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"Accelerando" charles stross.
from dust-cover "like being caught in an exploding ideas factory without a helmet". totally true. great fun.
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15th August 2007, 23:07 | #283 |
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Currently into the second book in the Emperor series: The Death of Kings, by Conn Iggulden. Like a book version of Gladiator or Rome the TV series.
Liking it.
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16th August 2007, 12:37 | #284 |
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Advance copy of "The Dreaming Void", Peter F. Hamilton.
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16th August 2007, 12:43 | #285 |
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Berlin: The downfall 1945 by Antony Beevor.
Crushing. And rereading the Invisibles by Grant Morrison. Mind bleed. |
16th August 2007, 12:54 | #286 |
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I've been prompted to start Steven Erikson's Malazan series so am about 1/4 the way through Gardens of the Moon - I'm loving the epic, manic nature of the story so I'm definitely a fan. And zomg the amount of death is just staggering.
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22nd August 2007, 22:16 | #287 |
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Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman - liked American Gods, and this is an unofficial follow up
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson - a 'prequel' of sorts to Spook Country. After those, and when they've been released to the unwashed masses - Dreaming Void (Peter F Hamilton) and Spook Country (William Gibson)
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22nd August 2007, 22:28 | #288 |
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Just finished Darkness at Sethanon, then admitted defeat; went out and bought Game of Thrones. Enjoying it so far
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22nd August 2007, 22:35 | #290 |
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... oh and wtb Wheel of Time book 12
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22nd August 2007, 22:38 | #291 | |
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22nd August 2007, 22:49 | #292 |
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David Lange - My Life Cormac McCarthy - No Country for Old men Have run out of Dresden Files titles to read, so currently: Jim Butcher - Furies of Calderon [Codex Alera] |
22nd August 2007, 23:24 | #293 | |
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I just finished the first of Steven Erikson's Malazan books, Gardens of the Moon. Certainly epic, I left feeling a little confused but that's an indictment of me as a reader - I don't remember any of the Bridgeburner's dying, but there's a mention of it at the end. I'll be grabbing the rest as I can, however. For now it's onto "The Blade Itself", by Joe Abercrombie. |
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22nd August 2007, 23:43 | #295 |
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The Songs of Distant Earth - Arthur C Clark
To borrow a phrase, 'the writing is rather flacid' but enjoyable nonetheless. And there are several references to NZ, which is the last thing I expected to see in a SF novel. |
23rd August 2007, 00:40 | #296 | |
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I also found them quite confusing, and I'm a pretty confident reader...started to loose track of characters and reasons...the 3rd one is an "easier" read in terms of following the story, and was pretty enjoyable though, but I don't feel compelled to keep reading the series...just don't have any attachment to any of the characters or hapennings Am re-reading PFH's commonwealth series (Pandora's star and the 2nd one) which I really enjoyed first time round last year. I have "Dreaming Void" waiting on the floor for when I finish, and am looking forward to getting into it. Also better get around to reading the 3rd Soldiers Son book by Hobb, but aren't that driven to do so at this stage. got the first volume of "Judge Dredd: the complete case files" which is a good laugh, allthough to be honest, the early stuff is no where near as cool as the stuff from the late 80's as far as I can remember...guess I'll just haveto get the other 10 volumes to find out! |
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23rd August 2007, 01:01 | #297 |
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Just read Darwins Children - Greg Bear (sequel to darwins children)
good book but really just there to "end the story" for the reader. now onto Biggest Brother - Larry Alexander, The Life of Major Dick Winters, "The Man Who Led the Band of Brothers" would be interested if PFH void series is on par with the "Nights Dawn Trilogy". I enjoyed the NDT but have to confess that a little speed reading occurred when ol peter starts getting way to descriptive with some scenes. Last edited by badlieutenant : 23rd August 2007 at 01:02. |
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I do remember reading pandoras start and judas unchained. *puts hand up to be taken to the place you first go after rejuv that no-one talks about later* one book Ive read several times and recommend is Excession by Iain M. Banks (Iain Banks). the name the ships give themselves is fun and the whole escape of a droid bit is awesome. Attitude Adjuster (Killer class LOU) Attitude Adjuster (Killer class LOU) Gray Area, but everyone else calls it meatfucker |
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Of course you can go back further to some of the classics of sci-fi / horror and still find mentions to New Zealand - theres a couple in various HP Lovecraft stories (describing Dunedin as a haven for unreputable types involved in cult rituals - must have forseen Otago Uni!). Pixie
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23rd August 2007, 10:43 | #301 | |
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re-reading the Burning Shore trilogy by Wilbur Smith
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23rd August 2007, 14:36 | #304 |
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Every few years or so I read Speer's "Inside the Third Reich". Just started again.
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23rd August 2007, 16:54 | #305 |
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Malinche by Laura Esquivel
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23rd August 2007, 17:00 | #306 |
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Nothing - all of the libraries are out of A Feast for Crow's currently :[
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The Chrysalids - John Wyndham, "Later, the existence of geographic areas far less affected by the nuclear exchange and fallout is established, particularly Sealand (New Zealand). Sealand is home to a socially and technologically advanced society where telepathy is the norm and is encouraged and developed as a survival advantage" thats sci-fi from 52 years ago (same author as Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos) |
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23rd August 2007, 21:37 | #310 |
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I've finished the latest piece of Hobbs work and felt a little cheated by it. I feel like she rushed it after writing herself into a corner. Maybe I shouldn't compare it to her previous masterpieces but I can't help it!
I'm now onto Shout For the Dead by James Barclay and it's doing itself pretty well. I've got a long que ahead though including the 'graphic novel' for Laurel K Hamilton's Anita Blake stories. So many books so little time. |
23rd August 2007, 22:43 | #311 |
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Roget's Thesaurus
...I've been meaning to finish this for as long as i can remember but I always seem to get sidetracked: I get to an interesting word and my mind wanders and wonders escapism at its best
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I am enjoying Dreaming Void, Madmax, it's set in the same universe as The Commonwealth Saga with some familiar names. And apparently we will get to find out what the High Angel really is in this series.
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23rd August 2007, 23:23 | #313 |
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I've just finished Charles Stross' The Jennifer Morgue. James Bond meets chthulu on a real British Civil servant's budget Smartcars instead of Audis, brain-sucking Powerpoint presentations, and the evils of matrix management.
It's the sequel to The Atrocity Archives and Concrete Jungle and perhaps not quite as good in some respects, IMHO, but still a good read. Hell, most of Stross' stuff is damn good.
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24th August 2007, 00:13 | #314 |
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nz in sci-fi
Who can forget Heinlein's depiction of Christchurch as a beautiful, quiet city of gardens and churches, populated by middle-class white racists who hate Pacific Islanders?
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24th August 2007, 04:21 | #315 |
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I like how we got Neptune in Piers Anthonys Bio of a space Tyrant...GO THE NZ!!!
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Must be what I read. In TSODE the planet Thalassa consists of a North Island, a South Island, some volcanic regions, and water. They run a form of democracy first realised in NZ in '2011', and the presidential ferry is called, I shit you not, the Inter-Islander. |
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25th August 2007, 13:03 | #318 |
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just started reading hyperion - dan simmons
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