Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

jbcohen · 01-21-2014, 07:27 PM

I have been reading the Pendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child and I and loving every page of the books. What is your opinion of the books?

pwalker8 · 01-21-2014, 08:37 PM

I've liked the ones that I've read. That's one of those series where I read the first several in dead tree format and when I looked at them in ebook format, there were gaps. But it's been a few years and perhaps those gaps have been filled in.

jbcohen · 01-22-2014, 06:30 AM

I am only on book six so perhaps some of what you are talking about have not come up yet, however I have not found any of the holes that you are talking about. Personally I do not read anything in dead tree format any more, no trees or anything else died for what I am reading. Fow far have you gotten in the series pwaker?

pwalker8 · 01-22-2014, 07:42 AM

I got to book 4. The last time I looked was a number of years ago. I just looked in Calibre and see that I have The Cabinet of Curiosities, Still Life With Crows, and The Book of the Dead, which tells me that when I bought them (think it was from the Sony store a number of years ago when Sony was still using their proprietary format) Relic, Reliquary, Brimstone and Dance of Death were not available. I already had Relic and Reliquary in paper, but I've been converting to ebooks, so I would have bought them if they were there at the time.

jbcohen · 01-22-2014, 11:08 AM

Those are all very good books. If you have not read them as yet I would recommend them.

pwalker8 · 01-22-2014, 01:41 PM

I plan to. I'll probably fill in the whole series on my next buying spree.

Fbone · 01-22-2014, 07:07 PM

I enjoy them. Some are better than others. Last month I bought their latest White Fire during a Kobo sale. I'll probably read it soon.

HoopyFrood · 01-22-2014, 07:57 PM

I like all of the earlier ones, but got kind of tired of them by about #6 or so. I just finished "White Fire" and it's really pretty mediocre. When you consider it started out with "Relic" it's pretty poor by comparison.

Xanthe · 01-22-2014, 09:23 PM

I got up to Book 6 in the series and then moved on to other things, always planning to return to it somewhere along the line.

01-21-2014, 07:27 PM	#1
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child I have been reading the Pendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child and I and loving every page of the books. What is your opinion of the books?

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01-21-2014, 08:37 PM	#2
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,196 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	I've liked the ones that I've read. That's one of those series where I read the first several in dead tree format and when I looked at them in ebook format, there were gaps. But it's been a few years and perhaps those gaps have been filled in.

01-22-2014, 06:30 AM	#3
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	I am only on book six so perhaps some of what you are talking about have not come up yet, however I have not found any of the holes that you are talking about. Personally I do not read anything in dead tree format any more, no trees or anything else died for what I am reading. Fow far have you gotten in the series pwaker?

01-22-2014, 07:42 AM	#4
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,196 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	I got to book 4. The last time I looked was a number of years ago. I just looked in Calibre and see that I have The Cabinet of Curiosities, Still Life With Crows, and The Book of the Dead, which tells me that when I bought them (think it was from the Sony store a number of years ago when Sony was still using their proprietary format) Relic, Reliquary, Brimstone and Dance of Death were not available. I already had Relic and Reliquary in paper, but I've been converting to ebooks, so I would have bought them if they were there at the time.

01-22-2014, 11:08 AM	#5
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	Those are all very good books. If you have not read them as yet I would recommend them.

01-22-2014, 01:41 PM	#6
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,196 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	I plan to. I'll probably fill in the whole series on my next buying spree.

01-22-2014, 07:07 PM	#7
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,290 Karma: 101697116 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	I enjoy them. Some are better than others. Last month I bought their latest White Fire during a Kobo sale. I'll probably read it soon.

01-22-2014, 07:57 PM	#8
HoopyFrood Zealot Posts: 118 Karma: 1005064 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Missouri Device: Cruz e-reader, 2 Kindles and a Kindle DX, Sanza Clip	I like all of the earlier ones, but got kind of tired of them by about #6 or so. I just finished "White Fire" and it's really pretty mediocre. When you consider it started out with "Relic" it's pretty poor by comparison.

01-22-2014, 09:23 PM	#9
Xanthe Plan B Is Now In Force Posts: 1,894 Karma: 8086979 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Surebleak Device: Aluratek,Sony 350/T1,Pandigital,eBM 911,Nook HD/HD+,Fire HDX 7/8.9,PW2	I got up to Book 6 in the series and then moved on to other things, always planning to return to it somewhere along the line.

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