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Finally reading "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss. I am enjoying it immensely. Are the novellas/sequel any good?

I thought the sequel was just as good. I haven't had the chance to read the novellas yet.

Checking out Flowers for Algernon right now, not bad so far.

Sandwurm88 wrote:Checking out Flowers for Algernon right now, not bad so far.

I read that in High School because I had to. Hated it. Looking back I love the story.

Freakzilla wrote:

Sandwurm88 wrote:Checking out Flowers for Algernon right now, not bad so far.

I read that in High School because I had to. Hated it. Looking back I love the story.

Necessary reading, I just don't like stories that make me cry.

D Pope wrote:

Freakzilla wrote:

Sandwurm88 wrote:Checking out Flowers for Algernon right now, not bad so far.

I read that in High School because I had to. Hated it. Looking back I love the story.

Necessary reading, I just don't like stories that make me cry.

LOL, yeah. Not exactly a happy ending.

The man that sold the moon by Heinlein. I have been reading some short by Heinlein I never read before. The man was really good a writer

Started on The Left Hand of Darkness by Le Guin.

Serkanner wrote:The man that sold the moon by Heinlein. I have been reading some short by Heinlein I never read before. The man was really good a writer

I've loved Heinlein since I was a small girl. He was something of a prophet when it came to humanity.
Damn. Now I have a Bowie song repeating in my head.

SadisticCynic wrote:Started on The Left Hand of Darkness by Le Guin.

Another favourite of mine. My son was actually named after the protagonist in The Dispossessed.

Aquila ka-Hecate wrote:

Serkanner wrote:The man that sold the moon by Heinlein. I have been reading some short by Heinlein I never read before. The man was really good a writer

I've loved Heinlein since I was a small girl. He was something of a prophet when it came to humanity.
Damn. Now I have a Bowie song repeating in my head.

Let me guess ... life on mars?

Serkanner wrote:

Aquila ka-Hecate wrote:

Serkanner wrote:The man that sold the moon by Heinlein. I have been reading some short by Heinlein I never read before. The man was really good a writer

I've loved Heinlein since I was a small girl. He was something of a prophet when it came to humanity.
Damn. Now I have a Bowie song repeating in my head.

Let me guess ... life on mars?

Actually no. That one's on my daily work playlist as it's great for writing SQL.

I was trying to scrub "The Man Who Sold The World" out of my pea-brain.

Aquila ka-Hecate wrote:

Serkanner wrote:

Aquila ka-Hecate wrote:

Serkanner wrote:The man that sold the moon by Heinlein. I have been reading some short by Heinlein I never read before. The man was really good a writer

I've loved Heinlein since I was a small girl. He was something of a prophet when it came to humanity.
Damn. Now I have a Bowie song repeating in my head.

Let me guess ... life on mars?

Actually no. That one's on my daily work playlist as it's great for writing SQL.

I was trying to scrub "The Man Who Sold The World" out of my pea-brain.

... that was the other one I had in mind.

Reading The Martian by Andy Weir at the moment. Light and fairly amusing.

Naib wrote:Reading The Martian by Andy Weir at the moment. Light and fairly amusing.

I am reading that one too. It's OK.

Now I've started Feersum Endjinn, which will be my last science fiction by Banks.

The Left Hand of Darkness was great, I enjoyed it a lot. I think it could have been more interesting with the Envoy being female, but maybe that's just me.

SadisticCynic wrote:Now I've started Feersum Endjinn, which will be my last science fiction by Banks.

That is very sad.

Indeed. See my sig.

I'm currently reading Darwin's Blade by Dan Simmons - a mainstream novel written in 2000. I'm gradually going back over his work and picking up the novels I've missed. This one is good, but a little uneven. The main character - an "insurance detective" who determines the causes of road accidents - suddenly calls on his skills as an ex-military sniper about 2/3s through the novel. Plausible, I suppose, but the switch came out of nowhere, and it feels like two novels smashed together. The writing is good, though, and the humor, while cheezy, is entertaining.

Next up? No idea. I have The Cuckoo's Calling (Galbraith/Rowling), Stinger (McCammon), Absolution Gap (Reynolds), The Girl in the Spider's Web (not Larsson) or Go set a Watchman (Harper Lee) as candidates.

HBJ

Hunchback Jack wrote:Indeed. See my sig.

I'm currently reading Darwin's Blade by Dan Simmons - a mainstream novel written in 2000. I'm gradually going back over his work and picking up the novels I've missed. This one is good, but a little uneven. The main character - an "insurance detective" who determines the causes of road accidents - suddenly calls on his skills as an ex-military sniper about 2/3s through the novel. Plausible, I suppose, but the switch came out of nowhere, and it feels like two novels smashed together. The writing is good, though, and the humor, while cheezy, is entertaining.

Next up? No idea. I have The Cuckoo's Calling (Galbraith/Rowling), Stinger (McCammon), Absolution Gap (Reynolds), The Girl in the Spider's Web (not Larsson) or Go set a Watchman (Harper Lee) as candidates.

HBJ

In the insurance industry we call those guys "accident reconstructionists," not insurance detectives. I have never heard that term, but it makes me think of another position called "SIU investigator" or "Special Investigations Unit Investigator." Those are the guys who go out and investigate potentially fraudulent claims.

Omph, "accident reconstructionists" is the term in the book, too. I couldn't remember it, so made something up .

That part of the book was very interesting - if a little gruesome - and one could imagine a series of novels with that premise.

HBJ

Hunchback Jack wrote:Omph, "accident reconstructionists" is the term in the book, too. I couldn't remember it, so made something up .

That part of the book was very interesting - if a little gruesome - and one could imagine a series of novels with that premise.

HBJ

It is an interesting part of the job. In my role I deal with the worst of the worst cases and deal with those guys a lot. Took a bit to get used to it all. Not sure it would make really interesting reading though; at least the reality of it probably wouldn't.

Omphalos wrote: at least the reality of it probably wouldn't.

That's why we read fiction, right?

I just read all six FH Dune books... AGAIN.

Definitely robots. :eyroll:

I have started with the Old man's war series by John Scalzi.

Serkanner wrote:I have started with the Old man's war series by John Scalzi.

First book is awesome. I just got a copy for my teenaged son to read. Hope you like them!

Omphalos wrote:

Serkanner wrote:I have started with the Old man's war series by John Scalzi.

First book is awesome. I just got a copy for my teenaged son to read. Hope you like them!

I loved the first two. I've read mixed reviews about the rest of the series.