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from the Never too Late to Read Classics group.
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I read it in 2023. It was a great story but remember it was an American in the 1970s idea of Japan in 1600. People weren't just killing themselves at the drop of a hat.Lesle wrote: "Where is it showing at? Some might be interested."
I think it's on hulu.
There are so many random meetings with whacky characters like Aus gathering the buffalo bones. I wonder if it will come together somehow?And if July has any sense he will fire Roscoe and deputize Janey.
Lesle wrote: "Where are you at now Book Nerd?"I'm on chapter 52, a little less than halfway through. I haven't had a lot of time to read lately but I'm off now so hopefully I'll finish it soon.
John wrote: "Book Nerd, I don't know if you're a fan of the Culture SF novels of Iain Banks? If you are I'd warmly recommend The Culture: The Drawings - a collection of sketches by Banks of the ships, weapons, etc of the novels."
I do like The Culture a lot. I just finished the last book a while ago.
I've been debating about the Drawings book. Some say it's cool, some say it's hard to read and tiny drawings.
I'll probably give in and get it eventually since I'd love more of The Culture.
It's another of the juveniles. This one gets a little heavy in the chain of command stuff for me but it does go farther out in space than just the solar system.
A story about the near impossible task of navigating through space and the much more difficult task of navigating through human society, rules, and regulations.
If it weren't for the cornbread diet I'd advise Roscoe to go for it.
Oh man, Louisa is something! 😂
This goes back and forth a little too much but the ending was awesome.
Yeah, that's cool but not surprising. I have a ton of sci-fi and fantasy maps.
The stars were closed to Max Jones. To get into space you either needed connections, a membership in the Guild, or a whole lot more money than Max, the son of a widowed, poor mother, was ever going to have. What Max does have going for him are his uncle’s prized astrogation manuals—book on star navigation that Max literally commits to memory word for word, equation for equation.
Warnings never really work on me but part one is much better.
I'm on to part 2. The cattle drive has begun. It's really crazy that Call just got this idea into his head and dragged all these other guys along and they're not even sure why.
Lesle wrote: "I like the concept of the timeframe and how they might live through it"It would have to be a powerful star since the orbit of the planet would be almost as far out as Uranus. And the four hundred day lunar cycle, I don't know how that could work.
Rosemarie wrote: "I've found the author's books to be hit or miss for me. My favourites are the Earth-Sea books."
Earthsea is great. I'm hoping to get The Lathe of Heaven on the list next year.
Yeah, things get a little melodramatic.
