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[Aloha]

That's a fun book to read, Anna. Entertaining.

Anna wrote: "Hyperion - Dan Simmons..."

[Aloha]

I'm in the middle of reading In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination. I absolutely love this book. If you're a fan of SF, I highly recommend this book. She has really interesting observations and experience with the genre.

For horror, I'm reading Black & Orange. I haven't read far into it to figure out the whole plot, but it looks good so far. Since I'm moving between the two books, I'm not exactly making a big dent in either.

But unfortunately for my other reads, I think the Atwood one will be a slow, savoring book for me, since there is a lot to think about.

[Scott]

Finished The Strain, which I really enjoyed.

Then I started Dead Man's Song.

[George]

I am about halfway through Revelation Space which I thought started really slowly but it becoming more interesting and cohesive as I get further into it.

[Beezlebug (Rob)]

Jon wrote: "Hello all. I'm about halfway through David Weber's Off Armageddon Reef. It reminds me a lot of John Scalzi's Last Colony but the differences are big enough to keep me reading. Has any one Read the ..."

Jon, I read up to the third book and then gave up on it. I was intrigued by the premise and the background for the whole story but I was really hoping he'd skip ahead in time from book to book and eventually get back to a point where humanity was facing off against the "evil aliens" (I forget their name). Instead he stuck with the fedual setting and how Merlin was helping the kingdom against the church which didn't feel like it was going to wrap up anytime soon. I also wasn't a fan of his long drawn out descriptions of weapons, engineering, etc. I can get that from a non-fiction book. If he ever gets to a point where he gets out of the current time period I'd probably skim some reviews or wikipedia entries and pick up the series again.

[The Pirate Ghost]

I just picked up Diamond Sandby Pia Senda.

[Jenny]

Last night I finished Foundation's Edge. I really love this series and I have to say I'll be a bit sad when I'm done, but there's so much more Asimov to read! I still have Foundation and Earth and Forward the Foundation to read. Next up I'm giving Water for Elephants a try.

[Cheryl]

I haven't read any Star Trek for a while, so now I'm starting A Choice of Catastrophes (Star Trek: The Original Series).

[Kevin]

Ready Player One

I'm enjoying it quite a bit so far. If you're a gamer, a geek or grew up in the eighties you should enjoy this. If you're all three, then this is mandatory reading.

[Barry]

I just finished Deepsix by Jack McDevitt, I like his style and ability to have rounded characters that grow with you as you read on, and he is excellent at the tech stuff without making it heavy. The build up to the climax was a little slow in the last 100 pages or so, but the pay-off was worth it. Great ending, which I don't often say when reading Scifi, even by good authors.

[Barry]

For Scott: I also got bogged down in the Evolutionary Void, which I think is the first one in the series. Started off great, and then I just kind of lost it. I'll go back to it, but after 100 pages I still had little idea where it was going. Loved the organic ships though.

[SubterraneanCatalyst]

@ Kevin, that's on my TBR list :)

I'm reading Altered Carbon right now (it's damned good, I'm prob going to give it 5 stars) and also I'm reading The Goblin King (<-it's PNR ;p. I need to have some love ok? in between my sci fi!)

[Barry]

Altered carbon is awesome, Kevin! Enjoy!

[Scott]

Barry wrote: "I just finished Deepsix by Jack McDevitt, I like his style and ability to have rounded characters that grow with you as you read on, and he is excellent at the tech stuff without making it heavy."

McDevitt is one of my favorites; he brought me back to reading SF. I especially like the Alex Benedict series.

[J.P.]

KevinB wrote: "Ready Player One

I'm enjoying it quite a bit so far. If you're a gamer, a geek or grew up in the eighties you should enjoy this. If you're all three, then this is mandatory reading."
The best science fiction book I've read this year. I was impressed to the point of tossing praise around like it was confetti.

[SubterraneanCatalyst]

J.P. wrote: "KevinB wrote: "Ready Player One

I'm enjoying it quite a bit so far. If you're a gamer, a geek or grew up in the eighties you should enjoy this. If you're all three, then this is man..."

