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03-02-2020, 03:51 AM #476Registered User
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I am currently reading the Throne of Glass series. If you are into this type of thing I highly recommend.
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03-03-2020, 09:50 PM #477Registered User
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Barbarian Days -- William Finnegan. Saw it's been recommended a bunch, but seriously good.
Thanks for the other suggestions.
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03-03-2020, 09:55 PM #478
Just got this, but I haven’t read it yet...
https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...uining-wyomingForum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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03-04-2020, 04:35 AM #479
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03-04-2020, 09:26 AM #480
If you dig fantasy in the vein of AMERICAN GODS or THE SOMNAMBULIST, the Peter Clime's 2017 novel PARADOX BOUND is a fun read that turns the time-honored road trip trope into a fun alternate history romp.
RIYL
American Gods; The Somnambulist; The Matrix; National Treasure
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03-05-2020, 08:41 PM #481
Just ripped through UNDERGROUND AIRLINES by Ben H. Winters.
It is an alternate history yarn mixed with secret government agent thriller. Fast paced with strong characters and quite a bit of overt socio-political subtext.
RIYL
The Man In The High Castle; Two Trains Running; The Bone Labyrinth
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03-07-2020, 11:17 PM #482
Finally finished it. Pretty rare for the last 10% of a novel to be that much of a slog. Okay, the last two (short) chapters were pretty good; not a smashing ending, but it worked well enough.
I think one big problem with Fall (and I never thought I’d say this about a Neal Stephenson book) is that it’s insufficiently imaginative. A digital new world follows the meatspace world prototype so closely that it contains early characters actually named Adam and Eve. The later bitworld sagas, when isolated from the fact that they’re set in a digital simulation, only barely qualify as science fiction or fantasy; they’re just quasi-biblical dramas in which certain characters have supernatural powers or quirks.
So, skip Fall. There are some excellent Stephenson books, and the earliest ones are the most fun.
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03-08-2020, 06:41 AM #483
The End Is Always Near...Apocalyptic moments from the Bronze Age collapse to nuclear near misses..by Can Carlin.
what's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?
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03-21-2020, 10:35 AM #484
Just started “Where the crawdads sing” by Delia Owens...the writer’s voice has got me sucked in so far...
Ebooks, for the win, with the library sys closed
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03-21-2020, 11:29 AM #485
If it hasn’t been mentioned, I’m enjoying “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles.
His other book “Rules of Civility” is supposedly good as well, but I haven’t gotten to it yet.
Sent from my iPad using TGR ForumsIt makes perfect sense...until you think about it.
I suspect there's logic behind the madness, but I'm too dumb to see it.
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03-21-2020, 11:59 AM #486
OK Boomer!
I just starter a good memoir called "Songs Only You Know" by Sean Madigan Hoen. Great read so far. https://www.amazon.com/Songs-Only-Yo...4813528&sr=8-1
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03-21-2020, 12:07 PM #487
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03-21-2020, 12:57 PM #488
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03-21-2020, 01:56 PM #489
I'm reading Long Road To Mercy by David Baldacci. It is good
“How does it feel to be the greatest guitarist in the world? I don’t know, go ask Rory Gallagher”. — Jimi Hendrix
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03-23-2020, 02:45 AM #490Registered User
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Thanks I will read
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03-23-2020, 10:50 AM #491
"Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel is a pretty good post-apocalyptic novel for those looking for that kind of uplifting stuff right now.
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03-23-2020, 05:06 PM #492
Just finished The Wives by Tarryn Fisher. Quick read, pretty good psychological thriller.
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03-25-2020, 09:12 AM #493Registered User
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The Screwtape Letters
The Screwtape Letters is a Christian apologetic novel by C. S. Lewis, a great book. I strongly recommend it. If you read it, please give me your feedback
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03-25-2020, 09:14 AM #494
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03-26-2020, 01:42 PM #495
Listicles be abounding in this time of CovidSIPing...
Wired's Best Sci-fi List:
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/best-sci-fi-books
I have only read 2 of the 21 listed...
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03-26-2020, 02:32 PM #496Registered User
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That's a good list, aside from Jurassic Park. I've read 15.
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03-26-2020, 02:53 PM #497
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03-26-2020, 02:59 PM #498
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03-26-2020, 03:39 PM #499
Start with Foundation; an absolute masterpiece.
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03-26-2020, 06:56 PM #500Registered User
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It misses a lot of classics, but it's a good sampling of different types of SF and provides a jumping off point for readers. I would have probably added Fahrenheit 451, 1984, A Canticle for Leibowitz, The Forever War, and Ender's Game (but then would have had to figure out what to drop).
Agree on Foundation. If you like it, read The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress and The Three-Body Problem. If you liked Neuromancer better, read Snow Crash.
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