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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #315 on: August 27, 2008, 11:30:15 PM »
I love Dawn Cook, gnooks came up with her on my first try.  I would like that site bette if I lived in a town with a decent sized library.  Of course that would only be the Library of Congress, so I guess its OK I live in the middle of nowhere.
I just started on The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson.  I fed my kids pizza last night so I could keep reading Red Mars.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #316 on: August 28, 2008, 05:35:20 PM »
I just finished Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan, and it was lots of fun. Now I'm reading Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #317 on: September 09, 2008, 05:37:26 PM »
Finished Roma Eterna finally.  That was one densely written book.  Ended up to be decent and boring in turns.  Great characterization when the story wasn't detailing "history", and really lacking in a real ending.  In the end, glad that I read it, but also glad that  I'm done with it.

Finally got to start reading Before They are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie, and am loving it.  Already 100 pages in.  Went to Barnes&Noble the last night to try and pick up the new WotF anthology (which they didn't have oddly enough...) and noticed that The Last Argument of Kings (final book in this trilogy) was sitting on the shelf.  Had a hard time not picking it up.  Wish I wasn't such a poor college student.  I need to get a job.

Also started on Old Man's War by John Scalzi.  Not very far in yet, but it's mildly interesting.

Nightwatch (that Russian one about the vampires...) is next up on my list, then I need to get back to the WotF judge books with Hidden Empire by Kevin J Anderson, then it's Freedom's Landing by Anne McCaffrey and TimeWeb by Brian Herbert to finish off my list.   Ah, the sweet sound of success.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #318 on: September 09, 2008, 05:41:25 PM »
Quote from: WriterDan on September 09, 2008, 05:37:26 PM
Also started on Old Man's War by John Scalzi.  Not very far in yet, but it's mildly interesting.

I read Old Man's War recently, and enjoyed it.  It had some interesting concepts, I thought.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #319 on: September 09, 2008, 05:49:57 PM »
I'll be finishing up the latest Terry Brooks today. Then I'll go back to One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that I interrupted for Terry.  :D
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #320 on: September 15, 2008, 07:08:24 PM »
My wife has been pressuring me to read Stephen King's Eyes of the Dragon so I've started that.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #321 on: September 15, 2008, 09:26:33 PM »
Currently reading "Off Armageddon Reef". 

It is a scifi setting where all the scifi is stripped out partway through only to be brought back at the end. The middle reads somewhat like a fantasy.

It is very interesting.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #322 on: September 16, 2008, 05:38:03 PM »
Hey, I'm reading Off Armageddon Reef as well. I'm only about 20 pages in, though. I'm also reading Lake Wobegon Days. It is very different.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #323 on: September 16, 2008, 07:28:29 PM »
I've recently discovered Penelope Lively.  She's a British author who grew up in Egypt (which biographical detail is responsible for my interest in reading her work).  So far I've read a collection of her short stories and 1 1/2 novels, and I'm enjoying them.  She's strong on describing characters' thoughts and memories and motivations in an interesting way.  Some characters are certainly more likable than others, but they're all pretty vivid.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #324 on: September 17, 2008, 01:49:07 AM »
I just finished wizard's first rule and wow that was awesome!!! library didn't have stone of tears in tho... made me sad
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #325 on: September 17, 2008, 01:59:03 AM »
Jakobus that is my favorite series of all time. Dont get me wrong Wheel of Time is awesome but Sword of Truth is the one you want. Your lucky to start it now, all the books are out. It took me years of waiting to finish that monster series. Oh and by the way Ston of tears is easily 1/3 longer than Wizards First Rule and just as good.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #326 on: September 17, 2008, 02:00:26 AM »
Ok, still putting off Hundred Years... Instead now I'm reading Born to Kvetch.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #327 on: September 17, 2008, 07:41:32 AM »
I just bought The Name Of The Wind and I'm rereading Homo Sacer : Sovereign Power And Bare Life
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #328 on: September 17, 2008, 02:54:47 PM »
Started reading Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Figured as a linguist, I should probably have read these at some point.
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Re: What are you reading, part 3
« Reply #329 on: September 17, 2008, 03:09:13 PM »
Quote from: MrPapersHead on September 17, 2008, 02:54:47 PM
Started reading Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Figured as a linguist, I should probably have read these at some point.
Did you hear that Burton is remaking Alice In Wonderland?  I'm REALLY excited!
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