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MickeyC · 05-14-2015, 05:51 AM

Here's one of my favorite examples of consistently confusing English. If laughter is pronounced lafter why isn't daughter pronounced dafter? LOL

alansplace · 05-14-2015, 07:01 PM

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Finished reading The Living Bomb and now am starting to read Tough Cookie (Maggie Sullivan Mystery #2) by M. Ruth Myers.

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When Depression-era private eye Maggie Sullivan is invited to dine with a millionaire, she doesn’t expect the first course to be a gun in her face. It draws her into a gold-plated web of theft, revenge, double crosses and murder.

A big-time swindle has made fools of some of the city’s wealthiest businessmen. The man behind it has vanished. When Maggie begins asking questions, he reappears – dead in the river. But she’s already learned too much. Someone’s out to silence her too.

Armed with her .38 and a nip of gin, Maggie closes in on a killer as a mobster offers a hint, a cop unsettles her with his chemistry, and a woman with deadly potential plays a game by her own rules.

I just completed reading Tough Cookie which sadly leaves only one more book in this highly entertaining series. I immediately began reading...

The Ace Of Skulls (Tales of the Ketty Jay #4) by Chris Wooding. This is the last book (at least so far) in Chris Wooding's SteamPunk series Tales of the Ketty Jay, but that's working out ok for me because Jim Butcher's new SteamPunk series, The Cinder Spires Debuts on September 29th with...

The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires #1) by Jim Butcher!

Rev. Bob · 05-15-2015, 12:25 AM

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Here's one of my favorite examples of consistently confusing English. If laughter is pronounced lafter why isn't daughter pronounced dafter? LOL

Back when he was funny, Gallagher had a whole bit riffing on that, starting with go and do.

pilotbob · 05-15-2015, 01:55 PM

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Here's one of my favorite examples of consistently confusing English. If laughter is pronounced lafter why isn't daughter pronounced dafter? LOL

http://pauillac.inria.fr/~xleroy/stu...unciation.html

Dazrin · 05-15-2015, 02:00 PM

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http://pauillac.inria.fr/~xleroy/stu...unciation.html

I can't even read that without stumbling; and that doesn't even include trying to say it out loud.

CRussel · 05-15-2015, 04:22 PM

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I got totally sucked in to Shogun, and I'm both reading it and listening to the Audible version, even though it isn't a WhisperSync book. This is a huge book (1,600 pages!), so it's taking a while and destroying my reading goals, but still, a superb read.

Finished! Loved it, even though I thought the ending a bit weak. OTOH, he'd already taken 1600+ pages, it was more than time to stop.

Next up, a quick re-read of Dragon Ship by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, getting ready for Dragon in Exile which releases tomorrow. And on the audio book front, reading Pride of Chanur, first in an old series by C.J. Cherryh. I'm pretty sure I read these many years ago, but it's been long enough that I'm not remembering much.

Dngrsone · 05-15-2015, 08:23 PM

The Chanur series is one of my favorites by Cherryh

Ranny · 05-16-2015, 06:35 AM

Holy Island by L J Ross, cracking debut novel set on Lindisfarne. One of the 99p books well worth reading.

HarryT · 05-16-2015, 06:38 AM

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The Chanur series is one of my favorites by Cherryh

Are they available as ebooks in the US? They appear not to be in the UK.

CRussel · 05-16-2015, 07:15 AM

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Are they available as ebooks in the US? They appear not to be in the UK.

Yes, all appear to be available here, and at reasonable prices. There are Audible versions as well. Though I don't think they're all WhisperSync.

ETA: Chanur's Homecoming appears to be unavailable in eBook format. There is an Audible version.

HarryT · 05-16-2015, 08:49 AM

Recent reads:

"The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog", by Elizabeth Peter. The 7th book is the "Amelia Peabody" series of Egyptological mysteries. An attack of Amelia's husband, Professor Emerson, leaves him with amnesia, and no memory of his marriage to her. Amelia takes him back to Amarma, the place where they originally met, to try restore his memory, but a series of mysterious events ensure. Excellent and great fun, as always in this series. Very highly recommended!

"Star Guard" by Andre Norton; the first half of the "Star Soldiers" omnibus. Originally bought from Baen a very long time ago. Norton's books tend to be rather formulaic, but I thoroughly enjoyed this one, which tells the story of a group of human mercenaries on an alien world. Recommended.

"The Crime at Black Dudley" by Margery Allingham. I've been waiting for the ebook release of this first book in the "Campion" series for years, because I always like to read a series in order, and it was worth the wait. A thoroughly-enjoyable classic "English Country House" murder mystery. Campion only appears as a fairly minor character in this book, whose "detective" is a pathologist, Dr George Abbershaw, who is a guest at the house party. Highly recommended.

poohbear_nc · 05-16-2015, 10:35 AM

Joyce Carol Oates has channeled Stephen King and written a short homage of sorts -- Jack of Spades -- a well written psychological suspense tale with a most unreliable narrator, who happens to be a writer that critics are comparing to Stephen King.

Oates has written in other authors' styles/voices [see Wild Nights] - but AFAIK this is her first novel using a living author's voice. It was reviewed in the NYT BR as part of Marilyn Stasio's new mystery collage column, but I wished King had reviewed it.

