Menolly wrote:
I do have several of the Tower and Hive series, which I will start when I finish my Pern reread.
Wait what? You've never read The Rowan? I love those books.
To finish the quote, what I said was...
Menolly wrote:I do have several of the Tower and Hive series, which I will start when I finish my Pern reread. That is a series I have never read before. I approach it knowing it is going to be more sf oriented, similar to how I approached the Crystal Singer series. I understand Tower and Hive is your favorite McCaffrey, Av. I'm looking forward to it.
So that is correct; this will be my first read of The Rowan, Damia, Damia's Children, et. al. I know you love those books, Av. Hence my excitement to get to them.
I haven't read anything in a while-starting Independence Day by Pulitzer winner Richard Ford. but, I just read the short stories; Reave the Just and The Djinn Who Watches Over the Accursed and the first parts of the Killing Stroke and What Makes Us Human...
Menolly wrote:
To finish the quote, what I said was...
Hahaha, I stopped when I got to the "never read" part.
They have a very similar feel to the Crystal Singer books. In fact, I had to check to see if they were the same universe. (It's been a while...I think I will reread them too. )
Avatar wrote:They have a very similar feel to the Crystal Singer books. In fact, I had to check to see if they were the same universe. (It's been a while...I think I will reread them too. )
I believe they are, along with the Brainship and Pegasus stories. All part of her Talents universe, I think. I haven't read either of those series, either.
I finished the short story, Beyond Between. While I like the resolution of the storyline, its focus on the afterlife feels almost like a step in to religion for me. One of the things I admire most about Pernese culture is its lack of religious overtones. So, philosophically, this is one which does not sit well with me.
Menolly, I clearly remember discussing The Lady in the Tower and A Meeting of Minds with you back in the Winter of 2010. If you had not read them, that certainly escaped my notice...but perhaps it was just your encyclopedic knowledge of all things McCaffrey that misled me.
Love prevails.
~ Tracie Mckinney-Hammon
Change is not a process for the impatient.
~ Barbara Reinhold
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the support of Paul.
~ George Bernard Shaw
Were those short stories? I do recall stories by those titles, but I don't think they're novels in the series. I need to find a list of all the stories in the series, if there are short stories in addition to the novels.
the newest in the Outlander series, Written In My Own Heart's Blood
Diana Gabaldon
it's only sci fi aspect is that it deals with time travel.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
I've started The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson. It's YA, and I'm finding myself very aware of that from the language and voice of the book - more so than I have with other YA books I've read. It's slightly distracting to read something that seems noticeably below my reading level.
Finished Dragon's Fire, now on to Dragon Harper. This is also out of published order, as I skipped Todd's Dragonsblood. The synopsis says Dragonsblood happens after Dragon Harper, and the rest of Todd's books, and his final two with Anne, are all after Dragonsblood.
Finished Dragon Harper. Have to admit upon reread, these first three which were co-written are not as bad as I remembered. I only hope this bodes well for my reread of Dragonsblood, Dragonheart, and Dragongirl, which are as far as I have gotten. I recall I was not impressed with them last time, and if that holds true, I'll at least hope the last two co-written ones, Dragon's Time and Sky Dragons will be of the same caliber of the other three co-written ones.
In the meantime, I may begin The Rowan, as Dragonsblood is currently on hold at the library, and I'm still number 89 in the wait for the next Outlander book.
