08-14-2022, 03:40 PM | #30946 |
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After watching the latest Marvel movie about Thor, I became interested in Norse mythology. I found the book "In the Days of Giants: A Book of Norse Tales" by Abbie Farwell Brown for free, courtesy of Project Gutenberg. It is a fairly accessible book, written in modern English. I'm halfway through the book, but now I know how Odin lost an eye, who gave Thor his hammer, and what happened to Loki's sons.
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08-14-2022, 04:28 PM | #30947 | |
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You are correct, it's not available as an ebook. And despite certain ----------'s innuendos, THIS was a personal scan of my paper collection. There's a whole world of un-ebooked ebooks |
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08-17-2022, 12:45 PM | #30948 |
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Finished Immortal Coil and liked it a lot!
On a Star Trek kick it seems, so I picked up a book I got on sale this month: Watching the Clock (Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations #1) by Christopher L. Bennett. Have one chapter down and it’s interesting so far. I’ve never even watched the episode that the main characters of these books showed up in but it doesn’t seem to hinder the reading experience. |
08-17-2022, 03:32 PM | #30949 |
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08-18-2022, 06:30 AM | #30950 |
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Just finished Asterix at the Olympic Games. Oh the names, the names, so funny
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08-20-2022, 06:13 AM | #30951 |
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Am starting on EF Benson's Mapp and Lucia series. Written during the 1920's about that time period, Benson introduces us to the small town the series is going to take place in and one of its major inhabitants, Queen Lucia.
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08-20-2022, 06:55 AM | #30952 | |
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08-20-2022, 07:05 AM | #30953 |
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I'm currently reading The Institute by Stephen King and Jumper by Steven Gould. I had seen the film of Jumper long ago and enjoyed it but the book is even better!
And now I've just discovered it's a series while looking up the author's name. I'm doomed. |
08-20-2022, 07:18 AM | #30954 |
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I believe there are only 3 books in the Jumper "series", so you should be just fine. Unless Gould's written more since I read the last one in '12 (so maybe you ARE doomed )
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08-20-2022, 09:10 AM | #30955 | |
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I've often said that I believe his scifi Gap series to be Donaldson's finest work. I would love to see him tackle something completely new again. |
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08-20-2022, 09:27 AM | #30956 | |
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I prefer the reading order as in the series when I first read it, with Lucia in London coming second ahead of Miss Mapp; I think the flow is much better. |
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08-20-2022, 11:38 AM | #30957 |
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Yes, I think I would agree with that. As much as I enjoyed the first two Covenent chronicles, the Gap series is quite astounding. It is dark and ugly at times, especially that first short novel (The Real Story) which can be hard to get past.
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08-20-2022, 12:50 PM | #30958 | |
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08-20-2022, 01:55 PM | #30959 |
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08-21-2022, 02:42 AM | #30960 |
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