As you read it, and the narrator compares himself to King, you begin to wonder what Oates' purpose was .... trying to show that anyone can write like King, taking a scholarly poke at King, celebrating King's writing, .... or just having fun.

IMHO Oates' oeuvre has been denigrated by 'experts' - partly b/c cause of its volume, partly b/c of its uneven quality, and perhaps mostly b/c of its uncomfortable content focused largely on violence amongst very nasty or unlikeable characters. The absence of The Accursed from any major literary award list well illustrates the reluctance of the literary establishment to value her writings.
[off my soapbox now]

HarryT · 05-17-2015, 10:54 AM

Just finished "Star Ranger" by Andre Norton, which comprises the second half of a Baen Omnibus edition called "Star Soldiers", which I bought in 2001 or so. In the dying days of the Galactic Empire, one of the last ships of the Stellar Patrol, which has been the force of law and order for a thousand years, makes a crash landing on an obscure planet so far from the centre of the Empire that it's not on any star chart. The survivors of the crew explore the planet and make some surprising discoveries. Pretty good SF. Moderately recommended.

Dngrsone · 05-17-2015, 04:02 PM

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As you read it, and the narrator compares himself to King, you begin to wonder what Oates' purpose was .... trying to show that anyone can write like King, taking a scholarly poke at King, celebrating King's writing, .... or just having fun.

It's JCO; a woman who can read from one of her books out loud with one hand and write something entirely different with the other. My bet is it's all of the above.

HarryT · 05-18-2015, 02:54 AM

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It's JCO; a woman who can read from one of her books out loud with one hand and write something entirely different with the other. My bet is it's all of the above.

What does "JCO" mean, please?

05-15-2015, 08:23 PM	#22252
Dngrsone Almost legible Posts: 1,457 Karma: 4611110 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: In a high desert, CA Device: Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy Tab A (2017), Likebook P78	The Chanur series is one of my favorites by Cherryh Last edited by Dngrsone; 05-15-2015 at 10:12 PM.

05-16-2015, 10:35 AM	#22257
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,575 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Joyce Carol Oates has channeled Stephen King and written a short homage of sorts -- Jack of Spades -- a well written psychological suspense tale with a most unreliable narrator, who happens to be a writer that critics are comparing to Stephen King. Oates has written in other authors' styles/voices [see Wild Nights] - but AFAIK this is her first novel using a living author's voice. It was reviewed in the NYT BR as part of Marilyn Stasio's new mystery collage column, but I wished King had reviewed it. As you read it, and the narrator compares himself to King, you begin to wonder what Oates' purpose was .... trying to show that anyone can write like King, taking a scholarly poke at King, celebrating King's writing, .... or just having fun. IMHO Oates' oeuvre has been denigrated by 'experts' - partly b/c cause of its volume, partly b/c of its uneven quality, and perhaps mostly b/c of its uncomfortable content focused largely on violence amongst very nasty or unlikeable characters. The absence of The Accursed from any major literary award list well illustrates the reluctance of the literary establishment to value her writings. [off my soapbox now] Last edited by poohbear_nc; 05-16-2015 at 01:52 PM.

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05-14-2015, 05:51 AM	#22246
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Here's one of my favorite examples of consistently confusing English. If laughter is pronounced lafter why isn't daughter pronounced dafter? LOL

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Ranny Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: none	Holy Island by L J Ross, cracking debut novel set on Lindisfarne. One of the 99p books well worth reading.

05-16-2015, 08:49 AM	#22256
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Recent reads: "The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog", by Elizabeth Peter. The 7th book is the "Amelia Peabody" series of Egyptological mysteries. An attack of Amelia's husband, Professor Emerson, leaves him with amnesia, and no memory of his marriage to her. Amelia takes him back to Amarma, the place where they originally met, to try restore his memory, but a series of mysterious events ensure. Excellent and great fun, as always in this series. Very highly recommended! "Star Guard" by Andre Norton; the first half of the "Star Soldiers" omnibus. Originally bought from Baen a very long time ago. Norton's books tend to be rather formulaic, but I thoroughly enjoyed this one, which tells the story of a group of human mercenaries on an alien world. Recommended. "The Crime at Black Dudley" by Margery Allingham. I've been waiting for the ebook release of this first book in the "Campion" series for years, because I always like to read a series in order, and it was worth the wait. A thoroughly-enjoyable classic "English Country House" murder mystery. Campion only appears as a fairly minor character in this book, whose "detective" is a pathologist, Dr George Abbershaw, who is a guest at the house party. Highly recommended.

05-17-2015, 10:54 AM	#22258
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Just finished "Star Ranger" by Andre Norton, which comprises the second half of a Baen Omnibus edition called "Star Soldiers", which I bought in 2001 or so. In the dying days of the Galactic Empire, one of the last ships of the Stellar Patrol, which has been the force of law and order for a thousand years, makes a crash landing on an obscure planet so far from the centre of the Empire that it's not on any star chart. The survivors of the crew explore the planet and make some surprising discoveries. Pretty good SF. Moderately recommended.