Wow, maybe I should move it up the queue of my TBR list lol

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Couldn't go that far, but I liked it.

[Aloha]

I finished Black & Orange for Horror Aficionados monthly read. I finished Neuromancer, which I enjoyed but noticed in a couple of other people's comments that it was too much of a technobabble for them. I didn't find it technobabble, more like a gritty noir novel taken place within the web, in which part of the setting takes place within the mind being linked into cyberspace. I love that type of linked into the cyberspace movies, so I didn't have a problem with the book. It was also original for its time. I don't know of any other book that had that as its theme.

I'm halfway through both In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination and The Handmaid's Tale. I am enjoying them both enormously. The Atwood book on the influences of SF, and her own personal road was very interesting. It gave me insight into her creative process, which I find is similar to my own, or maybe all creative processes are somewhat like that. I think The Handmaid's Tale is better written than The Blind Assassin, because she didn't get self-involved with her words, which can be off-putting in Assassin.

After these books, I'm going to focus on the Connie Willis time travel series. I'm interested in how different writers deal with the topic of time travel. That should be an interesting study. I'm starting with the Willis' because they add to my list of Nebula/Hugos I've read.

I think after this, I want to read some nice romance. I thought I was off romance forever, but I'm starting to think of gallant men in poet shirts.

[Barry]

(to Scott) I started reading McDevitt because someone told me my novel was like his writing. Well, it's not quite up to his standard(!), but he also writes multi-POV and fairly complex stories.
Just started Xeelee (Timelike Infinity) by Baxter, got off to a good start last night :-)

[Jenny]

I finished Neverwhere and I'm starting Anansi Boys on audio. I was going to listen to The Naked Sun next, but unfortunately the first disk from the library is damaged. It's the only copy they have too... What a shame.

[The Pirate Ghost]

I finished and I enjoyed it. I've started reading Storm Front. I'm enjoying it very much now.

[Brick]

I started Making Money (Discworld, #36) recently. Can't get enough delving into the Discworld, written by the great Sir Terry Pratchett!

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

I finished the Rowan, and am in the middle of The Player of Games. Today I hope to start Neuromancer for our group read and then get into The Last Unicorn

[Beezlebug (Rob)]

Finished Star of the Guardians: Vol. 3 - King's Sacrifice tonight. Took a lot longer than I expected to finish it (I blame work and television). Still working on the audiobook version of The Machine Crusade and I started The Departure tonight.

[Amanda]

I'm reading Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters :)

[The Pirate Ghost]

Finished Stormfront and moved on to John Sanford's Rough Country. Good so far.

[Chris]

I had just finished up Ready Player One as well. It was a very fun, well constructed adventure novel that is firmly rooted in pop culture and cyber punk. Having grown up in the 80's with an interest in gaming and movies that has extended into my adult hood, this was allot of fun to read. Exceeded the hype for me, light hearted in tone, but it was a really great story of friendship and perseverance as well.

[Judy]

I just finished A Case of Conscience by James Blish. It won the Hugo in 1959. What a strange book it was. I don't know what to think or how to review it. Has anyone else read it?

[Mr.Jamie]

by Stephen King

[Don]

I am about a third of the way through The Eyre Affair. This is hilarious so far. Maybe English lit majors will get more of the Lit humor. I never read anything by him before, but Jasper Fforde has a good thing going.

[Scott]

Started The Rowan yesterday; am about halfway through already.

[Scott]

I finished Dead Man's Song this morning. I really love this story so far.

I think I'm going to start The Long Walk this afternoon.

[J.P.]

Judy wrote: "I just finished A Case of Conscience by James Blish. It won the Hugo in 1959. What a strange book it was. I don't know what to think or how to review it. Has anyone else read it?"
I read it quite a while back and it did next to nothing for me. I can't even remember the details so it sure didn't make much of an impression.

