10-20-2017, 04:27 PM | #26506 |
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10-20-2017, 05:46 PM | #26507 |
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I thought The Subtle Knife was far and away the best of the series.
I'm two thirds of the way through Pandora's Star by Peter F Hamilton, which is probably still about a week from the end. Honestly, I'm not enjoying it as much as his Night's Dawn series, although it is less silly. I guess it's also less fun. It's still readable enough, though. |
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10-20-2017, 09:47 PM | #26508 |
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I just finished Vallista by Stephen Brust and enjoyed it. It is number 15 on the Vlad Taltos series. Now I am starting Bernard Cornwell's Fools and Mortals. I picked this one up on a virtual trip to Amazon UK. It is list as preorder from the US for $14.99 with a release date of January 9, 2018. Amazon UK released it October 19, 2017 and converting the Pound to dollars equals about $10.52. This saves me $4.47.
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10-21-2017, 10:57 AM | #26509 |
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Wow, I haven't read Stephen Brust in decades...
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10-21-2017, 12:45 PM | #26510 |
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10-21-2017, 08:22 PM | #26511 |
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Finished Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science by Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson.
Now starting Provenance by Anne Leckie. Not a continuation of her Imperial Radch trilogy, but set in the same universe. |
10-21-2017, 08:25 PM | #26512 | |
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10-21-2017, 10:14 PM | #26513 |
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10-22-2017, 08:36 AM | #26514 |
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I do not watch CSI or any crime shows. I live about 2-3 hours from there and thought the book would be interesting.
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10-22-2017, 08:56 AM | #26515 | |
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10-22-2017, 11:45 AM | #26516 |
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Just finished Margaret Drabble’s Jerusalem the Golden. Now reading the extended version of Stephen King’s the Stand. The last Stephen King book I read was the Shining which I read over the course of a day or two in the summer of 1980.
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10-22-2017, 12:52 PM | #26517 | |
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10-23-2017, 03:33 AM | #26518 |
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I'm currently enjoying the Broken Earth trilogy by Jemisin (now in book 2, The Obelisk Gate).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Obelisk_Gate It's quite fascinating. I see the series gets some flak because of depicting sexual 'minority' (LGBT) groups and racial discrimination in a quite obvious way, but there's enough other content in the books that this doesn't bother me. Last edited by Dryhte; 10-23-2017 at 03:33 AM. Reason: linked to wikipedia entry |
10-23-2017, 06:54 AM | #26519 |
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Finished up Lavie Tidhar's Central Station last night. I found it a little disjointed, which made sense when I saw that he had published all the chapters as shorts at some point.
Doing a lot of work around the house and packing more boxes today, so I am re-listening to the audiobook of The Hobbit. This is the version that was recorded on LP Vinyl by Nicol Williamson in 1974. You can find the audio on archive.org. |
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