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Catch 22
1984/Animal Farm by George Orwell
A Time to Die/The Burning Shore by Wilbur Smith
Permutation City/Diaspor]]> 63 Bryce Courtenay 2872962 Patrick Kilgallon 7 114 100 true 6332557 read 4 true 3556313 currently-reading 10 true 3556312 to-read 1 false 6668744 read-but-hated When the Lion Feeds (Paperback) by Wilbur Smith]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73836558 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179347886s/906552.jpg 1612687 Suzana Vuksanovic http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247683169p2/1612687.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1612687-suzana-vuksanovic Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:14:05 -0700 The Courtneys: When the Lion Feeds, The Sound of Thunder, A Sparrow Falls/3 Volumes in 1 (Hardcover) by Smith]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73836396 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 1612687 Suzana Vuksanovic http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247683169p2/1612687.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1612687-suzana-vuksanovic Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:10:14 -0700 Pendulum (Paperback) by A.E. Van Vogt]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73834240 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1226285357s/2272384.jpg 1612687 Suzana Vuksanovic http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247683169p2/1612687.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1612687-suzana-vuksanovic Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:49:11 -0700 Columbine (Paperback) by Dave Cullen]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72428659 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31%2BoIjIupeL._SL75_.jpg 1612687 Suzana Vuksanovic http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247683169p2/1612687.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1612687-suzana-vuksanovic Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:57:33 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/214328-i-love-this-mans-writing http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1253696939p2/24505.jpg 1612687 Suzana Vuksanovic http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247683169p2/1612687.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1612687-suzana-vuksanovic Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:51:00 -0700 Unfortunately I cannot answer your question since I'm in the same boat as you...I've got the whole Egyptian series - read everything BUT the last one. However, I have to wait because Jacob Hertlein (my husband) has claimed 'first rights' to reading it and I'll have to wait until he is finished! Do me a favor , and bug him to add a review when he is finished (he can be a bit lazy about such things! I haven't even been able to get him to join my group yet - how's that? How demoralizing! I love him heaps though and I must add that it was I who introduced him to Wilbur through Monsoon and he's loved him ever since:)!
Whatever happens, I'll read it in the next month and post a review - for sure!!!
About "not being able to get" into different books of his....I was the same at first. I started out with Monsoon (that's the second of the 'first' Courtney's series according to the listings at the front of his books) and when I had finished the prequel Birds Of Prey I borrowed The Burning Shore from my local library, and frankly, it seemed alien to me. Thank goodness I persisted. Please, please persist past the first few chapters if you are having difficulty 'shifting' from his other Courtney world. I had the same problem (again) with his "Egyptian" series - at first. It's like we start out with expectations based on our previous experiences, and it takes a while to adjust. But it's so, so worth it.
Centaine de Thury/Courtney (from his second Courtenys of Africa series) is my favorite female character (he has such strong women in his novels - I LOVE his perception and understanding of women)but the shift from 18th Century Monsoon was an effort at first.
Give it a go and let him carry you away - I guarantee he will!
Wilbur Smith really proves that you cannot pidgeonhole a writer as to time and place - he is a challenge and a delight!]]> Demon Seed (Paperback) by Dean Koontz]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72208758 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174311622s/378221.jpg 1612687 Suzana Vuksanovic http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247683169p2/1612687.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1612687-suzana-vuksanovic Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:04:10 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/180048-wilbur-smith http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/groups_nophoto-50x66.jpg 1612687 Suzana Vuksanovic http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247683169p2/1612687.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1612687-suzana-vuksanovic Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:59:25 -0700 He is one of the best storytellers to have ever graced the earth! Although there are a few of his books that I don't rate as highly as most of the others, ALL of them have something to offer, and as well as being exceptionally entertaining, I always feel that I come away learning something.
I've started a new group called Fans of Wilbur Smith - everyone who has commented on this post, you are all most welcome to join!]]>