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Tim Powers
Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:18
by lotek
I completely forgot about this author and some random search on pirates reminded me of "
On stranger tides", which I really liked at the time.
I also read "
The Anubis gates", and the use of romantic poets' quotes to start each chapter.
Has anyone read those two and liked them?
What about the rest of his stuff?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Powers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
EDIT: the following wiki links contain massive spoilers!
Philip K. Dick Award winner, 1983 ; Locus Fantasy Award nominee, 1984 ; BSFA nominee, 1985
Locus Fantasy and World Fantasy Awards nominee, 1988
(and alternatively a huge inspiration for whoever wrote Pirates of the Carribean...)
Re: Tim Powers
Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:33
by lotek
out of curiosity here are the French edition covers
On Stranger Tides
The Anubis Gates
My editions are the ones to the left for both.
Re: Tim Powers
Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:34
by Freakzilla
Where's the Egyptian-Pirate books? Does KJA know about this gap?
Re: Tim Powers
Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:38
by lotek
Yeah the hack's drawn to gaps like flies are drawn to turds...
But I really liked these books, they are not as cheesy as they look imo(well yes in a way they are but it is a fully conscious process, unlike someone we know)
Re: Tim Powers
Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:56
by Robspierre
Read The Drawing of the Dark, the Battle of Vienna with beer as a main plot point. Excellent book.
I thoroughly enjoyed On Stranger Tides.
Rob
Re: Tim Powers
Posted: 04 Aug 2010 13:02
by Omphalos
The Anubis Gates is one of my all time favorite books. The Drawing of the Dark is great too. Last Call is another fantastic book. I have a bunch of the Wm. Ashbless books too, including a signed copy of the Cookbook, and a signed poetry chapbook. I think a new Ashbless book is coming out soon; I've heard its "co-authored" by Blaylock and Powers.
Has anyone read Declare? I hated that slow turd.
Re: Tim Powers
Posted: 04 Aug 2010 17:17
by lotek
No I haven't read anything else by him but I really feel like going over The Anubis Gates in English, I only read it in French(same for Strange Tides)
Glad to find someone who has it on his favourite list!
I remember all those plots linking together so nicely, all that wrapped in romantic poetry from the XIXth century(is that right?)snd a bit of opium visions too...
Some really compelling story telling!
Re: Tim Powers
Posted: 06 Aug 2010 08:41
by smugetsu
I read Expiration Date by Tim Powers when I was just starting high school. It's about a kid who accidentally inhales the last breath of Thomas Edison and gets possessed by his spirit. For some reason I don't remember, a bunch of ghost hunters start pursuing him through the streets and Edison helps him escape.
As I recall, it was really weird, but not too bad. Of course, that's what I remember of it from many years ago. Not sure what my opinion of it would be these days.
Re: Tim Powers
Posted: 06 Aug 2010 10:04
by SandChigger
(Poor kid. Edison was evidently a pretty nasty piece of work.
)
Re: Tim Powers
Posted: 06 Aug 2010 12:13
by D Pope
SandChigger wrote:(Poor kid. Edison was evidently a pretty nasty piece of work.
)
I hate Thomas Edison.
Re: Tim Powers
Posted: 06 Aug 2010 12:44
by Freakzilla
D Pope wrote:SandChigger wrote:(Poor kid. Edison was evidently a pretty nasty piece of work.
)
I hate Thomas Edison.
So did Tesla.
Re: Tim Powers
Posted: 06 Aug 2010 12:46
by lotek
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Nikola_Tesla" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Tim Powers
Posted: 06 Aug 2010 12:50
by D Pope
THANK YOU Freak!
This ain't the place for a full blown rant, I know, but I put Edison in the same catagory as KJA. Broken promises, Nobel Prize, electric chair, who's been more screwed over by history that Tesla?
Re: Tim Powers
Posted: 06 Aug 2010 14:20
by Omphalos
D Pope wrote:THANK YOU Freak!
This ain't the place for a full blown rant, I know, but I put Edison in the same catagory as KJA. Broken promises, Nobel Prize, electric chair, who's been more screwed over by history that Tesla?
Dan Quayle?
Re: Tim Powers
Posted: 06 Aug 2010 16:34
by D Pope
Absolutely not!
Nikola Tesla invented the 20th century and because he wanted free energy for the world he was erased from history- worse smeared & discredited for the parts that they couldn't erase! There's not a single person in America that hasn't used a Tesla invention, very few in the world that haven't.
Re: Tim Powers
Posted: 06 Aug 2010 18:00
by Nekhrun
D Pope wrote:who's been more screwed over by history that Tesla?
Eve.