Kevin wrote:
Consider Phlebas first, right Charlie? 8^)
That was the first (and so far only) Banks book I have tried. I got about
half-way before I gave up.
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Kevin wrote:
I wrote:
Consider Phlebas first, right Charlie? 8^)
That was the first (and so far only) Banks book I have tried. I got about
half-way before I gave up.
Hey, to each his own. CP is one of my favorite books, period, but if we
all liked the same stuff the world would be
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Rceebergerrceeber...@comcast.net wrote:
I'm in the middle of The Bridge by Banks. Just finished The Algebraist and
Matter by the same with the M.
I really really liked Matter. It has I think supplanted Excession as my
favorite Banks.
The Algebraist was real
Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Rceebergerrceeber...@comcast.net wrote:
I'm in the middle of The Bridge by Banks. Just finished The Algebraist
and Matter by the same with the M.
I really really liked Matter. It has I think supplanted Excession as my
favorite
Doug Pensinger wrote:
Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Rceebergerrceeber...@comcast.net
mailto:rceeber...@comcast.net wrote:
I'm in the middle of The Bridge by Banks. Just finished The
Algebraist and Matter by the same with the M.
I really really
At 10:37 AM Tuesday 7/14/2009, Nick Arnett wrote:
I've been reading so much lately... been thinking it's time to post
some quick thoughts about recent readings and ask what others are reading, too.
I just started The Caryatids by Bruce Sterling. Somewhat over the
top in terms of apocalyptic
On Jul 14, 2009, at 8:37 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
I've been reading so much lately... been thinking it's time to post
some quick thoughts about recent readings and ask what others are
reading, too.
Currently up, the latest installment of _The Year's Best SF_ edited by
Garner Dozois.
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I've been reading so much lately... been thinking it's time to post some
quick thoughts about recent readings and ask what others are reading, too.
I just started The Caryatids by Bruce Sterling. Somewhat over the top in
terms of apocalyptic technology, but I can't help liking the fact that it is
On Jul 14, 2009, at 10:37 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
Anathem struck me as somewhat desperate in its invention of
language, but it all made sense in the end. I'm not sure the book
deserved to be so long, but on the other hand, I was never
particularly tempted to give up on it. Stephenson
On 7/14/2009 10:37:23 AM, Nick Arnett (nick.arn...@gmail.com) wrote:
I've been reading so much lately... been thinking it's time to post some
quick thoughts about recent readings and ask what others are reading, too.
I just started The Caryatids by Bruce Sterling. Somewhat over the top
in
Dan M wrote:
Film, definitely. But, I'd argue that graphic novels combine
literature and art. Good art can be part of storytelling. For
example, Guernica by Picasso certainly tells a story. (...)
Nazi thug to Picasso: You did this?
Picasso to nazi thug: No, you did this
Alberto
From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Danny O'Dare
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 3:05 AM
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion
Subject: Re: In despair for the state of SF
There is so much good science
Dan M wrote:
There is so much good science fiction - not to mention 'slipstream', 'New
Weird', etc - out there (old and new) why waste your time reading the crap?
One thing I've noticed, however, is that the shelf space for what I, and
from what I read most folks on Brin-L consider good sci-fi
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From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Max Battcher
One thing I've noticed, however, is that the shelf space for what I, and
from what I read most folks on Brin-L consider good sci-fi continues to
shrink, being
I'm sorry you read this turkey, but the KJA is a hack and has been for
years...
Damon.
On Jul 4, 2009 4:19 AM, Warren Ockrassa war...@nightwares.com wrote:
A week or so back I finished _Hidden Empire_, the first book in Kevin J.
Anderson's Saga of Seven Suns:
There is so much good science fiction - not to mention 'slipstream', 'New
Weird', etc - out there (old and new) why waste your time reading the crap?
DANNY
2009/7/5 Doug Pensinger brig...@zo.com
xponent
Matter Maru
rob
Or Anathem, eh?
Doug
On Jul 6, 2009, at 8:48 PM, John Williams wrote:
I just checked the reviews on the book you mentioned, and the bad
reviews talk about many of the same problems that you mentioned.
Yes, they do -- but unfortch, I didn't have net access at the time I
was considering. I was thinking of the
On Jul 4, 2009, at 5:48 PM, xponentrob wrote:
Uh..why aren't you reading something good?
Well, yeah, that was kinda the point. :\ All I can say is I didn't
know better at the time...
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On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Warren Ockrassawar...@nightwares.com wrote:
On Jul 4, 2009, at 5:48 PM, xponentrob wrote:
Uh..why aren't you reading something good?
Well, yeah, that was kinda the point. :\ All I can say is I didn't know
better at the time...
If I have no idea whether I
From: Warren Ockrassa [war...@nightwares.com]
Kevin J. Anderson
See, I spotted your problem right away, Warren. :-p
Jim
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Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 3:19 AM
Subject: In despair for the state of SF
A week or so back I finished _Hidden Empire_, the first book in Kevin
J.
xponent
Matter Maru
rob
Or Anathem, eh?
Doug
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