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Old 12-06-2009, 11:55 PM   #1636
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Old 12-07-2009, 12:14 AM   #1637
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this is a good one
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Old 12-07-2009, 06:16 AM   #1638
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That looks rather good Jim. I might get hold of a copy of the series.


I'm thinking, if you haven't already come across them, you might like Joe Abercrombie's trilogy. First one is called Before They Are Hanged, I think. Awesome fantasy series, with a political intrigue at its core (which is what made me think about it now ;p)
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Old 12-07-2009, 01:37 PM   #1639
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One Second After Sure you can discard it as conservative scare tactics, or decide to pick apart the workman -like writing, or debate whether the science holds true... or you could just enjoy it as a novel that might get you to look at your day to day life and dependence on technology.

The basic premise is that the US is shut down by EMP and life must continue.
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Old 12-07-2009, 02:35 PM   #1640
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Eesh. It's an interesting premise, and I went to check it out on Amazon... but just based on the preview pages there, I know I could never get past the crappy writing. Let me know how it ends.
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Old 12-07-2009, 03:53 PM   #1641
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Haven't read Ilium, but I adored Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion. Recommended to me by the lovely man who used to give me a lift to and from work. He hid a burning creative light beneath a cynical, techie carapace. I adored him, and regret losing contact.

I recommended he read Against A Dark Background, and he dismissed it as sci-fi-lite. I claimed it was because it had a female main character (okay, I was 19) and he gave me Hyperion in return. We talked about it for the next week. I was embarrassed that he picked up on far more of the literary references than I did, because I assumed as a techie he wouldn't be well read. Thank goodness I met him, or I might still be insufferable today

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Recently read.
The Good House, Tananarive Due
Supposed to be a horror. FAR too much given away on the back page. Written by a black woman, and all the major characters are black (and most are female). Always interesting to read from a different perspective. No real scares though. Good horror is hard to find.

As you can see below I keep trying though.

London Under Midnight, Simon Clark
Some interesting ideas. Again, supposed to be a new slant on the vampire genre, but not densely written enough to occupy you for more than an afternoon. And the ending was like a soap opera episode.

The Silver Face, Edward Wright
Lightweight, good fun. I'm a big fan of complex and literary murder mysteries. This was neither and I guessed the killer very quickly. Which is not like me. But this killer had a sign round their neck saying, "Hello, I've just been introduced as the killer!" And that was before someone even died. Nicely evocative of '50's Hollywood though.

Monster Nation, David Wellington
Zombie novel. Don't bother.

I've read others, but am losing the desire to write about them.
FTR:
Blood Atonement, Dan Waddell - C
Bloody Mary, Whiskey Sour and Fuzzy Navel[3 novels], J A Konrath - C+
Little Face, Sophie Hannah - C+
The Japanese Corpse, Janwillem Van de Wetering - C

I'll be back at the library sometime this week because I've reserved a DVD (Let the Right One In, if you're wondering), so I'll try to choose more carefully this time, instead of my usual snatch and grab. I also promise a review of Mr Darcy, Vampyre and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
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Old 12-11-2009, 04:41 PM   #1642
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Old 12-15-2009, 02:28 PM   #1643
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Finished it a couple of months ago, really enjoyed it.
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Old 12-15-2009, 02:40 PM   #1644
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Since Late November ...

UR - Stephen King

Creepy novella, about the Kindle, read on a Kindle.

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design - Jonathon Wells, Ph.D.

I usually really like the P.I.G.s, this one got repetitive.

Maximum Ride 1: The Angel Experiment - James Patterson

Free Kindle Download. It was supposed to suck me into reading the rest of the series. It didn't. Think Dark Angel without the EMP but with the mad scientists.

American Gothic - Robert Bloch

Fictionalized account of the story of HH Holmes. Devil in The White City was WAY better, less melodramatic. But melodrama is what I expect from the author of Psycho.

The Prisoner - Thomas M. Disch

Familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. This was published shortly after the original TV series aired.

Am I the Only Sane One Working Here? - Albert T. Bernstein, Ph.D.

Amusing variation on those management guru books.

Going Rogue: An American Life - Sarah Palin

Yes, I really read it. It's actually pretty good. The letter to Trig got me tearing up.

Cunningham's Book of Shadows - Scott Cunningham

A lot of the material appears in his other books, but it has potential as a good reference. I'm not on board with his personifications of Goddess, God, and Creator. One thing that was kind of jarring ... after years of seeing cause of death in the author's bio, it's now downgraded to "after a long illness."

By Reason of Insanity - Randy Singer

Courtroom drama. Another free Kindle Download. I could probably chug along for several years on free downloads alone.
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Old 12-16-2009, 09:49 AM   #1645
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The Eyre Affair had me laughing out loud on the bus.
I'm about halfway through and loving it. Any author who names characters Thursday Next and Jack Schitt is worth a read.
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Old 12-16-2009, 10:32 AM   #1646
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I'm re-reading Kate Atkinson's stuff. LOVE her.



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Old 01-03-2010, 07:49 PM   #1647
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Two-stories-in-one-book cheapie: "The First Mountain Man: Preacher's Justice"/"Fury of the Mountain Man" by William W. Johnstone.
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Old 01-06-2010, 01:54 PM   #1648
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The End of Overeating by Dr. David Kessler...he led the FDA during Bush 41 and Clinton. Good book...very insightful.
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Old 01-06-2010, 02:16 PM   #1649
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I did it, I did it, I did it!!! I finished the Baroque Cycle!!!!!!!

(If you know what it is, you know that making it through is quite the achievement)
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Old 01-06-2010, 04:33 PM   #1650
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