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Non-FPW Readings - Sigokat - 02-09-2013
Scott Miller Wrote:Blades Of Winter by G.T. Almasi kicks major ass(which I figure could work for you...given your rank and all). It tosses in a bit of everything and does it with aplomb. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0440423546
Scott, thanks I'll check out the link. I didn't realize that Out of the Silent Planet was part of C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy, so I might end up getting the last two books as well. But I'll definitely check out Blades of Winter as well.
Non-FPW Readings - Alvin Fox - 02-15-2013
I'm about to start the latest Dresden Files book. The series started off really slow, for me anyway. I didn't really get interested until about 6 books in. "But why did you keep going if you didn't enjoy the first 5?" If I was reading them that would be one thing. As it is I listen to the audiobooks and it's easier to shrug off a bad book if I'm listening while I was already doing something else. And the 12th book, Changes, was amazing. The whole series could have ended there so many threads got tied off. The payoffs in Changes were worth the not so good early books.
I've also been reading / listening to all of Simon R. Green's stuff in the past year and I'm down to Shadows Fall, the first book of his I read.
Non-FPW Readings - Sigokat - 02-18-2013
Thirteen for Dinner by Denis Daisy. So far its okay but I'm having a hard time enjoying any "new fiction" (with the exception of D&D) that I can enjoy because it all seems to written for a reading comprehension level of an 8th grader. do authors not write anymore? I just finished Out of the Silent Planet by CS Lewis and that was literary genius compared to all this new stuff.
My Two Lincolns
Non-FPW Readings - t4terrific - 02-18-2013
I'm on a trip to San Antonio. I started Odd Hours. I'm not in love with the Odd series, but I enjoy it enough to come back to it now and then.
Non-FPW Readings - cobalt - 02-18-2013
I'm on White Flag of the Zombie, #7. It's now the next generation of survivors in this post apocalytic world. I don't remember the title.....though. It was one of those $2.99 deals for the Kindle.
Non-FPW Readings - Medusa - 02-18-2013
I have Book 1 of this series but I haven't read it yet. Is it a good series?
I'm reading The Becoming series by Jessica Meigs. Its also a zombie post apocalytic (can't help it I love them). Its a great series.
cobalt Wrote:I'm on White Flag of the Zombie, #7. It's now the next generation of survivors in this post apocalytic world. I don't remember the title.....though. It was one of those $2.99 deals for the Kindle.
Non-FPW Readings - cobalt - 02-18-2013
Medusa Wrote:I have Book 1 of this series but I haven't read it yet. Is it a good series?
Yes! I'm hooked on them. The one thing I've always liked about this series is that the people treat the zombie fluids as a contagion....the weapons are set aflame and burn red till it's all gone. I compare all others to this "standard" I guess that's the nurse talking. lol
Quote:I'm reading The Becoming series by Jessica Meigs. Its also a zombie post apocalytic (can't help it I love them). Its a great series.
Thanks! I'll check it out.
Non-FPW Readings - Medusa - 02-18-2013
Thanks! I know what I'm reading next!
The Becoming Brother in Arms, which is a short story prequel, is free on Amazon right now. http://www.amazon.com/The-Becoming-Brothers-Arms-ebook/dp/B008GWI7DG/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1361213544&sr=1-4&keywords=jessica+meigs
cobalt Wrote:Yes! I'm hooked on them. The one thing I've always liked about this series is that the people treat the zombie fluids as a contagion....the weapons are set aflame and burn red till it's all gone. I compare all others to this "standard" I guess that's the nurse talking. lol
Thanks! I'll check it out.
Non-FPW Readings - cobalt - 02-18-2013
Thanks for the link.
I've gotten all the White Flag books on my Kindle thru Amazon. They have deals where you buy one and get one free sometimes.
Non-FPW Readings - Dave F - 02-18-2013
Something truly different - if you want to get away from horror / fantasy / SF for a while
Just finished The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker - one mans story of his journey up an escalator. I laughed out loud at times, it's like la comedian who doesn't tell jokes - but talks about the ridiculousness of life.
Very unlike my usual read - but a pleasant diversion