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10-30-2012, 09:32 PM | #14477 | |
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Richard Castle & G. Norman Lippert
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Now I'm going to re-read James Potter And The Vault Of Destinies, the third of G. Norman Lippert's fan fiction series, in preparation for the imminent Autumn release of the fourth James Potter book, James Potter and the Morrigan Web! |
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10-30-2012, 09:52 PM | #14478 |
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Cocaine Blues is currently free on Amazon and since that's a great price, I've picked it up and I'll give it a try. Thanks for the recommendation.
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10-31-2012, 04:35 PM | #14479 | |
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On to another by Georgette Heyer: The Masqueraders |
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10-31-2012, 05:00 PM | #14480 | |
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11-01-2012, 08:19 AM | #14481 | |
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Next up: the just-released Grantville Gazette 44 edited by Paula Goodlett. Another in the series of minor stories from Eric Flint's 1632 universe. |
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11-01-2012, 09:25 AM | #14482 |
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I finished Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold a few days ago, and enjoyed it much more than Cryoburn, even though it's kind of inconsequential.
After that I got started on Blackout by Connie Willis, the first half of her 2011 Hugo Winner, which I was expecting be a long slow read, but I seem to be getting through it surprisingly quickly, and I'm having to force myself to stop when it gets too late. I've seen criticism of Willis's depiction of wartime Britain (and future Oxford, for that matter), but I don't have any problems with it. It's set in the same world as her two previous Hugo winners, Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog, where historians do practical research using time travel, and I'd say Doomsday Book, at least, should be read first. |
11-02-2012, 05:25 AM | #14483 |
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I just finished Joseph Anton, by Salman Rushdie. This was the first book I've read by him. It was slow moving, and I don't agree with his philosophy of life (atheism), but I love how he fights for the freedom of expression.
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11-02-2012, 08:08 AM | #14484 |
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I just finished Infinity Hold 3. I must say I really enjoyed it. This is around the third or fourth time I have read Infinity Hold and the first time as an ebook. The sequels that are included in Infinity Hold3 were just as good as the original. I would recommend this book to any Sci Fi fan and anyone else who wants a fresh look at law and order.
I just purchased The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea by Walter R. Borneman. So far it is a good read. Apache |
11-02-2012, 09:07 AM | #14485 |
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Just finished Charles Stross's The Atrocity Archives. Great fun.
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11-02-2012, 11:54 AM | #14486 |
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Finally got round to starting "In Cold Blood", the Truman Capote account of a real-life murder of a Kansas farming family. Still in the scene setting stage at the moment, and it reads well. Almost novelesque.
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11-02-2012, 12:07 PM | #14487 | |
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Next: F&SF Magazine for November/December 2012, which has just appeared in my Kindle account. |
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This is a fun series, and excellent reads, even if you've seen the TV series based on the books. (Not yet available in the US, I fear, but showing here in British Columbia on Knowledge Network). The series, while excellent, is sufficiently different from the books to make both enjoyable. I'm moving on to the next, Death at Victoria Dock. Probably as an Audible book, primarily, since I have Infinity Hold 3 to read... Quote:
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Also finished Farnham's Freehold, by Robert Heinlein. Mixed feelings about it. A good story, but even at the time it was written, some language and attitudes were a bit problematic, and in light of present day, more than just a little. Not one I'll likely re-read again.
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11-02-2012, 07:06 PM | #14490 | |
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