Kevin's Watch

Not that I now of. There's the short story Jack, published in Looking for Jake, if you've not read it yet. He probably will go back to Bas-lag in future, but he's moved away from it for a while. His next book will be Kraken, of whcih there are few details so far.

Thanks Murrin, I found Bas-lag very intriguing - hopefully he'll go back some time in the future!

Stonemaybe wrote: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)

I think that he's written three so far; this book seems pretty fun, so I might read the others sometime, too.

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

I think he's just written the three books. I really liked PSS, and will probably read The Scar next (I'm starting to get into reading e-books, and it's available that way-same with the Altered Carbon books).

Farm Ur-Ted wrote:

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).

I found an audio interview. You're right. It is Mee-ay-ville, with the accent on the ay. And the first name, China, is pronounced like the country. His middle name is Tom.

Just finished Brandon Sanderson's The Well of Ascension.

Sorry to say that this one didn't do it for me. Not at all. A letdown and my biggest disappointment of the year so far.

Check out the blog for the full review.

Patrick
www.fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com

Busy on The Gap Into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die.

--A

I have to finally finish The Dosadi Experiment (the 'Courtarena' is about to begin!) and start A Wizard of Earthsea (for the read at the Hangar) and The Real Story for the group read here. But you know the second I start TRS Fatal Revenant will show up on my doorstep and I'll be an absolute mess!

danlo wrote:I have to finally finish The Dosadi Experiment (the 'Courtarena' is about to begin!) and start A Wizard of Earthsea (for the read at the Hangar) and The Real Story for the group read here. But you know the second I start TRS Fatal Revenant will show up on my doorstep and I'll be an absolute mess!

I got Fatal Revenant preordered from Amazon. They claim it will be there on October 9, which is tomorrow [for me] Tuesday. Meanwhile I'm rereading the Gap books.

1/4 of the way through Dark Tower 5, Wolves of the Calla.
Its a little uneven so far, but I was dazzled and moved by Roland's "dream" of his experiences on Jericho Hill. Breathtaking.

...while waiting for my name to come up on the hold list for Fatal Revenant at the library...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for the group read in the JKR forum and A Wizard of Earthsea for the group read over on the Hangar.

I'm about a third of the way through the chapter dissection I'm doing for AWoE, even though we're still six chapters away. G-ds, remind me to never sign up to do one of these again...

..yeah...yeah...yeah...

Stretch and grow as a person, Menolly.

Pheh.

I hate writing.

Menolly wrote:I hate writing.

Dang you shouldn't have made that so small, my dyslexia substituted whining for writing!

danlo wrote:

Menolly wrote:I hate writing.

Dang you shouldn't have made that so small, my dyslexia substituted whining for writing!

*shaking head*

But danlo, I'm so good at whining. Why would I hate that?

Re-reading The Scar because people are discussing it at my favourite forums and that brought me in the mood. Besides I'm too tired to really delve into something new. Already knowing the story makes it an easy read.

Just finished William Gibson's Spook Country.

Unfortunately, though the book is good enough, it is clearly a far cry from what one has come to expect from a writer of William Gibson's caliber. Interestingly enough, the story never quite takes off. Moreover, the ending is about as lackluster as it gets.

Spook Country showed signs of brilliance early on, yet the story deteriorates into something quite ordinary before Gibson brings this one to a close.

Nevertheless, it's still a good read for the morning commute or the plane. But there's no denying that Gibson has accustomed his fans to much better works over the course of his career.

Check the blog for the full review. . .

Patrick
www.fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com

Sword and Sorcerss XXII is due out in Mid November. Read my comments here

2061: odyssey three, having read 2001: a space odyssey and 2010: odyssey two over the past week.

Just finished Kings Lisey's Story. Half and half. Half annoying, half interesting. 1st hundred or two pages were a struggle.

--A

I just finished S. M. Stirling's A Meeting at Corvallis. It might have helped if I'd read the first book, The Proctor's War (and it would have helped if the book had said something along the lines of "Book Two of..." on the dustjacket), but it took me over two weeks to get past the first 100 pages or so. But after that, it went fairly quickly. Overall, I enjoyed the book, but man that guy chews the scenery like nobody's business. It also felt like at least 100 pages were cut from the end of the book, so the most climactic parts came at about 3/4 the way through, and the actual climax was a bit of a letdown.

Other than that, if you're a fan of post-apocalyptic fiction, a rennie, or SCAer, I'd recommend it.

Reading King/Straub Black House, sequel to The Talisman. Just started, but already I can see Straub's hand in the descriptives, and Kings bloody foreshadowing that he simply seems incapable of avoiding.

--A

I finished Cherryh's Foreigner novel a few days ago. I enjoyed it so much I ordered the entire series (well, six books). Now I am reading Ender's Game.