i can also suggest some litrpg if you want or some magic. see the authors i wrote up
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A story in The October Country, called Uncle Einar, about a man with wings; no-one else has wings and a man having wings isn't seen as out of the ordinary. Also he's the kid's father, not their uncle. Another of Bradbury's stories that doesn't make sense!
Danny McG
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Looks interesting, cheers
T C McCarthy's Subterrene War books in order
T C McCarthy's Subterrene War book series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability.
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I just finished Strange Weather by Joe Hill. This was an excellent set of 4 novellas, all set in modern America. It has been a while since I've read shorter stories, so the change of pace offsets the epic length world building novels I've been into.
Snapshots is about a mysterious man with a camera which steals memories. It can be seen as a metaphor for Alzheimer's and how dementia affects its victims and their families.
Loaded is the only story in the set which I would call realistic fiction rather than speculative fiction. It deals respectfully with several major cultural issues in America today such as gun rights, police brutality, racism, domestic violence, and mass murders.
Aloft is a strange, but intriguing story about an encounter between a lonely, desperate man and a lonely, desperate alien being.
Rain portrays a sudden change in weather, where particles of crystals fall from the clouds in place of water. This story uses that backdrop to explore current cultural values, examining what people find most important in life.
Snapshots is about a mysterious man with a camera which steals memories. It can be seen as a metaphor for Alzheimer's and how dementia affects its victims and their families.
Loaded is the only story in the set which I would call realistic fiction rather than speculative fiction. It deals respectfully with several major cultural issues in America today such as gun rights, police brutality, racism, domestic violence, and mass murders.
Aloft is a strange, but intriguing story about an encounter between a lonely, desperate man and a lonely, desperate alien being.
Rain portrays a sudden change in weather, where particles of crystals fall from the clouds in place of water. This story uses that backdrop to explore current cultural values, examining what people find most important in life.
there are no free lunches... don't you now that by now?
i love the first stardance book. i wish they would make it into a good movie
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As Heinlein said, TAANSTAFLthere are no free lunches... don't you now that by now?
Galactic Bus Driver
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You may indeed, though I need no introduction to Richard Kadrey. Sandman Slim is my user name on another site.
I've looked at Laurell Hamilton before, but haven't yet pulled the trigger. With you're recommendation, I'll give her a go. I'll look into the others as well. As much as I read, I'm always looking for new, or at least, new to me, books.
these are all in a urban fantasy genre. i also have some british authors i can recommend. on the other hand i found some litrpg lately that were interesting if you're interested in the genre. tell me what you're looking for and i might have someone newYou may indeed, though I need no introduction to Richard Kadrey. Sandman Slim is my user name on another site.
I've looked at Laurell Hamilton before, but haven't yet pulled the trigger. With you're recommendation, I'll give her a go. I'll look into the others as well. As much as I read, I'm always looking for new, or at least, new to me, books.
biodroid
A.D.D.
Excuse my ignorance but what is Litrpg?
basically books set in a world of pc games with levels and so on... either you enter a virtual game and are a character or the entire world becames a game
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Read A Scanner Darkly. Very trippy, very gripping.
I'm thinking of venturing on a reread of that one! Lets just say that when I last read it I could empathise strongly with it and have little recollection of it!
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Next up The Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
Not read this before but it contains The Mist. I've seen the film, the ending was horrific. I'm told its more severe in the book...
Not read this before but it contains The Mist. I've seen the film, the ending was horrific. I'm told its more severe in the book...
Ian Fortytwo
A Poet, Writer and eclectic Reader.
I'm currently reading State of the Union. A Marriage in Ten Parts, by Nick Hornby.
I've had a good week of reading, with another 4 books and a novella polished off, though none of them very long.
