I just recently started the third Star Trek TITAN book called, "Orion's Hounds." Pretty interesting so far. Also keeping up on my comics and magazines.
So what's everyone else reading these days?
I have liked the Titan books. "Orion's Hounds" was good. I just finished the last Legacy of the Force book which was awesome. A really great series that. I am now reading "Tales form the Cantina".
I just finished the last book in the Star Wars new series and can't wait fro the new solo book in the EU about the Falcon. That basically means that I've read every post empire book except for the X-Wing novels.
Actaully I am reading Orion's Hounds as well right now. Also I just finished the 5th book in the Legacy of the Force series Sacrifice. I have bought all the remaining books in the series, so after Orion's Hounds I will read Inferno. Then Star Trek Titan Sword of Damocles, then another Legacy of the Force book. I am thinking of picking up a few of the Indy books as well. I have some trade paper backs of Spider man I want to Read as well the first Star Wars Dark Times Trade Paperback, and one other Star Wars Trade paperback. So my book reading for the summer is pretty well laid out.
I'm finishing off Star Wars Legacy of the Force Revelation. Invincible just arrived and I'll be finishing off the series next. I also have the shat's new auto biography on order, should be fun.
I have to get back to "Legacy of the Force." I find it hard to keep up with the Star Wars book series release schedule.
My problem as well is I tend to forget details so if it's a few months since I read the last book I tend to restart the series over. I reread the first 3 legacy books twice already I think.
Currently I am reading several titles, as I always seem to do. I'm re-reading Enterprise - The First Adventure by Vonda McIntyre. I enjoyed this book the first time I read it and I am getting even more out of it this time around.
Alice Faye - A Life Beyond the Silver Screen - This book is a biography of one of the most talented musical singers and actresses Fox studios ever put on screen. She was just wonderful and her life story is extremely interesting.
The Golden Age of Cinema - Richard B. Jewell - This is a history of cinema textbook and is extremely well written that even a layman can appreciate.
Esther Williams - The Million Dollar Mermaid - This is another biography of one of the 1940s biggest stars. The champion swimmer and bathing beauty Esther Williams. She has an extremely fascinating life story.
Up Till Now - William Shatner - This is the latest biography by the Shat and although not as good as some of his other biographies it has it's moments.
That's it for now! :)
Kevin
Quote from: Just X on May 30, 2008, 08:12:16 AM
I just finished the last book in the Star Wars new series and can't wait fro the new solo book in the EU about the Falcon. That basically means that I've read every post empire book except for the X-Wing novels.
I read the first few Rogue Squadron books and really liked them but never read them all. Same with New Jedi Order, first few book were good but the volume of books was a bit daunting. Legacy has been my favorite series besides Thrwan.
Legacy Of The Force was the best EU series since NJO, in my opinion. The series really changed the status quo of the Star Wars E.U., and set up a lot of plot points that get explored in the Legacy comic.
Since finishing the series, I've been reading William Dietz's Runner. It's sort of an adventure/space-opera sci-fi story about an unlikely trio of characters adventuring in the distant future. Like almost all of Dietz's books, it is an entertaining read. :)
I have just finished The Great Wars trilogy by Harry turtledove and have started the first book on the American Empire series called Blood and Iron. Which takes place after the end of the Great War.
Got the new James Bond book and shatner book on audio book so i can chill out on the beach, reading Dave Gormans book on his trip accross America 'Unchained' great book and tv show. All about Dave travelling accross America in a old Torino only going to unchained shops and gas stations. Not as easy as you may think.
I finished "Orion's Hounds." Pretty good I thought. I'm now starting a new fantasy series by Kim Harrison. First book is called, "Dead Witch Walking."
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5195F1D1Y7L._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg)
Just finished "Beyond Band of Brothers" by Major Dick Winters. Provides even more to the legend of Easy Company.
Just finished Iron Kissed by Patrica Briggs a few days ago, all of her stuff is awesome!
And I am nearly finished with Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews, I love her dark and humorous style.
Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space by Stanley Schmidt and Robert Zubrin. And How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card.
The Host: A Novel (Stephenie Meyer) so far it is good book. In Comic I just started in 52 series.
I am in a Star Wars mood lately. I just finished Timothy Zahn's Specters of the Past/Visions of the Future duology (which takes place about 10 years after the Thrawn Trilogy). NOw I am re-reading Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader which I actually like more now than the first time I read it. I amy go back and re-read the Darth Bane novels next....who knows.
I liked path of destruction too. And I read Rise Of Darth Vader. Despite the critics view points on the novel, I liked it. Haven't read Specters of the Past or Visions of the future. I am also reading Karen Travvis's Republic Commando: True Colors. I really like her style of writing.
Quote from: Darth Gaos on June 26, 2008, 12:04:41 PM
I am in a Star Wars mood lately. I just finished Timothy Zahn's Specters of the Past/Visions of the Future duology (which takes place about 10 years after the Thrawn Trilogy). NOw I am re-reading Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader which I actually like more now than the first time I read it. I amy go back and re-read the Darth Bane novels next....who knows.
Karen Travis is pretty cool; she really fleshes out the clones and makes them more than just faceless drones. She has done a lot to build the background of the Mandalorian culture in Star Wars fiction-- her contributions to the Legacy Of The Force series are incredible!
I'm currently reading True Colors as well as the first installment in a new Trek Mirror Universe series called Glass Empires. It seems as though this first book will chronicle part of the history of the Mirror Universe, starting with the events taking place immediately after the Enterprise story In A Mirror, Darkly. After that, it skips ahead to the TOS era with a story focusing on Mirror Spock, then jumps to the TNG era with a Picard story.
So far, the book is pretty cool! It's great to read about all of the surviving Enterprise Mirror characters, and I'm enjoying the roles being played by the Mirror characters we didn't get to see, like Aeric Sung. Shran also plays a pretty important part in the story.. all I'll say is that blue seems to be one of Hoshi's favorite colors... ;)
Nice so you're doing research for next RPG season's Mirror Universe story? :D
I am reading: Bloodlines (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 2). I just started reading Star Wars books. I always stayed away from them honestly. I never really liked the ideas of the Expanded Universe but it's growing on me finally.
http://www.amazon.com/Bloodlines-Star-Wars-Legacy-Force/dp/0345477510/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214673222&sr=8-5 (http://www.amazon.com/Bloodlines-Star-Wars-Legacy-Force/dp/0345477510/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214673222&sr=8-5)
Quote from: Jen on June 28, 2008, 09:34:24 AM
Nice so you're doing research for next RPG season's Mirror Universe story? :D
:D LOL yeah; I guess so...
I think I'll post an abbreviated history/timeline of the Mirror U. in OOC once I finish the book.
Quote from: BlackrideI am reading: Bloodlines (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 2). I just started reading Star Wars books. I always stayed away from them honestly. I never really liked the ideas of the Expanded Universe but it's growing on me finally.
It really is a good series. The only downside to it is that the impact of a lot of the plot turns isn't all that notable if you aren't up to speed on the EU.
Quote from: Blackride on June 28, 2008, 10:15:03 AM
I am reading: Bloodlines (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 2). I just started reading Star Wars books. I always stayed away from them honestly. I never really liked the ideas of the Expanded Universe but it's growing on me finally.
http://www.amazon.com/Bloodlines-Star-Wars-Legacy-Force/dp/0345477510/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214673222&sr=8-5 (http://www.amazon.com/Bloodlines-Star-Wars-Legacy-Force/dp/0345477510/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214673222&sr=8-5)
I've read all the Legacy books and they are really good, I hope you enjoy them.
