Hey!! Let's get some action going! What are we reading?

[kennyc]

Just got/started this The Best On Line Science Writing 2012:

http://www.amazon.com/Science-Writin...mm_kin_title_0

I love that the first entry is a POEM!

and ordered this The Scientists:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140...ls_o00_s00_i00

[Dazrin]

Originally Posted by Dazrin

Now for a couple short stories to finish out the year and give myself a clean start for next year. I will start with "Shear Terror" by David Adams and then maybe "Fluke: Langara's Prize" by Cyril Kowaliski.

"Shear Terror" was good for a chuckle on the way to work yesterday. I needed something to lift my spirits about having to work this week.

"Fluke: Langara's Prize" was a very good first book from Cyril, I wanted more information at the end, but that isn't really a bad thing. He is normally a writer for a tech review site, so it was a huge shift in writing style for him and he did it very well.

I am not sure what to read for the last few days of the year. I don't really want to start something long but the next few books on my TBR list are rather lengthy. I might try to find a few more short stories to keep myself busy.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Dazrin

... I might try to find a few more short stories to keep myself busy.

I vote for that! I always vote for that!

http://www.onlineclasses.org/2011/01...s-of-all-time/

[Dazrin]

Originally Posted by kennyc

I vote for that! I always vote for that!

http://www.onlineclasses.org/2011/01...s-of-all-time/

Thank you!

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Dazrin

Thank you!

I just noticed "The Second Bakery Attack" by Haruki Murakami on there. It's fun, but I don't think it's available on-line or that sort of thing.

Enjoy!

[Latinandgreek]

I'm rereading "The Wind-up Bird Chronicle". A good read.

[Stitchawl]

I've started the second of Robert Ludlum's 'Bourne' novels, "The Bourne Supremacy." So far, it's every bit as good as all the other Ludlum books, and certainly as fast-paced as the first Bourne novel. I'm having difficulty putting it down!

This is one of the few series books that were turned into movies, and the movies were just about as good as the books!


Stitchawl

[poohbear_nc]

I started re-reading "Dune" - it still stands up well - and it's frightening how much detail I have retained about the plot - and what key points I have forgotten/never noticed.

[Stitchawl]

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Stitchawl

[Apache]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I've started the second of Robert Ludlum's 'Bourne' novels, "The Bourne Supremacy." So far, it's every bit as good as all the other Ludlum books, and certainly as fast-paced as the first Bourne novel. I'm having difficulty putting it down!

This is one of the few series books that were turned into movies, and the movies were just about as good as the books!


Stitchawl

My favorite Ludlum book is Road to Gandolfo. A funny story about kidnapping the Pope.
Apache

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

A high-quality SF short story.

Next up: Sten by Allan Cole. Bought in April 2009.

Which was great fun in a mil-sf sort of way.

Then I started on The Collective by Kerry Downing which I bought back in 2005. I think I must have read it back then, although I have no memory of the ending. But I'm going to abandon it this time, as the characters are just not interesting or believable.

Next up: Jade Darcy and the Affair of Honor by Stephen Goldin and Mary Mason. This is a young-adult SF I think. Let's see if I like it.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I've started the second of Robert Ludlum's 'Bourne' novels, "The Bourne Supremacy." So far, it's every bit as good as all the other Ludlum books, and certainly as fast-paced as the first Bourne novel. I'm having difficulty putting it down!

This is one of the few series books that were turned into movies, and the movies were just about as good as the books!


Stitchawl

Originally Posted by Apache

My favorite Ludlum book is Road to Gandolfo. A funny story about kidnapping the Pope.
Apache

I haven't read any of his for a loooong long time, but I did love the Bourne books (and still read the Van Lustbader follow-ons), but I also remember being very taken with Solo, about a hit-man, I believe.

[CRussel]

Rereading C. J. Cherryh's Foreigner. This is the first book in a series I have enjoyed very much over the years. Sadly, there are several books in the series that are not available as eBooks. They are available as Audible books, however, so I may well use those to bridge up to the ones that are available as eBooks. If my interest holds, which I expect it to.

[Gazella]

Originally Posted by Gazella20

I want to watch the film and so I thought I'd start reading The Hobbit.

Wow! A captivating adventure. A fascinating story. A true masterpiece. Bilbo Baggins has become my favorite fictional character! Read it if you have not already done so! I hope the movie does the book justice and doesn't disappoint.

Next: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

[Turnstone]

Originally Posted by Gazella20

Wow! A captivating adventure. A fascinating story. A true masterpiece. Bilbo Baggins has become my favorite fictional character! Read it if you have not already done so! I hope the movie does the book justice and doesn't disappoint.

The movie is quite good. Some scenes are added, and some details changed (like the dwarfs arriving the same evening Gandalf left the sign on the door, and not the next day at teatime). But all in all I enjoyed it!