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lilac_jive · 02-21-2009, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

32.18 posts per day. Thats just.....interesting........

Meanwhile, I stand at 14.48. And I'm on here a LOT! Guess I just don't have as much to say......

Don't you worry, my post count will go down after my week in the Bahamas

desertgrandma · 02-21-2009, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Don't you worry, my post count will go down after my week in the Bahamas

Beast!

lilac_jive · 02-21-2009, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

32.18 posts per day. Thats just.....interesting........

Meanwhile, I stand at 14.48. And I'm on here a LOT! Guess I just don't have as much to say......

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Beast!

It's a hard life...

whatmeworry · 02-22-2009, 03:59 AM

Can't believe I've never read it before but I'm currently reading Isaac Asimov's 'Foundation' for the first time. It really is pretty amazing and has re-awoken my interest in Sci Fi (hadn't really read any since I was a teenager).

Peadar Ó Guilín · 02-22-2009, 06:02 AM

I am about to start Lilith's Brood (aka Xenogenesis) by Octavia Butler.

It is available in lots of different formats, but most ebook sites refused to let me buy it with a European credit card -- restricted to North America only. I got around it eventually

Fledchen · 02-22-2009, 07:36 AM

I keep meaning to read some Octavia Butler. She sounds like a fascinating person, from the interviews that I have heard. I'm sorry that I only found out about her after she'd died.

Dr. Drib · 02-22-2009, 08:33 AM

If you like a chilling non-fiction crime read, I would suggest "Dead By Sunset," by Ann Rule.

I just finished reading this (on my Sony), and it's an incredible page-turner about a man named Brad Cunningham - a real assh*le and *ucke* - a man with a malignant narcissistic personality who bludgeoned his wife to death in 1986, and about the tireless efforts of her many friends and co-workers who loved her to see that that this jackass came to justice.

Brad Cunningham now sits in prison, his ego as big as ever. For a man who has above-average intelligence, he's also an incredibly stupid individual.

This is a riveting read, and I highly recommend it if you like crime fiction.

Don

desertgrandma · 02-22-2009, 04:43 PM

"Spin"

The strangest thing........I'm trolling for books to read on my Kindle, and I recognize the author, but not the title. Start reading it, become engrossed, and am over halfway thru. CANNOT remember where I got it. Looking at the Amazon page, I see I bought in in JULY........

And I'm so glad I did....

From Publishers Weekly
One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking "what if," Wilson (Blind Lake, etc.) builds an astonishingly successful mélange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres. The narrative time oscillates effortlessly between Tyler Dupree's early adolescence and his near-future young manhood haunted by the impending death of the sun and the earth. Tyler's best friends, twins Diane and Jason Lawton, take two divergent paths: Diane into a troubling religious cult of the end, Jason into impassioned scientific research to discover the nature of the galactic Hypotheticals whose "Spin" suddenly sealed Earth in a "cosmic baggie," making one of its days equal to a hundred million years in the universe beyond. As convincing as Wilson's scientific hypothesizing is--biological, astrophysical, medical--he excels even more dramatically with the infinitely intricate, minutely nuanced relationships among Jason, Diane and Tyler, whose older self tries to save them both with medicines from Mars, terraformed through Jason's genius into an incubator for new humanity. This brilliant excursion into the deepest inner and farthest outer spaces offers doorways into new worlds--if only humankind strives and seeks and finds and will not yield compassion for our fellow beings. Agent, Shawna McCarthy. (Apr. 14)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

From Bookmarks Magazine
Spin is not merely a SF thriller. It’s also a coming-of-age tale, a love story, a literary triumph, and an ecological and apocalyptic warning. The award-winning Wilson excels at all aspects of his tale, from the human angle to the political, religious, biological, medical, and astrophysical theorizing. The first part elicited "jaw-dropping amazement" from critics; luckily, the pace slows over the remaining pages to recount the next few decades on Earth (Emerald City). If the plot involving the terraforming and colonization of Mars seems farfetched, put it in the context of Wilson’s deep characterization and convincing relationships, and you’ll be OK. After all, Spin is "a book about faith: especially our faith in ourselves" (Emerald City).

