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SuburbanSteve · 07-09-2012, 07:43 PM

Just finished reading The Dark Tower series by Stephen King for the third time

and certainly enjoyed it as much as the first, do love a series with a lot of books, am now reading the Game of Thrones series and cannot put it down (kindel is smoking it's been on so long

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pdurrant · 07-10-2012, 05:41 AM

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Next up: Net Force by Tom Clancy

I bought this way back in February 2009, when Fictionwise were still doing 100% micropay rebates. I might have read this years ago in paper.

If I have read this before, I don't remember it. The action stuff is just action stuff. The computer stuff is silly, with a poor attempt to justify what looks like something written for cinema. The romance stuff is obvious. The villains make foolish mistakes. The heros don't seem to follow up some clues properly, yet manage astonishing CSI-type stuff later on.

I certainly won't be getting any of the others in the series. Poor.

Next up:

F&SF, October/November 2005. Part of a backlog of issue I picked up in a fictionwise sale.

estelle58 · 07-10-2012, 09:59 AM

I finally gave in and watched the Twilight movies last weekend. Now I'm reading the first book

orlok · 07-10-2012, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by estelle58

I finally gave in and watched the Twilight movies last weekend. Now I'm reading the first book

I suggest a lie-down with a wet cloth over your face to aid recovery

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Reading The Long Earth by Pratchett and Baxter, and listening to Fault Line by Robert Goddard (a lovely "hidden family secrets come back to bite later generations" type story).

DiapDealer · 07-10-2012, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by orlok

Reading The Long Earth by Pratchett and Baxter

Look forward to your opinions. I have it; but haven't got to it yet. It was more or less an impulse buy because the authors seemed so disparate—unless you count both having a propensity for rambling about ideas/concepts only they fully comprehend.

orlok · 07-10-2012, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Look forward to your opinions. I have it; but haven't got to it yet. It was more or less an impulse buy because the authors seemed so disparate—unless you count both having a propensity for rambling about ideas/concepts only they fully comprehend.

I'm 75% of the way through, and you've pretty much hit the nail on the head

. I'l report back when finished. I will say it's early promise has not been delivered, at least not yet, as far as I'm concerned.

Stitchawl · 07-10-2012, 08:51 PM

Because of all the good recommendations here, I've started "On Basilisk Station" by David Weber. It took a bit of effort to get passed the first 100 pages, but it seems OK now. But 'just' OK... This certainly is not on par with Foundation or Dune. I'll finish it, but right now, can't say for sure that I'll read more of the series.

Stitchawl

jgaiser · 07-10-2012, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Because of all the good recommendations here, I've started "On Basilisk Station" by David Weber. It took a bit of effort to get passed the first 100 pages, but it seems OK now. But 'just' OK... This certainly is not on par with Foundation or Dune. I'll finish it, but right now, can't say for sure that I'll read more of the series.

Don't feel too bad. I did read and enjoy Basilisk Station, but so far I've managed to start "The Honor of the Queen" at least 3 or 4 times and haven't managed to get much past the first 100 or so pages.

Currently reading (very slowly) A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara Tuchman. An interesting read, but it's not a page turner.

Synamon · 07-10-2012, 09:50 PM

I read some bookclub selections to catch up and now I'm back to reading random mysteries. Best of the bunch recently was Slow Horses by Mick Herron, a very funny British spy caper with a bunch of cast-off agents who get mixed up in a plot to behead a Pakistani student live on the internet. I also enjoyed listening to L.A Requiem by Robert Crais, Elvis Cole is a cool customer.

DrNefario · 07-11-2012, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Because of all the good recommendations here, I've started "On Basilisk Station" by David Weber. It took a bit of effort to get passed the first 100 pages, but it seems OK now. But 'just' OK... This certainly is not on par with Foundation or Dune. I'll finish it, but right now, can't say for sure that I'll read more of the series.

It isn't on a par with Dune or any of the real greats (although you have a higher opinion of Foundation than I do). It's just a bit of fun.

Rumpelteazer · 07-11-2012, 04:40 AM

I finished the second book in the Nic Costa series, The Villa of Mysteries, by David Hewson yesterday. I'm not sure what to do with this series, I though the first was good and the second was okay but neither made me want to continue with the series straight away. I'm now trying to decide whether to keep it on my "ongoing series" list or move it off that list and whenever I feel like it read the next in the series.

John F · 07-11-2012, 11:30 AM

Started Storm Front by Jim Butcher. I'm enjoying it so far, so I'll probably continue on with the rest of the series.

Marrella · 07-11-2012, 02:37 PM

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"The Time Ships" is a wonderful book, I completely agree. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be available as an eBook.

Unfortunately not. My copy is a dead tree version and a German translation to boot.

