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Old 09-30-2011, 11:51 AM   #2191
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I'm hoping it beats the odds.
It does. It's Stephenson. How can it not?
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Old 09-30-2011, 12:05 PM   #2192
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I'm liking it so far.
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Old 09-30-2011, 12:10 PM   #2193
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Just finished "The Help", by Kathryn Stockett. Great book!
I enjoyed that too. Got a very scruffy copy for minor ducats.
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Old 09-30-2011, 12:30 PM   #2194
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I'm liking it so far.
Anathem? Maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind when I picked it up to read a couple years ago. I couldn't get past the first couple pages.

Anyone started his new book yet?
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Old 09-30-2011, 12:34 PM   #2195
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If you can't get past the first few pages, you're probably running up against xkcd's issue.
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Old 09-30-2011, 12:38 PM   #2196
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Anathem? Maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind when I picked it up to read a couple years ago. I couldn't get past the first couple pages.

Anyone started his new book yet?
I can't afford it yet. Waiting for the Kindle Price Drop.
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Old 09-30-2011, 06:46 PM   #2197
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I adored Anathem. I haven't bought Reamde yet. Scared by reviews calling it too popular/shallow.

I'm curious about the new Terry Goodkind book, too.
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Old 10-01-2011, 04:02 PM   #2198
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Anathem? Maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind when I picked it up to read a couple years ago. I couldn't get past the first couple pages.
It has an awkward start, as I recall. Did you read the explanation of the ancient timeline before starting? Stephenson put in this whole rant with it about how he didn't want to include it, he thought the story was better if you had to pick up the details along the way, but his publisher made him put it in anyway. Personally I thought it was very helpful in picking up on what was going on in the beginning.
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Old 10-08-2011, 07:46 PM   #2199
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Old 10-10-2011, 10:22 AM   #2200
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I just finished The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi. Good sci-fi thumbs up

Starting, Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne. This is a history of the Comanche people, looking very good.
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Old 10-10-2011, 12:51 PM   #2201
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Finished Anathem. It beat the odds.

Starting the Night Circus, as reccommended on NPR.
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Old 10-10-2011, 12:59 PM   #2202
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...as reccommended on NPR.
doesn't this make you a communist?
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Old 10-11-2011, 04:38 PM   #2203
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"The Weird Sisters" by Eleanor Brown.

Liking it very much - is light fun. Three small town sisters with a Shakespearan prof. father, mother with breast cancer and the three girls are messed up one way or another.

escapist fun.
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Old 10-12-2011, 09:20 PM   #2204
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Oh Frabjous Day!

SF Gateway is live.

It's not perfect, but it's a start. Basically it's a list with redirects to places you can purchase the ebooks, if they're available in your jurisdiction.
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Old 10-29-2011, 05:48 PM   #2205
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Sci-fi, but very realistically done - excellent book 1 and am now on book 2 of the series.

The Hunger Games
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