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[Eyob]

Reading Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons, the final book of Hyperion Cantos. One of the smoothest sci-fi I've ever read.

[Lena]

[Chip]

just read Quantum Night by Robert Sawyer. beyond good. what a brilliant man who could combine quantum theory and humanism. Special!

[Jon]

About to start reading Arkwright by Allen Steele

[Gaines]

I just finished Orion, am still struggling through Dhalgren (and am of the opinion that the author should have cut out some of the superfluous sections, bringing it down from 800-odd pages to 400 or 500 instead), and have just started reading Hidden Empire, which so far looks like a nice, light piece of reading.

[James]

almost finished American Elsewhere not quite science fiction

[Kirsten]

Just finished reading Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge

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[Kirsten]

Just finished reading my interlibary loan Contact by Carl Sagan

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[Brandon]

I have watched the movie at least a dozen times and love it. I tried reading the first part of the book, but it just did not capture me enough to keep reading it. I miss what the acting and visual wonder brought to the story. I still give credit to Sagan for the source material, but I think Zemeckis, Foster, McConnaughey, Silvestri, and the rest improved it.

[Kirsten]

Brandon wrote: "I have watched the movie at least a dozen times and love it. I tried reading the first part of the book, but it just did not capture me enough to keep reading it. I miss what the acting and visual ..."

I've not watched the film. But looking at the cast list, I'm thinking they cut a lot of stuff out and make it all about Jodie Foster's character and the book was much more ensemble driven.

[Kirsten]

Just finished reading Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, part of the Goodreads Choice Awards challenge.

Really enjoyed it. Great adventure. But the format can be annoying for someone with impaired eyesight. I wonder if it would've been better as an audio without all the visual tidbits they give you in the book.

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[Kirsten]

I just finished reading my Kindle Unlimited selection Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell. It's a fun read taking place in the trading routes of the universe.

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[Scott]

About to finish Lamarchos. Really enjoying this series so far, a great recent discovery.

I got 100 pages into Seveneves and am not sure I will continue. It's a bore.

[Scott]

I haven't posted in awhile. I have recently read The Last Whisper in the Dark, Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead, Big Fish, The Golem and the Jinni, and The Sirens of Titan.

Now I'm reading End of Watch.

[Kirsten]

I just finished listening to Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.

I'm so glad I finally listened to this. The 1951 film is one of my favorite films of all time!

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[E A M Harris]

Just started The Martian by Andy Weir. I already saw the film and it feels odd knowing the end, but so far I'm enjoying it anyway.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Actually the end is slightly different.... just slightly. The film is good but as is usually the case the book is better. Enjoy.

[Scott]

Re-reading a beloved book from my childhood, A Wind in the Door.

[Kirsten]

I just started reading This Alien Shore by C.S. Friedman. It was selected in another sci-fi book club I'm in and it took me a while to get a copy via interlibrary loan.

I am sure glad I did! It grabs you from the first chapter (without chapter headings) and keeps going like a thriller.

[Viv]

As part of my personal goal to read more from the SF Mistressworks list, I am listening to the audio of Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre. It does feel very 70s, but I am quite enjoying it.

[Greg]

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

[C. John]

Greg wrote: "The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie"

The book that caused several of us at Radio Erindale to refuse to play anything by Cat Stevens.

[Scott]

[Jennifer]

Way Station, don't want this one to end

[Scott]

I finished End of Watch last weekend. Now I'm reading The Library at Mount Char.

[Esther]

I have been reading mainly non-genre books but I did finish Station Eleven which was a 5 star for both a good story and great writing, and The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August which was good but not great so got 4 stars.
Now I am tackling Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell which is good so far but is such a brick.

[Jennifer]

Esther, I hated that book. The last one you mentioned. I refuse to name it. I would rather scream out Voldemort! , anyway I am reading this Mockingbird

[Esther]

Jennifer wrote: "Esther, I hated that book. The last one you mentioned. I refuse to name it. I would rather scream out Voldemort! , anyway I am reading this Mockingbird"
It does seem to be a bit of a marmite book.

[Tad]

I'm reading Behind the Throne by K.B. Wagers and it is so much fun! Great characters, action and world building with a side of humor!

[C. John]

Just finished reading (or re-reading to be more accurate) Science Fiction Review Number 15 (November, 1975). Interesting read. This was edited and published by Richard E. Geis. It is the usual blend of articles, letters, Geis's comments on the two and reviews of books. Even Alter Ego manages to make an apperance. The highlight of this issue might be a longish article by Donald C. Thompson which includes a discussion of a panel in which Silverberg announced he was no longer going to write science fiction.

[C. John]

Finished reading The Planet of the Dying Sun and I am now reading the Rebels of Tuglan .

[Scott]

I recently read The Library at Mount Char, Undermajordomo Minor, and Eating the Dinosaur.

Now, I'm reading The Tommyknockers.

[Scott]

Slogging my way through Judas Unchained.

[Tad]

I read a couple of novellas this weekend. Department of Temporal Investigations: Time Lock by Christopher L. Bennett was ok, but had a few faults.

Murder in the Generative Kitchen by Meg Pontecorvo was really good with a lot of cool concepts. My only complaint is that it ended a little abruptly. Sort of a courtroom mystery set in the future with some high-tech SF concepts about society and the legal system. Puts me in a mood for some J.D. Robb

[Kasia]

I've been gorging myself lately on YA fantasy, so it's Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas...

[Mary]

No Good Dragon Goes Unpunished by Rachel Aaron

[Latoya]

Scott wrote: "I recently read The Library at Mount Char, Undermajordomo Minor, and Eating the Dinosaur.

Now, I'm reading The Tommyknockers."

The Library at Mount Char was awesome! Nothing compares to it.

[Latoya]

Dune Frank Herbert

Non sci fiDavid Baldacci Face Off really good.

[Kirsten]

I'm nearly finished listening to Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer. Incredible book about the nature of the universe and how not just religious people can be fundamentalist.

[Scott]

Just finished Judas Unchained...good read but LONG.

[Kirsten]

Does Peter Hamilton write short books?

[Scott]

Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "Does Peter Hamilton write short books?"

I don't think so but they aren't all 1000 pages long.
And that's only just half of the story, in this case.

[Kirsten]

I just finished reading Julie E. Czerneda's A Thousand Words for Stranger. This is my second book by this author, but apparently it was her debut novel. Wow!! I highly recommend it. It has my requirements for good sci-fi: adventure, a sense of wonder, and great characters.

[Megan]

I just finished Arthur C. Clarke and Frederik Pohl's The Last Theorem (review forthcoming), but wow, it was a lot of a mess. I kept trying to like it, and the writing was fine, but the pacing and plot were a mess.

Oddly, also reading 2001, which I am enjoying more.

[Scott]

I recently finished The Tommyknockers, To Build a Fire, and Twittering from the Circus of the Dead.

I'm trying to figure out what to read next.

[Scott]

I'm reading Artemis Awakening by Jane Lindskold. The beginning of it was interesting, but the middle is kind of dull, and slow.

[Kirsten]

I've been listening to The Girl with All the Gifts

[Lena]

I am reading "The Rise of Endymion" by Dan Simmons, the final book in his Hyperion series -- absolutely fantastic!!

[Deb]

I just finished a real oldie by Jules Verne

Now how many people think of this as a science fiction? But in its day it was pretty hard sci-fi!

[Kirsten]

I recently finished Pilgrimage: The Book of the People - it had me harking back to one of my favorite movies when I was a kid: Escape to Witch Mountain.