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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 7384377" data-attributes="member: 508">I did indeed enjoy The Hollow Man - it was a refreshing take on telepathy and the downsides having such a power would be like.  As for the ending, I think it helped that I had already previously read Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man, as the concept of "jaunting" was already known to me (although I think he did a fine job of filling in any readers who weren't already familiar with the concept).  And the ending reminded me of a short story I'd read by Larry Niven, in which the suicide rate skyrockets after definite proof of an infinite number of possible universes was proven: if every possible action happens in at least one universe, why not let this be the universe where I just kill myself and be done with it?  Anyway, I'll definitely put him on my list of authors to seek out (while avoiding The Abominable - thanks for the warning).I'm now reading The Shogun's Daughter, the sixteenth of a 17-book series of mystery novels set in 18th-century Japan (the series started in the late 17th-century), starring Sano Inchiro.  I devoured the first 130 pages in one night - it's just as good as the others in the series.  But when I finish it I'll start the final in the series, and I'll be very sad to see the series come to an end.  Laura Joh Rowland's series has never failed to entertain; I fully imagine I'll be rereading them all, start to finish in a row, years from now when I'm retired.Johnathan</blockquote>

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