Science Fiction

[Sway]

I'm listening to it on audible.

It's bloody brilliant having it narrated. Really adds something when it's so familiar, yet with a long time gap from the last paper based experience.

[Matt_N]

Just finished Morning Star, #3 of the Red Rising saga by Pierce Brown. Never really dabbled in sci-fantasy but enjoyed all 3 of them and have just lined up Empire of Silence.

I don’t think I’ll read the others in the Red Rising series, not immediately at least, for me Darrow’s story is complete and I’m not sure if I have the desire to push on with the other books.

[OverSteery]

Matt_N said:

Just finished Morning Star, #3 of the Red Rising saga by Pierce Brown. Never really dabbled in sci-fantasy but enjoyed all 3 of them and have just lined up Empire of Silence.

I don’t think I’ll read the others in the Red Rising series, not immediately at least, for me Darrow’s story is complete and I’m not sure if I have the desire to push on with the other books.

I really enjoyed the Trilogy, but I got bored of book 4 and never finished it!

[Super Sonic]

Grey_Area said:

I have a problem


Its why I wont be lending books to friends any more...

Wasp factory is conspicuous by it's absence.
I notice you have a lot of A. Reynolds, do you find them a bit variable? I have just finished 'Inhibitor Phase', and found it a bit of a slog, but not as bad as 'Revelation Space' which I found really dull, it took three goes to read it. On the other hand 'Chasm City' and 'Absolution Gap' were two of the best books I've read.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Super Sonic said:

Wasp factory is conspicuous by it's absence.

That's one messed up book. Although does have a resonance with me due to its exploration of gender identity.

[Baron Greenback]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Super Sonic said:

Wasp factory is conspicuous by it's absence.

That's one messed up book. Although does have a resonance with me due to its exploration of gender identity.

My O level Art teacher recommend that to read when I was about 14, still the only book I couldnt guess the ending till it happens.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Baron Greenback said:

My O level Art teacher recommend that to read when I was about 14, still the only book I couldnt guess the ending till it happens.

Yes indeed.

I was just about to say that I thought that O-levels were GCSEs by the time The Wasp Factory came out but I just looked it up on Wikipedia and the book was published in 1984! Blimey.

[glazbagun]

Super Sonic said:

Grey_Area said:

I have a problem


Its why I wont be lending books to friends any more...

Wasp factory is conspicuous by it's absence.
I notice you have a lot of A. Reynolds, do you find them a bit variable? I have just finished 'Inhibitor Phase', and found it a bit of a slog, but not as bad as 'Revelation Space' which I found really dull, it took three goes to read it. On the other hand 'Chasm City' and 'Absolution Gap' were two of the best books I've read.

Revelation Space was his first big novel. I feel he wasn't as good at storytelling back then and thus it suffered from being a bit too austere. I read it after finishing the Nights Dawn trilogy which was at the other end of the scale, so Reynolds really cleaned the palate.

I love Chasm City.

[bloomen]

Revelation Space really isn't a very fun read. I return to it every now and then and wonder what I'm doing there.

Plenty of great stuff afterwards.

[Grey_Area]

Super Sonic said:

Grey_Area said:

I have a problem


Its why I wont be lending books to friends any more...

Wasp factory is conspicuous by it's absence.
I notice you have a lot of A. Reynolds, do you find them a bit variable? I have just finished 'Inhibitor Phase', and found it a bit of a slog, but not as bad as 'Revelation Space' which I found really dull, it took three goes to read it. On the other hand 'Chasm City' and 'Absolution Gap' were two of the best books I've read.

Wasp factory is just one of those that went walkabouts; I can't get mad with that person as they are seriously ill; but it still irks me as they were lent it a year before getting ill. Ho Hum; life hey.

Mr Reynolds, ebbs and flows with me, I agree Revelation was a bit of a slog, Chasm I find good, others are somewhat less rememberable, what that says to me is they are probably ok, but neither here nor there...
Books that interest me, at least to start with I generally keep, then re-visit again in a few years time, I might do it once, or with mr Banks, several times.
I find you can pick up subtleties you might have missed before, and sometimes a slightly different angle appears that perhaps hadn't been considered on the first read..
In total in our house, between the three of us, there's over a thousand books...

[Panthro]

Grey_Area said:

Unfortunately yes, the latter part.. they'd look a little more organised if I was returned some of my books, I think I'll right them off, and maybe replace with hardbacks...
maybe search for more signed copies...
that's a positive from a negative I feel..

The only people I lend books or DVDs to now are my brother and sister. I have had so many go on loan and never come back. Including limited editions that are worth a considerable amount.

[Baron Greenback]

Couldn't resist bought Salvation trilogy by Hamilton hardback secondhand on amazon when 1st book was only £1, all 3 for £11. Been a while since catching up on Peter Hamilton books.