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muffler dragon
Bien. Bien chiludo.
I only read Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five in the Vonnegut collection. I understood the underlying premises to the books, but they did not urge me to read anything else.
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BayBuck
Buckeyes are best
"Summer of Night", Dan Simmons
Probably more like a Stephen King horror novel than any other book I've read (that wasn't written by SK, duh). It's set in rural small-town Illinois, summer of 1960, after a spooky old school building finally closes down--with the main characters and setting based somewhat on Simmons's own childhood memories. Like many a King story, the protagonists are small-town boys who swear a lot and spend their entire summer outdoors, and he really keeps the pages turning.
It's the first book I've read by Dan Simmons--he has to be one of the most diverse writers working today, having won awards for sci-fi/fantasy (Hugo) and horror (Bram Stoker), he also wrote a series of detective novels and has spent time more recently with more historical (or at least period-based) fiction. Seriously talented writer, for sure.
Probably more like a Stephen King horror novel than any other book I've read (that wasn't written by SK, duh). It's set in rural small-town Illinois, summer of 1960, after a spooky old school building finally closes down--with the main characters and setting based somewhat on Simmons's own childhood memories. Like many a King story, the protagonists are small-town boys who swear a lot and spend their entire summer outdoors, and he really keeps the pages turning.
It's the first book I've read by Dan Simmons--he has to be one of the most diverse writers working today, having won awards for sci-fi/fantasy (Hugo) and horror (Bram Stoker), he also wrote a series of detective novels and has spent time more recently with more historical (or at least period-based) fiction. Seriously talented writer, for sure.
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OneBuckeye
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Watched first season of game of thrones. Now reading the first book.
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knapplc
Nebraska is a Volleyball school
Lately I've been reading the "Continuing adventures of Sherlock Holmes" series from Titan Books. They're interesting, but most definitely not canon. The twist with these series is that they put Holmes in contact with characters/situations from other stories of the time. So far I've read:
Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds (Holmes battles the Martian invaders, and has an affair with his landlady Mrs. Hudson while Watson remains oblivious) - Manly Wade Wellman
Sherlock Holmes: The Angel of the Opera (Holmes meets the Phantom of the Opera; "written" by Holmes' cousin Dr. Henry Vernier, who throws Watson completely under the bus) - Sam Siciliano
Sherlock Holmes: The Web Weaver (in which Watson is again thrown under the bus by Dr. Vernier and Holmes falls desperately in love but it remains unrequited) - Sam Siciliano
Sherlock Holmes: Seance for a Vampire (In which Holmes investigates the vampiric "rape" of a young woman, aided by his distant relative, Count Dracula) - Fred Saberhagen
There are many more. I've read eight or ten of them, and have another dozen or more to go. They are sometimes maddening, as they totally change the character of Holmes and/or Watson. Some of the authors try to recreate the whole story, with a notable example being Sam Siciliano, whose Holmes openly derides Watson, states that they were never friends, and basically denounces Watson as a hanger-on, almost a groupie or stalker. His Holmes is an ardent lover of women, and Holmes' life-long celibacy is explained in The Web Weaver as a pining for a married woman he cannot have.
Currently I'm reading Sherlock Holmes: The Stalwart Companions, in which a very young Holmes meets and befriends a very young Teddy Roosevelt in 1880 New York - and they solve a dastardly crime together. This book starts out with the author, H. Paul Jeffers, writing in first-person as a Holmes skeptic, only to find in the NYPD archives notes and letters from Holmes himself written to Roosevelt which describe the "adventure" they had together before Roosevelt became the NYPD Commissioner.
I'd recommend this series if you're a Holmes fan, but be warned - this is NOT Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. And each book is different, and some are more miss than hit. But they're entertaining.
Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds (Holmes battles the Martian invaders, and has an affair with his landlady Mrs. Hudson while Watson remains oblivious) - Manly Wade Wellman
Sherlock Holmes: The Angel of the Opera (Holmes meets the Phantom of the Opera; "written" by Holmes' cousin Dr. Henry Vernier, who throws Watson completely under the bus) - Sam Siciliano
Sherlock Holmes: The Web Weaver (in which Watson is again thrown under the bus by Dr. Vernier and Holmes falls desperately in love but it remains unrequited) - Sam Siciliano
Sherlock Holmes: Seance for a Vampire (In which Holmes investigates the vampiric "rape" of a young woman, aided by his distant relative, Count Dracula) - Fred Saberhagen
There are many more. I've read eight or ten of them, and have another dozen or more to go. They are sometimes maddening, as they totally change the character of Holmes and/or Watson. Some of the authors try to recreate the whole story, with a notable example being Sam Siciliano, whose Holmes openly derides Watson, states that they were never friends, and basically denounces Watson as a hanger-on, almost a groupie or stalker. His Holmes is an ardent lover of women, and Holmes' life-long celibacy is explained in The Web Weaver as a pining for a married woman he cannot have.
Currently I'm reading Sherlock Holmes: The Stalwart Companions, in which a very young Holmes meets and befriends a very young Teddy Roosevelt in 1880 New York - and they solve a dastardly crime together. This book starts out with the author, H. Paul Jeffers, writing in first-person as a Holmes skeptic, only to find in the NYPD archives notes and letters from Holmes himself written to Roosevelt which describe the "adventure" they had together before Roosevelt became the NYPD Commissioner.
I'd recommend this series if you're a Holmes fan, but be warned - this is NOT Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. And each book is different, and some are more miss than hit. But they're entertaining.
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Buckeye86
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I finished Anna Karenina
recently and didn't enjoy in nearly as much as War and Peace. It took me a long time to finish due to not being motivated to read it frequently.
I didn't sympathize at all with Anna despite the fact that she is supposed to be one of the great heroines in literature (or so I read on the back cover).
I understand that the character being so openly bold about her social standing was groundbreaking for the time. I suppose that made her a heroine in the late 19th century, but from my modern perspective she seemed fickle to the point of mental instability.
I found the character of Levin (the other main one in the story) to be more interesting, but his religious conversion at the end of the novel was awkward. It was too much of a reflection of Tolstoy's own thoughts and religious conversion in real life and not enough of an interesting story (similar to his rantings about Napoleon throughout War and Peace).
I then finished A Game of Thrones
last week so I can watch the HBO series whenever I get my hands on the DVDs. I am reading the second book now and will probably work my way through the series.
recently and didn't enjoy in nearly as much as War and Peace. It took me a long time to finish due to not being motivated to read it frequently.
I didn't sympathize at all with Anna despite the fact that she is supposed to be one of the great heroines in literature (or so I read on the back cover).
I understand that the character being so openly bold about her social standing was groundbreaking for the time. I suppose that made her a heroine in the late 19th century, but from my modern perspective she seemed fickle to the point of mental instability.
I found the character of Levin (the other main one in the story) to be more interesting, but his religious conversion at the end of the novel was awkward. It was too much of a reflection of Tolstoy's own thoughts and religious conversion in real life and not enough of an interesting story (similar to his rantings about Napoleon throughout War and Peace).
I then finished A Game of Thrones
last week so I can watch the HBO series whenever I get my hands on the DVDs. I am reading the second book now and will probably work my way through the series.
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Alright I'm looking for some new authors to read. Have read a ton of Crichton and Clive Cussler. Given that Crichton is dead and Cussler getting up there and later works are kinda iffy. Might start one of Lee Childs Jack Reacher novels.
Looking for something new to read...
Looking for something new to read...
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muffler dragon
Bien. Bien chiludo.
AuTX Buckeye;2166462; said:
Don't know your style, but if you've never checked out Orson Scott Card or Frank Herbent, then I say, "Jump On!". Of course, I'm going through that NPR Top 100 list that Muck presented a while ago; therefore, I'm reading a LOT of authors that I had no familiarity with. Neil Gaimon's "American Gods" is a kick ass read.
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The Bullpen Gospels : Major League Dreams of a Minor League Veteran by Dirk Hayhurst
Grew up and played HS in Canton
Played for Kent State
Played in minors for Padres, Blue Jays and Rays
Grew up and played HS in Canton
Played for Kent State
Played in minors for Padres, Blue Jays and Rays
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Muck
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AuTX Buckeye;2166462; said:
Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter
It's the book that the movie Shooter was based on. Hunter has written another six books in the series.
GySgt Bob Lee Swagger won't disappoint.
Or you could go old school with The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling or Jack London's Call of the Wild.
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