I am now reading "The Making of Indiana Jones".
Quote from: wraith1701 on June 28, 2008, 10:15:40 AM
Quote from: Jen on June 28, 2008, 09:34:24 AM
Nice so you're doing research for next RPG season's Mirror Universe story? :D
:D LOL yeah; I guess so...
I think I'll post an abbreviated history/timeline of the Mirror U. in OOC once I finish the book.
Great idea. :)
Just finished the Darth Bane duology. A great couple of novels set in the pre KOTOR timeline on the Star Wars Universe.
Tons of great dark side moments and good character development.
On the comicbook side I am enjoying the new Doctor Who series, some Spiderman and Hulk.
And a lot of manga. I am reading the whole Inuyasha series. Pretty entertaining and creative.
I'm going through Matt Stover's novelization of Episode III. I liked the movie, this is probably at least 30 times better. By far the best movie novelization I have read. I goes into Anakin's mind, it makes you truly understand why he fell to the dark side.
I'm up to the point Palpatine asks Anakin to be his representative on the Jedi council.
I am just about finished Inferno in the Legacy of the Force series. This one is pretty good, and I am getting through it really fast. Probably read Fury after that, and then back to a Trek book in the Sword of Damocles
Now I am reading "Dune: Hunters of Dune".
Quote from: Bryancd on July 23, 2008, 05:35:08 AM
Now I am reading "Dune: Hunters of Dune".
The original Dune is one of those books that I've started reading about 16 times but I can *never* get all the way through it.
I just finished the "Dead Witch Walking" book that I was reading. Good read. Deciding now on what to start next. Lot's of choices, limited time.
I've read the 1st 3 Legacy of the Force books recently, and they are very good.
I got a really lucky find recently at a used bookstore I frequent every now and again: A proof (rare beasts, those) of The Religions of Star Trek. Haven't quite dug deep into the book yet, but I fully plan to.
Hope to pick up "Devil May Care" (the new James Bond continuation novel by Sebastian Faulks), "Mama For President: Good Lord, Why Not?", and at least the 4th through 6th Legacy of the Force novels very soon.
BJ
I am now reading Jeff Shaara's novelization dualogy on the American Revolution. The first book is titled Rise to Rebellion and covers from about 1770-1776 and the next is called The Glorious Cause and covers the rest of the war. These are fabulous novels for anyone interested in history.
I am currently reading my way through the original Dune. Never read it before and have been wanting read it for a long time, but in my english class we had to read a classic book from the given list and Dune wasn't part of that list (As much as it should be).
I just finished the 3-part series of Star Trek TNG: "The Q Continuum". I really loved this series as it tied in a lot of Star Trek Cannon. And of course blamed Q for it. Eh heh heh heh. ;) Very very VERY good series.
King
Just finished reading 'The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters' which was awesome and highly recommended, Doyle-esque science fiction - what could be better? Currently reading 'Ender's Game' for the first time, despite thinking the author is a first class a-hole I can't help but like the story.
WOW! I'm reading "Ender's Game" too right now - it's sitting right next to me on my desk! Almost done. Did you know they are doing a comic book series on the book? Coming out soon.
Quote from: Rico on September 16, 2008, 07:19:13 AM
WOW! I'm reading "Ender's Game" too right now - it's sitting right next to me on my desk! Almost done. Did you know they are doing a comic book series on the book? Coming out soon.
Really? Cool :) my copy is at work, accidentally forgot to bring it home with me last night :(
I didn't know there was a comic book series coming out, that'll be interesting. Might save me from having to buy the entire saga when I already have enough unread books in my flat to start my own bookshop!
Just started Azimov's 'Foundation' again. I love those books.
Just finishing up the novelization of The Force Unleashed video game of all things!
Whos Tom Baker by, well Tom Baker. All teeth and curls you know ha ha.
I'm reading a recent release by the Star Trek author Greg Cox. It's a TV tie-in book of the television show 4400 called The Vesuvius Prophecy. It's not bad and if you like the show the characterizations are pretty much spot on. My only complaint would be that the level of writing is about 10th grade or so. I was hoping for a little more since he has written some very fine Star Trek novels. I understand he is writing another one. I can only hope it's better.
Kevin
Harlan Ellison's original teleplay of The City On The Edge Of Forever.
Wow!
"Low Level Hell"
A first person account by a OH-6 Loach scout helicopter pilot who served multiple tours in Vietnam. These guys were nuts
Ok I'm going to have to admit to you excellent people (take pity now) I have never read a Star Trek novel. So I'm eager to go and grab one and delve in but there seem to be so many can anyone suggest where to start. I'm not bothered what era the books are in (TOS, TNG, DS9, VGR etc). Let us know your recommendations.
Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on September 16, 2008, 11:15:26 PM
Ok I'm going to have to admit to you excellent people (take pity now) I have never read a Star Trek novel. So I'm eager to go and grab one and delve in but there seem to be so many can anyone suggest where to start. I'm not bothered what era the books are in (TOS, TNG, DS9, VGR etc). Let us know your recommendations.
Two of my favourites are 'Spock's World' by Diane Duane - it's a great little story about how Vulcan is considering leaving the Federation and in true Vulcan fashion they're going to have a big debate with people speaking for and against their leaving. It's sandwiched between stories of key events in Vulcan history, such as the beginnings of logic and the marriage of Sarek & Amanda.
The other one is 'Sarek' by AC Crispen. Hard to explain without giving too much away but basically there's a conspiracy that Sarek has seen developing for pretty much his entire career, things are starting to happen and he needs to secure the evidence to prove that things are actually happening. Not only that but Amanda is dying and he has to make some tough choices - there's some lovely backstory to Amanda & Sarek's relationship as well as some fun stuff involving Kirk's nephew and a 'Keep Earth Human League'.
Quote from: celestialteapot on September 16, 2008, 11:26:22 PM
Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on September 16, 2008, 11:15:26 PM
Ok I'm going to have to admit to you excellent people (take pity now) I have never read a Star Trek novel. So I'm eager to go and grab one and delve in but there seem to be so many can anyone suggest where to start. I'm not bothered what era the books are in (TOS, TNG, DS9, VGR etc). Let us know your recommendations.
Two of my favourites are 'Spock's World' by Diane Duane - it's a great little story about how Vulcan is considering leaving the Federation and in true Vulcan fashion they're going to have a big debate with people speaking for and against their leaving. It's sandwiched between stories of key events in Vulcan history, such as the beginnings of logic and the marriage of Sarek & Amanda.
The other one is 'Sarek' by AC Crispen. Hard to explain without giving too much away but basically there's a conspiracy that Sarek has seen developing for pretty much his entire career, things are starting to happen and he needs to secure the evidence to prove that things are actually happening. Not only that but Amanda is dying and he has to make some tough choices - there's some lovely backstory to Amanda & Sarek's relationship as well as some fun stuff involving Kirk's nephew and a 'Keep Earth Human League'.
I purchased Sand And Stars recently.... The book is a combination of both of the novels you mentioned. I can't wait to read it, as A.C. Crispen is one of my favorite authors. :) I figured it would be a good resource for my RPG character, Commander Sevryll.
Right, sounds good will have a search for the combination book, thanks Jen, thanks Steph.
I am reading now an Aliens novel: Genocide.
It's fast paced and very fun.
