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I've caved and begun reading The Wheel of Time Series. I'm reading the first book, "The Eye of the World"; I've only just begun it.
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A fellow amateur writer, Vinnie Tesla, said in his LiveJournal, "Then I looked at the back cover copy: "Depictions of the future, irregardless of the form they take, always address the present as well." I put he book down and backed away slowly. I am not prepared to pay for writing by people who consider 'irregardless' a word."
http://vinnie-tesla.livejournal.com/62480.html I pointed out, "Cover copy is almost never written by the author(s) of a book. More likely, those immortal words were penned by someone in the Marketing Department, where literacy and accuracy are hinderances, not assets. "The intersection of porn and SF was once thought to be the exclusive province of Philip Jose Farmer, but I've been enjoying Dave Smeds (Reed Manning) and Robert Silverberg, among others. Most recently, Steve Jordan tickled my fancy (no multiple entendrres intended.)" So in turn he pointed out Circlet Press http://www.circlet.com/ and reminded me of Piers Anthony. The original topic of his post was a book titled Do Androids Sleep with Electic Sheep?, a book about the intersection of SF and porn. I've just finished the first four books of John Ringo's Paladin of Shadows series and have cracked open book 5. Also read McCaffrey's Dragonsong and Dragonsinger. Dragondrums is in the backpack for work breaks. |
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#3530 |
Wizard
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Just finished 'Frostbitten' by Kelley Armstrong. Now am reading 'Her Fearful Symmetry' by Audrey Niffenegger.
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#3531 |
Bah, humbug!
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#3532 |
Grand Sorcerer
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I just started "The Ghost and Mrs. McClure" by Alice Kimberly in ebook. I'm in the worst kind of mood for cozy mysteries lately.
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Grand Sorcerer
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The Dank Side of the Moon
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#3535 |
Great Beach Reads!
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Just started Dennis Lehane's PRAYERS FOR RAIN.
Was there a film based on this one? I read that Paramount bought the rights but don't recall a film. |
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#3536 |
Bah, humbug!
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Now onto a SF/Mystery, The Counterfeit Heinlein by Laurence M. Janifer. One of his stories about Gerald Knave, Survivor. I find I bought this one back in July 2003 - but I don't think I've read it yet. I remember enjoying the previous one, Alienist. Last edited by pdurrant; 01-16-2010 at 05:52 PM. |
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#3538 |
WWHALD
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Complete change of pace - racing through Maria V Snyder's Study series
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#3539 |
Grand Sorcerer
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ZCD BombShel
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On a tip from a friend, I dropped everything and started "Haunting Jordan" by P.J. Alderman. It's about a woman who moves to Washington State and buys a huge old Victorian - not knowing the house is already inhabited by two ghosts. The ghosts soon make themselves known, and want Jordan to find who killed one of them. Jordan has problems of her own, however, as she's under suspicion for the murder of her late husband, who was her almost-ex husband at the time of his killing.
It's one of those with a few chapters in the present, and then a few chapters in the past, telling both stories. Really good! |
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