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March 2010: What are you reading?
Half way through The Pirate Devlin by Mark Keating. Then onto the new Guy Gavriel Kay (Amazon Vine)
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
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I've finished "The Grim Reaper's Book of Days: A Cautionary Record of Famous, Infamous, and Unconventional Exits" by Ed Morrow (306pgs, 1992).
Some of the facts don't always jive what I've read elsewhere, but overall I enjoyed the book.
SM
Some of the facts don't always jive what I've read elsewhere, but overall I enjoyed the book.
SM
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[quote=""javagirl""]Finished Frank Herbert's Dune a few days ago and it didn't really do much for me. [/quote]
Oh my - my boyfriend in HS gave that to me; I was about 15, and hadn't really read much sci fi before. Oh my gawd. I've read it several times over the years and it never fails to interest me. It certainly led to several years of all sci fi/fantasy all the time. I'm curious what you didn't like about it?
Oh my - my boyfriend in HS gave that to me; I was about 15, and hadn't really read much sci fi before. Oh my gawd. I've read it several times over the years and it never fails to interest me. It certainly led to several years of all sci fi/fantasy all the time. I'm curious what you didn't like about it?
Gave up on Glassblowers of Morano - for one thing, poorly edited (used 'that' instead of 'who' many times, and other irritating bits of grammar) and I didn't like the modern character descendant. If she had stuck with the ancient story it would have been fine. Ah well
Really liking Henrietta Lacks. Its history, along with science and ethics. Very well written.
Really liking Henrietta Lacks. Its history, along with science and ethics. Very well written.
Re: Dune
[quote=""Ash""]Oh my - my boyfriend in HS gave that to me; I was about 15, and hadn't really read much sci fi before. Oh my gawd. I've read it several times over the years and it never fails to interest me. It certainly led to several years of all sci fi/fantasy all the time. I'm curious what you didn't like about it?[/quote]
I guess the short answer is that I'm not as interested in fantasy worlds. I've found that the sci-fi I have liked is more the type that I can comprehend being likely to be possible, like high-tech inventions, etc.
I don't have the energy for a longer answer.
Lynn
[quote=""Ash""]Oh my - my boyfriend in HS gave that to me; I was about 15, and hadn't really read much sci fi before. Oh my gawd. I've read it several times over the years and it never fails to interest me. It certainly led to several years of all sci fi/fantasy all the time. I'm curious what you didn't like about it?[/quote]
I guess the short answer is that I'm not as interested in fantasy worlds. I've found that the sci-fi I have liked is more the type that I can comprehend being likely to be possible, like high-tech inventions, etc.
I don't have the energy for a longer answer.
Lynn
[quote=""javagirl""]Re: Dune
I guess the short answer is that I'm not as interested in fantasy worlds. I've found that the sci-fi I have liked is more the type that I can comprehend being likely to be possible, like high-tech inventions, etc.
I don't have the energy for a longer answer.
Lynn[/quote]
Hee, no need! We just have opposite interests; my sci fi has to have more story than science (I love Bradbury and Clark), while my fantasy worlds have to make connections to the current one. To each his own
I guess the short answer is that I'm not as interested in fantasy worlds. I've found that the sci-fi I have liked is more the type that I can comprehend being likely to be possible, like high-tech inventions, etc.
I don't have the energy for a longer answer.
Lynn[/quote]
Hee, no need! We just have opposite interests; my sci fi has to have more story than science (I love Bradbury and Clark), while my fantasy worlds have to make connections to the current one. To each his own