I like most characters so far. Granted, it's not a great book, but it's perfect for reading before bed.
Just finished 'Ender's Game' really enjoyed it :).
I had to force myself to pick up the book, Orson Scott Card as a human being I have very little respect for but as an author I respect his ability to craft a story and create characters. I'm glad I finally decided to ignore the author and concentrate on the story which sounded very interesting and certainly didn't let me down. I loved the Battleschool, the games and the reveal at the end was quite shocking as that was something I really didn't see coming. Excellent piece of sci-fi, although I have to say Orson Scott Card does seem a little obsessed with young naked boys 0_0... and being a Brit it was hard not to snigger at the unfortunately named 'buggers'.
I'm sticking with sci-fi (what else is there? ;-)) and now reading 'Starship Troopers' by Robert A. Heinlin.
I finished the book too and moving on to "Speaker for the Dead."
I am curious though what has you so upset with Orson Scott Card as a human being? I don't know a lot about him but obviously something about him really bothers you.
Quote from: Rico on September 19, 2008, 03:50:24 PM
I finished the book too and moving on to "Speaker for the Dead."
I am curious though what has you so upset with Orson Scott Card as a human being? I don't know a lot about him but obviously something about him really bothers you.
"Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books, not to be indiscriminately enforced against anyone who happens to be caught violating them, but to be used when necessary to send a clear message that those who flagrantly violate society's regulation of sexual behavior cannot be permitted to remain as acceptable, equal citizens within that society. The goal of the polity is not to put homosexuals in jail. The goal is to discourage people from engaging in homosexual practices in the first place, and, when they nevertheless proceed in their homosexual behavior, to encourage them to do so discreetly, so as not to shake the confidence of the community in the polity's ability to provide rules for safe, stable, dependable marriage and family relationships." - Orson Scott Card in 'The Hypocrites of Homosexuality' (http://www.nauvoo.com/library/card-hypocrites.html)
He's entitled to his beliefs and opinions and to express them in any way he likes, but they really leave a sour taste in my mouth (particularly as I'm gay), especially his belief that I shouldn't be allowed to be an equal citizen in society.
I am huge into history so I mainly read history books. Here is what I am reading now: Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. It is a great book for an comprehensive Civil War book.
http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Cry-Freedom-Oxford-History/dp/019516895X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221866564&sr=8-1
Quote from: celestialteapot on September 19, 2008, 04:20:41 PM
Quote from: Rico on September 19, 2008, 03:50:24 PM
I finished the book too and moving on to "Speaker for the Dead."
I am curious though what has you so upset with Orson Scott Card as a human being? I don't know a lot about him but obviously something about him really bothers you.
"Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books, not to be indiscriminately enforced against anyone who happens to be caught violating them, but to be used when necessary to send a clear message that those who flagrantly violate society's regulation of sexual behavior cannot be permitted to remain as acceptable, equal citizens within that society. The goal of the polity is not to put homosexuals in jail. The goal is to discourage people from engaging in homosexual practices in the first place, and, when they nevertheless proceed in their homosexual behavior, to encourage them to do so discreetly, so as not to shake the confidence of the community in the polity's ability to provide rules for safe, stable, dependable marriage and family relationships." - Orson Scott Card in 'The Hypocrites of Homosexuality' (http://www.nauvoo.com/library/card-hypocrites.html)
He's entitled to his beliefs and opinions and to express them in any way he likes, but they really leave a sour taste in my mouth (particularly as I'm gay), especially his belief that I shouldn't be allowed to be an equal citizen in society.
Wow.. what a statement...
And yay!!! another gay person on the boards.. I'm not alone anymore :)
You're never alone, Kenny. :)
Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on September 19, 2008, 04:26:11 PM
Wow.. what a statement...
And yay!!! another gay person on the boards.. I'm not alone anymore :)
Glad to keep you company :)
Hmm, interesting comments by him further down in that link too. It seems most of his opinion is strongly based on his religious beliefs. He is certainly allowed his opinion on such matters as we are allowed to disagree with him.
Still enjoyed his writing.
Quote from: Rico on September 19, 2008, 05:29:19 PM
Hmm, interesting comments by him further down in that link too. It seems most of his opinion is strongly based on his religious beliefs. He is certainly allowed his opinion on such matters as we are allowed to disagree with him.
Still enjoyed his writing.
I enjoyed his writing as well and I'm fine with him having personal opinions/beliefs and will defend him in his right to express them... I just don't like him. I've just ordered the next two books in the Ender saga, I've started to see that most authors are complete a-holes in real life and it's best just to enjoy their work and not look deep into their personal lives.
You should meet Harlan Ellison sometime! ;)
Quote from: Rico on September 19, 2008, 05:43:22 PM
You should meet Harlan Ellison sometime! ;)
I don't think he'd find the time between lawsuits ;-)
It always amazes me that people that are so creative and we love their stuff can be so horrid in person. I guess it's like anyone else, you just don't know till you meet them. I guess creativity doesn't equal nice. :)
Hmmm yeah, its like comedians. It always amazes me that some one who can be funny in real life can be the most miserable sods going.
Oh and Steph, couldn't help but snigger when you wrote 'buggers' ha ha.
Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on September 20, 2008, 08:15:49 AM
Oh and Steph, couldn't help but snigger when you wrote 'buggers' ha ha.
It's really unfortunate that Orson Scott Card chose that name for the aliens in 'Ender's Game', it did take a little bit out of it for me as my brain kept snorting with laughter every now and then.
Necroscope by Brian Lumley
Combat Swimmer by Chuck Gormley, Capt, USN Ret., a memoir of a Navy SEAL
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
3rd book came out yesterday and I got it!!
King
Well, in just under 2 weeks, I'll be reading the new one by Katherine Neville, titled The Fire. That oughta be good! I read her earlier book The Eight (which The Fire is a sequel to).
I do need a recommendation of a Trek-related book.
BJ
Reading 3 different books right now-
-Travis' new Clone Wars novel Order 66
-The first in a 3 part Trek series called Destiny
-Re-reading Stackpoles X-Wing books, starting with X-Wing: Rogue Squadron
...Man; all of this reading is seriously cutting into my TV watching time! ;)
I'm reading Crucible: McCoy: Provenance of Shadows I've only just got into it but i have to say i like it anyone read the others in the series?
I almost always have several books I'm reading. The first is the new Star Trek Destiny - Gods of Night and it's really good! Second I am reading Leading Ladies - 50 of the most unforgetable actresses of the silver screen. Lastly I am reading "We Look For A Kingdom - Everyday Lives of the Early Christians". It's really very interesting. Surprising to me is that the early Christian beliefs were far for like today's Catholics than Protestants on almost every single point. Makes me wonder if Luther and his movement was more of an abberation away from what Christ founded?
Kevin
I've just started reading a little known book called The Hobbit. Never read it before and am really enjoying it.
I'm reading "Paul of Dune" by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderssen.
I'm close to finishing a quite fun children's book called 'Tunnels' by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams :)
A bit ago I finished reading ALL of the astronauts biographies. It was very cool to compare each of these special people. Right now I am revisiting the original James Blish adaptations of the TOS episodes. An interesting thing about these books is that years ago I heard they were based more on the original scripts and stories then on the actual aired episodes. It looks like the remastering may have done the same thing. For instance in the JB story "Dagger of the Mind" it describes the surface of the planet as " . . . the colony proper was all underground, its location marked on the surface only by a small superstructure containing a transporter room, and elevator head, and a few other service modules." This almost exactly matches what they did in the remastered version.
