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The Sinister Shadow (The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage Book 14)
by Kenneth Robeson/Will Murray 2015 If you aren't familiar with the great pulp heroes, you may take a while to get into this one, but I found it an agreeable pastiche in which the Man of Bronze crosses paths with The Shadow. Doc is baffled at first whether the Shadow is a bad guy or a crime-fighter, and even ships one of the Shadow's agents off to be treated at his secret "College" in the mountains. The plot thickens ..... ![]() |
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#31892 |
Is that a sandwich?
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Unimpressed. Long slog. Reasons were the amateurish writing, cliches, immature romance scenes, slow plot and callous regard for life. The dragons were interesting, and the ending was unexpected. This may be a case where the TV show is better than the book.
Considering all the best-book-of-the-year awards this title won I expected more ... much much more. Regarding the "romantasy" category, Naomi Novik's A Deadly Education was far superior IMO. Next, The Inverted World by Christopher Priest, a Hugo nominee 1975. |
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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After that I raced through several books by Seanan McGuire in her October Daye and Incryptid series: The Brightest Fell, Night and Silence, and Chaos Choreography. All good fun. Then a recent buy: The Death of Nnanji. A very good late fourth book for his Seventh Sword trilogy. Enjoyable, and didn't mess up the earlier books. Most recently finished was A Desperate Undertaking by Lindsey Davis. The tenth in her Flavia Albia series. It starts off with an unnecessary first chapter which is then recapitulated in correct choronological order later. There's a very odd reference to golden age detective story tropes. On the whole, a bit odd, and too many of Albia's internal musings are anachronistic. I also thought that given the common spectacles in Rome, her squeamishness and that of some of the other characters in here was overplayed. Next up: The Wages of Sin by Harry Turtledove. A near-past (for Harry) alternate history in the 19th Century. A freebie from Phoenix Pick. |
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#31894 |
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I’m still reading Tigana. Got slowed down by a bout of Covid. Just added a book to my TBR list for a strange reason. I happened to see Jefferson Starship (and Dave Mason) in concert. Was reading about some of the Jefferson Airplane songs that were played. The Crown of Creation album title was taken (with permission from the author) from John Wyndham’s dystopian sci-if book The Chrysalids. I picked up the ebook from Amazon for 3.99, and I’ll give it a read. Don’t know if it will be next, that goes to Towles’ Rules of Civility.
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#31895 |
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Been reading a couple of the October Daye books - light and fun reads. And now starting what might be a fun series - Skylar Ramirez's The Worst Ship in the Fleet. So far, not quite getting there, but I'm hopeful. It's not up to Nathan Lowell standards, but in a similar vein.
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Next up: The Broken Bridge by Philip Pullman. OK so far. An almost plain YA novel. |
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#31897 |
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Location: NE Oregon
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I started Moby Dick yesterday. A classic I've never got around to reading. Maybe I subconsciously chose it because it's August, and my parents always used to rent a beach house this month, and take us there for a week. And we'd frequently go out fishing on the Gulf in dad's boat.
I can remember a few times when we had to evacuate because of a hurricane headed our way, but that's part o' the fun when renting during hurricane season. Seems a bit of a theme lately to read stuff involving the sea in some way. Recently read Walter Lord's A Night to Remember (Titanic) and am listening to an audiobook of Treasure Island before bed most nights. Am enjoying Moby Dick so far, but I'm only a few chapters in. |
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Next up: The Unkindest Tide by Seanan McGuire. The next in her October Daye series. This series does the story-per-novel with a series-wide ongoing story really well. I've really been enjoying these. |
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Still 4/5, and I'll get the next one when it drops in price. Next up: An Assassination on the Agenda by T E Kinsey. The 11th and last (so far) in his Lady Hardcastle series. |
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Next up: Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees. A fantasy published 14 years after the time period of the book I've just finished! |
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4/5 for the strangeness. Next up: Claudius the God by Robert Graves. the sequel to I, Claudius. I remember the TV series fondly, although without much detail. |
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I just read "Lawrence and the Arabs", Robert Graves.
I hadn't realized that the two were friends. Of course I have read "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom", T.E. Lawrence. Hmm, I should try, "I, Claudius". |
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Is that a sandwich?
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Next, a new author to me, Homeland by R.A. Salvatore. |
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