March 2016: What Have You Been Reading?

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finished witg~h t.i. wade america one series and now into raymond l. weil insurrection
 
Falling Torch by Algis Budrys turned out to be a novel set five hundred years in the future, on an Earth conquered by very human aliens (I mean, lots more human, say, than Mister Spock) which seems to have exactly the same technology and culture as the mid-20th century. So, as science fiction, there isn't much there. However, the author's intent seems to have been a study of the psychology of a person who doesn't fit into society who eventually becomes a great leader. Also, there is probably some influence from the author's experience of having to flee Soviet-occupied Lithuania at a very young age, and being the son of the consul general of the Lithuanian government in exile. So, of some interest in that way.

I have now started the same author's Some Will Not Die (1978 expansion of 1961 novel), which may deal with the some of the same themes. It takes place after a plague wiped out 90% of humanity, and a leader emerged to stabilize the government of New York for some years, but then was apparently killed and become a sort of legend. (This is all revealed very early in the book, so not a spoiler.)
 
Just finished reading DIRT ON NINTH GRAVE by Darynda Jones - hilarious as usual!

Now reading the next Jack Reacher book on my list - THE ENEMY.
 
Those two Orwell books are very similar in the ground they cover, but the way they do it is quite different and I much prefer one to the other.
 
Read books 6 and 7 in the Bryant and May quirky crime series - The Victoria Vanishes and Bryant and May on the Loose.
Also Simon Brett's A Shock to the System.
Now back on fantasy with Trudi Canavan's first book in the Black Magician series, The Magicians' Guild.
 
Just reread the Sword of Shannara after slating it many a time as a Tolkein rip off,which it obviously is,but amazingly enough thoroughly enjoyed every word and much more than my original read when I was in my teens.

Funny old game...
 
Recently finished Hell's Ditch by Simon Bestwick which was a fabulous read. It's a fast paced post-apocalyptic novel with Lovecraftian undertones. Well worth picking up.

I've been reading Ready Player One by Ernest Cline the last couple of days. Loving the 80's references, recalling some good times in my teens
 
Finished The Magician's Guild, which wasn't that impressed by, and now onto The Novice, volume 2 as I had bought the whole trilogy, luckily in a charity shop so it didn't cost much.
 
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Finished The Magician's Guild, which wasn't that impressed by, and now onto The Novice, volume 2 as I had bought the whole trilogy, luckily in a charity shop so it didn't cost much.
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I read that series a few years ago. Not the best thing out there but I flew through them quite quickly, and they had some fun moments.

I finished Remanence by Jennifer Foehner Wells. It was a pretty good read, but it did lose some of the tension and intrigue of the first contact element of the first book. The book is killing it on Amazon right now though, which is to be expected after the first books immense success.

I have started Leviathan Wakes by James a Corey (aka two guys under one name). It reminds me a bit of a fantasy series I read a few years ago in the style and POV's, in a good way. It has a nice Space Opera feel, and I think I'll enjoy the series.
 
reading The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacilupgi
 
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Just finished 'Flow my Tears, the Policeman Said' - enjoyed it a lot. I haven't read a massive amount of Philip K Dick, although I think his style takes a bit of getting used to.

Also reading 'The Wrench', by Primo Levi - a nice one to dip into a little bit of an evening!
 
in the last months i've having a will to reread some of the books. finished with god hammer by jonh conroe and now jonathan maberry joe ledger series :)
 
I wrapped up Wool by Hugh Howey and loved it. The characters are some of the best I've read in ages... very sympathetic and even the villains are regularly revealed to have much more going on that you'd want to believe. Really enjoyed it.

Now on to another self-published e-book that got picked up by a publisher, Theft of Swords by Michael J Sullivan, the first volume (actually two books in one) of his Riyria Chronicles.
 
It's April already but i'm still reading le Guin - The Wave in the Mind
My respect for her is always rising, even her family and family history is interesting
Since one good resource tend to lead to another, i ordered a book called Ishi in Two Worlds by Theodora Kroeber
 
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