Somehow I just never got around to this. 
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Chance Abattoir
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10-19-2005 10:43
Not missing much _____________________
"The mob requires regular doses of scandal, paranoia and dilemma to alleviate the boredom of a meaningless existence."
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Chance Abattoir
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10-19-2005 10:46
Before that I finished with the newer Enderverse books from Orson Scott Card. They were interesting, but didn't hold a candle to the mindblowing tale in the original Ender's Game. I think I must've come into this genre late. My response after finishing Ender's Game was, "So that happened..." It wasn't bad, but I totally don't get the hype at all. _____________________
"The mob requires regular doses of scandal, paranoia and dilemma to alleviate the boredom of a meaningless existence."
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Katja Marlowe
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10-19-2005 12:33
I have a fairly long commute to work, so I listen to a lot of audiobooks in the car. I just finished The Colorado Kid by Stephen King. Unabridged (of course). It was excellent. I'm getting ready to start Enders Game. The awesome thing about Stephen King and audio books? He has NEVER allowed any of his to be abridged. In fact, in the early 80s before audio books started to get big, he used to pay his kids to read entire books onto tape for him to listen to. |
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Katja Marlowe
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10-19-2005 12:34
Yes, it's my favorite part! That view of history / historical events / time periods through the eyes of a specific character is my favorite thing to read. I read *Angela's Ashes* a few weeks ago and I think it's the saddest story I've ever read since *Prozac Nation*. They both made me think about how wretched humans can be, but AA leaves you with a feeling of hope and that not all is lost. Leilany The other one by Frank is good as well, as well as the one by Malachi (Malachey? I can't remember the correct spelling). Both are good storytellers. |
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Memory Harker
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Oh, don't mind Chance ...
10-19-2005 12:52
Somehow I just never got around to this. Gibson's Neuromancer is gorgeous and intriguing and compelling and, and, and ... and that's not even considering how long ago it came out, how damned prescient it was ... thanks to editor Terry Carr's shepherding of it into the limelight soon before he, Carr, died ... (Or, wait, maybe that was Frederick Pohl? *sigh* Bad memory, Memory ...) And Gibson doesn't get as good again until he does Idoru --- a book far more redolent of what Second Life may become, IMHO, than is that overhyped Snowcrash. And then he kinda slacks off again, I think, until he does Pattern Recognition--- which book even the curmudgeonly Chance appreciates, omg! But what's REALLY the best reading as far as sci-fi (or speculative fiction) (or even "skiffy"  novels are concerned? Well ...LIVES OF THE MONSTER DOGS by Kirsten Bakis RIDDLEY WALKER by Russell Hoban THE HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood ENGINE SUMMER by John Crowley VALIS by Phillip K. Dick And I'll shut up now, though I could go on for hours ... |
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Katja Marlowe
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10-19-2005 13:02
And I'll shut up now, though I could go on for hours ... Oh please do, don't you guys realize *evil laugh* I actually had the ulterior motive of building a more complex reading list than I already had, when I posted originally!  **edit** Wait! that gave me an idea for a whole NEW thread. |
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Thea Donovan
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10-19-2005 13:28
I am having some trouble with Neuromancer, because Gibson drops you right into the middle of the story and doesn't seem to explain much of what is going on. My husband convinced me to read it as it's one of his favourites, and when I ask him "Am I just dozing and missing the important details?" he assures me that he had the same issues with the book when he first read it. The writing style is also so compact, so crammed with information, that at first I found it almost impossible to absorb it all, but it's getting easier. It will definitely require a second read, though.
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Ingrid Ingersoll
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10-19-2005 13:32
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson. A decent read I can relate to.
I had no idea he also wrote Neuromancer. I liked the book cover so I bought it. _____________________
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Memory Harker
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10-19-2005 16:55
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson. A decent read I can relate to ... I liked the book cover so I bought it. Well, that's the other thing about Idoru ... one edition is also the best-looking cover of Gibson's work thus far.  http://www.sciencefictionschrijver.nl/images/illustration/idoru.jpg |
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Camie Cooper
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10-19-2005 17:05
Just finished A Million Litttle Pieces by James Frey, Good book. No GREAT book!
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Chance Abattoir
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10-19-2005 17:11
And Gibson doesn't get as good again until he does Idoru --- a book far more redolent of what Second Life may become, IMHO, than is that overhyped Snowcrash. And then he kinda slacks off again, I think, until he does Pattern Recognition--- which book even the curmudgeonly Chance appreciates, omg! The Butter Battle Book, by Dr. Seuss, easily beats all of Gibson's work in coolness. _____________________
"The mob requires regular doses of scandal, paranoia and dilemma to alleviate the boredom of a meaningless existence."
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Ingrid Ingersoll
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10-20-2005 07:25
Well, that's the other thing about Idoru ... one edition is also the best-looking cover of Gibson's work thus far. http://www.sciencefictionschrijver.nl/images/illustration/idoru.jpg That is slick. _____________________
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