Just finished the Hunger Games series, starting the Game of Thrones books now. Downloaded Zoo City from the Kindle store last night but haven't read any more than just the excerpts.
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Patrick Pence <[email protected]>wrote: > Ed- > > Yes, Guns of the South is a standalone, and is IMO his best work. He wrote > a similar follow-up series built around Special Order 191 ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Order_191) about the post-Civil War > if the CSA had gone its own way, and eventually affected 20th Century > history. > > I avoided the WorldWar series, partly because I'm more interested in his > 19th century subjects. :-) Alien invasions during WWII just seemed kind of > meh to me, too. > > He's also started a series about Atlantis, and how it was discovered and > colonized- leading to a series based on its place in modern history. I've > only read the first, but its pretty good. > > P > > ______________________________ > [email protected] > *"You can be the captain, * > * and I will draw the chart..."* > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:20:47 -0400 > > Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] What Are You Reading? MK-2 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > I was very interesting in Harry Turtledove's alternate history novel and > first tried In the Balance from the Worldwar series. I was not impressed and > couldn't get past the second chapter. > Is The Guns of the South better than In the Balance? > > ---------------------------------------- > Have a Better One, > Edward Crosby > http://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Patrick Pence > <[email protected]>wrote: > > I've got three books on the nightstand right now that I am working my way > through: > > - Re-reading James McPherson's 'Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era' > after about 15 years. > > -Picked up 'I Hear America Talking: An Illustrated History of American > Words and Phrases' at our local Goodwill Bookstore. A very good read so > far. > > -Rulebook to 'Here I Stand: The Wars of the Reformation 1517-1555', in > preparation for our upcoming trip to BGGCon. > > Serv, welcome to the Turtledove Club! The Guns of the South still his > single best work, hands down. > > ______________________________ > [email protected] > *"You can be the captain, * > * and I will draw the chart..."* > > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]>wrote: > > I tried to reply to the old What Are You Reading? thread and I think I > ended up sending Van an email instead. Van you can go ahead and > delete that. > > Anyway, I just finished the novelization of Dragonslayer by Wayland > Drew. Not sure if I have ever seen this movie or not but now I really > want to watch it. > > Now I am starting the Eisenhorn Omnibus by Dan Abnett. So I am going > to be reading this one for a long while. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
