Books - What are you reading?
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I am reading the first six Gor novels. The chronicles of Tarl Cabot as written by John Normal.
The first six came as a e-pack on Kindle quite inexpensively. I doubt I'll read any more of them. Rip-roaring tales of derring do and the submission of women as slaves. (Quite a bit of the latter...)
The first six came as a e-pack on Kindle quite inexpensively. I doubt I'll read any more of them. Rip-roaring tales of derring do and the submission of women as slaves. (Quite a bit of the latter...)
Was reading The Passage by Justin Cronin, but have taken a break as I just didn't have the attention span for the story. Will get back to it no doubt.
Before that finished : Written in Bones by James Oswald. Part of the inspector McLean series, which has been reasonable reading. Found this story a little bit long winded and not particularly interesting - 3/5.
Currently reading : The end of the World Running Club by Adrian Walker. Post meteorite strike Britain and the struggle of a group of people to get to safety. Enjoying it so far!
Before that finished : Written in Bones by James Oswald. Part of the inspector McLean series, which has been reasonable reading. Found this story a little bit long winded and not particularly interesting - 3/5.
Currently reading : The end of the World Running Club by Adrian Walker. Post meteorite strike Britain and the struggle of a group of people to get to safety. Enjoying it so far!
havoc said:
Edwin Strohacker said:
Don said:
Seven Eves is truly excellent. I devoured it in just a few days.
I think there were some liberties taken with the science on a few points in the name of the story, but as with all his stuff it was very in-depth and nicely written...
Just finished "Trick of the Dark" by Val McDermid, not bad, but not one of her best. I'd gone away from her stuff because there was a Tony Hill / Carol Jordan book that dragged a bit, but recently got another in that series that was pretty good. But this isn't a patch on them, for me.
Edwin Strohacker said:
It's not grabbed me fully yet a couple of hundred pages in. I can't quite put my finger on why. I'll keep going, see if it picks up for me.
The early stuff focused too much on the Doc character, who's a little OTT for me.Once it all gets into space it gets more flow to it...
Doob? I see what you mean. White sky, hard rain, you can't fault the plotting, it's an amazing idea & I find myself wondering hpw the world would proceed under those circumstances, I think it may be forensically written to a fault for me but the concept is so strong, I'll crack on with it without question.
CR6ZZ said:
Have just finished this series. Sci-Fi set in a near future. Really enjoyed them. However, by pure chance I read "Shift" first and would recommend that Shift, Wool and then Dust is indeed the best order to read them in.
Agreed - very good books and reportedly being made into a film/TV programme.Nezquick said:
CR6ZZ said:
Agreed - very good books and reportedly being made into a film/TV programme.I'm a bit of a political diary junkie, especially British ones which tend to be more indiscreet than American ones. I will dip into Clark at random sometimes and always come away with a smile. Currently reading Gyles Brandreth's diaries from his time in Westminster. Very gossipy and indiscreet, obviously not as scandalous as Clark's but fun to read. They weren't available through Amazon US so I had to get them from the U.K. The best from a political machination perspective were Chris Mullins' or Tony Benn's, especially his account of the 60's Wilson government. Alastair Campbells were also interesting but much more guarded.
About 10 chapters into:
Hilarious romp, wonderful humour in the narrative (and presumably the translation skills) make it almost simplistic language. Quickly starts taking unexpected turns, yet themes keep popping up making it delightful and a real "page-turner".
What's it about? Well, unsurprisingly, in the first chapter a 100 year old man climbs out of a window!
Hilarious romp, wonderful humour in the narrative (and presumably the translation skills) make it almost simplistic language. Quickly starts taking unexpected turns, yet themes keep popping up making it delightful and a real "page-turner".
What's it about? Well, unsurprisingly, in the first chapter a 100 year old man climbs out of a window!
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