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wolf · 09-30-2011, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

I'm hoping it beats the odds.

It does. It's Stephenson. How can it not?

Happy Monkey · 09-30-2011, 12:05 PM

I'm liking it so far.

Sundae · 09-30-2011, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Stormieweather

Just finished "The Help", by Kathryn Stockett. Great book!

I enjoyed that too. Got a very scruffy copy for minor ducats.

glatt · 09-30-2011, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

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?

Happy Monkey · 09-30-2011, 12:34 PM

If you can't get past the first few pages, you're probably running up against xkcd's issue.

wolf · 09-30-2011, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

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.

Perry Winkle · 09-30-2011, 06:46 PM

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.

Clodfobble · 10-01-2011, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

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.

BrilliantDisguise · 10-08-2011, 07:46 PM

Griff · 10-10-2011, 10:22 AM

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.

Happy Monkey · 10-10-2011, 12:51 PM

Finished Anathem. It beat the odds.

Starting the Night Circus, as reccommended on NPR.

Trilby · 10-10-2011, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

...as reccommended on NPR.

doesn't this make you a communist?

Trilby · 10-11-2011, 04:38 PM

"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.

wolf · 10-12-2011, 09:20 PM

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.

Stormieweather · 10-29-2011, 05:48 PM

Sci-fi, but very realistically done - excellent book 1 and am now on book 2 of the series.

The Hunger Games

09-30-2011, 12:05 PM	#2192
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I'm liking it so far. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-30-2011, 12:34 PM	#2195
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	If you can't get past the first few pages, you're probably running up against xkcd's issue. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-10-2011, 10:22 AM	#2200
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	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. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-10-2011, 12:51 PM	#2201
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Finished Anathem. It beat the odds. Starting the Night Circus, as reccommended on NPR. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-11-2011, 04:38 PM	#2203
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	"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. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-30-2011, 06:46 PM	#2197
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	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.

10-08-2011, 07:46 PM	#2199
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10-12-2011, 09:20 PM	#2204
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	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. __________________ 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

10-29-2011, 05:48 PM	#2205
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	Sci-fi, but very realistically done - excellent book 1 and am now on book 2 of the series. The Hunger Games __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

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