As a kid all we had were these books when TOS was not running (boy we are spoiled now, lol). I remember reading these and being a little miffed because they differed from the episodes. Now knowing these are the original visions of the show in some cases give a little insight into the stories that we didn't get to see on screen. I have not read these in over 30 years and I'm surprised I'm enjoying them so much. I urge those of you not familiar with these to check them out.
I'm also reading "Stages to Saturn" (again) which is a very detailed book on the development of the Saturn V. It's great if you love reading reference material.
Can anyone recommend any good "Enterprise" novels?
Will
HEY GANG - I miss having book reviews to play on the podcast. I'd love it if some of you could record a 2-3 minute review of some book you have read. Send them on in!
Quote from: Rico on October 16, 2008, 04:54:27 AM
HEY GANG - I miss having book reviews to play on the podcast. I'd love it if some of you could record a 2-3 minute review of some book you have read. Send them on in!
Can we submit reviews for you to read?
Quote from: celestialteapot on October 16, 2008, 07:29:08 AM
Quote from: Rico on October 16, 2008, 04:54:27 AM
HEY GANG - I miss having book reviews to play on the podcast. I'd love it if some of you could record a 2-3 minute review of some book you have read. Send them on in!
Can we submit reviews for you to read?
Hmmm....I'd prefer audio for reviews. Sounds better in your own words. You can always leave them on the voice mail line: 206-202-1548
I've been meaning to do one but damn life has been busy! I'll try to get around to it for this week or next week.
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
A great (if dated) story about a possible WWIII between NATO and the Soviet Union. Penned in 1986, it is actually my favorite Tom Clancy novel.
I've just started reading 'Crash' by JG Ballard... so far 0_0!
Just started the first Coruscant Nights book. Interesting but I'm having some issues keeping all the characters straight.
I just finished the final Legacy of the Force book last night. Now I am reading Enterprise Kobyashi Maru, then the Sword of Damocles and then I might move onto the Coruscant Nights books that Billybob is reading.
Just finished Dietz's "When All Seems Lost" and started the follow-up, "When Duty Calls". This guy is hands-down my all-time favorite Military Sci-Fi writer.
Finished 'Crash' (very odd book) and now moving onto a classic piece of science fiction 'The Lost World' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Incidentally, anyone doing the 50 book challenge this year?
Quote from: celestialteapot on October 22, 2008, 07:48:58 PM
Incidentally, anyone doing the 50 book challenge this year?
What's that?
The 50 Book Challenge is to read 50 books in one year, it's just for fun :)
Only 50? Books are my TV! ;D
You can read more :P
Getting into "Brisingr" now.
I'm almost through "Star Wars: The Crystal Star" for the SWAN book club. I remember why this is one of the few Star Wars Eu novels I've only read once.
I'm reading the latest SW EU novel "Millenium Falcon" It's very good!
I'm about 1/3 of the way through Brisingr
Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on November 11, 2008, 07:34:33 AM
I'm about 1/3 of the way through Brisingr
Wow guys, I've never heard of this before. It looks very cool.
Quote from: Bryancd on November 11, 2008, 05:42:39 AM
I'm reading the latest SW EU novel "Millenium Falcon" It's very good!
Picked it up last week; it's on my "To Read" pile. Right now, I'm reading Hellboy: The Lost Army. Rico's Samaritan Replica kinda got me interested in returning to the HB universe. Good book so far.
It's been so long since I have been able to sit and read. My 4 year old is getting a bit less clingy than in the past, so I can read while he plays with toys.
So, I am currently reading The Computers of Star Trek by Lois Gresh and Robert Weinberg.
Good reading, but I am beginning to see why I like to invoke 'suspension of disbelief' when I watch movies or TV. Reality is kinda restrictive and occasionally boring. I like sound in space and other things like that :-)
I just bought the latest P.D. James mystery novel called "The Private Patient". If you like mysteries in the least and have never read a P.D. James novel then I recommend that you do. Her main character is a detective for the New Scotland Yard named Adam Dalgliesh and he is a very well written and interesting character. In fact all her characters are well written and interesting. I love a good mystery novel and one of the things that keep me coming back to P.D. James's novels is that I can never figure out who did it until the end. Almost every other mystery writer I can tell you who did it by about halfway but not her books. Take a chance and read her. You won't be disappointed!
Kevin
Decided to get back into reading with a very easy read--"Interview with a Vampire." Sure it's considered a guilty pleasure book by my co-workers and I've been told to watch the movie first, but I'm halfway to finishing the thing so I might as well wait. ;)
Quote from: KC on November 24, 2008, 07:59:26 PM
Decided to get back into reading with a very easy read--"Interview with a Vampire." Sure it's considered a guilty pleasure book by my co-workers and I've been told to watch the movie first, but I'm halfway to finishing the thing so I might as well wait. ;)
Did you ever read Pandora.. I really liked that one from that series.
Quote from: KC on November 24, 2008, 07:59:26 PM
Decided to get back into reading with a very easy read--"Interview with a Vampire." Sure it's considered a guilty pleasure book by my co-workers and I've been told to watch the movie first, but I'm halfway to finishing the thing so I might as well wait. ;)
Great book from a great series. And the series gets better as it progresses (except Memnoch The Devil; that one was kind of weak). If you like Anne Rice, you ought to check out the Mayfair Witch books also (Witching Hour, etc). They take place in the same world as her Vampire books, and feature some character cross-overs.
"Tales of the Bounty Hunters" an older Star Wars EU book.
Quote from: Bryancd on November 25, 2008, 04:53:35 AM
"Tales of the Bounty Hunters" an older Star Wars EU book.
I like those 'tales of/tales from" books. I'm halfway through The Children of the Jedi for the SWAN book club.
Trying to get through 'Brideshead Revisited', it's apparently one of those books you should have read but nothing really happens in it. It's based around an era of people who don't exist any more so it makes it a bit difficult to really identify with the characters (1920s high upper class). I might give up and go read 'Rendezvous with Rama' or something....
Quote from: wraith1701 on November 25, 2008, 12:04:50 AM
Quote from: KC on November 24, 2008, 07:59:26 PM
Decided to get back into reading with a very easy read--"Interview with a Vampire." Sure it's considered a guilty pleasure book by my co-workers and I've been told to watch the movie first, but I'm halfway to finishing the thing so I might as well wait. ;)
Great book from a great series. And the series gets better as it progresses (except Memnoch The Devil; that one was kind of weak). If you like Anne Rice, you ought to check out the Mayfair Witch books also (Witching Hour, etc). They take place in the same world as her Vampire books, and feature some character cross-overs.
I'll definitely have to check those out one day. I'm a big fan of cross-overs, so I'm definitely putting the Mayfair Witch books on my "to read" list.
And I'll keep my eye out for Pandora, Kenny.
I'm reading "Darth Bane: Path of Destruction". This is an AWESOME Star Wars EU book. I can't beleive I waited so long to read it. I can barely put it down. Very well-written.
About halfway through, so far it is HIGHLY recommended it you are a Star Wars fan. Very little knowledge of previous Star Wars EU is needed to know what's going on.
Quote from: billybob476 on December 16, 2008, 09:45:42 AM
I'm reading "Darth Bane: Path of Destruction". This is an AWESOME Star Wars EU book. I can't beleive I waited so long to read it. I can barely put it down. Very well-written.
About halfway through, so far it is HIGHLY recommended it you are a Star Wars fan. Very little knowledge of previous Star Wars EU is needed to know what's going on.
