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Old 01-02-2010, 07:19 PM   #46
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I read Caryatids by Bruce Sterling yesterday and was overall disappointed with it. Some reviews of it seem overrated.

Today I read Caitlin Kiernan's first novel "Silk", a gothic, stylistic horror novel. As with "The Red Tree" I really enjoyed Kiernan's writing and look forward to reading more by her.

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I read quite a bit of Fantasy (Feist, Brooks, Hobb...etc) but believe it or not.... I am really enjoying the Sackett series by Louis L'Amour. The western is for the most part a dead genre, but still quite entertaining. Louis himself once noted that if you wrote a novel about life a few hundred years ago in America east of the Mississippi, it was Historical Fiction. If you wrote about west of the Mississippi, it was called a Western. Never thought of it that way, but so true. Anyway, I am enjoying some Historical Fiction to start the new year.
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"A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines" by Janna Levin
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Old 01-02-2010, 08:42 PM   #50
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"A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines" by Janna Levin
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Basing a fictional novel on the lives of Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing sounds interesting. Would you mind writing a short review after you finish to let us know how well Levin succeeded?
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I read quite a bit of Fantasy (Feist, Brooks, Hobb...etc) but believe it or not.... I am really enjoying the Sackett series by Louis L'Amour. The western is for the most part a dead genre, but still quite entertaining. Louis himself once noted that if you wrote a novel about life a few hundred years ago in America east of the Mississippi, it was Historical Fiction. If you wrote about west of the Mississippi, it was called a Western. Never thought of it that way, but so true. Anyway, I am enjoying some Historical Fiction to start the new year.
That's great! I love the Sackett's....
Having read most of the L'Amour books many, many years ago...it was one of the first things I turned to when I got my PRS-300 for Christmas...
I've got his first 8 books on my reader and I've been reading them concurrently with a few "heavier" books...
I'll finish "Kilkenny" later tonight...
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I finished "the alienist" by Caleb Carr and decided to re-read "the time traveler's wife". I will then go over to "her fearful symmetry". The next one after that will be "Homer & Langley".
I just finished Homer & Langley around Christmas. Beautiful book. I'm sure you'll love it. Wolf Hall after that. Another one I highly recommend. My first read of 2010 was Not Flesh Nor Feathers by Cherie Priest. I started with Boneshaker. Steampunk and zombies! What's not to like? Now I'm just finishing up her Eden Moore books. This is the third and last of them.
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Old 01-02-2010, 09:08 PM   #57
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@BobT... Nice to have another Western reader on board.... I had tried to read some L'Amour a few years ago, but just could not get into it. Now, I am on the second in the series and can't put it down. I went ahead and got some others by him (and other western authors, on some free sites.... there is a lot out there...... Anyway, he tells a good story, and the historical side of it is fascinating....
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@BobT... Nice to have another Western reader on board.... I had tried to read some L'Amour a few years ago, but just could not get into it. Now, I am on the second in the series and can't put it down. I went ahead and got some others by him (and other western authors, on some free sites.... there is a lot out there...... Anyway, he tells a good story, and the historical side of it is fascinating....
Who else do you read? I'm always looking for a good western....

I've never really enjoyed the other big names in westerns, like Zane Grey or Max Brand....(although maybe I should give them another go)
I enjoyed Larry McMurtry...especially Lonesome Dove....but have not found much else....
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I got Max, Zane and Larry from legit free sources, but have not read them yet. And yes to trying them again. I find a few years and my perceptions and taste can change. The books don't change, but we do....

I enjoy new genre's of music and literature. Many people IMHO stagnate in the same old thing, over and over. I also find that a good story/author is good, whatever the genre. I remember when the original Star Wars came out (1977) reading a review that really made sense to me. They pointed out that Star Wars was really just an old fashioned morality play, or Western, with a different backdrop. And that is true. The time, place, people change.... but the author crafts a story, and that is what captivates.

Okay.... back on topic, sorry about the diversion .... lots of free westerns here http://www.ebooktakeaway.com/fiction_westerns
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