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Post by **Variol Farseer** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:24 pm

At Westercon last weekend, I acquired (having been hand-sold by the author, a grand and hilarious guy) two of the three books by Tee Morris: Morevi and Legacy of Morevi. The first book is available (in abridged form) as a podcast here:

www.podiobooks.com

I did not pick up, but probably will in time, his other novel, Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword. It looks amusingly strange — story of a fantasy-world dwarf who is deposited in Chicago in 1929, sets up as a private eye, and takes on Al Capone.

Post by **duke** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:46 am

After reading and thoroughly enjoying Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, I bought Zodiac the other day. I'm hoping to get around to it after Harry Potter 6.

Post by **gyrehead** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:04 pm

My Australian order just arrived with Jennifer Fallon's Warrior, Wolfblade and Warlord, Kim Wilkins' Giants of the Frost and Karen Miller's Innocent Mage.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 7:26 pm

Two little books I've heard good things about: Lathe of Heaven by Ursula Le Guin, and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:56 am

Ender's Game is excellent. I think you'll particularly enjoy the idea of "3d strategy", and the training in the battle-room.

--A

Post by **Loredoctor** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:26 am

Just bought Iain M Banks' The Algebraist, and picked up Contact dvd.

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:37 am

Is it a Culture novel?

--A

Post by **Loredoctor** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:49 am

Not from what I have read on the back or from the first page.

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:53 am

I won't strain to find it then.

Let me know if it's good.

--A

Post by **Loredoctor** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:03 am

You must love the Culture books (as do I).

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:15 am

I do, as I'm sure I've menioned.

The only one I really enjoyed that wasn't a Culture novel was Feersum Endjinn. (Once I got my head around the phonetic text.)

--A

Post by **Loredoctor** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:24 am

Funny thing is, my favourite Banks novel is non-Culture - Against a Dark Background.

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:39 am

The one with the Lazy Gun and the Solipsist Mercenaries? Wasn't that a Culture novel?

In that case, I retract my statement, for the purposes of adding that book to the non-Culture ones that I like. Hell, that's one of my favourites too, but I could have sworn... Oh well, long and long since I read it.

--A

Post by **Loredoctor** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:47 am

As far as I know it is not Culture; it is set on a system outside of the galaxy so there is no place for humanity to go.

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:18 am

Will have to read it again. (Unfortunately, it's one I don't own myself, but one of the libraries I use has it.)

--A

Post by **Ainulindale** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:19 pm

I just got an absurd shipment from some publishers who all apparently arragend amongst themselves to have all the books arrive on te hsame day:

-ARC of Orphans of Chaos by John C. Wright

-ARC of The Foreigner by Robert J. Sawyer

-TPB of Someplace to be Flying by Charles De Lint

-ARC of Melusine by Sarah Monette

-ARC of Princess of Roumani by Paul Park

-ARC of The Divided Crown by Isabel Glass

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:14 am

Managed to pick up the only volume I'm missing from Feist's Serpent War series, (vol III) necessitating a re-read of the entire series.

--A

Post by **Ainulindale** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:28 am

Just got Coronation: Book One of the Aethlania Regn by John Savo .

Post by **Loredoctor** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:16 am

The World Jones Made, by P.K. Dick

Post by **danlo** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:18 am

My sister gave me that book--very strange concepts. Bio death sorta like The Phoenix, but faster-boy in the plastic bubble stuff--maybe I'll give it another go...made it about three chapters into it. Please tell me what you think.

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