I loved that novel too Billybob. :)
I'm currently reading Star Trek The Next Generation: Death In Winter by Michael Jan Friedman. I'm really enjoying it so far. I highly recommend it.
x2 on the Darth Bane books, they rock.
x3 on the Bane books.
I just finished reading Millennium Falcon. It was allright; sort of a one-off, stand-alone story. It picks up some of the threads left over from the Legacy Of The Force series, but nothing monumental really happens. Kind of a place holder until the start of the Fate Of The Jedi series.
Right now, I'm re-reading John Ringo's A Hymn Before Battle, the first in his series of Posleen invasion books. Just reading this novel while I wait for another book of his that I ordered- Manxome Foe.
Ringo is a great Military Sci-Fi writer; he manages to mix action, humor, and some actual science into his fiction. If you enjoy military sci-fi or alien adventure stories, I highly recommend both his Posleen and Looking Glass books.
My IDW trade paperback copy of Star Trek: Assignment Earth came today so I'm gonna get started on that! I love the IDW stuff but I only buy the trades. I won't double dip on these!
Kevin
It's a good series. One of my favorites of the IDW stuff.
I liked the "Falcon" book. I think it sets up a new series well.
Quote from: Rico on December 16, 2008, 05:02:26 PM
It's a good series. One of my favorites of the IDW stuff.
Rico - Do you know of a list of all the IDW trades available so far? I don't want to miss any. Thus far I have:
Star Trek: New Frontier
Star Trek: Alien Spotlight
Star Trek: Year Four
Star Trek TNG: Intelligence Gathering
STar Trek TNG: The Space Between
Star Trek: Klingons - Blood Will Tell
Star Trek: Assignment Earth
If you know of any I have missed it would be appreciated!
Kevin
I'm re-reading Watchmen as its been near on five years since i last read it. Got myself a nice new copy as well.
Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on December 19, 2008, 02:34:03 PM
I'm re-reading Watchmen as its been near on five years since i last read it. Got myself a nice new copy as well.
Nice!
I picked up a new hardcover edition a while ago. Going to wait 'till a little before the film's release to tear into it again. :)
I just finished reading Planetary Vol. 1 (issues 1-6) by Warren Ellis. I liked it a lot and will definitely collect the rest of the volumes. Some weeks ago I read another of Ellis' series, Global Frequency and I didn't like it as much as Planetary. I think that's probably because Planetary has more interesting characters. However, I definitely like Ellis as a sci-fi comic book/graphic novel writer.
Just finished reading "Bird by Bird" by Anne Lamott, starting "Persepolis" by Marjene Satrapi, and then moving on to "The Watchmen" in a week or two.
Just finished reading Republic Commando: Order 66. Really great book. Just started re-reading "Ambush at Corellia" for the SWAN book club.
I'm currently reading a Star Trek novel called Strangers from the Sky.
I just finished the Star Trek Destiny trilogy by David Mack and I have to say they are among the very best Star Trek books I have ever read. The novels are truly epic in scope and although each volume is close to 450 pages each it never bogs down. Absolutely fascinating and fun read.
Currently I'm reading the follow-up book A Singular Destiny by Keith R.A. DeCandido. I'm about halfway in just a couple of hours. So far it's a good read but not even close to the Destiny trilogy in quality of storytelling.
Kevin
Reading another Keri Arthur vampire/werewolf book. This is a cool series.
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http://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Games-Riley-Jensen-Guardian/dp/0553589598/ref=pd_bbs_sr_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233704929&sr=8-6 (http://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Games-Riley-Jensen-Guardian/dp/0553589598/ref=pd_bbs_sr_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233704929&sr=8-6)
Quote from: Ktrek on February 03, 2009, 01:39:27 PM
I just finished the Star Trek Destiny trilogy by David Mack and I have to say they are among the very best Star Trek books I have ever read. The novels are truly epic in scope and although each volume is close to 450 pages each it never bogs down. Absolutely fascinating and fun read.
Currently I'm reading the follow-up book A Singular Destiny by Keith R.A. DeCandido. I'm about halfway in just a couple of hours. So far it's a good read but not even close to the Destiny trilogy in quality of storytelling.
Kevin
Your reading list looks just like mine! :) I just finished the Destiny trilogy as well, and started A Singular Destiny yesterday. And I agree; the Destiny books were like a breath of fresh air into the Trek novel franchise. The recurring plot device of the books leading up to Mack's trilogy was starting to seem kind of tired, but his books managed to make what came before seem relevant again. Plus, I enjoyed the way that Mack very neatly tied up the aforementioned plot device.
So far, KRAD's book seems like a decent follow-up to the series. I agree that it isn't as engaging as the Destiny trilogy, but his multiple-perspective look at the aftermath of The Big Event really drives home how world-shaking the event was. And Professor Pran is one of the coolest Trek characters I've come across in a while.
Quote from: wraith1701 on February 03, 2009, 03:57:33 PM
So far, KRAD's book seems like a decent follow-up to the series. I agree that it isn't as engaging as the Destiny trilogy, but his multiple-perspective look at the aftermath of The Big Event really drives home how world-shaking the event was. And Professor Pran is one of the coolest Trek characters I've come across in a while.
I too like Pran! Like I said I'm only around halfway but hopefully the book will be a satisfying read.
I do really like the direction the books are taking the Star Trek universe and if they stay on course the future should hold some very good reading indeed.
Kevin
Started this one this week. I like it so far.
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Quote from: Rico on February 11, 2009, 09:56:57 AM
Started this one this week. I like it so far.
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I really enjoyed that book though it got mixed reviews.
Just started reading "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman, and I finished reading "Fray" by Joss Whedon a couple of days ago.
"Neverwhere" was a bit of a tricky read for me. I liked it, but it's a strange book.
I'm reading Sand And Stars, which is an omnibus containing
"Spock's World" and "Sarek". One is by A.C. Crispin (one of my favorite authors) and Diane Duane. So far so good. :)
I enjoyed both of those. Hey while this thread is clicking - if anyone feels like sending in a book review (doesn't have to be Trek) for the podcast that would be great to hear. ;)
Quote from: Rico on February 11, 2009, 11:00:13 AM
"Neverwhere" was a bit of a tricky read for me. I liked it, but it's a strange book.
I mainly picked up the book because I've heard Neil Gaiman is an excellent writer and I remember looking through a graphic novel version of "Neverwhere" and thinking it was a really interesting concept. That, and "Stardust" and "Coraline" were checked out of the library already, so I thought I'd give it a go. ;) I like what little I've read of it so far, and I can't wait to get home so that I can read more.
I'm still reading 'Paul Of Dune' By Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. It is set one year after Paul becomes the ruler of Dune before 'Children Of Dune'.
It shows how everything is not so cut and dry being a holy messiah. How many still hate you and will never join you. And how the jihad is getting out of control. Many questions are raised in this book. Is what Paul doing right for the universe, or is it just a blood bath like the ancient machines did.?
A good read for those who love Dune.
I'm reading 'The Dark Volume' by G.W Dahlquist, sequel to 'The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters' which was too awesome for words... weird steampunk-esque mystery thriller sci-fi-y story.
Quote from: KC on February 11, 2009, 12:11:49 PM
Quote from: Rico on February 11, 2009, 11:00:13 AM
"Neverwhere" was a bit of a tricky read for me. I liked it, but it's a strange book.
