Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote:
If you're an Asimov fan, I ask: what did you (or anyone in our audience)
think of Asimov's Magic: The Final Fantasy Collection? I liked it, but
I
recently gave it to a friend who wanted to read it, and she told me she
found it disappointing. I don't know why.
Big
On Saturday, March 8, 2003, at 02:31 am, G. D. Akin wrote:
Lalith Vipulananthan
_Perdido Street Station_ is a steampunk fantasy (a term coined by John
Clute) and has a brilliantly imagined setting in the city of New
Crobuzon.
My review of it is below. If you want the short version, a member of
William T Goodall wrote:
I'm guessing you didn't (wouldn't) like Thomas M Disch's _The
Genocides_ either then ?
Don't know--never read him, though my next non-novel to read is his The
Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of.
BTW, just wrapping up James Gunn's Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science
From: G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
William T Goodall wrote:
BTW, just wrapping up James Gunn's Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of
Science
Fiction. This is a great read for any Asimov fan.
George A
If you're an Asimov fan, I ask: what did you (or anyone in our audience)
think of Asimov's Magic:
Jose wrote:
I'm going to make my weekly expedition to Borders in a couple of days. I'd
like to stock up on SciFi books. What's new and worthy out there?
Two excellent books that I read last year were _Perdido Street Station_ by
China Mieville and _Heroes Die_ by Matthew Woodring Stover.
I second that. Infinity Beach was pretty good; Chindi is even better.
George A
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From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: Book Suggestions: The Best of Current SciFi?
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote:
Hi, gang..
I'm going to make my weekly expedition to Borders in a couple of days. I'd
like to stock up on SciFi books. What's new and worthy out there?
If it's not too late
If you've never tried any Jack McDevitt, look his stuff over. My husband
has really
Jose said:
I thank you for your review. MacLeod's books will definitely be on my
list. So will be Reynolds'.
I think that MacLeod's earlier Fall Revolution books are pretty good on
the whole too. The first one, _The Star Fraction_, is obviously a first
novel, but the second and later ones
Rob said:
Phillip Pullman = excellent fantasy
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
These books are wonderful. You might have to look for them in the
Children's Fiction section though; I certainly had to do so. (In
Europe, at least, they're now available in Child and Adult
Julia said:
Which ones are the second and third?
MacLeod's books fall into two series, which inhabit different future
histories:
The first series are the Fall Revolution books (also known as the
Norlonto books and probably by some other collective titles). These are
_The Star Fraction_, _The
is up for a Nebula this year. A good read!
George A
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From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: Book Suggestions: The Best of Current SciFi?
JJ wrote:
Hi, gang..
I'm going to make my weekly
Leo Frankowsky - Conrad's series - time travel
Charles de Lint - Memory and Dream - urban fantasy
Ilana
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Robert Seeberger wrote:
I like William Browning Spencer. The man is insane.
Resume With Monsters
Zod Wallop
The Return Of Count Electric
Which one do you recommend starting with?
Julia
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Subject: Re: Book Suggestions: The Best of Current SciFi?
Robert Seeberger wrote:
I like William Browning Spencer. The man is insane
Jose said:
I'm going to make my weekly expedition to Borders in a couple of days.
I'd like to stock up on SciFi books. What's new and worthy out there?
I'm reading Alastair Reynolds' Conjoiner/Demarchist books at the moment.
The first one, _Revelation Space_ was a little disappointing but
JJ wrote:
Hi, gang..
I'm going to make my weekly expedition to Borders in a couple of days. I'd
like to stock up on SciFi books. What's new and worthy out there?
If you haven't read _Kiln People_ yet, definitely pick it up. I'm not quite
to the end yet (about 60 pages left out of 568 in the
From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:25:16 -0600
JJ wrote:
Hi, gang..
I'm going to make my weekly expedition to Borders in a couple
Reggie Bautista wrote:
Keyes is best
known as a fantasy writer, although he also wrote the Babylon 5 Psicore
trilogy from an outline by jms. I don't know if this guy is the same as the
Greg Keyes who wrote a couple of Star Wars: New Jedi Order books.
It *is* the same guy.
At least, that's
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Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:25:26 +
Jose said:
I'm going to make my weekly expedition to Borders in a couple of days.
I'd like to stock up
Richard Baker wrote:
After I finish with these, I'm going to read the second and third
volumes of Ken MacLeod's Engines of Light. Again, I thought the first
one, _Cosmonaut Keep_, didn't live up to the promise of his earlier
work but I've heard good things about the second and, especially,
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