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Starting off on David Weber's Off Armageddon Reef. Haven't read Weber for a while and hope this is as good as I want it to be ... Figured I had to break my string of dystopian novels. Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber ... satisfaction).
But anyway... I just finished Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion and have been trying to get through Off Armageddon Reef for weeks now and have just decided that they are, indeed, too darn long.
So I've just switched over to some Sookie Stackhouse books... at least ... ... Vorkosigan series and The Giver by Lois Lowry.
There is also the Safehold series by David Weber. First book is Off Armageddon Reef Main character is supposed to be a robotic type body with the memories of a real person downloaded into it.
C. J. Cherryh is good too, though I like ... >236 Tad, I didn't care at all for the Honor Harrington stuff, which Mr. Man swore by; we read Off Armageddon Reef together and I liked it quite a bit. I guess it appeals to the anti-religious side of me. I've never read any other Weber that I can remember, so I'm not the one to refer you to ... >233: The first book in the series, Off Armageddon Reef left me rathre underwhelmed so I decided to drop the series. If reviews show that it picks up, maybe I'll reconsider that decision.
I'm really not reading Weber anymore, I guess. I started to find Honor Harrington stuff monotonous. His ... Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
glad I got it from the library. Too many Characters not enough story. ... Jesuit Priest in Space, but that the religion/belief structure is part of the world view.
Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen and Off Armageddon Reef are two that have religion in them, but these are religion as political roles. In each case the religion theocracy is the enemy of the heroes. So there ... ... yuk it up.
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham--post-apocalyptic tale that's scarily apropos 58 years on.
Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber--lush, luscious storytelling.
Betcha I think of others before 12/31. 43. Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber. I really enjoyed this one. One of the interesting things about it is that it's really two books in one. The first section contains a human race spread across space. The second features a human race reduced to one planet with Renaissance-era technology. Th ... I've almost finished Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber. One of the interesting things about it is that it's really two books in one. The first section contains a human race spread across space. The second features a human race reduced to one planet with Renaissance-era technology. I've almost finished Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber. One of the interesting things about it is that it's really two books in one. The first section contains a human race spread across space. The second features a human race reduced to one planet with Renaissance-era technology. ... nn
The Night Sessions by Ken McLeod
Black Man AKA Thirteen
Resistance by Owen Sheers
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer (2)
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (2)
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (3)
The Day of the Trif ... ...
Farthing by Jo Walton -- (4)
Resistance by Owen Sheers
The Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod
Kethani by Eric Brown
Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer -- (2)
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson -- (2)
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
A Fire Upon the Deep by Ve ... ...
Farthing by Jo Walton -- (3)
Resistance by Owen Sheers
The Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod
Kethani by Eric Brown
Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer -- (2)
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson -- (2)
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
A Fire Upon the Deep by Ve ... ...
Farthing by Jo Walton -- (2)
Resistance by Owen Sheers
The Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod
Kethani by Eric Brown
Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer -- (2)
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson -- (2)
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
A Fire Upon the Deep by Ve ... ... Flynn
Farthing by Jo Walton
Resistance by Owen Sheers
The Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod
Kéthani by Eric Brown
Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
I'm always up for a trip with Jo Walton. Farthing would be my vote in nomination.
Also tossing out a nomination for Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber. One that may suit you is Off Armageddon Reef, the first book in David Weber's new series. It looks like it's going to be a long history with an effectively immortal main character continuing through the books. ... his Mainspring universe. Promising!
By Schism Rent Asunder by David Weber—sequel to a delightful book called Off Armageddon Reef, which was my first read by Weber. Mr. Man loves Weber’s stuff, and he was thrilled I liked Off Armageddon Reef so much so he decided to keep ... ... Gordon
The book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Amagansett by Mark Mills
Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley
Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
Blood memory by Greg Iles ... following my own rules that I frequently break, I say nothing since I can say nothing positive. I'm of the opinion that Off Armageddon Reef is one of the "good-storyteller-in-spite-of-himself" books since I don't find it at all ponderous. Library, perhaps?
Top 4 SF for me, I fear, is ... ... the Silent Treatment to gush about the Prince Roger stuff and wave rather limp-wristedly (ouch!) about Honor Harrington. Off Armageddon Reef, with its Church Militant and Ignorant themes, appeals to me in a completely different way than either of those would (sounds to me like I'd dislike ... I just started Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber (shame on LT for not having a touchstone for him!) and am enthralled. I love the resurgence of respectability that space opera is enjoying, and this book is so far a wonderful example of the reason for that resurgence. ... Librarian research, not Quest for the Perfect Read. That makes me feel better. I consider myself absolved.
I started Off Armageddon Reef yesterday, and was really hooked in the first few pages...Noble Sacrifices, Unknown Enemies, Romantic Goodbyes...I do so love a cliche when it's well ... ... :
Sideways in Crime, an anthology of mystery short fiction set in alternate history worlds; edited by Lou Anders
Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber, an author I've never read but he loves
Stars and Stripes Triumphant by Harry Harrison, last of a trilogy about alternate Civ ... ... Evans
15. The Magic Circle of Rudolf II: Alchemy and Astrology in Renaissance Prague by Peter Marshall
16. Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
17: Off Armageddon Reef completed. Reviewed (mostly synopsis).
Next up? Not sure. ... past was destroyed, except for an artificial intelligent hominoid robot that holds knowledge of humankind's past.
Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber. Not an overlooked work. Started book 17: Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber. Had to return Reef book by 3/1/07, so rushed through Final Impact to get to Off Reef. Finished Final Impact during break, started Off Armageddon Reef during lunch.
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