I mainly picked up the book because I've heard Neil Gaiman is an excellent writer and I remember looking through a graphic novel version of "Neverwhere" and thinking it was a really interesting concept. That, and "Stardust" and "Coraline" were checked out of the library already, so I thought I'd give it a go. ;) I like what little I've read of it so far, and I can't wait to get home so that I can read more.
[/quoteI recommend you find some of the issues of the comic "Sandman" which Neil Gaiman wrote for DC Comics during the early to mid 1990's. Really good stuff.
Re-reading an old favorite of mine- Snow Crash. It isn't often that I find a sci-fi book that actually makes me gleefully laugh out loud. :)
I'm finishing up the Star Trek Destiny Trilogy and I'm ... just WOW. It totally changes things and there is already a follow up book.
Quote from: Just X on March 07, 2009, 02:02:02 PM
I'm finishing up the Star Trek Destiny Trilogy and I'm ... just WOW. It totally changes things and there is already a follow up book.
Destiny was some of the best Star Trek reading ever!
I read a Singluar Destiny after and although it's good it's not quite the enjoyment that the trilogy was. I am currently struggling through the latest Titan book "Over The Torrent Sea". I am about halfway and all I can say is ... ugh! It gets way too bogged down in biology for me to enjoy without enough interesting crew moments to compensate.
Kevin
Would you believe I am reading the Star Wars original trilogy? Been a long time since I read those! Although much closer to the screenplays than some of the earlier treatments, interesting difference in dialogue. I'm on ESB right now.
Kevin, I agree about the Titan series, it can get really slow.
I have just started reading "Watchmen." Now this is the first graphic novel I have ever read and I have to say I love it. I've never even bought a comic as an adult let alone taken them seriously. Started reading yesterday and I'm so enjoying it. It's a totally different way for me to read and I just don't know why I didn't start before. Seriously, this could be the start of somethng totally new for me. What to buy next, graphic novel wise. :)
Welcome to the world of coics Tim ha ha. Watchmen portraits is an amazing book. Bit pricey though at £30.
After months and months, I have finished Kobayashi Maru. It was a great book, I just kept getting sidetracked on other things, but it was real easy to come back to.
Starting on another Titan Book now, Sword of Damocles, and then Darth Bane rule of Two. I am a bit behind on reading, so hoping to get myself back into a regular rhythm
Just about done with a military sci-fi book by Michael Z. Williamson called The Weapon. Very enjoyable book! Next in line- The latest Titan book, Sword Of Damocles.
Quote from: wraith1701 on March 08, 2009, 03:51:39 PM
Next in line- The latest Titan book, Sword Of Damocles.
Actually the latest Titan book is Over The Torrent Sea. :)
Kevin
Quote from: Ktrek on March 08, 2009, 04:09:29 PM
Quote from: wraith1701 on March 08, 2009, 03:51:39 PM
Next in line- The latest Titan book, Sword Of Damocles.
Actually the latest Titan book is Over The Torrent Sea. :)
Kevin
my mistake; you're right. It's the one with Riker's aquatic ex-fling on the cover. :)
Just finished 3rd reading of George RR Martin's "Game of Thrones" and will continue on with book 2 "A Clash of Kings" ... the last few months I had (finally) been reading the Harry Potter series. Chris
I'm re-reading Pandora's Star by Peter F Hamilton. This is an amazing hard sci-fi novel that talks about a future where people basically don't die and interplanetary travel is accomplished with artificial wormholes from planet to planet that they run trains through.
This and it's sequel novel Judas Unchained are monster books that have large casts of characters and very deep storyline. Great novels!
Currently I'm reading the latest Star Trek book Mere Anarchy. It's a trade size paperback that includes six novella size books. Each book set during a different period of TOS history about periodic visits to the same planet. I just started it but the first story seems pretty good.
Kevin
I'm about a third of the way into the Titan book "Over A Torrent Sea". Pretty good read so far, but it feels a little anticlimatic after the last Big Event Crossover that took place in the Trek novels.
Quote from: wraith1701 on March 12, 2009, 08:45:28 PM
I'm about a third of the way into the Titan book "Over A Torrent Sea". Pretty good read so far, but it feels a little anticlimatic after the last Big Event Crossover that took place in the Trek novels.
Yea...I found it not only anti-climatic but rather boring. Too much information and time was spent on the marine biology. I think to detriment of the story and it winds up seeming like filler to just boost the page count.
Kevin
Finished the SW "Alligience" book by Zahn. Not his best, but it was ok. Not enough time spent with the main characters.
Now, I'm reading book two in this series about bounty hunter witch, Rachel Morgan.
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http://www.amazon.com/Good-Bad-Undead-Hollows-Book/dp/0060572973/ref=ed_oe_p (http://www.amazon.com/Good-Bad-Undead-Hollows-Book/dp/0060572973/ref=ed_oe_p)
This may be incredibly boring but I'm reading "JQuery in Action". I want to use the jQuery javascript framework on one of my next projects so I figured I should read up a bit.
Entertaining read...if you like javascript.
:D
Just about done with a really cool military sci-fi book called Freehold, by Michael Z. Williamson. It's about a prosperous, idyllic world in the distant future that gets invaded by an expansionist, oppressive, pervasively bureaucratic union of worlds led by the planet Earth. Some of the extrapolated caricatures of what the future might look like really make you think. All in all, it's a pretty action-packed, thought-provoking, and humorous novel.
Excellent book about organized crime in New York titled Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires by Selwyn Raab, a former investigative reporter for the NY Times.
I am a junkie when it come to reading about the Mafia.
I started the new Star Trek Voyager book called Full Circle and so far it is really good! I'm glad because the last couple of Voyager relaunch books were not so good.
Kevin
Just starting up reading the fourth Titan book, Sword of Damocles.
http://www.amazon.com/Sword-Damocles-Star-Trek-Titan/dp/1416526943/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240497306&sr=1-3 (http://www.amazon.com/Sword-Damocles-Star-Trek-Titan/dp/1416526943/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240497306&sr=1-3)
How are these Titan books shaping up? I just read the first when we did it with our book club way back when. I enjoyed that one.
Quote from: billybob476 on April 23, 2009, 07:43:04 AM
How are these Titan books shaping up? I just read the first when we did it with our book club way back when. I enjoyed that one.
I'm enjoying them. I think they have some interesting stuff and I like that they are really exploring and going on missions, etc.
I just finished Sword of Damocles, I thought the first 2/3 were pretty good, then last 1/3 was a bit tough to grasp at times, but over all it was alright. I will start reading the Destiny series after my current book, as Eric recommended it. Right now I am reading Darth Bane Rule of Two, then the First Star Trek Destiny Book and the Star Wars Coruscant Nights first book.
I've had a lot of trouble getting into those Coruscant Nights books. I have the first two but only read the first. Gotta give em another try.
I'm still trying to finish Sand And Stars. So far, I've made it to page 100. LOTS of AWESOME reference info for Sevryll's character development. It goes in depth about Vulcan and its people's philosophy.
I am reading The Terror by Dan Simmons. It is a great book. It is a mix of Historical Fiction with supernatural elements. Based on the Unsolved Mystery of what happend to the John Franklin Expedition searching for the North-West Passage.
Just finished reading the third book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series. They are some great books.
I am almost finished listening to the latest David Weber book Storm of Shadows... really good. A friend gave me a copy of City of Ember to read before I saw the movie, finished that up last weekend. It was obviously written for a younger audience but good non the less. I have been reading Stephen Erickson books, but they really haven't grabbed me yet.
