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... them but I'm not in any real hurry to sample some more highly derivative... fiction.
I felt the same way about The Traveler and its sequels. ... ****1/2
Did Not Finish
Snow by Orhan Pamuk (fiction)
A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz (non fiction)
The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks (fantasy)
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev (fiction)
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (fiction)
The Black Dahlia by James Ellr ... 32. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
Rating 4.5/5
33. The Realm , Book 1 by Ralph Griffith
Rating 3/5
33. The Time Traveler's Wife: Unabridged Edition by Audrey Niffenegger (Audio)
Rating 5/5
34. Selected Shorts: ... Maimonides: The Exceptional Mind by Israel Drazin
The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
Life on Wheels: The A to Z Guide to Living Fully with Mobility Issues by Gary Karp
These three fantastic books from from darling richardear, all wrapped in several NYT Book Reviews. I am over the ... Finished The Dark River, sequel to The Traveler and feel very much like I'm back dealing with the end of the second Matrix movie--I really want that last book in hand! Going to Earth next and this time plan to finish it. It's one of David's that I just never seem to start at the right time. ... PbNV/">
so far it's
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The Traveler I finished, at long long last, The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks. ~meh~ Good enough to read, not enough to keep, so off it goes to my favorite book charity, who knows who she is.
Chores today. Soap operas instead of books because I can't hold a book and vacuum. I didn't care for the Bourne books, I quit after the first one. I enjoyed the movies a bunch. The Traveler is heavy on the Bourne action and the mythical thread was very interesting to me. I wouldn't say that John Twelve Hawks is a writer of the caliber of De Lint, but there is a feel to his ... >198 IMO, The Eyre Affair was just entertaining, albeit a good read. I found The Traveler to be more engrossing. The Traveler sounds intriguing to me, so on to the Continent it goes along with Time Stops for No Mouse. Thanks for the reviews and recommendations! ... Mo, who can read characters out of books. This is an especially good YA book for people who love books.
Book 13: The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks. I would call this fantasy, or perhaps alternative reality. Travelers are people who, through the centuries, have had the ability to ... I just finished The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks, and enjoyed it thoroughly. The suspense and tension in the story began in the first few pages and was maintained to the end. Does this qualify as fantasy or science fiction? It seems to me a combination.
Cyops, have you read The Traveler? if you haven't, you should. I think you'd like it quite a bit. Sorry, I know I've mentioned it before, but the more I see of this book the more I'm reminded of that one. (I admit I may be missing the finer points of philosophical distinction there may be between ... ... by a major publisher, look at the success 'John Twelve Hawks' has had with the (from what I've seen) similarly themed The Traveler.
Honestly it looks to me (from my admittedly limited experience with the samples of the book presented on this thread) like the problems the book has is ... ... Song by John le Carré--Catholic missionary's bastard raised in secret becomes shady figure. Good stuff, I wager.
The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks--brothers with a secret legacy protected by a wowman who tries to avoid her destiny. Sounded like a nice switcheroo from the usual ... I finished The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks and really liked it. Will read the next one.
Now, I'm on to a book that I picked up in passing at the library called A Guide to the Birds of East Africa: A Novel by Nicholas Drayson. It looks interesting and quaint in a good way. :o) ... machines aren't doing too bad by humanity all things considered. (I had a similar problem with a book with a similar theme; The Traveler.
I liked the Wachowski's earlier movie Bound, but I can see that they have a weakness for chronically hip underground types. A couple that I don't think have been mentioned...
Harrison Bergeron (though it's just a short story)
The Traveller (kind of cyberpunk, but not quite-and it's not a classic by any means).
Lathe of Heaven-or at least, it's mostly dystopia ... one of the few that has a woman as the main character, especially a woman who isn't fighting. In Jennifer Government and The Traveler, there are leading women, but they are gun-weilding butt-kickers. Offred just is. She's the embodiment of the "Don't call me a feminist" feminist-she ... ... point in time, you keep hoping for something just slightly more creative (I had this problem with the last book I read, The Traveler; had I not read so much dystopia already, I would have liked it much more). And number 6 for American fiction
The Traveler: A Novel
Take one part The Matrix, another part 1984, and a few dashes of anti-government militias and cults, and you have the world of The Traveler. As with any good dystopia, the fear the reader feels when reading this book comes from the fact ... 39. The Traveler I guess this is the opposite of what's being asked for here, but I just finished The Traveler which is a much hyped cyber-1984 dystopian tale.
I enjoyed the book for what it was (a slick, paranoid technothriller potboiler), but would never compare it to 1984 or even refer to the book as ... On Wednesday I found myself in a Barny Noble's brick and mortar. I had seen mentioned on Librarything the book The Traveler; I had remembered that it appeared to be a dystopia and that the author's name appeared to be an English rendition of an American Indian name. I had seen mentioned a book ... ... they weren't harming anybody, but they were and that is what got them into trouble.
Slightly OT maybe, but have you read The Traveler? I'm reading it now and think you might find it interesting. Okay,
So I haven't yet figured out the touchstone tool here.....so, i'm gonna try again.
The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughs
Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry
Change Yo ... ... or another). So, this year, I think I shoudl be able to get the goal or at least 75.
So far this year, I have read:
The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughs
Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
Under the Volcan ... ...
4. Gangster Conspiracy by Steve Perry
5. Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
6. With the Lightnings by David Drake
7. The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
8. J is for Judgment by Sue Grafton
9. Ghost by John Ringo
10. Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs
11. Lt. Leary Commanding by David ... Finished books #7, 8, and 9 on my list. Here are my thoughts on them:
#7 The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks was disappointing. I really wanted to like this book, and while it wasn't horribly awful, I can't say I enjoyed it. First of all, it's the first book in a trilogy. I didn't ... ... ***1/2
39. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks ****1/2
40. Peeps by Scott Westerfeld ****1/2
Audiobooks:
The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks ***1/2
So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane * (didn't finish)
Read with my son:
Mitch and Amy by Beverly Cleary * ... ... Oracle by Carol O'Connell (happy to get this because of so many recommendations!)
Vector Prime by R. A. Salvatore
The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
Armageddon's Children by Terry Brooks
Mystic Lighthouse Mysteries by Laura Williams (3 "you solve it" mystery stories for my 10 year ... Trying out The Traveler by John Twelve Hawkes read by Scott Brick. About a group of bodyguards called Harlequins that have protected Travelers through out history. Travelers are people who can travel between worlds. Bodyguards 'cultivate randomness' and are opposed by a group of assassins ... Not sure if it fits squarely within the urban fantasy genre, but I enjoyed The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks, the first installment of a trilogy-in-progress. The second is due out this summer. ... have declared "about to be read" in at least the last three "What are you reading now" threads) and John Twelve Hawks's The Traveler. ... even called it Chekhovian).
I am just about to start Anne Tyler's The Amateur Marriage and John Twelve Hawks's The Traveler. I made an attempt at starting The time traveler's wife, but it didn't stick, so I am going to put it aside for a few days. ... sucker off so there'll be something interesting to read about), Life of Pi (yawn), The Celestine Prophesy (awful!), The Traveler: A Novel (almost as awful), and A Game of Thrones (sorry, all you George R.R. Martin fans, good writing but just plain endlessly boring). Oh, yes, and mustn' ...
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