I would love to have the original version on my Kindle.

alansplace · 07-11-2012, 02:44 PM

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Cheechako took place during the Alaskan Gold Rush at the turn of the century (19th to 20th) and concerned a murder that was committed on the Chilcoot Trail. The descriptions of the conditions that the people involved had to overcome were fantastic.

The Perfect Gift was about Werewolves and a serial murder investigation in modern Alaska.

Gold Fever also takes place in modern Alaska and concerns the investigation of a murder that took place in the bush (remote Alaska).

Justice is a Two-edged Sword takes place in the fictional Kingdom of Mnemosynea and concerns a female wizard, Sharryn, her female companion, Crowfoot (who wields a magical sword), a murder and a lynch mob.

A Woman's Work also takes place in the fictional Kingdom of Mnemosynea and again features Sharryn and Crowfoot who join forces with a musician called Basil the Bard.

Dana says...

...and that sounds like a good idea to me!

Anyway I enjoyed them all and since I'm kinda' on a Dana Stabenow binge I'm going to read the 2nd Liam Campbell Mystery, So Sure Of Death

Wow! Liam (and Wy) certainly didn't disappoint. Too bad there's only two more books in this series as I'm really enjoying them and am very tempted to just keep on reading them till I've read the entire series. But I again, made myself not do so.

Next I'm reading the first of the 4 Molly Fyde books, Molly Fyde and the Parsona Rescue by Hugh Howey. This is my first non-Wool Hugh Howey book.

xg4bx · 07-11-2012, 09:26 PM

Invasion Alaska by Vaughn Heppner. i don't read thrillers very often but this book is pretty exciting.

"The invasion of Alaska has begun. And the Third World War may not be far behind.

In this controversial book, Vaughn Heppner explores the theme of a shattered America facing the onslaught of the new colossus in the East: Greater China.

The time is 2032, and the Chinese are crossing the polar ice and steaming through the Gulf of Alaska. They have conquered oil-rich Siberia and turned Japan into a satellite state. Now a new glacial period has begun, devastating the world’s food supply. China plans to corner the world’s oil market and buy the needed food for their hungry masses.

A weakened America uses old technology against the next generation of military hardware. The invasion unleashes the Hell of battle as two armies turn the snowfields of Alaska red with blood."

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07-09-2012, 07:43 PM	#13681
SuburbanSteve Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 101010 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Over the Hills & Far Away Device: Kindel Touch, Xoom 2	Just finished reading The Dark Tower series by Stephen King for the third time and certainly enjoyed it as much as the first, do love a series with a lot of books, am now reading the Game of Thrones series and cannot put it down (kindel is smoking it's been on so long )

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estelle58 Cat lover Posts: 487 Karma: 1149782 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Montreal, Canada Device: iPhone, Kobo Vox, Kobo Glo, iPad mini, Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Aura	I finally gave in and watched the Twilight movies last weekend. Now I'm reading the first book

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Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Because of all the good recommendations here, I've started "On Basilisk Station" by David Weber. It took a bit of effort to get passed the first 100 pages, but it seems OK now. But 'just' OK... This certainly is not on par with Foundation or Dune. I'll finish it, but right now, can't say for sure that I'll read more of the series. Stitchawl

07-10-2012, 09:50 PM	#13689
Synamon Lunatic Posts: 1,691 Karma: 4386372 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Land of the Loonie Device: Kindle Paperwhite and Keyboard, Kobo Aura, iPad mini, iPod Touch	I read some bookclub selections to catch up and now I'm back to reading random mysteries. Best of the bunch recently was Slow Horses by Mick Herron, a very funny British spy caper with a bunch of cast-off agents who get mixed up in a plot to behead a Pakistani student live on the internet. I also enjoyed listening to L.A Requiem by Robert Crais, Elvis Cole is a cool customer.

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Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,334 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	I finished the second book in the Nic Costa series, The Villa of Mysteries, by David Hewson yesterday. I'm not sure what to do with this series, I though the first was good and the second was okay but neither made me want to continue with the series straight away. I'm now trying to decide whether to keep it on my "ongoing series" list or move it off that list and whenever I feel like it read the next in the series.

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07-11-2012, 09:26 PM	#13695
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	Invasion Alaska by Vaughn Heppner. i don't read thrillers very often but this book is pretty exciting. "The invasion of Alaska has begun. And the Third World War may not be far behind. In this controversial book, Vaughn Heppner explores the theme of a shattered America facing the onslaught of the new colossus in the East: Greater China. The time is 2032, and the Chinese are crossing the polar ice and steaming through the Gulf of Alaska. They have conquered oil-rich Siberia and turned Japan into a satellite state. Now a new glacial period has begun, devastating the world’s food supply. China plans to corner the world’s oil market and buy the needed food for their hungry masses. A weakened America uses old technology against the next generation of military hardware. The invasion unleashes the Hell of battle as two armies turn the snowfields of Alaska red with blood."