Finished Fate Of The Jedi: Outcast a few days ago; pretty decent book. I think the series is going to kick some butt. :)
Right now I'm re-reading the Mace Windu book Shatterpoint. A very good book; feels kind of like Apocalypse Now meets the Clone Wars.
I just started reading Alastair Reynold's "Diamond Dogs Turquoise Days". He (or Iain M. Banks) are my current favorite SF authors. Both are highly recommended
Quote from: wraith1701 on April 24, 2009, 08:51:00 PM
Finished Fate Of The Jedi: Outcast a few days ago; pretty decent book. I think the series is going to kick some butt. :)
Right now I'm re-reading the Mace Windu book Shatterpoint. A very good book; feels kind of like Apocalypse Now meets the Clone Wars.
I loved Shatterpoint. I totally geeked out when I was able to ask Drew Karpyshyn about the Vaapad form of martial arts via the Force Cast. In his novel, Path of Destruction, it was mentioned that Darth Bane had invented it. But Matthew Stover wrote that Mace had in Shatterpoint. He laughed and said he had messed up... I felt like a total jerk for pointing it out. :D Anyway I thought both were great novels. :)
Quote from: Jen on April 25, 2009, 12:41:16 PM
Quote from: wraith1701 on April 24, 2009, 08:51:00 PM
Finished Fate Of The Jedi: Outcast a few days ago; pretty decent book. I think the series is going to kick some butt. :)
Right now I'm re-reading the Mace Windu book Shatterpoint. A very good book; feels kind of like Apocalypse Now meets the Clone Wars.
I loved Shatterpoint. I totally geeked out when I was able to ask Drew Karpyshyn about the Vaapad form of martial arts via the Force Cast. In his novel, Path of Destruction, it was mentioned that Darth Bane had invented it. But Matthew Stover wrote that Mace had in Shatterpoint. He laughed and said he had messed up... I felt like a total jerk for pointing it out. :D Anyway I thought both were great novels. :)
Yep; both are great books, and Stover and Karpyshyn are two of my favorite authors. :)
I'm reading "Diplomatic Immunity" by Lois McMaster Bujold. It is the last book in her "Miles Vorkosigan Series". If you like smart, well written sci-fi (and I know you all do) give this series a try! There are 11 novels, 2 prequels, and 3 novellas. The main character is an unlikely hero, whom you will absolutely love. It is set on a planet called Barrayar, with a society ruled by an emperor, and lots of military intrigue. They have space travel, stunners, etc., but the main focus is the story and the characters. They remind me a little of the Centauri from Babylon 5. It has that Russian, early century feel, but with advanced technology. It's best to start at the beginning.
And...since I am on the last book of the series :'( I am open for suggestions on what to read next. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks!
I just finished reading Darth Bane: Rule of Two, really enjoyed it, like I did with the First. I actually read it really fast, as normally I am a really slow reader. I am onto the the First Star Trek Destiny book now.
Reading Peter David's latest Star Trek: New Frontier novel- Treason.
Really a great book. Over the years, the cast of characters has grown on me almost as much as the TNG characters. In some ways, possibly more.
I'm reading DC COMICS - Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes by Les Daniels. It's really quite an interesting overview of DC Comics from the first comic to the TV and movie adaptations. Anyway, it's a fun read and informative at the same time.
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Kevin
Quote from: wraith1701 on May 06, 2009, 08:52:06 AM
Reading Peter David's latest Star Trek: New Frontier novel- Treason.
Really a great book. Over the years, the cast of characters has grown on me almost as much as the TNG characters. In some ways, possibly more.
I'd heard there was a new one but had fogotten about it. I must get hold of that. Thanks for the reminder.
Quote from: Feathers on May 06, 2009, 02:34:29 PM
Quote from: wraith1701 on May 06, 2009, 08:52:06 AM
Reading Peter David's latest Star Trek: New Frontier novel- Treason.
Really a great book. Over the years, the cast of characters has grown on me almost as much as the TNG characters. In some ways, possibly more.
I'd heard there was a new one but had fogotten about it. I must get hold of that. Thanks for the reminder.
I've not read a Star Trek novel in so long. Must go through this thread and find a good series of books...
@Dangelus- I recommend you track down the first New Frontier book and try following that series. It has enough characters and references from TNG to keep it firmly rooted in Trek continuity, while branching out enough to keep it fresh and exciting. And Peter David is one of the best pop-sci-fi writers around; his books are exciting, with just the right mix of adventure, danger, and humor.
The latest "relaunch" of the TNG books is also very enjoyable for the most part. "Death In Winter" is a good jumping-on point. The books chronicle the post-Nemisis adventures of Picard & crew. The Borg pop up A LOT in the first few books following Death In Winter, but their presence pays off big in the Star Trek: Destiny series.
The Star Trek: Titan books are also a great series if you are a fan of Riker, Deanna, and Tuvok. The series is still fairly new, so you can still readily find most of the books in regular Brick & Mortar bookstores.
I've also found the mirror universe/alternate reality collections highly entertaining. I think there are 3 or 4 out right now, all taking place either in the Mirror Universe introduced on the Trek TV shows, or in other alternate timelines.
Yes, go with the Titan books or the New Froontier series.
I find some of the latter series stretches credibility a little at times but every series has weaker and stronger links and on the whole I've enjoyed this one.
I have really enjoyed the Enterprise Books The Good that Men Do and Kobayashi Maru, and looking forward to the next one. I found they picked up very good after the ending events on Enterprise.
I re-read The Good That Men do after we initially read it for our book club and really, really enjoyed it the second time around.
Quote from: billybob476 on May 08, 2009, 07:15:02 AM
I re-read The Good That Men do after we initially read it for our book club and really, really enjoyed it the second time around.
Kobayashi Maru picks up right after TGTMD, and very good as well. I am really liking the post Enterprise series books
Quote from: jedijeff on May 08, 2009, 07:34:12 AM
Kobayashi Maru picks up right after TGTMD, and very good as well. I am really liking the post Enterprise series books
Different strokes for different folks I guess because I think the post series Enterprise books are pretty awful and contrived. I read them anyway always hoping the next book will be better but alas that has not been the case.
Now I started re-reading the Raymond Benson James Bond novels beginning with Zero Minus Ten. Benson's books read more like movie novelizations and he seems to stick more with the movie formulas than Gardner did. That said though his books really are quite good. If you read them in release order you find that his writing and storytelling skills improve with each book. I would especially recommend his book High Time To Kill. It's one of the most exciting thriller books I have read.
Kevin
I'm with you Joe and Jeff. I like those Enterprise books too.
My only issue with the first one was I had to start from scratch because the first time I went through I had trouble following all the storylines and keeping straight who was who.
Quote from: Ktrek on May 08, 2009, 08:06:27 AM
Quote from: jedijeff on May 08, 2009, 07:34:12 AM
Kobayashi Maru picks up right after TGTMD, and very good as well. I am really liking the post Enterprise series books
Different strokes for different folks I guess because I think the post series Enterprise books are pretty awful and contrived. I read them anyway always hoping the next book will be better but alas that has not been the case.
I guess for me, I really enjoyed Enterprise a lot, and was very disappointed when it was cancelled. I was a bit like Joe, in that it took a little bit to get into TGTMD, but after I did the story really clicked with me. Might be because I really have a wanting for more stories in the Enterprise time frame. I am usually a person who does not like storylines that involve Romulans, but so far I have enjoyed both of these books.
