Raven Crowking
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I just finished Thuvia, Maid of Mars and started ERB's The Rider.
[May] What are you reading?
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Krug
Newshound
Halfway through it and finding it getting tedious. Just feels like some parts could have been summarised in a sentence or so, and some of the stories within the story aren't very interesting. Still, the brilliant writing helps things.. slightly.
Raven Crowking
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And, as of yesterday, Gulliver's Travels. The original source of the Yahoo!
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Thief-Hannu-Rajaniemi/dp/0765329492"]The Quantum Thief [/ame]by Hannu Rajaniemi.
I'm about halfway through and so far it's pretty amazing. It kinda reminds me of an updating of Varley's Eight Worlds stories, and I mean that as a high compliment, not as an indication the books' derivative.
The author has a remarkable knack for presenting a complicated far-future setting without resorting to infodumping, which at the same time is full of these wonderfully real, grounding details (some of which are still very imaginative, just non-science fictional) that the reader can immediately relate to.
In short, a wonderful book.
I'm about halfway through and so far it's pretty amazing. It kinda reminds me of an updating of Varley's Eight Worlds stories, and I mean that as a high compliment, not as an indication the books' derivative.
The author has a remarkable knack for presenting a complicated far-future setting without resorting to infodumping, which at the same time is full of these wonderfully real, grounding details (some of which are still very imaginative, just non-science fictional) that the reader can immediately relate to.
In short, a wonderful book.
Super Pony
Studded Muffin
A plague has closed the gates of the city of Wurtbad! Will Mathias Thulman unravel the layers of heresy and intrigue before an entire city pays the price!? I'm hoping it turns out the same way it did last time I read it. All in all, CL Werner delivers a fun pulpy read in his Witch Hunter/Finder/Killer stories.
I think I'm going to hit up The Heroes again after I'm done. The opening battle of that book is the kind of awesome that doesn't fit in my head.
I think I'm going to hit up The Heroes again after I'm done. The opening battle of that book is the kind of awesome that doesn't fit in my head.
Scott DeWar
Prof. Emeritus-Supernatural Events/Countermeasure
I recently read and finished Dresden files: Changes, now reading Neil Gaiman's neverwherre, with Abraham Lincoln: vampire hunter next in the cue.
Just finished reading H.P. Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu".
Slowly making my way through H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness".
I thought "The Call of Cthulhu" was sort of a generic read by today's standards. "At the Mountains of Madness" seems to be turning out to also be a generic read by today's standards. (I didn't read much Lovecraft when I was younger).
I can see where the idea of "ancient astronauts" was first made popular in "The Call of Cthulhu" and "At the Mountains of Madness", before it eventually became a popular generic sci-fi/fantasy trope (ie. such as in the tv show Stargate SG-1).
Slowly making my way through H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness".
I thought "The Call of Cthulhu" was sort of a generic read by today's standards. "At the Mountains of Madness" seems to be turning out to also be a generic read by today's standards. (I didn't read much Lovecraft when I was younger).
I can see where the idea of "ancient astronauts" was first made popular in "The Call of Cthulhu" and "At the Mountains of Madness", before it eventually became a popular generic sci-fi/fantasy trope (ie. such as in the tv show Stargate SG-1).
Finished reading "Fool Moon", book 2 of the Dresden files. I'm still debating if I like the protagonist or not.
Right now I'm reading "CCNA ICND2 Official Exam Certification Guide". So far no vampires, werewolves, orcs, goblins, magic or supernatural of any kind. But I'm holding out hope that the book ends well.
Right now I'm reading "CCNA ICND2 Official Exam Certification Guide". So far no vampires, werewolves, orcs, goblins, magic or supernatural of any kind. But I'm holding out hope that the book ends well.
