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Lucifer's Hammer was so good you almost don't notice that it was written in 1977 and computers played little role in the plot.You might also like Footfall, another Niven and Pournelle collaboration, this one about a fairly interesting invasion from outer space. If it's comparable to anything, it might be to Harry Turtledove's series about the same subject.
If you haven't read The Mote in God's Eye it's pretty good, by the same authors. The sequel was kind of disappointing, but still good.
I recently read short story collections by Andre Dubos, Don Delillo, and Joyce Carol Oates. Cant go wrong with any of them. Also, T Coraghessan (sp?) Boyle has some really fantastic short story collections and is an all around great writer. Jim Harrison's novella collections like Legends of the Fall, etc., are also great.
I bought this the day it was released but still haven't tackled it. Murakami is my favorite writer. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is my favorite, but if you'd like to move back to something more accessible, try Norwegian Wood or any of his short-story collections.
100 books in a year seems a bit high unless they're throwaway novels. You're going to be missing details trying to read for speed.
Finished this one. Pretty fascinating read. I knew the general basics surrounding Pres. Garfield's assassination, but not much beyond that. Pretty interesting story of the politics and medicine of that time.
Gerald's Game should've been a novella - good premise but not enough meat for a full-length book.I wondered the same about Unbroken - not only how well-remembered details were, but also that some stuff that couldn't be verified was almost too much to believe. But the story is so well-told and, even if only half is true, so fascinating that I had no problem getting past all that.
Hated this book. Certainly my least favorite King.
Thought this was good but may have been a victim of being over-hyped, because it didn't really knock my socks off. 7/10.Next up: A Dance with Dragons by GRRM.I usually don't read hardcovers, and this thing is a behemoth. May have to start thinking about one of them Kindle thingies.
I love my Kindle. The only issue for me is if a book has maps or some type of reference section that I want to refer to. I'm not savvy enough to be able to get to exactly where I want to be and get back to my spot with any kind of reliability. I'm sure there's a way to do this, but I'm an idiot - and a lazy one at that. With a series as popular as Martin's, it's not really important as I just print off a map or pull it up on my laptop and there are reference sites to help keep the characters straight.
Just finished this yesterday and I was very happy with it, was sorry to see it end. Best King I've read in a long time. I've criticised him before for his seeming weakness to just get tired of a book and wrap it up abruptly or without a good resolution. (Like "Under the Dome" which you mention and was the last King I read) I liked the plot resolutions here and the final scene as well. Then I noticed that in the afterword that he thanked his son for giving him a better idea for the ending so he changed what he originally had... hopefully he collaborates with his son more often in the future and he's got a lot of stories left in him. Looking forward to The Wind Through the Keyhole.
not sure if this is close as i haven't read those books, but just finished lights out.it's about a EMP (electric magnetic pulse) being set off taking out all power and the events that unfold for some people trying to get by.
I've been reading through the comics as well. I've kinda stalled about halfway through the prison setting. I've always preferred reading a book to comics, as I find the graphic format hard to follow and the story too short from comic to comic. Someone needs to adapt (and expand) The Walking Dead into a novel - I would be all over that.
I've only read about 150 pages but reluctant to read more. Thought I was done with King but got it as a Christmas gift. Maybe I'm becoming a literary snob as well but so far it isn't anything great. Maybe King has always been like this but he comes across as an awkward author struggling to find his style rather than an accomplished somebody with a sure hand. Will keep reading based on some fbg's giving it a thumbs up.
I really did not like Under the Dome, just about swore off King completely, but I'm probably going to get his latest 11/23/63 based on great reviews.
First five years was the best ever, show declined from then. Not surprised they focused on it, makes me want to read it more.
Thanks for the tip, I'll check this one out. You should enjoy One Second After, a similar story about surviving after a EMP attack. I thought it was very good.
The library is great for these. I highly recommend S King's Dark Tower series.
Is this the one where they hole up in the mountains of North Carolina? Or just a similar-sounding novel?
igbomb might have a good list started.I also have a list of everything I've read in a spreadsheet
no, they are in texas.1 second after is the 1 i think you are talking about, which was just recomended to me.
I'm sure you're right and I appreciate the refresher. I think we actually talked about One Second After earlier in this thread. Had an interesting story line but was very poorly edited, was the consensus.Will definitely check out Lights Out.
i did notice some spelling errors in this light out, but really very minor issue to me anyway.I'm sure you're right and I appreciate the refresher. I think we actually talked about One Second After earlier in this thread. Had an interesting story line but was very poorly edited, was the consensus.Will definitely check out Lights Out.
If you're interested in reading about health care - or even if you're just interested in reading well-written, thoughtful, incredibly enlightening books - then I heartily suggest "Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer." Thankfully, I've had limited exposure to cancer in my life and didn't really understand a lot about it. This is a fantastic book that won a nonfiction Pulitzer last year.
I'm in my early 40s, which means that as a precocious reader in my tween and early teen years, there just wasn't much for me to read. Girls had Judy Blume, and boys had Stephen King, which wasn't aimed at us, but was pretty much the closest thing we had to Young Adult fiction.Then one summer my aunt gave me a Ken Follett book. "Triple," about the efforts of a Mossad super-agent to steal the uranium Israel needed to build an A-bomb, without the rest of the world knowing it happened. It was great, for the action and for a couple of harder-than-soft-core-but-not-quite-pron sex scenes that blew my mind. I read all his stuff: Eye of the Needle, Key to Rebecca, and his real-life Iran story "On Wings of Eagles." So I've always had a soft spot for him, and enjoyed Pillars of the Earth when I read it a few years ago.
I'm now 34 and still think Dirk Pitt is awesome.
Toss "Under the Dome" for now and pick up 11/22/63, his best in a while.
