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And of course, you have to love Tolkien. I see you have him listed among your favorites.
Steven
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posted by StevenTill at 12:27 pm (EST) on Sep 17, 2008
a better book but I did find a good book after but the rowan is and willl always be one of my favorite books.
Jizzyjazzy
posted by Jizzyjazzy at 1:48 pm (EST) on Jul 2, 2008
Cool. My wife's not so much a fan, but my 17-year old son is starting to appreciate them. My office roommate at work got me into them. He was at the final concert at Coventry, so the 9-hour live set is playing in the office on a regular basis...
posted by drneutron at 11:01 am (EST) on Oct 22, 2007
posted by drneutron at 3:40 pm (EST) on Oct 17, 2007
Thank you for that, Rowens. I work with kids with special needs and/or behavioral problems; this phrase will come in handy one day, I'm sure.
posted by buchleser at 6:41 pm (EST) on Sep 28, 2007
posted by carolyngrace at 6:05 pm (EST) on Aug 30, 2007
I just found you through shared favorite authors. Wanted to say hello.
posted by tcgardner at 1:03 pm (EST) on Aug 27, 2007
Have you read the rest of the trilogy yet? I have copies, which are not yet listed. :)
posted by infiniteletters at 11:30 pm (EST) on Aug 23, 2007
Thanks for the Accelerando recommendation. I own virtually everything written by Stross, but haven't read a single thing yet, so I'll have to move that one higher on my stack o' books to be read. Switching authors, I'm a big fan of early David Weber works and I too have re-read the Dahak series many times. I can't recall reading any other author who inspired in me quite the sense of wonder and awe that Weber evoked with the revelation of Dahak's true nature, etc., (although, now that I think about it, James P. Hogan's Giant books are pretty cool and deal with some of the same themes).
With regard to the one review I've written, well, I'm a fairly decent writer but I'm painfully slow at it. It just so happened I really, really, liked the Deon Meyer book, Dead at Daybreak, so I wanted to see if others liked it and was surprised to find one and two star ratings; thus, feeling the ratings were undeserved, I posted a review.
Have you read any Neal Asher? He's a UK sf author who mixes high-tech with bio-tech in his books. If you've read any of Iain M. Banks' Culture books, Asher's Polity series reminds me a bit of those.
I'm currently working my way through book 6 (The Bonehunters) of Steven Erikson's Malazan fantasy series. I don't see him in your list of favorite authors, so you may not have read him, (or are possibly indifferent to him?). I like his books a lot, but there are many fantasy fans that can't get into him (kinda like me with Robert Jordan; I've tried and tried, but I just can't get through book 1); anyway, give him a try if you haven't done so already.
Talk with you later,
bookstothesky
posted by bookstothesky at 1:55 am (EST) on Aug 16, 2007
Thanks for taking an interest in my library; I never tire of the mild ego stroke that comes from someone finding something of interest there:)
We appear to have quite a few "favorite authors" in common, including Bunch and Cole, Doyle and MacDonald, and possibly my favorite SF author, Daniel Keys Moran. One of Moran's ex-wives is a good friend of mine, so I've met him a couple of times. It's a frequent source of frustration to me that he's become so disenchanted with the writing/publishing process that we'll probably never see any more Tales of the Continuing Time from him. Hmm, this has inspired me to do a search for DKM, and I found this: http://danielkeysmoran.blogspot.com/2007...
which ignites a small flame of hope. There's a lot of other interesting stuff on this blog, too, including a link to online versions of some of Moran's writings.
Since we seem to have similar reading tastes, I'd be interested to hear about any books/authors you've read recently that have really grabbed you, should you feel so inclined.
Take it easy,
bookstothesky
posted by bookstothesky at 11:41 am (EST) on Aug 12, 2007
posted by infiniteletters at 12:52 am (EST) on Aug 12, 2007
*pokes through some more* What in the world did you do, enter a few books from each shelf?
posted by infiniteletters at 11:27 pm (EST) on Aug 7, 2007
posted by infiniteletters at 6:15 pm (EST) on Aug 7, 2007