08-27-2012, 10:07 PM | #14086 |
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08-28-2012, 02:44 AM | #14087 |
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I finished The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin yesterday. I liked it much more than Left Hand of Darkness - it seemed to have a more comprehensible story to hang on to - but I don't think this sociological SF is ever going to really appeal to me. Interesting depiction of an anarchist society, even though I didn't ultimately think it could work.
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08-28-2012, 04:28 PM | #14088 |
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I'm into a Stephen King rush right now. I've watched the truly good movies back when he was hot but never really read any of it.
So last friday I bought a paperback (ugh) for Pet Sematary. I gulped it in one weekend. He's a truly skilled writer, no doubt. I've previously bought his Night Shift collection of short stories for the android Kindle reader, but didn't get much past Jerusalem's Lot. I think that story didn't really do it to me, despite opening the book. Now however I decided to read the stories out of order and am getting a much better kick out of it, though I feel King is really best as a novelist. Thus I also bought The dead zone and am about 11% through it. Pure reading awesomeness like in so long. I'm now decided to read most of his classic material at least. |
08-28-2012, 11:14 PM | #14089 |
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Going back to the classics with The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith.
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08-29-2012, 04:21 AM | #14090 | |
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I'm currently reading The Calling by Neil Cross. It is a novelisation of the (BBC again) TV series Luther, which is an excellent drama about a London-based police detective starring Idris Elba (also starred in The Wire). Cross wrote the TV scripts, and has now started a series based on the characer, of which this is the first, and which has just been shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Award. |
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08-29-2012, 08:51 AM | #14091 |
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08-29-2012, 11:15 AM | #14092 |
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And Ghost Ship is done, on to the just released Dragon Ship. I read this as an eArc, but now reading it as part of going through the complete cycle of this story arc. I've definitely picked up on things I missed the first time through. And enjoying the whole process quite a bit.
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08-29-2012, 10:07 PM | #14093 |
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Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick.
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08-29-2012, 10:25 PM | #14094 |
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Well do they?
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08-29-2012, 11:04 PM | #14095 |
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Before: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.
Now: I Love New York by Lindsey Kelk Next: The Gunslinger by Stephen King (finaly in ebook!) |
08-30-2012, 04:28 AM | #14096 |
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Nearly finished a reread of Illegal Alien by Robert J. Sawyer. It's been 12 years since I first read it and I am appreciating it even more this time. A highly unusual murder mystery.
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08-30-2012, 04:29 AM | #14097 | |
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Disappointing. The SF elements were poorly done, and a fairly dull coming of age plot. The interesting story is just given in brief recap of events in one character's life. IMO, the author chose the wrong character as the protagonist. Most characters were drawn poorly, although there were good moments. I won't be getting any of the other books in the series. Next I read: Powder and Patch by Georgette Heyer This is her third novel (her second novel seems to be unavailable. I think she didn't like it!). Wow. A splendid romantic romp will well depicted characters. Amazing for a third novel, and a great improvement on her first. A fun read, and I read three or four passages out loud to the people I was with at the time. I definitely do not regret the increase in my TBR list from the Georgete Heyer sale. And now: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling I bought this when it first became available through Pottermore back in March 2012 (to replace my copy of "Harry Potter and the Unauthorised Ebook"). It's been a long time since I've read it, so it's time for a re-read, but I will be spreading them out, I think, rather than trying to read them all back-to-back. |
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08-30-2012, 09:25 AM | #14098 |
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08-30-2012, 01:54 PM | #14099 | |
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Next up: Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899 by Pierre Berton. All the Kate Shugak books I've been reading lately got me thinking about Alaska and the far north, so I hunted down this classic from one of the great historians of the north. Not available on Amazon to a US account, but available on Kobo to a Canadian account. (Thanks, Alf!) Also, probably in parallel, at least one of the Heyer's I have on my TBR. I think An Infamous Army. Though I might try Powder and Patch, since pdurrant has just finished it. |
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