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What fiction book are you currently reading?
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I am reading the first book in a new teen series by Clive Barker called, Abarat I am only a few pages in; I will let you know how it goes.
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I've just started reading Jim Butcher's Dresden Files novels. Its cheap and whorish writing... I got into this modern Fantasy thing recently with stuff like Charlie Huston's hardcore Vampire Noir novels and stuff like this feels light and fluffy by comparison.
Not that I am not enjoying them.
Not that I am not enjoying them.
Cheap and whorish has it's place, ask Charlie SheenI've just started reading Jim Butcher's Dresden Files novels. Its cheap and whorish writing... I got into this modern Fantasy thing recently with stuff like Charlie Huston's hardcore Vampire Noir novels and stuff like this feels light and fluffy by comparison.
Not that I am not enjoying them.
LOL, come on, you know his whorish days were never cheap.
Cut me a break. It was late, I was tired and couldn't come up with a better smart *** remark, and you must admit, one was demanded...
Just starting it. Looks promising
Just started "Hard Magic" by Larry Correia, not bad. I was never into the 1930's as a time period, but he does make it interesting. I think this book shows that he has talent that may last a while.
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John Lecarre - A Most Wanted Man.
Lecarree is my favorite thriller/spy novel author after Fleming. He writes with such knowledge and lyrical beauty that he does dwarf Fleming in many ways, except one, he didnt create Bond. Lecarre's heros are real men, they have real lives, problems, foibles. Many of his books don't even have action, but such amazing edge of your seat dialouge that it blows you away.
A most wanted man is set in the Muslim community in Hamburg Germany in the wake of 9/11 seeing as some of the hijackers came from there. There are SS men trying to do the right thing and due diligence to find why their city is such a hotbed. There's also a young Muslim man with a dubious past who's moving through the community and nobody knows his real endgame ... but he's got lots of money.
Lecarree is my favorite thriller/spy novel author after Fleming. He writes with such knowledge and lyrical beauty that he does dwarf Fleming in many ways, except one, he didnt create Bond. Lecarre's heros are real men, they have real lives, problems, foibles. Many of his books don't even have action, but such amazing edge of your seat dialouge that it blows you away.
A most wanted man is set in the Muslim community in Hamburg Germany in the wake of 9/11 seeing as some of the hijackers came from there. There are SS men trying to do the right thing and due diligence to find why their city is such a hotbed. There's also a young Muslim man with a dubious past who's moving through the community and nobody knows his real endgame ... but he's got lots of money.
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I just picked up "The Bro Code" by Barney Stinson. A little lighthearted change from my usual fare.
Robert Sawyers new one. Wonder.
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Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber. Hmm, not sure if I will finish the book or not. Weber isn't the best framer of prose, at least as judged by this book. I am weary of all his characters using the same sentence structure... You'd think someone from 900 years ago as the protagonist is would talk differently from the current modern day characters. Weber is also overly fond of describing smiles, whether of the wry or half-only type.
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A bad Weber review? I've been really interested in getting into his work since I've spent some time away from sci-fi for a while. He certainly has a huge catalogue and I was thinking of jumping in, but I would like to hear more of your thoughts.
I wanted to get his book "Hell's Gate" because I love the idea of a fantasy setting meeting a modern military setting. Wizards and spells against machine guns and rocket launchers. It's the only book I can think of that blends modern military and fantasy that I'm aware of.
I wanted to get his book "Hell's Gate" because I love the idea of a fantasy setting meeting a modern military setting. Wizards and spells against machine guns and rocket launchers. It's the only book I can think of that blends modern military and fantasy that I'm aware of.
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Granted Off Armageddon Reef is a very politically oriented book, so there's bound to be lots speeches and other dialogue. I guess that's why some of the quirks in Weber's writing is so noticeable. When you have umpteen characters pontificating about something and they all talk exactly the same...
Don't let me put you off from reading the book or any of Weber's other novels. He is entertaining, albeit not a master of crafty prose like perhaps a few select other authors can be.
Don't let me put you off from reading the book or any of Weber's other novels. He is entertaining, albeit not a master of crafty prose like perhaps a few select other authors can be.
