The Cellar  

Go Back   The Cellar > Main > Arts & Entertainment
FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Arts & Entertainment Give meaning to your life or distract you from it for a while

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 03-02-2006, 01:29 AM   #376
wolf
lobber of scimitars
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Phila Burbs
Posts: 20,774
Never judge a science fiction novel by it's cover. Cover art on science fiction novels rarely bears any relation to the content. Cover artists tend to be given access to one or two pages of text at most and have to base their artwork on that or a brief description (prepared by some feeb at the publisher's office who didn't read the book either) of one or more of the main characters. Oh, yeah, and rejected cover art is sometimes recycled for another novel. I can't remember what novel it was, but I am pretty sure that cover art that should have gone on Enemy Mine by Barry Longyear ended up on something else ...
__________________
wolf eht htiw og

"Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island

High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

Last edited by wolf; 03-02-2006 at 01:33 AM.
wolf is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-02-2006, 09:44 AM   #377
busterb
NSABFD
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: MS. usa
Posts: 3,908
Anything by Michael McGarrity
__________________
I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.
busterb is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-02-2006, 11:15 AM   #378
wolf
lobber of scimitars
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Phila Burbs
Posts: 20,774
But what's the name of the book ...
__________________
wolf eht htiw og

"Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island

High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis
wolf is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-02-2006, 11:25 AM   #379
FallenFairy
nope
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 322
Christ the Lord - Out of Egypt by Anne Rice
__________________
~going, going... gone now
FallenFairy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-02-2006, 11:28 AM   #380
dar512
dar512 is now Pete Zicato
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Chicago suburb
Posts: 4,968
Quote:
Originally Posted by FallenFairy
Christ the Lord - Out of Egypt by Anne Rice
What did you think of it?
__________________
"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain."
-- Friedrich Schiller
dar512 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-02-2006, 11:37 AM   #381
busterb
NSABFD
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: MS. usa
Posts: 3,908
Michael McGarrity Slowkill, under the color of law, everyone dies. Think that's the ones I've read or reading.
__________________
I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.
busterb is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-02-2006, 12:11 PM   #382
wolf
lobber of scimitars
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Phila Burbs
Posts: 20,774
My line would have been a lot funnier if his book had actually been called "anything".

(I was going for a Who's on first thing).

I'll have to check him out ... any other that compells people to read more of his stuff is usually worth checking out.

Do his books have to be read in order, or can you jump right on on the middle?
__________________
wolf eht htiw og

"Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island

High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis
wolf is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-02-2006, 12:21 PM   #383
FallenFairy
nope
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 322
Quote:
Originally Posted by dar512
What did you think of it?
Actually thought it was pretty good - she definitely got the feel of the times down - you can tell there was quite a bit of research involved...
my only complaint? It's a very easy read - I finished it in like 4 hours... and wanted more.
Have you read it yet?
__________________
~going, going... gone now
FallenFairy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-02-2006, 12:58 PM   #384
busterb
NSABFD
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: MS. usa
Posts: 3,908
Quote:
Originally Posted by wolf
My line would have been a lot funnier if his book had actually been called "anything".
Do his books have to be read in order, or can you jump right on on the middle?
Think it might be best to start in some order, because he uses the same (cariters, hell spell check can't even go with that) "folks."
Maybe have a look at his website?
__________________
I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.
busterb is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-02-2006, 01:13 PM   #385
dar512
dar512 is now Pete Zicato
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Chicago suburb
Posts: 4,968
Quote:
Originally Posted by FallenFairy
Actually thought it was pretty good - she definitely got the feel of the times down - you can tell there was quite a bit of research involved...
my only complaint? It's a very easy read - I finished it in like 4 hours... and wanted more.
Have you read it yet?
No. But I saw news on it when it came out. I may give it a shot.
__________________
"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain."
-- Friedrich Schiller
dar512 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-05-2006, 09:10 AM   #386
FallenFairy
nope
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 322
dar - I do feel it's worth the read - I am looking forward to the next one...
__________________
~going, going... gone now
FallenFairy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-05-2006, 11:14 AM   #387
wolf
lobber of scimitars
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Phila Burbs
Posts: 20,774
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown

(Given my overall disappointment with The DaVinci Code, I'm not holding out much hope for this book either, but I'm giving it a try anyway.)
__________________
wolf eht htiw og

"Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island

High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis
wolf is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-06-2006, 06:30 PM   #388
Cyclefrance
Pump my ride!
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England
Posts: 1,890
Just started 'Every Second Counts' the follow-on by Lancey-baby after his initial 'It's not about the bike'. Judging by first chapter it's going to be as good a read, but saving the rest of it for a very long flight towards the end of the month (bet you can hardly wait to learn what the rest of the book is like...)
__________________
Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears
Cyclefrance is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-15-2006, 03:02 PM   #389
thrillhouse
spoonful of bologna
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: salvation holdout central
Posts: 333
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
__________________
i'm drinking stars
thrillhouse is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-15-2006, 04:31 PM   #390
bluecuracao
in a mood, not cupcake
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 3,034
Quote:
Originally Posted by wolf
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown

(Given my overall disappointment with The DaVinci Code, I'm not holding out much hope for this book either, but I'm giving it a try anyway.)
I read Angels and Demons last year, and thought it was a fun read. Not so good that I'm dying to read The DaVinci Code, though.
bluecuracao is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
books


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 7 (0 members and 7 guests)
 

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:05 AM.


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.