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Barry: Hope your maintenance project goes well and you squeeze in a few good books. Lots of FBI agents, snipers and (bedbugs!) in your current crop. Interesting comment that Neon Prey spans months - it seems many MT books are only about a few days of a case. Tongue-in-check question: If the techno-thriller writers start ignoring physics too does that make them science fiction writers or just poor researchers with a political agenda and guns?
I predict you will retire to Florida.
Barry wrote: "..Kind of like Carlos Castaneda goes to Key West. ."This is so funny!
I think mny techno writers bite ff more than they can chew. They have a story to tell and ignore both the rest of the world and science, when the science is not convenient.
I aspire to emulate your sparse months....
Barry: Agenda first, facts second. Got it. Barry wrote: "I think mny techno writers bite ff more than they can chew. They have a story to tell and ignore both the rest of the world and science, when the science is not convenient."
Carol: I know what you mean! Carol/Bonadie wrote: "I aspire to emulate your sparse months...."
Carol/Bonadie wrote: "I aspire to emulate your sparse months...."lol, no kidding!
Looks like a pretty good month to me! Hope you're able to squeeze in a book or 2 here & there...........and some sleep!
I almost hate to say it, but putting Kindle on cell phone lets me fill in the white spaces nicely. May 11 ends night shift hopefully for 18 more months,
Barry: Kindle reading on my cell phone is so very convenient! Audio downloaded as digital audio too! May 11 is fast approaching!Barry wrote: "I almost hate to say it, but putting Kindle on cell phone lets me fill in the white spaces nicely. May 11 ends night shift hopefully for 18 more months,"
I don't often read on my phone but it's convenient sometimes.
Neon Prey: John Sanford
Lucas Davenport, chasing a deranged and prolific killer. The book spans months as the at and mouse game between cops and robbers plays out. As always, the author’s tongue is somewhere in his cheek. (A-)
Treason: Rick Campbell
There are so many complex issues involved with writing a military techo thriller. The usual ones are a good grasp of what is militarily possible, but realism also demands a good understanding of geo politics. Usually the authors are OK with the military stuff, it is why ty are writing it in the first place. Politics are often their downfall, with the authors taking a very narrow view of the world to make their tale work. Surprisingly though,k the last couple books I read failed o basic physics. Weapons and vessels behaved in a way that science would just not let them. I can only hope this is not a trend. (B)
The Rising Sea: Cussler
The age of the robot begins while our heroes try to stop a cunning Chinese bid for world dominance. (B)
Redemption: David Baldacci
An Amos Decker novel. Decker, a rogue FBI agent (as so many are in M/T) goes back to his hometown to solve a long past murder. (B)
The Day Before Midnight: Stephen Hunter
The Russians develop what they think is a first strike wipe out of the US. Some heroes have to stop it. (B)
William Hermann:A Far Justice
Legal/military thriller where an airman is caught and tried by the international criminal court. (B)
Taco Bob and the Gates of Dreaming: Robert Tacoma
Kind of like Carlos Castaneda goes to Key West. (B).
Trespasser: Paul Dorian
Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch becomes involved in solving a murder, all the while aggravating others, and trying not to get murdered himself. (B)
Key Wicked, robert tacoma
Adventures of the hotel owning sisters, as they fight a bed bug infestation and some overly curious FBI agents. (B)
A Time To Kill: Jack Coughlin
American sniper caught in Egypt as the Iranians invade. He raises havoc until the situation is resolved. (B)