a re-read of RE Feist - Magician (to be followed by Silverthorn & Darkness at Sethannon)
a re-read of RE Feist - Magician (to be followed by Silverthorn & Darkness at Sethannon)
Brian!!!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Would anybody like to be friends on goodreads cause I like to see what other people read to give me more ideas on what to try out and expand my books from the usual authors I've been reading lately.Originally Posted by Jean
yes, gladly! I am Jean Melkovsky
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you very much. My name is Isaac Lopez so expect a request from me.
+ Lewis Shiner - Glimpses
Check it out:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/379197.Glimpses
Yup.
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4644141-gerard-perry
http://www.goodreads.com/OchrisO
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
Thank you, I've sent you a request. Also I have started It. Excited to read it for the first time.http://www.goodreads.com/OchrisO
I was reading The City and The City (by China Miéville) but like other books by him I've read, it ultimately failed to grab me. He's very inventive and creative, which I like a lot... but something's lacking, I'm still not sure what it is, though.
So I decided to move on to my second Dan Simmons book: Flashback. Sounds like an interesting premise and I'm very curious to see whether it's as right-wing or even racist as I've heard!
Everything I have read about Miéville's work makes me think that it would be right up my alley, but I have also had trouble getting into any of his books that i have tried to read.
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
The easiest book of his to get into is Railsea. It's meant to be YA but it's really not. I think that if he keeps writting, he'll be joining the ranks of Gene Wolfe, Tim Powers, Lucius Shepard and the likes. His books make you (at least me) a better and more critical reader. Dude knows his shit, he was an English teacher when he was 18.
Michaël, let me know what you think of Flashback. It's on my "to read list" but seems like it's a very love it or hate it book.
A NEW GAME BEGINS
FYI, I read it and really didn't like it. Way too political for me. (And I agree with most of what Simmons has to say, but...)
John
Like obviously political? If so, I don't think I'd like it. I'm okay with using politics for the narrative or the story or for character motivations, but not when the author's opinions get into it or it takes over the story (Brave New World).
A NEW GAME BEGINS
Flashback is obviously political. It gets mixed reviews, depending on the reviewers political views often times. Simmons has gone on record stating that it is a book of fiction, not a political agenda. If you read it in that manner, it's an incredible story.
I'm not so sure about that. I mean, I'm sure he said it, he wrote about it in one of his "writting well" instalments but if you read his posts on his forum, they're not that much different from the book. I'm 100% sure that the writting is superb but he has so many books I'd rather read than Flashback.
Of course no one knows what's going on in the writer's mind except the writer. Bottom line for me, very political but still great book.
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I just read Midnight Voices by John Saul. Only my second John Saul, but I liked it!
Oh shit. Now I want to read Saul again. Midnight Voices is one of the very few books by him I haven't read (I stopped because those I was reading were steadily getting worse and worse). Now I want to read it. And my to-read list is as long as from here to where you live. In small print.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peter S. Beagle - The Innkeeper's Song
Haha...I've read all of John Sauls stuff. Actually, he was the first author I read once I started browsing through the Adult fiction section as a young, young teen..maybe even at 12. Really good stuff in my opinion. I actually have a signed photo of Saul somewhere along with a letter. Had joined his book club years ago. Yawwwnnn....
Currently reading "Sharp Objects" by Gillian Flynn...author of Gone Girl. For those of you who haven't read Gone Girl...it is a must read. No excuses. You won't be sorry.
G
"Absorb the genius of the moment." -Michael Stipe
"Victory is sweet even deep in the cheap seats." -Connor Oberst
NEED:
One For Road Signed Artist Edition, PS Publishing
The Gunslinger Viking proof
Carrie $7.95 Doubleday later printing
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