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

[Uncle Robin]

4.25/5 for The Harvill Book of Twentieth-Century Poetry in English collated by Michasel Schmidt. With a print length of 1479 pages, I'm VERY glad I was able to buy it from Kobo, especially as it makes highlighting and revisiting favourites easier. Now into []iThe League of Matthias[/i] by Brian Flynn and the revised edition of Fluent Forever by Gabriel Wynne - I've read the original, but the revisions sound very helpful for my language learning programmes

[Graham44]

Read a couple of more sci-fi books since I last posted, now it's got to the time of year again where I get the urge to re-read IT by Stephen King so started that today.

I always read the ebook copy now and my original paperback of it sits safely on my shelf as it's gotten very dog eared

[drofgnal]

Well yesterday I hooked my Oasis up to calibre and downloaded some books I've recently purchased to it. I also then cleaned out all the books I've read and were backed up in Calbire from the Oasis. I was left with 54 books! I need to get some of this read!

So I started the Chrysalids by Wyndham. An excellent book that I'm enjoying very much. Sci-Fi is not a go to genre for me but the premise of the story is intriguing and the moral implications seem highly relevant even today.

[drofgnal]

Well The Chrysalids was a short read that I really enjoyed. After finishing the book I remembered the two movies from the early 60s Village of the Damned and Children of the Damned being also about telepathic children. I looked them up and sure enough they were based on a book by Wyndman as well, but these being more in the horror genre, so I won't read those.

Next up, IDK. After importing recent purchases from my oasis into calibre and deleting read books, I still have 54 books on it that I haven't read. I'll pick one later this morning.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by drofgnal

Well The Chrysalids was a short read that I really enjoyed. After finishing the book I remembered the two movies from the early 60s Village of the Damned and Children of the Damned being also about telepathic children. I looked them up and sure enough they were based on a book by Wyndman as well, but these being more in the horror genre, so I won't read those.

Next up, IDK. After importing recent purchases from my oasis into calibre and deleting read books, I still have 54 books on it that I haven't read. I'll pick one later this morning.

You might want to check out The Day of the Triffids, (also by John Wyndham), and also made into a film.

In my opinion, Wyndham is an author who moves beyond the limitations of genre.

[Martinoptic]

Originally Posted by drofgnal

Well The Chrysalids was a short read that I really enjoyed. After finishing the book I remembered the two movies from the early 60s Village of the Damned and Children of the Damned being also about telepathic children. I looked them up and sure enough they were based on a book by Wyndman as well, but these being more in the horror genre, so I won't read those.

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

You might want to check out The Day of the Triffids, (also by John Wyndham), and also made into a film.

In my opinion, Wyndham is an author who moves beyond the limitations of genre.

I agree. Both interesting books as was Chocky, also by Wyndham. And there are also his scifi stories as John Beynon.

[nana77]

As following the monthly releases from Urania (Mondadori - in Italy), from April:
Perihelion Summer by Greg Egan (2019), wich was one of my preferred month's one;
Total Eclipse (1974), John Brunner;
A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine (2019), also supernice - imho;

From May:
Juicy Ghost by Rudy Ricker;
Judas Unchained di Peter Hamilton (first part);
The Rise of Endymion, Dan Simmons;
W.J. Stuart, Frobitten Planet (1956);

The ones I'd liked the most was The Gold Coast (1988), by Kim Stanley Robinson (wich I had, unreaded, in the cabinet from 2023); and one from the 70th's Anniversary serie by the same publisher, "The Corporation Wars: Emergency" by Ken MacLeod (2017).

[Quizlit]

Just finished The Crooked Hinge by John Dickson Carr.
Also recently read The Cafe With No Name by Robert Seethaler, really enjoyed.
Was a bit disappointed by Audition by Katie Kimura and Fagin the Thief by Allison Epstein

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Next up: The Way Home by Peter S Beagle. Two novellas in his Last Unicorn universe.

I liked it, although the first, shorter, work was, IMO better than the sequel. But good fantasy.

Next up was Syndicate by Felix Francis. The expected horse-racing based thriller. Good fun.

Then I read The Secular Wizard by Christopher Stasheff. Which was OK, but I find the characters' continuing reluctance to accept what kind of universe they're in strange.

Then there was Murder Below Deck by Orlando Murrin. His second murder mystery with chef Paul Delamare. Fun, but a bit OTT.

Now I'm reading Flight from the Ages by Derek Künsten. Excellent SF short stories.

[drofgnal]

Duplicate post.

[Renate]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Next up: The Way Home by Peter S Beagle. Two novellas in his Last Unicorn universe.

I read (and enjoyed) "I See By My Outfit" from him a gazillion years ago and haven't seen it since.

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by Fbone

Next something a little older, The Ophiuchi Hotline by John Varley.

Typical 70s sci-fi --- weird and graphic. Well written with interesting ideas. The reader does need to have a vivid imagination. A lot happens simultaneously. Clones. Rated C [3 stars].

Next, I'll continue the Craft Sequence series with Last First Snow by Max Gladstone.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Now I'm reading Flight from the Ages by Derek Künsten. Excellent SF short stories.

They were indeed excellent. I've read his novels, which fit in the same universe as these short stories. Great SF.

Next up: The Golden Age of Magic by Luanne G. Smith. A freebie, one of this month's Amazon First Reads. Looks like an average fantasy so far.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

TNext up: The Golden Age of Magic by Luanne G. Smith. A freebie, one of this month's Amazon First Reads. Looks like an average fantasy so far.

Not even average. Abandoned at 34%.

Next up: Toll of Honor by David Weber. Another in his mainline Honor Harrington saga.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Next up: Toll of Honor by David Weber. Another in his mainline Honor Harrington saga.

Sadly, this proved to be a look at previous events, not a continuation of the story. Readable, but with little to recommend it if you've already read of these events in Field of Dishonor and Flag in Exile, the second and third books.

Next up: Truth Lies Bleeding by Chris Dolley. Chris Dolley is an author who's written SF, Mystery, Humour and auto-biography. I've really liked his SF. This is a murder mystery/thriller. Looking good so far.