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"Red Seas Under Red Skies" by Scott Lynch. It's the sequel to "The Lies of Locke Lamora". So far so good!
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Finished the rest of Feintuch's Seafort saga - 'Voices of Hope', 'Patriarch's Hope', and 'Children of Hope'. Now on his Rodrigo of Caledon books - finished 'The Still', and busy with 'The King'.
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Perdido Street Station (Mieville): I'm about half-way through, and this book is a blast. Dude can really write.
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Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go.
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Hal Clement's Mission of Gravity.
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Ur-Ted wrote:Perdido Street Station (Mieville): I'm about half-way through, and this book is a blast. Dude can really write.
I thought that Perdido was a great read as well. Very different from anything I had read prior. Check out "The Scar" after you're done with Perdido.
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Murrin wrote:Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go.
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pat5150 wrote:[Mod Edit: Fatal Revenant reviews may contain spoilers for the novel. Read at own risk.]

I was eager to read the second volume of The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Though a vast introduction, The Runes of the Earth, with its cliffhanger ending, left fans begging for more. Hence, I couldn't wait to return to the Land once more, and see where Fatal Revenant would take this tale.

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Nevertheless, fans of the Thomas Covenant saga should love this new installment.

Fatal Revenant is for aficionados who crave high fantasy tales with depth and substance.

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Brinn wrote:
Ur-Ted wrote:Perdido Street Station (Mieville): I'm about half-way through, and this book is a blast. Dude can really write.
I thought that Perdido was a great read as well. Very different from anything I had read prior. Check out "The Scar" after you're done with Perdido.
Hey, Ur-Ted,
The second half of Perdido Street Station is much better than the brilliant first half.

This writer is a genius who obviously works out the entire plot from beginning to end ahead of time and, therefore, makes everything fit together perfectly.

Anyone read Iron Council by Mielville? I haven't yet.

By the way, anyone know how to pronounce China Mielville's name?
I'm guessing Cheena Mee-ellville, rather than Mealville.
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mee-AY-vill?

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I always assumed 'May-vill', dunno why!
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Anyone read Iron Council by Mielville? I haven't yet.
Yeah, I read it. Not bad but not in the same class as Perdido or The Scar.

Just my $.02 but I always thought his name was pronounced "May-Vill" as well.
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frankELF wrote: By the way, anyone know how to pronounce China Mielville's name?
I'm guessing Cheena Mee-ellville, rather than Mealville.
You've got one too many "L's" in there; it's Mieville, with an accent on the e. I think it's Mee-ay-ville, too (or maybe Mee-ay-veal if your French).
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C.J.Cherryh's Foreigner. I have to say that she is one of the best sci-fi authors. Her books are excellent.
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I just started Altered Carbon (Richard Morgan?). It seems pretty good; so far it looks like a standard detective novel in a sci-fi setting. I'm only on the 4th or 5th chapter, so there may well be some big surprises in store.
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I quite enjoyed Altered Carbon (and i think there are a couple of sequels too aren't there? If memory serves - and it doesn't always! - the plot thickens later in series)

Does anyone know if China Meiville has written/is writing any more books set in Perdido world (there you go, memory failed!)
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