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... I've given up on Karen Traviss Wess'har series - book 3 was mediocre, and book 4 worse - and Elizabeth Bears Jenny Casey series in book 2.
I still want to know what happens in the Wess'har series, just not enough to read bad books..
Of open-ended series, like most urban ... ... by Patricia C. Wrede
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Hammered by Elizabeth Bear
The realms of the gods, The Emperor Mage, and Wolf-speaker by Tamora Pierce
# 2: I liked Elizabeth Bears first book in the Jenny Casey series, but never made it through anything else she's written.
I would recommend most of what C. S. Friedman has written. This Alien Shore and In Conquest Born particularly.
In the fantasy department Martha Wells is ... ... Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Drinking Black Wine and singing Songs of Earth and Power, they ended up totally Hammered.
... restaurant at the end of the universe. Drinking Black Wine and singing Songs of Earth and Power, they ended up totally Hammered.
I have to read Blood and Iron for a RL book group.
I have read the Hammered series and enjoyed it. I also have read Carnival and Undertow, both SF. I much preferred Undertow.
It is about indigenous aliens who have their world invaded and used by humans. Most humans don't ... ... given they were drawn from very familiar archetypes, handled in an original manner. I had read some of Bear's SF (e.g., Hammered and was frankly surprised and impressed with the way she handled this very different genre. #120 Blood and Iron by Elizabeth Bear
I don't read a lot of the urban fantasy in general, and faerie interfacing the modern world in particular. I really like Emma Bull's stuff, and really don't like Lackey and confederates in their treatment of it. I read this book for a discussion group. None ... ... over on my TBR couch, and I have to have it read by next Tuesday for a discussion group. I have read a couple of Bear's Sf, Hammered and Scardown, which I enjoyed. So by next week, I will have something to add to this thread. I've been a fan of Bear's since Hammered. I've enjoyed almost all of the short fiction that I've read (The Chains that You Refuse, plus several of the stories that you can link to from her site). I also enjoyed New Amsterdam. I was disappointed by Scardown and really struggled with Bloo ... ... a LibraryThing Author. In fact her LiveJournal is how I discovered LibraryThing in the first place. Her first three books Hammered. Scardown and Worldwired are near future hard SF. I liked those, but my favorites so far are Carnival (far future mystery adventure) and New Amsterdam (alt ... Hammered, Scardown, and Worldwired by Elizabeth Bear. Wow! These were her debut novels? Bear is quickly becoming one of my all time favorite authors. #121: Hammered by Elizabeth Bear
At first I really liked this book. It was a bit fast-moving, but intriguing and well-written. But after awhile it started to wear on me. There were too many characters to keep track of, and nothing was ever really explained, so I was having to juggle all these ... Yahoo! The Bear Books arrived.
But saddly Hammered was damaged.
It is now on reorder, but that means I don´t have the first book of the series to read.
Must wait, must be patient. :(
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Sorry for the late answer. gomen
Snare is definitly on my to by list but momentaryly im waiting for my latest order. Hammered, SCARDOWN and WORLDWIRED.
Sometimes you should heed the words of fellow LTers.
So, thanks for the recommendation.
... rules', and how that might come to be, and change things, now that I think of it.
I am going to look for the first one, Hammered I think it is. So, may be something of interest to you there, even with the female military arse-kicker. :)
Have to find Queen City Jazz too by the looks. Ha ... ... wander around New York City with cell phones. I just finished this one and found it enjoyable but a little choppy.
Hammered, Scardown and Worldwired I'd categorize as near future dystopian military science fiction books. They're well put together and I'm sure I'll reread them at ...
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