I just a few days ago finished reading "James Bond And Moonraker" by Christopher Woods. This is the novelization of Woods' screenplay for Moonraker, which is vastly different from Fleming's Moonraker (hence the novelization). I really enjoyed this one. The novel lacks all of the slapstick humor which ended up in the movie, and, ultimately, mars the viewing experience. There is also an extra action setpiece which I will describe in two words: Bond EVA. Your enjoyment will depend entirely on how much you can accept the story for the movie version of Moonraker, whichi involves a nerve gas being rained on the Earth from a space station. I dug it. I have now started reading Mercadian Masques by Francis LeBaron. It is a Magic: The Gathering novel, the first in the (evidently loosely connected) Masques trilogy. So far I am enjoying the story, mostly for the setting -- Mercadia is a plane based on commerce and trade, and like the expansion this novel is based on, there is a lot of wheeling and dealing and bargainig and such going on. So far so good.
On Tuesday, February 7, 2012 8:51:30 AM UTC-5, Luke Jaconetti wrote: > The old thread timed out once again, so here's a new one. > > I just finished reading Hereticus by Dan Abnett, the final volume of > the Eisenhorn trilogy (and the Eisenhorn Omnibus) last night. This > was an amazing series of books which I wholly recommend to anyone who > will listen. > > Next on the queue: How The West Was Won by Louis L'amour. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/LejB6Jvap8UJ. 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.