[Megan]

Just finished Shades of Grey (yes, I'm always late with the monthly reads), and loved it. The end was unexpectedly devastating.

And about to start an old Greg Bear called The Wind From a Burning Woman.

[J.P.]

Don wrote: "I am about a third of the way through The Eyre Affair. This is hilarious so far. Maybe English lit majors will get more of the Lit humor. I never read anything by him before, but Ja..."
If you enjoy Jasper Fforde you can't miss with Shades of Grey. It may seem off the wall at first but stick with it, it's a great read.

[Judy]

Oh dear. Well thanks JP for at least having heard of it AND read it. The main character was a biologist and a Jesuit priest who thought he had found Hell on another planet or at least the work of the Devil. Does that ring a bell?

[Beezlebug (Rob)]

Just finished The Departure. Not bad but having read 'The Owner' short stories I was a little disappointed with the actual identity of the owner. I had a different impression from the short stories.

On to The Children of the Sky.

[Jenn]

I'm reading Ben Loory's "Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day." I admit, it's sort of a surreal experience for me, because I went to junior high and high school with him, and even though he's been in the New Yorker, etc. I can still see glimmers of the high school kid I was friends with in his tone.

The stories are very short, very spare fables with some sci-fi and horror elements to them. It reads quickly, so I expect I'll be done with it shortly.

[Jenny]

I'm reading The Last Unicorn.

[J.P.]

Judy wrote: "Oh dear. Well thanks JP for at least having heard of it AND read it. The main character was a biologist and a Jesuit priest who thought he had found Hell on another planet or at least the work of t..."
That sounds vaguely familiar. I can't honestly say I made it all the way through the book. I may have thrown in the towel on this one. It must have been a sparse year for science fiction for this to win the Hugo.

[The Pirate Ghost]

I finished which kind of had a "steam Punk" feel, though, I'm not sure why.

I've started on Courageousby Jack Campell. The thrid in that series.

[Megan]

My husband's reading me The List of Seven right now! I'm enjoying it so far - I think we're halfway through. (I'm reading him The Hunger Games.)

[The Pirate Ghost]

Cool, it's a "Group Read" for me in another discussion group. I read it a long time ago and loved it. This time, I read it just after reading by Arthur Conan Doyle.

It gave me a renewed respect for how much Mark Frost (Co-Creator of Twin Peaks, the old TV show) had to work to wire it "like" Doyle, with a similar voice.

It reminded me, at the time, of "Young Sherlock Holmes" the movie.

[Aloha]

Boy, I'm behind in posting what I've been reading. I've been good about my reading, though. I finished The Handmaid's Tale, In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination, and From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time.

I'm currently reading 11/22/63 to continue my time theme. I'm also reading Create Great iPhone Photos: Apps, Tips, Tricks, and Effects and WRITING STEAMPUNK.

I'm also only posting what I'm reading only here since I've gotten very lazy about posting at Goodreads, and it's mostly SciFi or techy stuff. Those who are in the same groups that I am in can be happy about that. LOL

[Jason]

What did you think of Handmaid's Tale, Aloha?

[Aloha]

I really enjoyed it, Jason. Some men might find it to be male bashing, but I think you'd understand if you know that Atwood is a member of Amnesty International and lived through a time when women were limited in their choices of careers.

[Jason]

Yeah, I loved Handmaid's Tale. I don't think it was man bashing at all, considering the ending. If anything, and I doubt it was intentional, but I think Atwood wanted you to think it was man bashing until what you learn at the end.

Truly a sick book, though! And I have no doubts that humanity is fully capable of creating such a society, considering our cheery past. lol

[Aloha]

And present, too, Jason. Things like that are still happening in this world.

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Is Frankenstein science fiction? Anyway, I'm reading it right now and I'm loving it. Its free on any kind of Kindle if you want to give it a go.

[Scott]

I didn't feel like The Handmaid's Tale was male bashing at all, and considering I had to read it for a sociology class taught by a man-hating feminist professor that really says a lot.