Finished Infoquake. Really good. I was really surprised at how much I liked it because it all centered around business, of which I'm not a big fan of the details. But it was good.
Told ya so.
lol. Yes. You did. I shall doff my hat to the master.
<<doffing of hat>>
I'll definitely be continuing that series.
Finished DRAGONFLY FALLING, WWW: WAKE, and THE OSIRIS RITUAL.
DRAGONFLY=awesome
WAKE=meh
OSIRIS=awesome
After reading WAKE, my expectations for Hugo nominated novels has sunk to an unprecedented low. They aren't bad, but they just aren't worthy of the hype. I only have 2 nominated novels left. One I expect to suck. The other (JULIAN COMSTOCK) I am actually excited about.
I also have KRAKEN and NIGHTS OF VILLJAMUR at home to read, along with Alan Campbell's Deepgate Codex series that I imported due to the superior UK covers.
Speaking of awesome covers and books that have me excited, go to Pyr's webpage, and go to their blog. They have their Fall/Winter catalog announced with covers and descriptions to all their releases. They ALL look awesome (with 1 exception). It is a remarkable line-up.
Need to get my hands on Empire in Black and Gold. No surprise on Wake. For me, RobertSawyer=meh. I've heard that Kraken is really quite good. Mieville has an amazing imagination. Man. I do wish his endings could be a bit better. Maybe this time...
The Pyr lineup looks SOOOOOO amazingtastic. Nearly fell out of my chair when I saw the cover for Spring-heeled Jack. Whoa. The covers that Pyr is able to get for their books are just wow. How cool would it be to get my novel picked up by them? The idea boggles the mind. So, your post begs the question: Which book are you NOT excited about?
Read on the blog that Tchaikovsky is working on Book 7 (are you kidding me?) of his Shadows of the Apt series. Any idea how long that series is supposed to be? Or is there even an end? I looked up the wiki on the series and he's got all sorts of bug-people. You have any idea how many insects there are in the world? Essentially unlimited source material here.
I got The Maze Runner from the library and am almost through it. Bunch of freaking disgruntled, uncommunicative teenagers. It's like a not-so-great version of Lord of the Flies in TechnoWorld. Eh. I'm mostly just confused by what is going on in it. Spot-on review at EBR, Steve.
Don't be put off by The Color of Magic. Pratchett didn't really hit his stride until about ten books later in the series. When I recommend him, I usually say to start with the book Guards! Guards!.
So far the story is all over the place. Construction is horrible, but the world/story so far is okay. Bout 15% in. I don't think I could really be all that critical of it because of the tone of the story though. Just too...whimsical. I tend to give those kinds of stories a lot of leeway. Tone reminds me a bit of what I tried to put into the story I just sent to WotF.