Silvana's comments
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Bill wrote: "GR Blog post about the Crichton release with a link to an article here: Crichton postApparently Pirate Latitudes was so complete that Crichton e even included a style guide to make sure the edi..."
nice, thx for sharing. If I'm not mistaken, the last time Crichton wrote about non-modern era was in Eaters of the Dead.
Is there any website that provides free and legal audiobooks other than torrent and mirc? pls share :D
Anyone already bought Pirate Latitudes A Novel? My friend said this is the first (of possible two) of his posthumous novels.
Becky wrote: "Silvana, I believe that the books on the group bookshelf are the group reads. I've just looked and I didn't see any of Crichton's books there. I would definitely love to discuss one though. "
Indeed, Becky. I recall that some of his books made into the nomination lists for group reads but never got enough votes to be selected :(
Shall we wait for such moment to happen or could we just make our own discussion? For the latter option, maybe we should talk to the group leaders.
I still have Prey left unread, but wouldn't mind to discuss State of Fear, Next, or any of his books.
Has one of his books ever discussed as book of the month here?
Already tried to use the search engine but no resulted thread.
Is there any fan of Scifi channel's Sanctuary here? Is it a recommended show?
I, Robot (I missed the previous discussion :( )
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Junior high (13? 14?). Michael Crichton's works is my first sci-fi love, started with Congo, followed by Jurassic Park, the Lost World, etc.
I second Wicked... never seen any the other books mentioned in this thread in the local bookstores.
I shall read, among others, I, Robot and Asimov's Mysteries.@Jon: The Dark is Rising? Great, will be looking forward for your rating (and review, if any) then.
I second I am Legend. Am sure the book is way better than the movie.
I'll second the Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Thanks guys for the comments!I did read Dune once, but not Children of Dune (or yet). A friend gave me a copy of the Dune miniseries and I have to say I enjoyed the book more (as what happens with almost every book vs movie internal debate).
The miniseries is okay, I agree with some of you that it is not perfect. I concur with Terence's view that William Hurt might not be the best option to play Leto.
However, I did hear people say that David Lynch's version is a cult movie and raised lots of fans. I think I'll borrow it from my friend.
I am wondering whether in Lynch's version, Irulan's role is as big as in the miniseries?
Which one is better?
I only watched the miniseries and I think it's okay.
LOL Robin!You spoke for me. However, maybe since I'm not a real devout Trekkie (or Trekker), I'd still say the movie rocks. Chris Pine did a good job, he played Kirk w/o having to channel Shatner.
The chemistry he had with Quinto is awesome. I also love the other casts. Who knows Urban can play the sarcastic McCoy? He totally owned his scenes.
This is one of my fave Trek movies. But I haven't watched Khan *runs*
Kevinalbee wrote: "I have also read all 5 of Naomi Novic's Dragon war novels. "Yay! Another Novik's fan ;p
I think we have a discussion thread on it somewhere here in this group.
Anyway, I'm gonna read the following fantasy books this month:
A Wrinkle in Time (M. L'engle)
The Sorceress (Michael Scott)
Hello, I just joined this group yesterday while trying to find some people to discuss the Temeraire series. I won't call myself an avid fantasy reader since there aren't many fantasy books included in my read-list. However, I did love the usual stuffs like Lord of the Rings, the Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter series, Inheritance cycle, Bartimaeus Trilogy and classics such as Jules Verne's masterpieces (he's a god, if i can be a writer, i want to be him and him only). Oh and if Anne Rice's novels can be counted here, well, I did read many of them.
I don't read much sci-fi books also, but I'm interested to read the sequels of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and recently mooched Dune.
I'm 27, an Indonesian, lived there too and worked as a researcher. And researching about good books (or should I say, goodreads, haha) is one of my fave things ;)
I don't read much fantasy books, but my vote will definitely go to Bartimaeus from the Bartimaeus Trilogy. Unique is an understatement for him.
It so happens that I've just finished reading the first book of the Aubrey-Maturin series. His Majesty's Dragon is much more to the Aerial Corps. But yes, the 'naval atmosphere' is almost the same.Dragons as ships is more exciting, methinks. Maybe because they can interact and are sentient beings.
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