At 11:11 PM Friday 9/12/2008, Doug Pensinger wrote: >Jon wrote: > > > > > > > recently, i've been reading a lot of british authors; lain banks, peter > > hamilton, ian mcdonald, ian r. and ken macleod, alastair > reynolds, bob shaw, > > chas stross... > > i mostly read hi tech,, cutting edge, near future hard sf, some urban > > fantasy and alt history. > > rhys hughes is on my list and maybe finish the canopus in argos: archives, > > by doris lessing > > > >So have you read Bank's most recent, Matter?
I did! I did!! Unfortunately when I asked several months ago on this list and the Culture list* I seemed to be rather unique in being able to make that claim. _____ *BTW, I haven't heard anything from them in awhile . . . unlike a few years ago when that was a quite active list . . . >I tried to pick up Anathem the other day but the bookstore I frequent was >out already which is just fine as I'm in the middle of several others >including Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses, Baxter's Manifold: Time >and McCollough's Adams bio. > >All the Pretty Horses which is the first book of a trilogy is a bit of a >departure from the other two McCarthy books I've read (Blood Meridian and >The Road) in that it isn't nearly as bleak and violent. There's even a bit >of humor. The guy can write a gripping story though; I couldn't put down >The Road. Perhaps instead you should have tried to ease on down the road . . . >Doug >Not a Git, maru Me, Neither Maru . . . ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