Two of the books and the novella were from the Rivers of London magical cop series by Ben Aaronovitch: The Hanging Tree which starts with a girl dying after a party in the posh apartment of an exclusive tower block, but which spins out of control with an unnecessarily convoluted plot and new characters who add nothing; Lies Sleeping which is the culmination of the Faceless Man story with a great many things happening, not all of which progress the story, and lots of talk about Excalibur, Arthur, Punch, Boudicca and Roman sites in London, but with an ending that to me made no sense; and the novella The Furthest Station with ghosts on a tube line and a kidnapping, which was confusing and insubstantial. I think that's it for me with these books now -- all the things that rub me up the wrong way about the writing and characters and the rather smug tone seemed worse than ever, and the editing/proof-reading, especially of the last two, was abysmal.
But no matter what gripes I might have about them, they were head and shoulders above The Rowan, a 1990 SF fantasy by Anne McCaffrey. A child is the only survivor when a mud-slide destroys a mining settlement, and she’s brought up to be a telekinetic stevedore, throwing cargoes into space around the various Earth colonies at eg Callisto and Deneb. Despite poor writing, worse characterisation and terrible info-dumping, the first half of the book dealing with the girl's childhood and training was just about OK, but the second half was terrible with the introduction of another telepath who is allegedly charming and for whom she falls heavily despite the fact he’s a brash, arrogant, sexist loud mouth who mentally rapes her for her own good, and she dwindles in importance as he and his equally loud family take up all the metaphorical oxygen in the novel. I skim-read the last third of the book and that was more than it deserved.
Much better was Traitor’s Blade by Sebastien de Castell, the first in the Greatcoats fantasy series about a former king's magistrate and his two best friends who are out to restrain the power of evil dukes and bring law back to the land, and I'll try and do a longer review when I finally work out my feelings about it. It's not without flaws, some rather hackneyed tropes among them, and when I came to list them, all the good points I could think of about the writing and the story were heavily outnumbered by the not-so-good. Nonetheless, I read it through quickly with scarcely a pause, and immediately went out and ordered the rest in the series.
Two of the books and the novella were from the Rivers of London magical cop series by Ben Aaronovitch: The Hanging Tree which starts with a girl dying after a party in the posh apartment of an exclusive tower block, but which spins out of control with an unnecessarily convoluted plot and new characters who add nothing; Lies Sleeping which is the culmination of the Faceless Man story with a great many things happening, not all of which progress the story, and lots of talk about Excalibur, Arthur, Punch, Boudicca and Roman sites in London, but with an ending that to me made no sense; and the novella The Furthest Station with ghosts on a tube line and a kidnapping, which was confusing and insubstantial. I think that's it for me with these books now -- all the things that rub me up the wrong way about the writing and characters and the rather smug tone seemed worse than ever, and the editing/proof-reading, especially of the last two, was abysmal.
But no matter what gripes I might have about them, they were head and shoulders above The Rowan, a 1990 SF fantasy by Anne McCaffrey. A child is the only survivor when a mud-slide destroys a mining settlement, and she’s brought up to be a telekinetic stevedore, throwing cargoes into space around the various Earth colonies at eg Callisto and Deneb. Despite poor writing, worse characterisation and terrible info-dumping, the first half of the book dealing with the girl's childhood and training was just about OK, but the second half was terrible with the introduction of another telepath who is allegedly charming and for whom she falls heavily despite the fact he’s a brash, arrogant, sexist loud mouth who mentally rapes her for her own good, and she dwindles in importance as he and his equally loud family take up all the metaphorical oxygen in the novel. I skim-read the last third of the book and that was more than it deserved.
Much better was Traitor’s Blade by Sebastien de Castell, the first in the Greatcoats fantasy series about a former king's magistrate and his two best friends who are out to restrain the power of evil dukes and bring law back to the land, and I'll try and do a longer review when I finally work out my feelings about it. It's not without flaws, some rather hackneyed tropes among them, and when I came to list them, all the good points I could think of about the writing and the story were heavily outnumbered by the not-so-good. Nonetheless, I read it through quickly with scarcely a pause, and immediately went out and ordered the rest in the series.
Let's just say it's different. I've read "The Mist" a couple of times, I'm annoyed by one unnecessary scene, but on the whole I think it's one of his best works.
Randy M.
So insubstantial, that although I'm 99% sure I've actually read it, it feels to me that I've only actually read a couple of reviews of it.
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