05-15-2013, 11:58 AM | #16561 |
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Just finished another one by Oscar Wilde, this time a novella called The Canterville Ghost. It was a recommendation and one that I really enjoyed and in which I found the tale enthralling and engaging. Much appreciated, pdurrant!
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05-15-2013, 12:52 PM | #16562 |
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Like many others (I expect), I'm re-reading GRR Martin's A Storm of Swords, while watching season 3 of Game of Thrones on HBO. When finished, I'll finally get to the books in the StoryBundle indie and fantasy bundle I picked up months ago.
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05-15-2013, 02:09 PM | #16563 | ||
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I'm now concentrating my attentions on The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham and really enjoying it. It's far better than I remember the early 1960s movie being. I understand the BBC did a mini series as well for television, but I haven't seen that. |
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05-15-2013, 06:28 PM | #16564 | |
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I read the Day of the Triffids not that long ago too, for about the 5th or 6th time, and then followed it up with The Night of the Triffids by Simon Clark, in which Bill's son takes up the story. Quite fun, and written in the style of Wyndham, though not as good, inevitably. Last edited by orlok; 05-16-2013 at 03:57 AM. |
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05-15-2013, 06:28 PM | #16565 | |
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Next is Angelmaker, a spy thriller by Nick Harkaway. |
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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
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05-16-2013, 12:59 AM | #16568 | |
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05-16-2013, 02:52 AM | #16569 | |
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Just started A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra.
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05-16-2013, 04:22 AM | #16570 | |
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Next up: The Judas Pair by Jonathan Gash, a recent purchase. I'd forgotten how casually violent Lovejoy is depicted as being in the first scene. It doesn't really match his later actions. |
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05-16-2013, 04:35 AM | #16571 |
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Still busy with reading the Wheel of Time series. Finished book 10 and 1/3 into book 11. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I'm guessing book 10 was the point where I gave up in my original read of the series. Nothing much happens and it seemed vaguely familiar.
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05-16-2013, 05:26 AM | #16573 |
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05-16-2013, 10:01 AM | #16574 |
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NOS4A2 by Joe Hill.
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05-16-2013, 10:29 AM | #16575 |
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I bought the Aug 2012 issue Of Lightspeed Magazine for my Kindle only to get a copy of "Slow Life" by Michael Swanwick, {which I've commented upon earlier} but in fact there are some other excellent stories in this issue which make it an interesting anthology.
I still think that "Slow Life" is the best story there. However a fantasy novelette, "Cotillion" by Delis Sherman runs it very close indeed. There is an interesting Haldeman story. "A Separate War", set in the Forever War universe and a fine short fantasy, "Breaking the Flame" {Kat Howard} using an unusual and very effective narrative structure. "Love Might Be Too Strong a Word" {Charlie Jane Anders} is very much a scifi fun romance with a difference while "Flash Bang Remember" {Tina Connolly & Caroline M. Yoachim} could be described as a very interesting variation on the pocket universe theme. I found "A Moment Before It Struck" {Linda Nagata} a fairly competent fantasy, but otherwise unexceptional. The only stories I found completely uninteresting were "The Necromancer In Love" {Wil McCarthy} and "The `Bookmaking Habits of Select Species" by Ken Lin. But others may well differ. There was also an excerpt from a Carrie Vaughn novel, Kitty Steals The Show--something that one often gets in magazines of this type. The issue also provided some interesting interviews with authors and a section providing an "Author Spotlight" for each contributor. If the issue had a dominating theme it would be an examination of gender issues. Most of the stories dealt with gender conflicts, expectations, and stereotypes, either directly or through subversion. This made it even more interesting as an anthology. In the final analysis, I enjoyed the issue and am glad to have it despite my non-interest in the Carrie Vaughn excerpt and the two stories I found rather boring. |
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