Copyright © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc.

JSWolf · 02-22-2009, 05:01 PM

Spin was one of those free eBooks from Tor. It was released at the end of February, 2008.

desertgrandma · 02-22-2009, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Spin was one of those free eBooks from Tor. It was released at the end of February, 2008.

Then I should have looked around a little more, perhaps, but I must say, its well worth the price....$7.19

pilotbob · 02-22-2009, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

The strangest thing........I'm trolling for books to read on my Kindle, and I recognize the author, but not the title. Start reading it, become engrossed, and am over halfway thru. CANNOT remember where I got it. Looking at the Amazon page, I see I bought in in JULY........

And I'm so glad I did....

Spin was ok.. I would say 3 of 5 stars. Not good enough for me to continue on with additional books in the series which continue to story.

I also get this during the TOR freebees time.

BOb

desertgrandma · 02-22-2009, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Spin was ok.. I would say 3 of 5 stars. Not good enough for me to continue on with additional books in the series which continue to story.

I also get this during the TOR freebees time.

BOb

aw, crap. Thanks a lot. This is a series???

pilotbob · 02-22-2009, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

aw, crap. Thanks a lot. This is a series???

The book ends, but the story doesn't, really. You know when you watch a movie and it "sort" of ends... and you know they planned a sequel.

BOb

ShortNCuddlyAm · 02-22-2009, 07:38 PM

Just given up on Patriot Witch and am reading (pbook) Bread Matters. Again.

JSWolf · 02-22-2009, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

aw, crap. Thanks a lot. This is a series???

Axis is the second and maybe last book.

02-22-2009, 04:43 PM	#1583
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Robert Charles Wilson "Spin" The strangest thing........I'm trolling for books to read on my Kindle, and I recognize the author, but not the title. Start reading it, become engrossed, and am over halfway thru. CANNOT remember where I got it. Looking at the Amazon page, I see I bought in in JULY........ And I'm so glad I did.... From Publishers Weekly One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking "what if," Wilson (Blind Lake, etc.) builds an astonishingly successful mélange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres. The narrative time oscillates effortlessly between Tyler Dupree's early adolescence and his near-future young manhood haunted by the impending death of the sun and the earth. Tyler's best friends, twins Diane and Jason Lawton, take two divergent paths: Diane into a troubling religious cult of the end, Jason into impassioned scientific research to discover the nature of the galactic Hypotheticals whose "Spin" suddenly sealed Earth in a "cosmic baggie," making one of its days equal to a hundred million years in the universe beyond. As convincing as Wilson's scientific hypothesizing is--biological, astrophysical, medical--he excels even more dramatically with the infinitely intricate, minutely nuanced relationships among Jason, Diane and Tyler, whose older self tries to save them both with medicines from Mars, terraformed through Jason's genius into an incubator for new humanity. This brilliant excursion into the deepest inner and farthest outer spaces offers doorways into new worlds--if only humankind strives and seeks and finds and will not yield compassion for our fellow beings. Agent, Shawna McCarthy. (Apr. 14) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Bookmarks Magazine Spin is not merely a SF thriller. It’s also a coming-of-age tale, a love story, a literary triumph, and an ecological and apocalyptic warning. The award-winning Wilson excels at all aspects of his tale, from the human angle to the political, religious, biological, medical, and astrophysical theorizing. The first part elicited "jaw-dropping amazement" from critics; luckily, the pace slows over the remaining pages to recount the next few decades on Earth (Emerald City). If the plot involving the terraforming and colonization of Mars seems farfetched, put it in the context of Wilson’s deep characterization and convincing relationships, and you’ll be OK. After all, Spin is "a book about faith: especially our faith in ourselves" (Emerald City). Copyright © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc.

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