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Let's give some love to The Atrocity Archives by giving it a second & third. I've read other books by Charles Stross and he's a really good writer.
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04-21-2016, 02:00 PM | #32 |
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It's not high on my list, Jon, so I'm holding my last nomination/second in my hand for the moment. The reference to Lovecraft in the description didn't exactly thrill me. However, that being said, if we don't get any more that I need to spend my last token on, I'll give The Atrocity Archives a nod, at least to get it into the voting stage.
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I'll third The End of Eternity.
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04-21-2016, 03:03 PM | #34 |
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I am in the same boat about the Atrocity Archives, I want to see if there is something I haven't read before first.
For anyone who is possibly interested in the Laundry Files, they are certainly Lovecraftian, but they have a lot of dark humor. Almost a James Bond meets Lovecraft with additional governmental red tape and office politics thrown in for good measure. There are also some free novella's available that are set in the same world. These are all set after the events in The Atrocity Archives so there might be some spoilers, but I don't remember anything specific. It has been 5 years since I read TAA though. Down on the Farm - 40 pages - This was my favorite of the three. Overtime - 25 pages - Hugo Award nominated novellette, 2010 Equoid - 65 pages - Hugo Award winning novella, 2014 |
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I second Looking Through Lace, and I want to nominate The Giver by Lois Lowry.
I watched the film some time ago and not entirely disliked it, but I'm curious about the book since it seems to have received some acclaim. Here is the amazon link: The Giver, kindle edition |
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I'll second The Giver.
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04-21-2016, 03:49 PM | #37 |
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Before I will give a nod to a book, it needs to have a description so I can read if I am interested and there needs to be a link to an ePub edition. So for now, The Giver is a no go.
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Description for The Giver from Amazon:
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The Giver in ePub
Oh yeah, forgot to add links to epub versions, here they are:
The Giver at Kobo The Giver at Google Play On further reading about it on Goodreads, it seems that it's aimed at children and is also popular as school reading assignment; that explains the size |
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I didn't see it on the list of previous book club titles, so I'll nominate Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
http://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-Worl...rave+new+world From Amazon: Quote:
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I've read Brave New World and it's a dull depressing book. But I will second The Giver.
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I'll second Brave New World.
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I'll nominate A Door Into Summer by Robert A Heinlein.
A popular and enduring time travel tale by one of science fiction's all-time greats When Dan Davis is crossed in love and stabbed in the back by his business associates, the immediate future doesn't look too bright for him and Pete, his independent-minded tomcat. Suddenly, the lure of suspended animation, the Long Sleep, becomes irresistible and Dan wakes up 30 years later in the 21st century, a time very much to his liking. The discovery that the robot household appliances he invented have been mass produced is no surprise, but the realization that, far from having been stolen from him, they have, mysteriously, been patented in his name is. There's only one thing for it. Dan somehow has to travel back in time to investigate. He may even find Pete ... |
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