Yeah, I think I agree. I did enjoy it, though.Fist and Faith wrote:Mary, I thought it was fun. But definitely didn't think it was as amazing as its rep. Hugo AND Nebula award winner? Not imo.
What fantasy/science fiction book are you reading RIGHT NOW?
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Finished A Canticle for Liebowitz. Not bad. A bit grim in its own way and obviously a product of the nuclear age. Quite well written and the first couple of pages are highly crafted.
It remains quite fresh and, now that I think of it, it has aged very well maybe because of its form.
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It remains quite fresh and, now that I think of it, it has aged very well maybe because of its form.
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I preferred American Gods to Anazi Boys. But it could have been so much more. And I think my love of Neverwhere is well documented.Vraith wrote:American Gods is bad in every possible way except the "author reached far, but failed" way. [about the only good way to be bad.]
Gaiman is sooooo overrated. Dozens of authors cover the same territory and do it better and smarter. [Ancient Gods and wisdom in America and a good story? Try Tom Robbins---like "jitterbug perfume" for starters.]
But he's rated more for his Sandman comics than his novels I think.
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Invader by C.J. Cherryh. Quite good, the second in the series. I hadn't read the first but that didn't really matter as the backstory becomes obvious enough as you read.
I read FortyThousand in Ghenna before and really enjoyed it. I'll definitely check out more of her work.
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I read FortyThousand in Ghenna before and really enjoyed it. I'll definitely check out more of her work.
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Also, I'm reading The Darkness that Comes Before.
Also, I'm reading The Darkness that Comes Before.
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Finished The Darkness That Comes Before. It's nice to read a modern fantasy author that does not think being reticent is being subtle (I'm looking at you, Erikson!). I've ordered the other two in the trilogy.
In the meantime, I'm reading Mr Pye by Mervyn Peake!
In the meantime, I'm reading Mr Pye by Mervyn Peake!
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Just finished the The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. I wasn't that gone on it, maybe because I'm not much of a one for alternate history. It name-checked lots of people and seemed to be constantly hinting that there was more going on under the surface but it never really fully convinced me. Supposed to be a 'classic' though.
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Where are we going...and... WHY are we in a handbasket?
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BAH! that book isn't a "classic." It's a passable piece by one writer who was brilliant exactly one time, but is generally meh [gibson] and another who is generally first-rate.ussusimiel wrote:Just finished the The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. I wasn't that gone on it, maybe because I'm not much of a one for alternate history. It name-checked lots of people and seemed to be constantly hinting that there was more going on under the surface but it never really fully convinced me. Supposed to be a 'classic' though.
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The sum is less than their talents...especially Sterling's talents...which makes all the difference.
ON TOPIC: I just found my copy of Huxley Crome Yellow that I had started and thought I'd lost. Gonna get back into that tonight.
[spoiler]Sig-man, Libtard, Stupid piece of shit. change your text color to brown. Mr. Reliable, bullshit-slinging liarFucker-user.[/spoiler]
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"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
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Just read The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman. Pretty interesting. Their relative time as they travel to battles on distant stars is much less than where they go to and from. Earth and humanity change drastically in the centuries he's gone, but he's only about 30.
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