G. D. Akin wrote:
It wouldn't be a big deal to me either except that I found I really enjoyed
the first three.
I wouldn't have read them in the first place if A Storm of Swords hadn't
been nominated for a Hugo a couple of years back. I've been a supporting
member of the Worldcons for the
It wouldn't be a big deal to me either except that I found I really enjoyed
the first three.
I wouldn't have read them in the first place if A Storm of Swords hadn't
been nominated for a Hugo a couple of years back. I've been a supporting
member of the Worldcons for the last several years. I
A Feast for Crows due in September.
George A
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From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: Irregulars Question (New), was Re: Book Suggestions: TheBest of
Current SciFi?
On
According to Locus Online's Forthcoming Books, the book will be out in
April. According to Amazon.com, you can preorder now for delivery in
September. I e-mailed Locus and was told that Amazon is probably more
accurate as Locus hasn't updated the list since December. I hope it IS
April.
George
I agree. I've been a bit dismayed at the rise of Fantasy at the expense of
SF. I was really upset when Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire won the
Hugo year before last. So upset that I wrote a letter to Locus and they
published it. In the letter I sort of took a swipe at the Science Fiction
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 08:06:58PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote:
I really enjoy George R. R. Martin's The Songs of Ice and Fire
series
Me too! Now if only he would get that next book out faster!
I've heard that Martin is loosely following the War of the Roses, but
since I'm not familiar with the
On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, G. D. Akin wrote:
Amercian Gods . . . 2002 Hugo winner and probably even odds on taking
home the Nebula in April as well. I thought it was different, imaginative,
but not anything to write home about or recommend to anyone.
A little shy of the halfway point, I'm really
G. D. Akin wrote:
Amercian Gods . . . 2002 Hugo winner and probably even odds on
taking home the Nebula in April as well. I thought it was
different, imaginative, but not anything to write home about or
recommend to anyone.
I would heartily recommend it (and almost all of Neil Gaiman's
On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Doug Pensinger wrote:
G. D. Akin wrote:
I have two reasons for you to finish Moving Mars.
1. It is a good book, a good story. I will admit, it started off slowly,
but persistence pays off.
I enjoyed it very much as well. I just finished Blood Music and would
On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, G. D. Akin wrote:
Both Blood Music and Forge of God were enjoyable reads. Blood Music
is a very chilling tale of biology gone wrong. Forge of God is just as
chilling in an end-of-the-world tale--of which I am a sucker for (my
all-time favorite is Lucifer's Hammer by
Amercian Gods . . . 2002 Hugo winner and probably even odds on taking
home the Nebula in April as well. I thought it was different, imaginative,
but not anything to write home about or recommend to anyone.
George A
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From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
I have two reasons for you to finish Moving Mars.
1. It is a good book, a good story. I will admit, it started off slowly,
but persistence pays off.
2. It won the 1994 Nebula. I think all serious SF readers should read all
the Hugo and Nebula Winners. Read the Hugos and you know what the
G. D. Akin wrote:
I have two reasons for you to finish Moving Mars.
1. It is a good book, a good story. I will admit, it started off slowly,
but persistence pays off.
I enjoyed it very much as well. I just finished Blood Music and would
recommend it too.
Doug
GCU Mighty Mites
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:28:29AM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
IIRC, I didn't get much past that point myself, which is why I was
reluctant to suggest it . . .
I read all three, with liberal skimming over the boring parts in each
one. Some characters viewpoints just weren't interesting, and
On Mars books: I can't seem to get past the student uprising part at the
beginning of Bear's _Moving Mars_. Should I?
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
http://www.breakyourchains.org/john_poindexter.htm
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 06:10:03PM -0600, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
On Mars books: I can't seem to get past the student uprising part at
the beginning of Bear's _Moving Mars_. Should I?
I read that one through without skimming -- I enjoyed it. When you say
you can't seem to get past do you
On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Erik Reuter wrote:
I read that one through without skimming -- I enjoyed it. When you say
you can't seem to get past do you mean you are bored or offended?
Bored. I couldn't bring myself to believe in the character expressed by
the young woman's POV. Like a 40 year old
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