace never picked up. Life's too short to waste reading this. It is about these precocious kids who want a real life, from what I could tell about the book from the short bit I read.

Trashed: Orphans of Chaos. One of those free Tor books. It's almost the same as Rainbow's End, at least the part I read.

Trashed: Reiffen's Choice. Another Tor book. What's with all the precocious kids? And this one is scrubbing a talking bear. NOTE TO AUTHORS: Leave the precocious kids to television, please.

Reading: Spin. Another Tor book. Seems OK, so far. It has kids, but not annoying know-it-all types, and I suspect it is going to quickly move to their adulthood, so I'll keep reading.

Lobolover · 06-25-2008, 03:45 PM

finished-"Catterpillars" by E.F.Benson-"The Snout" and "The song of the sirens" by E.L.White and am now reading "The captain of the pole-star" by Doyle.

montsnmags · 06-26-2008, 04:59 AM

It's always nice to start a new book, but today I started one while sitting in the spa at 36C, nice tall glass of coolness in one hand, new book in the other, looking occasionally out off the balcony to the western sunset. That was pleasant.

Incidentally, the book was Robert Dessaix's Night Letters and, though it's too early to offer a firm opinion, it has been opened by Mister Dessaix so beautifully and interestingly that I am quite hopeful.

Cheers,
Marc

nekokami · 06-26-2008, 08:14 AM

Just finished reading the first 19 volumes of the manga series Gantz (fan translation). It was recommended to me because 3d tools are used during its creation (I've been working on developing a manga using 3d tools). Although it had quite a lot of gore and some rather explicit sexual content, both of which I felt detracted from the story, I kept reading because it also had surprising depth of character development and an interesting premise. Dark Horse Comics has picked up the English translation and the first volume is supposedly available starting next week (paper only, of course).

zelda_pinwheel · 06-26-2008, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

It's always nice to start a new book, but today I started one while sitting in the spa at 36C, nice tall glass of coolness in one hand, new book in the other, looking occasionally out off the balcony to the western sunset. That was pleasant.

now stop it. are you trying to drive us all to despair ??

i've just started City by Alessandro Baricco (i always want to double all the consonants in his name, but it's just the c). i haven't read any of his books in a long time (several years), but as i read the first page i wondered to myself, "why do i even bother reading anything else ??? i should just read Baricco every day, and when i get to the end of the last book, just start back at the beginning again."

oh, except for "Océan Mer" (Ocean Sea ? not sure of the english title). that one is a devastating read. i read it once, years ago, and i'm still not quite over it. i think that's enough. it's worth it though, if you can take it.

JSWolf · 06-26-2008, 09:03 AM

What I am reading right now is the MobileRead forum.

Patricia · 06-26-2008, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

What I am reading right now is the MobileRead forum.

I wondered how long it would be before someone hit on that one!

DixieGal · 06-26-2008, 10:58 AM

Reading: Spin. Another Tor book. Seems OK, so far. It has kids, but not annoying know-it-all types, and I suspect it is going to quickly move to their adulthood, so I'll keep reading.[/QUOTE]

Spin is turning out to be really good.
I'm 1/3 way thru, about page 500 of 1500 pages. It is hard to put down to eat or work or sleep. So far, I highly recommend it to anyone who is tired of fantasy. It is hard scifi, with characters that make me want to care about them, facing a crisis of unimaginable scope in very human ways. I'm anxious to find out what the other 2/3 of the book brings!

astra · 06-26-2008, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

I wondered how long it would be before someone hit on that one!

I wonder why I am not surprised that came from JSWolf?

WDecraene · 06-26-2008, 11:26 AM

"After Dark" written by Haruki Murakami. Because I loved his other books, especially "A Wild Sheep Chase", "Dance Dance Dance", "Norwegian Wood" and "Kafka on the shore". Very strange & surreal.

Elsi · 06-26-2008, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Elsi

I'm currently reading:

A Fountain Filled with Blood by Julia Spencer-Fleming, a free "purchase" from Amazon
Titan by Ben Bova, mass-market paperback which I owe to a fellow book-trader
Love Over Scotland by Alexander McCall Smith, unabridged CD -- I'm at disk 10 of 16.

