10-29-2020, 12:06 PM | #29326 | |
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Next up: Journey to the Heart of Luna. First volume of Space 1889 - steampunk in space, apparently. I bought it ages ago (2014), so it's time I read it. There are 11 more volumes in the series by various authors, so I hope I like it! Last edited by pdurrant; 10-30-2020 at 02:36 AM. |
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10-29-2020, 05:46 PM | #29327 |
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Recently read Lavie Tidhar's By Force Alone. It's billed by many as a "reimagining of the King Arthur legend." Which seems a little silly to me since the King Arthur legend is itself a result of the continuous reimagining and amalgamation of various myths and legends by countless story tellers over the centuries. But however you want to label it, I enjoyed it thoroughly.
There's no chivalry, no damsels in distress in this tale. Arthur gets his start taking over the drug trade on the streets of Londinium. Guinevere is the leader of a mercenary band of women, and Lancelot is a Judean assassin who trained under Joseph of Arimathea. The grail is not a holy relic. Kingdoms are forged and ruled by force alone. Now starting Jasper Fforde's newest release: The Constant Rabbit. An allegorical tale based on an alternate U.K. where a "Spontaneous Anthropomorphic Event" fifty-five years ago resulted in human-sized walking, talking rabbits living among us. Some of which, I'm told, refer to humans as "Fudds". Last edited by DiapDealer; 10-29-2020 at 06:26 PM. |
10-30-2020, 02:15 AM | #29328 | |
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10-30-2020, 02:35 AM | #29329 |
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I like a lot of Harry's work (e.g. The Tunnel Under the Deep which I read recently), but I must admit that I find historical alternate history a bit annoying when it's set only a short while after the change in history. I can appreciate it intellectually, but I don't like having to work out which bits are part of actual history, and which bits have changed.
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10-30-2020, 10:52 AM | #29330 |
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Listening to The Year's Top Short SF Novels 5 edited by Allan Kaster on Audible. Have listened three so far and enjoyed immensely.
The stories so far include: - Claudius Rex, by John P. Murphy, - Each in His Prison, Thinking of the Key by William Preston - The Last Log of the Lachrimosa by Alastair Reynolds Looking forward to The Man Who Sold the Moon by Cory Doctorow and Of All Possible Worlds by Jay O'Connel. |
10-30-2020, 11:51 AM | #29331 |
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Just finished reading Horror Stories by Scare Street, an anthology. Unusually good collection, loads of interesting twists and just one meh story. It's going free at the moment if anyone's interested.
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10-30-2020, 12:44 PM | #29332 |
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After a reminiscent chat with my wife, I am re-reading (though in audio format this time), Michael Chabon's Yiddish Policeman's Union. I believe I am going to start Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Mexican Gothic this evening on my Kobo.
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10-30-2020, 01:22 PM | #29333 | |
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10-30-2020, 01:44 PM | #29334 |
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11-01-2020, 03:31 AM | #29337 | |
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Next up: All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot. I know I shall enjoy this one. More semi-autobiographical tales of a Yorkshire Vet in the 1930s. |
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11-01-2020, 11:06 AM | #29338 | |
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Next, another freebie, Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. |
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11-02-2020, 02:01 PM | #29340 |
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My 5 star reread of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by You-know-Who:-
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