September Reading Discussion.

[Parson]

it turns out i had already read troll apocalypse by weber. not in the mood to reread. there are few books that i like to reread

That's not an unusual problem with people who like to read in a particular genre.

 

[Danny McG]

That's not an unusual problem with people who like to read in a particular genre.

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

I'm currently reading Trio, by William Boyd.

 

[HareBrain]

About to start Hide me Among the Graves, by Tim Powers.

 

[HareBrain]

About to start Hide me Among the Graves, by Tim Powers.

Nope. Luckily it was a library book.

Let's try Storyland, by Amy Jeffs.

 

[Danny McG]

Nope. Luckily it was a library book.

Respect!
I tend to do that more and more lately, if the story doesn't pull me in after about three chapters then it becomes a DNF.

There's too many good stories out there that I need to read before it's time to walk the endless black wastelands

 

[HareBrain]

before it's time to walk the endless black wastelands

That's a bit bleak. I'm given to understand there will be golf buggies and fairy-lights.

 

[Hugh]

Nope. Luckily it was a library book.

Very sensible. I read it all. Why?

 

[Danny McG]

That's a bit bleak. I'm given to understand there will be golf buggies and fairy-lights.

There's an old Twilight Zone story where the good angel guiding him into Heaven tells him there's a racoon hunt that very night ... Sounds fun!

The Hunt (The Twilight Zone) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[HareBrain]

There's an old Twilight Zone story where the good angel guiding him into Heaven tells him there's a racoon hunt that very night ... Sounds fun!

Makes a change from bingo!

 

[Parson]

Finished Ganymede Whispers by Joshua T. Calvert. It is book 2 the series. Whether it's the pen-ultimate book I haven't a clue. Overall I would say it was a bit better than Ganymede Wakes (book 1). The characters are more developed, their back story is more filled out, and you begin to have a clue as to some of the questions that form the plot. Frustratingly, the story just ends. There is no pretense of closing this part of the story. I suppose that's a good technique to get people to read book 3, (Ganymede Rises) but it did not make me a happy camper. --- That's one of the problems with reading electronic books. Unless you are paying attention to the % read, you don't have a clue as to how near the end of the book you actually are. --- I have Ganymede Rises queued, ..... might start reading it, but I'm almost aggravated enough to let it sit for a while.

 

[Vertigo]

Finished Ganymede Whispers by Joshua T. Calvert. It is book 2 the series. Whether it's the pen-ultimate book I haven't a clue. Overall I would say it was a bit better than Ganymede Wakes (book 1). The characters are more developed, their back story is more filled out, and you begin to have a clue as to some of the questions that form the plot. Frustratingly, the story just ends. There is no pretense of closing this part of the story. I suppose that's a good technique to get people to read book 3, (Ganymede Rises) but it did not make me a happy camper. --- That's one of the problems with reading electronic books. Unless you are paying attention to the % read, you don't have a clue as to how near the end of the book you actually are. --- I have Ganymede Rises queued, ..... might start reading it, but I'm almost aggravated enough to let it sit for a while.

I hate that and I'm finding it more and more common. I think writing a good ending is difficult and, it seems, many authors find it much less bother to make it a series figuring then that they don't need to write a proper ending. Most of the better authors I read, but certainly not all, do properly finish each volume in a series. There are some authors who do not, and I simply won't pick them up again. There are enough good ones out there to keep me reading so why would I bother with the ones that leave me feeling frustrated!

I declare I am become that grumpy old man!

 

[Parson]

Grumpy old men unite! Me too.

 

[Danny McG]

Grumpy old men unite! Me too.

Ditto

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

I have started Spinal Tap: The Big Black Book (2017) by Wallace Fairfax, a history/biography/discography/etc. of that well-known rock band. Lots of photos, as well as posters and such in envelopes, which I am afraid to open, for fear of not being able to get the stuff back in.

 

[Bick]

I’m now starting Brideshead Revisited by Waugh. I’ve read other books by EW before (I loved Handful of Dust), but not this novel, funnily enough.

 

[tobl]

I’m now starting Brideshead Revisited by Waugh. I’ve read other books by EW before (I loved Handful of Dust), but not this novel, funnily enough.

good tv show

 

[HareBrain]

I’m now starting Brideshead Revisited by Waugh. I’ve read other books by EW before (I loved Handful of Dust), but not this novel, funnily enough.

It's what inspired me to try green Chartreuse.

 

[Vertigo]

Interference by Sue Burke - second volume in this intelligent, hard SF trilogy. More here.
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson - part excellent hard SF generational starship, part appallingly self-indulgent philosophising. More here.
Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky - excellent sequel to Dogs of War. Especially the antagonist, to me, obviously parodying Trump! More here.
Boundless by Jack Campbell – this is the first book in the new series set in Campbell’s ‘Lost Fleet’ universe. No special review as it’s consistent with the others in the previous series. It's good well written military space opera. Enjoyable light reading; the goodies are all predictably good and the baddies all predictably bad!

 

[hitmouse]

good tv show

Yep.
if you like the novel then try Scoop which is one of the great comic novels.