OK -- have finished reading:
64. A Fountain Filled with Blood
65. The Tentmaker by Michelle Blake, mass-market paperback.
66. Whisper of Evil by Kay Hooper, mass-market paperback.

Still working on Titan and Love Over Scotland. Actively reading On the Slam by Honor Hartman (mass-market paperback) and The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope -- the first of two novels that Flogiston uploaded here as Ruritania Duology.

DixieGal · 06-26-2008, 01:02 PM

What do you think of Titan? I stopped reading the Grand Tour after Venus, which was a surprising disappointment since I have always loved Ben Bova's work so much.

06-22-2008, 07:23 AM	#587
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	I have just last night begun (well, just the intro) Steve Jordan's Onis...Oniuss....Onn... (Steve, you need to write the childrens version, with appropriately aimed title, so I can spell it proper-like [goes and checks Mobipocket Reader...]) ...The Onuissance Cells. Cheers, Marc Last edited by montsnmags; 06-22-2008 at 07:27 AM.

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06-22-2008, 06:58 AM	#586
Lobolover Gorosei Posts: 421 Karma: 334 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Microsoft Word	ABO by Walter de la Mare .

06-22-2008, 07:12 PM	#588
Lobolover Gorosei Posts: 421 Karma: 334 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Microsoft Word	"The thing in the hall" by E.F.Benson

06-25-2008, 03:45 PM	#590
Lobolover Gorosei Posts: 421 Karma: 334 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Microsoft Word	finished-"Catterpillars" by E.F.Benson-"The Snout" and "The song of the sirens" by E.L.White and am now reading "The captain of the pole-star" by Doyle.

06-26-2008, 04:59 AM	#591
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	It's always nice to start a new book, but today I started one while sitting in the spa at 36C, nice tall glass of coolness in one hand, new book in the other, looking occasionally out off the balcony to the western sunset. That was pleasant. Incidentally, the book was Robert Dessaix's Night Letters and, though it's too early to offer a firm opinion, it has been opened by Mister Dessaix so beautifully and interestingly that I am quite hopeful. Cheers, Marc

06-26-2008, 08:14 AM	#592
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Just finished reading the first 19 volumes of the manga series Gantz (fan translation). It was recommended to me because 3d tools are used during its creation (I've been working on developing a manga using 3d tools). Although it had quite a lot of gore and some rather explicit sexual content, both of which I felt detracted from the story, I kept reading because it also had surprising depth of character development and an interesting premise. Dark Horse Comics has picked up the English translation and the first volume is supposedly available starting next week (paper only, of course).

06-26-2008, 09:03 AM	#594
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,782 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	What I am reading right now is the MobileRead forum.

06-26-2008, 10:58 AM	#596
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Reading: Spin. Another Tor book. Seems OK, so far. It has kids, but not annoying know-it-all types, and I suspect it is going to quickly move to their adulthood, so I'll keep reading.[/QUOTE] Spin is turning out to be really good. I'm 1/3 way thru, about page 500 of 1500 pages. It is hard to put down to eat or work or sleep. So far, I highly recommend it to anyone who is tired of fantasy. It is hard scifi, with characters that make me want to care about them, facing a crisis of unimaginable scope in very human ways. I'm anxious to find out what the other 2/3 of the book brings!

06-26-2008, 11:26 AM	#598
WDecraene Zealot Posts: 114 Karma: 597 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Belgistan Device: A FREE (!!!) replacement cybook gen 3	"After Dark" written by Haruki Murakami. Because I loved his other books, especially "A Wild Sheep Chase", "Dance Dance Dance", "Norwegian Wood" and "Kafka on the shore". Very strange & surreal.

06-26-2008, 01:02 PM	#600
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	What do you think of Titan? I stopped reading the Grand Tour after Venus, which was a surprising disappointment since I have always loved Ben Bova's work so much.