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PAG 12-01-14 01:00 PM

What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Just finished:

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mndtrp 12-01-14 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by EEz28 (Post 12316732)
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I was blown away by this book. A definite must read if a sci-fi fan. Need to get Fall of Hyperion soon.

I really liked it, too.

Started:
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brainee 12-01-14 08:13 PM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Just finished:

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I'm a sucker for Lovecraftian stories, so this was right up my alley. Barron does an excellent job establishing interesting scenarios and building an atmosphere of dread. My quibble would be just a few too many stories just ended without any resolution (I can forgive that approach if used every now and then, but this was pretty much every story). Still, it was good enough that I'll be checking out other works by the author.

Are his novels any good?

Geofferson 12-01-14 10:29 PM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Finishing up:

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Hokeyboy 12-02-14 10:14 AM

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writer106 12-06-14 03:21 PM

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Nick Danger 12-07-14 04:27 PM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Farnham's Freehold by Heinlein.

Heinlein tries to write a novel in the 1950s serious style. Farnham's a bully, his wife's an alcoholic pill-popper, his son has an oedipal complex, and his daughter has serious daddy issues. They have a lot of nasty arguments, except for Farhnam and his new mistress. The characters all get monologues where they bare their souls. For the second half of the book is an extended sermon that racism is bad. It describes a future when Negros rule the world and white people are the livestock.

A swing and a miss.

EEz28 12-08-14 06:56 AM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Finished:
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movieking 12-08-14 07:41 AM

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Ginwen 12-08-14 03:52 PM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Finally got around to reading
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It was pretty good, not great but a pretty entertaining and quick read (the quick was very appreciated as the book I read before it was War and Peace, which was perfectly good but took me a while to get through).

Now reading
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Shannon Nutt 12-08-14 04:42 PM

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PAG 12-10-14 01:44 PM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Just finished:

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arminius 12-10-14 04:25 PM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 

Originally Posted by Hokeyboy (Post 12320729)

I read this a few years ago. It was pretty good. Thunderstruck by the same guy juxtaposes the invention of wireless by Marconi and another murder that was affected by wireless.


Just started:

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Greg MacGuffin 12-10-14 09:12 PM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Finished:
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brainee 12-10-14 09:32 PM

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Just finished:

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Geofferson 12-11-14 11:36 AM

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lwhy? 12-11-14 01:04 PM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Just Finished:

The Dark Horse by Craig Johnson

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Just Started:

The Last Apprentice: Clash of the Demons by Joseph Delaney

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Canis Firebrand 12-13-14 03:57 PM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Finished:

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Reading:

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kd5 12-13-14 04:54 PM

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Finished The Amber Spyglass, started The Earthsea Trilogy (Ursula K. Le Guin)...


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Greg MacGuffin 12-13-14 07:26 PM

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Finished:
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writer106 12-15-14 10:59 AM

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brainee 12-16-14 05:02 PM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Finished:

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I'm glad I didn't avoid this because of the YA classification. This is about as far away from the Twilight books as you can get.

PileOfFudge 12-17-14 12:56 PM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Gerald's Game by Stephen King. Have been wanting to read this novel for over 20 years.

Geofferson 12-17-14 05:16 PM

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JAA 12-18-14 06:49 AM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 

Originally Posted by PileOfFudge (Post 12336950)
Gerald's Game by Stephen King. Have been wanting to read this novel for over 20 years.

Best of luck. :)

Ginwen 12-19-14 12:34 AM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Moved on to this

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PAG 12-19-14 12:31 PM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Just finished:

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EEz28 12-19-14 06:01 PM

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Finished:
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What a fun book. Really enjoyed.

Started:
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Canis Firebrand 12-20-14 10:40 AM

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Reading:

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writer106 12-20-14 08:33 PM

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thecrazydude 12-21-14 08:13 PM

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Just Finished:
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Currently Reading:
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lwhy? 12-24-14 08:45 PM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Just Finished:

The Last Apprentice: Clash of the Demons by Joseph Delaney

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Just Started:

Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson

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GatorDeb 12-26-14 04:42 AM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 

Originally Posted by Ginwen (Post 12338654)

I assume you read the first one? How did you like it? Sounds really interesting.

wishbone 12-26-14 08:27 AM

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Greg MacGuffin 12-26-14 01:24 PM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Finished:
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PAG 12-29-14 07:58 AM

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Just finished:

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Ginwen 12-29-14 11:05 AM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 

Originally Posted by GatorDeb (Post 12344599)
I assume you read the first one? How did you like it? Sounds really interesting.

First one was ok, second one droned on way too much. It was originally supposed to be two in the series, and I think turning it to three made this second one have way too much padding. I'll still read the third one when it comes out, but I hope it has better pacing.

Now I'm reading
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Hokeyboy 12-29-14 04:15 PM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Did... did I just actually see the phrase "boat-bum Quixote"?

brainee 12-30-14 12:04 AM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
Just finished:

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benedict 12-30-14 01:46 AM

Re: What Are You Reading? (December 2014)
 
I've still not quite finished a couple of books I've had going for a while but felt obliged to start a third today - because neither of the others (China Mieville's "Kraken" & Jo Walton's "Among Others") would have lasted the duration of my commute!

So... I'm now reading John D. MacDonald's "Nightmare in Pink".


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