What are you reading? What was the last book you enjoyed?
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adgy-san
PJ Harvey is God
Haha! You silly Adgy!
Let's play the fantastic four game, so I'll recommend these.
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Terror by Dan Simmons
Books of Blood Volumes 1-3 by Clive Barker
The Shining by Stephen King
Ok, I have actually read The Shining, though.
Kings Provisional
Bar room hero
Revalation Space- Alastair Reynolds
From his Amazon page: "Alastair Reynolds was born in Wales in 1966. He has a Ph.D. in astronomy. From 1991 until 2007, he lived in The Netherlands, where he was employed by The European Space Agency as an astrophysicist. He is now a full-time writer."
Turns out he is a pretty good sci-fi writer and this is his first effort. A hard sci-fi space opera book that I enjoyed.
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This is the second book of Paolo Bacigalupi's I've read, the first being Ship Breaker, which was a pretty great novel, actually. The Windup Girl is far more adult in nature (sexual situations) than SB was, but is a thoroughly enjoyable read so far. Based in the same post-apocalyptic/dystopian world as SB.
His writing style is brilliant. Try this one or Ship Breaker. You won't be sorry!
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Revalation Space- Alastair Reynolds
From his Amazon page: "Alastair Reynolds was born in Wales in 1966. He has a Ph.D. in astronomy. From 1991 until 2007, he lived in The Netherlands, where he was employed by The European Space Agency as an astrophysicist. He is now a full-time writer."
Turns out he is a pretty good sci-fi writer and this is his first effort. A hard sci-fi space opera book that I enjoyed.
LOVE **** like this, and I'm always looking for GOOD hard scifi. Added to the kindle's wish list! Thanks!
Third in a series from author Chris Wooding chronicling the adventures of the crew of the spaceship Ketty Jay. As with the previous books, this is very much in the style of Firefly and is a very good read.
This looks cool! Except for the endorsement of Peter F. Hamilton, that is. His stuff is absolute dreck. Don't believe me? Read his book, The Reality Dysfunction, the first of three in the abysmal Night's Dawn trilogy.
Interstellar zombies??? REALLY?? Bugger off!!
Liked it as a teen. Tried to re-read it recently and simply fell asleep. Good lord, boring.
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Salty Dog
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Finally getting around to reading The God Delusion. So far, it's awesome.
Is there like a reminder site, maybe you can hit me over the head. Even though his stuff has spanned years for me it's never hit a dead spot where i needed to be "ready" to read it.Out next June:
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I know what you mean by this. There are authors or book series I love where waiting sucks, and by the time a new book comes out in the series, I've forgotten to check the website or whatever and then "all-of-the-sudden" I'm all like: "WHOA!! THE NEW BOOK IS OUT!?!?! IN PAPERBACK!?!?!? FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS!??!?"
Now, reading electronically, I pre-order through Amazon. When the book is released, it is automatically delivered to the Kindle app on my iPad. Never miss a new book.
adgy-san
PJ Harvey is God
Same here. I find the best ways to keep up are to either pre-order the book, or add a reminder to my phone calendar. For some authors, adding/following them on Facebook works, too, but that can be hit or miss, especially if you don't regularly comment or Like posts by them, thanks to the way FB does things.
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pug
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Another completely shameless plug for a friend. (who writes some pretty damn good books)
Just finished Clockwork Angels, The Novel on my commute home the other night. It was an enjoyable read, for the most part. But that was mostly because of the Rush lyrics and song titles that Kevin J. Anderson wove into the story...kinda like Easter eggs for die-hard fans of the band. The story was fairly good, but the ending left quite a bit to be desired, in my opinion.
So, on to reading Orson Scott Card's newest!
By the way, jammer...this is one I'd have totall forgotten about had I not put in the per-order with amazon.com. It automatically downloaded to my iPad's kindle app the day it came out!!
So, on to reading Orson Scott Card's newest!
By the way, jammer...this is one I'd have totall forgotten about had I not put in the per-order with amazon.com. It automatically downloaded to my iPad's kindle app the day it came out!!
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kingkrazy
Prospect
What did you think of this book? This is the first Koontz book I've read in about 15 years, just getting into reading again, thank you Kindle! It was OK, but nothing like his older stuff and I agree with you, much slower. I remember his older books started from the get go and kept going. I am not sure what I will read next. I was told that Joe Hill is really good, So I think that's next.
kingkrazy
Prospect
Just finished Clockwork Angels, The Novel on my commute home the other night. It was an enjoyable read, for the most part. But that was mostly because of the Rush lyrics and song titles that Kevin J. Anderson wove into the story...kinda like Easter eggs for die-hard fans of the band. The story was fairly good, but the ending left quite a bit to be desired, in my opinion.
So, on to reading Orson Scott Card's newest!
By the way, jammer...this is one I'd have totall forgotten about had I not put in the per-order with amazon.com. It automatically downloaded to my iPad's kindle app the day it came out!!
How long is your commute? I'm a slow reader so I'm envious of people that can read a book or two a week.
Just read the two books of The Vitalis Chronicles by Jay Swanson. Hope a third book is in the works soon.
The Vitalis Chronicles | The Fantasy Trilogy by author Jay Swanson | The Vitalis Chronicles
The Vitalis Chronicles | The Fantasy Trilogy by author Jay Swanson | The Vitalis Chronicles
