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Old 06-02-10, 05:52 AM
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What are you reading? (June 2010)

Really enjoyed both of the Gillian Flynn's books, but both had endings that seemed rushed and to me, unsatisfactory. Regardless, I'd recommend them both.

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I am halfway through the Spanish version of:




El juego del angel
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Still working on:



But also reading:

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Re: What are you reading? (June 2010)

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But also reading:

Christ, one is denser than the next!

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And will start this as soon as my copy arrives:
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Started last night:

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Just to start off the month
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Just finished:


Will finish this weekend:


Will start next week:
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Re: What are you reading? (June 2010)

Just finished:


Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger



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Michael Chabon's The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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I've been re-reading probably the greatest sci-fi compendium ever:

'Famous Science-Fiction Stories' edited by Raymond J. Healy. This is stories from the classic era and it has the best of the best in authors and stories. I had forgotten how good stuff like 'Black Destroyer', 'He Who Shrank', 'Who Goes There', and 'Requiem' were. What a blast.

List of stories below.

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Introduction '46 Healy & McComas essay
Requiem '40 Robert A. Heinlein story
Forgetfulness '37 John W. Campbell [as Don A. Stuart] story
Nerves '42 Lester del Rey novella
The Sands of Time '37 P. Schuyler Miller novella
The Proud Robot '43 Henry Kuttner [as Lewis Padgett] story
Seeds of the Dusk '38 Raymond Z. Gallun story
Black Destroyer [Space Beagle] '39 A.E. van Vogt story
Symbiotica [Jay Score/Marathon] '43 Eric Frank Russell story
Heavy Planet '39 Milton A. Rothman [as Lee Gregor] story
Time Locker '43 Henry Kuttner [as Lewis Padgett] story
The Link '42 Cleve Cartmill story
Mechanical Mice '41 Eric F. Russell [as Maurice G. Hugi] story
V-2: Rocket Cargo Ship '45 Willy Ley essay
Adam & No Eve '41 Alfred Bester story
Nightfall '41 Isaac Asimov story
A Matter of Size '34 Harry Bates novella
As Never Was '44 P. Schuyler Miller story
Q.U.R. '43 Anthony Boucher story
Who Goes There? '38 John W. Campbell [as Don A. Stuart] novella
The Roads Must Roll '40 Robert A. Heinlein story
Asylum '42 A.E. van Vogt story
Quietus '40 Ross Rocklynne story
The Twonky '42 Henry Kuttner/C.L. Moore [as Lewis Padgett] story
Time-Travel Happens! '39 A.M. Phillips essay
Robot's Return '38 Robert Moore Williams story
The Blue Giraffe '39 L. Sprague de Camp story
Flight into Darkness '43 J.F. McComas [as Webb Marlowe] story
The Weapons Shop '42 A.E. van Vogt story
Farewell to the Master '40 Harry Bates story
Within the Pyramid '37 R. DeWitt Miller story
He Who Shrank '36 Henry Hasse novella
By His Bootstraps '41 Rbt Heinlein [as Anson MacDonald] novella
The Star Mouse '42 Fredric Brown story
Correspondence Course '45 Raymond F. Jones story
Brain '32 S. Fowler Wright story
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Just finished:



Reading



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Just Finished:


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Just finished:



Now reading:

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Re: What are you reading? (June 2010)

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how was this book?
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