I'm currently reading the Andrew Jackson Biography American Lion, have recently finished Dan Simmons' Terror and listened to the audio books The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Angels and Demons. Terror was decent; long but well written and researched. I'm not a big fan of monster stories (I f**king hate vampires), but the Yeti-type monster here is more plausible than most. I'm sure a lot of you have read the Heinlein, but this was my first attempt since I threw The Cat who Walks through Walls across the room, unfinished, many years ago. The story was decent; somewhat dated but still interesting. I'm not a big fan of Heinlein's politics; the idea that any kind of anarchical system would be workable inspires incredulity, but I would recommend it none the less. The narrator, James Lloyd was pretty good, I thought.
Which is more than I can say about Angels and Demons, the narrator wasn't very good and however interesting some of the history was, the story was implausible and depended on plot devices that were dead on arrival. I saw the movie also and can not recommend it either though I'm a fan of both Hanks and Howard. The plot wasn't any more believable than it was in the book, and Hanks just isn't the right guy to play the protagonist. Sorry Tom. Doug Opinionated maru
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