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« Reply #1185 on: October 15, 2009, 01:44:40 PM » |
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That's on my shelf, but I'm waiting to finish my re-read of Feet of Clay, as well as doing some Halloween-related reading at a seasonally appropriate time before starting in on it.
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« Reply #1186 on: October 19, 2009, 06:30:44 AM » |
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OK finished it, loved it, actually thought about finding somewhere where there's a football league.  Mr Nutt is excellent as new characters go. Almost all of the regulars are referenced or featured save the witches and even they get a minor nod with a mention of Queen Ynci from Lords and Ladies (which is appropriate since this one contains a Tolkien reversal that corresponds to the one in L&L, which is great considering this is about football and a lazier author might have gone the Tolkien route). I think there is something of Soames Forsyte in how Pratchett has portrayed Vetinari; initially a plainly bad character, eventually a rather endearing (if severe) one. Certainly the little anecdote about otters that he tells at dinner is one of my favourite Vetinari moments. |
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« Reply #1187 on: October 24, 2009, 10:40:38 AM » |
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 This just arrived. I still have to finish the Arthur C Clark collection, then Odysseys 3 and 4. Then I may get to this. |
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« Reply #1188 on: November 06, 2009, 07:12:54 AM » |
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Recently finished listening to the unabridged Dr. No -- pretty good. Better than the movie, but the movie always bored me, and it sticks pretty close to the book. Dr. No is himself far more interesting in the book, and his launch into his autobiography at dinner seems less stilted. As beautiful as Ursula Andress is, she can't compare to Fleming's Honeychile Ryder (the wonder of books indeed).
Also just finished the Star Trek: Enterprise novel relaunch, The Good that Men Do, which tries (and mostly succeeds) at undoing the mess that was the series finale. Good characterization, and spot-on dialogue.
I think I'll be starting Colfer's And Another Thing... shortly, along with a couple of other books.
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« Reply #1189 on: November 06, 2009, 01:23:08 PM » |
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Finished up Odyssey 3 the other day, now I'm working on The Final Odyssey. Three was a bit of a disappointment to me. Just seemed like very little actually happened. I'm enjoying this one though, even if it seems like he's gone a bit future technology crazy.
Tried finding someone's suggestion of Octavia Butler at my school's library, but found nothing. I'll have to try some other library soon.
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« Reply #1190 on: November 06, 2009, 01:25:06 PM » |
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Finished up Odyssey 3 the other day, now I'm working on The Final Odyssey. Three was a bit of a disappointment to me. Just seemed like very little actually happened. I'm enjoying this one though, even if it seems like he's gone a bit future technology crazy.
Tried finding someone's suggestion of Octavia Butler at my school's library, but found nothing. I'll have to try some other library soon.
Municipal libraries are marvelous and underused resources. I suggest you try yours. Even if you can't get it there, you can probably ILL (inter-library-loan) it from another nearby one. |
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« Reply #1191 on: November 06, 2009, 01:34:47 PM » |
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Finished up Odyssey 3 the other day, now I'm working on The Final Odyssey. Three was a bit of a disappointment to me. Just seemed like very little actually happened. I'm enjoying this one though, even if it seems like he's gone a bit future technology crazy.
Tried finding someone's suggestion of Octavia Butler at my school's library, but found nothing. I'll have to try some other library soon.
Municipal libraries are marvelous and underused resources. I suggest you try yours. Even if you can't get it there, you can probably ILL (inter-library-loan) it from another nearby one. There is one that wouldn't be too far if I had a car or it wasn't too cold out, since I hate walking in the cold (and snow, as it seems we are getting now). Though now that I think about it I think there's one near the bus stop downtown. I'll check it out whenever I get a chance. |
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« Reply #1192 on: November 12, 2009, 12:51:02 PM » |
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Finished 3001, then started and finished Look at the Birdie. I should be able to finish another book before I can make it to the library, so I'll be reading Childhood's End next.
Is there any particular Octavia Butler work I should start with?
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« Reply #1193 on: November 13, 2009, 01:15:05 AM » |
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Reading Stephen King's IT for the first time.
Also, read Clear and Present Danger, the first Tom Clancy novel I've read. It was very good, and so was the movie. Pretty rare, that.
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« Reply #1194 on: November 14, 2009, 01:21:50 AM » |
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About 400 pages into Stephen King's latest opus - "Under the Dome"
Enjoying it so far, and despite the length its actually a pretty quick read.
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« Reply #1195 on: November 14, 2009, 09:56:25 AM » |
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About 400 pages into Stephen King's latest opus - "Under the Dome"
Enjoying it so far, and despite the length its actually a pretty quick read.
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« Reply #1196 on: November 27, 2009, 03:08:21 AM » |
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« Reply #1197 on: November 27, 2009, 07:21:10 AM » |
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I just finished a biography of Bob Dylan entitled "Behind the Shades" and now I ma reading "The Call of Cthulu and other stories" by HP Lovecraft
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« Reply #1198 on: November 27, 2009, 08:03:24 AM » |
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Thumbs up for H.P. Lovecraft. "Shadow Over Innsmouth" remains one of the greatest horror short stories ever written, perhaps the greatest.
I'm in the middle of Charles Bukowski's "Ham On Rye," right now, the book about his awful childhood. Very dark in parts, but shot through with his usual black humour. I don't know if I'd recommend it as a place to start with Bukowski. "Post Office" is probably the best of his novels to start with. Which MST3K episode has the reference to Bukowski's sink in it? I think it's one of the Bert I Gordon films.
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« Reply #1199 on: November 27, 2009, 08:12:23 AM » |
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Thumbs up for H.P. Lovecraft. "Shadow Over Innsmouth" remains one of the greatest horror short stories ever written, perhaps the greatest.
I'm in the middle of Charles Bukowski's "Ham On Rye," right now, the book about his awful childhood. Very dark in parts, but shot through with his usual black humour. I don't know if I'd recommend it as a place to start with Bukowski. "Post Office" is probably the best of his novels to start with. Which MST3K episode has the reference to Bukowski's sink in it? I think it's one of the Bert I Gordon films.
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