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DanaC · 01-12-2007, 08:32 AM

Oh....Oh oh...Sean McMullen rocks! I recently read the two Moonworlds books.I am so impressed with this writer. Mind you, Australia does produce more than its fair share of quirky, quality sci-fi and fantasy. Greg Egan springs to mind. (up til five minutes ago, I was mistakenly under the impression that Jonathan Lethem was Australian.....apparently he isn't:P so God knows whose author biog details I've got that from

wolf · 01-13-2007, 03:53 PM

I am now officially reading Book 1 of The Dresden Files, Storm Front, by Jim Butcher.

Clodfobble · 01-13-2007, 05:31 PM

Finally finished "A Feast for Crows" and have now started "The Time Traveler's Wife." Someday I may finish the books I got for my birthday and get into the stack of books from Christmas...

Perry Winkle · 01-13-2007, 05:35 PM

Currently Reading:

The Android's Dream, John Scalzi
Theodore E. Roosevelt, <something> <initial> Pringle
The Creative Habit, Twyla Tharp
The Island of the Day Before, Umberto Eco
The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett
The Pickaxe Book, Pragmatic Programmers

DanaC · 01-13-2007, 05:45 PM

The Time Traveller's Wife, is a wonderful book.

Right now, I am being a total geek/fan-girl and reading a Torchwood book

I am also dipping in and out of Councils and Synods of the English Church 871-1204

Ibby · 01-13-2007, 10:46 PM

My mom just finished that book, dana. I guess we still have it somewhere. Should I read it?

Urbane Guerrilla · 01-14-2007, 05:22 AM

Fobble, Evelyn Wood is now available in book form. Gotta read it through one of these days myself.

I think The Light Fantastic was the last Pratchett I read, couple months back -- typical enough, a light confection to enjoy once and give back to the public library.

Early Julian May was more my meat, though I haven't maintained nearly as much interest in his later books.

Clodfobble · 01-14-2007, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Early Julian May was more my meat, though I haven't maintained nearly as much interest in his later books.

Do you consider the Galactic Milieu stuff to be earlier or later? (Julian May's a she, BTW...) Those were definitely my favorite of hers.

Perry Winkle · 01-14-2007, 11:35 AM

Just started The Absolute Sandman, Vol. I

I don't really get the comic book (or graphic novel) thing. There are so few words and you have to rely on someone else's interpretation of what things look like. Few illustrations are ever as compelling as the image in my mind's eye.

lumberjim · 01-14-2007, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

The Time Traveller's Wife, is a wonderful book.

i loved that book, too. what a neat concept.

Happy Monkey · 01-14-2007, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by grant

I don't really get the comic book (or graphic novel) thing. There are so few words and you have to rely on someone else's interpretation of what things look like. Few illustrations are ever as compelling as the image in my mind's eye.

On the other hand, a good artist can give a character an expression that if fully described in prose would be clunky and unweildy, but as a single frame of art is eloquent. There are many such instances in Sandman... I wish I could read that again for the first time.

Perry Winkle · 01-14-2007, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

On the other hand, a good artist can give a character an expression that if fully described in prose would be clunky and unweildy, but as a single frame of art is eloquent. There are many such instances in Sandman... I wish I could read that again for the first time.

I'm another 50 pages in. Now I completely get it. Fantastic.

JayMcGee · 01-14-2007, 07:46 PM

Dana, you might like 'British Summer Time' by Paul Cornell - he wrote a couple of the DrWho episodes.

Griff · 01-14-2007, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

i loved that book, too. what a neat concept.

Pete loved that as well. Are you approving it for the bits and pieces crowd?

lumberjim · 01-14-2007, 10:09 PM

the bits and pieces crowd...?

short attention span? limited reading time?

i listened to it on mp3 in the car, and it was compelling. It's about a guy who has an involuntary condition called temporal displacement. He time travels to different periods of his own life, forward and backward, at random times. He has no control over where or when he goes. He meets his wife when she is 6 years old and he is ?40. Then he meets her for the first time when she is 18 and he is 26. She knows him, but he doesn't know her.....although she's known him practically all of her life. You get accustomed to the flow of it pretty quickly.

read it.

01-12-2007, 08:32 AM	#661
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Oh....Oh oh...Sean McMullen rocks! I recently read the two Moonworlds books.I am so impressed with this writer. Mind you, Australia does produce more than its fair share of quirky, quality sci-fi and fantasy. Greg Egan springs to mind. (up til five minutes ago, I was mistakenly under the impression that Jonathan Lethem was Australian.....apparently he isn't:P so God knows whose author biog details I've got that from Last edited by DanaC; 01-12-2007 at 08:41 AM.

01-13-2007, 03:53 PM	#662
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I am now officially reading Book 1 of The Dresden Files, Storm Front, by Jim Butcher. __________________ 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

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Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	My mom just finished that book, dana. I guess we still have it somewhere. Should I read it? __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

01-14-2007, 05:22 AM	#667
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Fobble, Evelyn Wood is now available in book form. Gotta read it through one of these days myself. I think The Light Fantastic was the last Pratchett I read, couple months back -- typical enough, a light confection to enjoy once and give back to the public library. Early Julian May was more my meat, though I haven't maintained nearly as much interest in his later books. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

01-14-2007, 07:46 PM	#673
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	Dana, you might like 'British Summer Time' by Paul Cornell - he wrote a couple of the DrWho episodes. __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

01-13-2007, 05:31 PM	#663
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Finally finished "A Feast for Crows" and have now started "The Time Traveler's Wife." Someday I may finish the books I got for my birthday and get into the stack of books from Christmas...

01-13-2007, 05:35 PM	#664
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Currently Reading: The Android's Dream, John Scalzi Theodore E. Roosevelt, <something> <initial> Pringle The Creative Habit, Twyla Tharp The Island of the Day Before, Umberto Eco The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett The Pickaxe Book, Pragmatic Programmers

01-13-2007, 05:45 PM	#665
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	The Time Traveller's Wife, is a wonderful book. Right now, I am being a total geek/fan-girl and reading a Torchwood book I am also dipping in and out of Councils and Synods of the English Church 871-1204

01-14-2007, 11:35 AM	#669
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Just started The Absolute Sandman, Vol. I I don't really get the comic book (or graphic novel) thing. There are so few words and you have to rely on someone else's interpretation of what things look like. Few illustrations are ever as compelling as the image in my mind's eye.

01-14-2007, 10:09 PM	#675
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	the bits and pieces crowd...? short attention span? limited reading time? i listened to it on mp3 in the car, and it was compelling. It's about a guy who has an involuntary condition called temporal displacement. He time travels to different periods of his own life, forward and backward, at random times. He has no control over where or when he goes. He meets his wife when she is 6 years old and he is ?40. Then he meets her for the first time when she is 18 and he is 26. She knows him, but he doesn't know her.....although she's known him practically all of her life. You get accustomed to the flow of it pretty quickly. read it. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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