Like you said, different strokes for different folks. I have been lucky so far in that after getting back into Trek books a few years ago, the only real Dog for me was the Titans Series Orions Hounds. I just started reading the Destiny series, and I am only a few chapters in, but so far really enjoying it.
Quote from: jedijeff on May 08, 2009, 09:31:01 AM
I just started reading the Destiny series, and I am only a few chapters in, but so far really enjoying it.
The Destiny series is probably some of the best Trek books I have ever read (and I read most of them). David Mack is a superb author and really should be investing himself in original material. I think he could make a lot more money than he has from Trek. Anyway, the Destiny trilogy is a must read as far as I'm concerned!
Kevin
I've been reading the Ender's Game series. Chris
I just finished the first post-Voyager book, Homecoming. While waiting for the book that concludes it, The Farther Shore, to arrive, I've started on the Star Trek Mirror Universe compendium, Glass Empires.
Hi jedijeff and Ktrek. I'm also really enjoying the first of the Destiny books. I'm about two-thirds into it and I can't wait to pick off where I left off.
Quote from: wraith1701 on May 07, 2009, 10:40:14 AM
@Dangelus- I recommend you track down the first New Frontier book and try following that series. It has enough characters and references from TNG to keep it firmly rooted in Trek continuity, while branching out enough to keep it fresh and exciting. And Peter David is one of the best pop-sci-fi writers around; his books are exciting, with just the right mix of adventure, danger, and humor.
The latest "relaunch" of the TNG books is also very enjoyable for the most part. "Death In Winter" is a good jumping-on point. The books chronicle the post-Nemisis adventures of Picard & crew. The Borg pop up A LOT in the first few books following Death In Winter, but their presence pays off big in the Star Trek: Destiny series.
The Star Trek: Titan books are also a great series if you are a fan of Riker, Deanna, and Tuvok. The series is still fairly new, so you can still readily find most of the books in regular Brick & Mortar bookstores.
I've also found the mirror universe/alternate reality collections highly entertaining. I think there are 3 or 4 out right now, all taking place either in the Mirror Universe introduced on the Trek TV shows, or in other alternate timelines.
Quote from: jedijeff on May 08, 2009, 07:34:12 AM
Quote from: billybob476 on May 08, 2009, 07:15:02 AM
I re-read The Good That Men do after we initially read it for our book club and really, really enjoyed it the second time around.
Kobayashi Maru picks up right after TGTMD, and very good as well. I am really liking the post Enterprise series books
Thanks guys, these sound like my king of Trek novels. I'll see if I can pick some up (cheap!) :D
I am more than half way through with the new Star Wars book "Jedi Outcast". It's very good. I have "Star Trek" the new movie book in the wings!
Just started the series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. The first book is called A Game of Thrones.
I'm about 100 pages in.. it's starting to pick up.
Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on May 14, 2009, 05:16:47 PM
Just started the series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. The first book is called A Game of Thrones.
I'm about 100 pages in.. it's starting to pick up.
A fantastic series ... My wife wants the bumper sticker.
"Wheel Of Time: Eye of The World". I listened to "Wheel Of Time: New Spring" last month. I LOVE this series so far! I was completely surprised by it. I had heard of the Wheel Of Time but I passed it by because the art on the cover sucked. Okay...Alright...I know...Never judge a book by it's cover. But art and design is what I do for a living and if the cover doesn't hook me then I have a VERY difficult time buying it. It's why I can't read comicbooks! The novel has to be soooo good that I can look past the 'ugly outside'. :D Anway, I found New Spring to be a great start to this series of fantasy books by Robert Jordon. I love the the friendship between Morgain and Swan. The descriptions are great as are the action scenes. I give it four stars. Eye Of The World is great too...I'm close to finishing it. :) I can't recommend this series enough.
Quote from: Jen on May 14, 2009, 06:21:30 PM
"Wheel Of Time: Eye of The World". I listened to "Wheel Of Time: New Spring" last month. I LOVE this series so far! I was completely surprised by it. I had heard of the Wheel Of Time but I passed it by because the art on the cover sucked. Okay...Alright...I know...Never judge a book by it's cover. But art and design is what I do for a living and if the cover doesn't hook me then I have a VERY difficult time buying it. It's why I can't read comicbooks! The novel has to be soooo good that I can look past the 'ugly outside'. :D Anway, I found New Spring to be a great start to this series of fantasy books by Robert Jordon. I love the the friendship between Morgain and Swan. The descriptions are great as are the action scenes. I give it four stars. Eye Of The World is great too...I'm close to finishing it. :) I can't recommend this series enough.
Another great series!
Reading the novel adaptation of the new Star Trek movie. :)
Quote from: Jen on May 14, 2009, 06:21:30 PM
"Wheel Of Time: Eye of The World". I listened to "Wheel Of Time: New Spring" last month. I LOVE this series so far! I was completely surprised by it. I had heard of the Wheel Of Time but I passed it by because the art on the cover sucked. Okay...Alright...I know...Never judge a book by it's cover. But art and design is what I do for a living and if the cover doesn't hook me then I have a VERY difficult time buying it. It's why I can't read comicbooks! The novel has to be soooo good that I can look past the 'ugly outside'. :D Anway, I found New Spring to be a great start to this series of fantasy books by Robert Jordon. I love the the friendship between Morgain and Swan. The descriptions are great as are the action scenes. I give it four stars. Eye Of The World is great too...I'm close to finishing it. :) I can't recommend this series enough.
I loved those book Jen! Some of the best fantasy I have ever read. Not Tolkien but close.
Kevin
I just finished Star Trek Terok Nor : Day of the Vipers. It's a DS9 book that takes place before the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor. It tells the story of how the Cardassians met the Bajorans and through treachery and the Bajorans themselves, claimed the planet as part of the Cardassian Union. It was very dark and depressing in the second half but I couldn't put it down and I'll definitely get the second book Night of the Wolves. There are DS9 references throughout and it takes minor characters from episodes to connect it to the show. If your a DS9 fan (like I am) and always wished the show expanded more on the Occupation, I highly recommend this book.
Quote from: DontcallmePigboy on May 14, 2009, 08:09:11 PM
I just finished Star Trek Terok Nor : Day of the Vipers. It's a DS9 book that takes place before the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor. It tells the story of how the Cardassians met the Bajorans and through treachery and the Bajorans themselves, claimed the planet as part of the Cardassian Union. It was very dark and depressing in the second half but I couldn't put it down and I'll definitely get the second book Night of the Wolves. There are DS9 references throughout and it takes minor characters from episodes to connect it to the show. If your a DS9 fan (like I am) and always wished the show expanded more on the Occupation, I highly recommend this book.
I found the Terok Nor trilogy to be very well written and a lot of fun but Day of the Vipers is the best written of the three. Swallow is just such an excellent writer! I can't wait for his next Trek book, which I believe is going to be the next Star Trek: Titan book to be released this year.
I'm currently reading the Star Trek movie novelization and to tell you the truth I think almost any 14 year old could write a better book. The prose is awful compared to current Star Trek fare. I know Alan Dean Foster had very little time to write the novelization but believe me when I say...it shows!
Kevin
Quote from: Ktrek on May 14, 2009, 08:50:12 PM
Quote from: DontcallmePigboy on May 14, 2009, 08:09:11 PM
I just finished Star Trek Terok Nor : Day of the Vipers. It's a DS9 book that takes place before the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor. It tells the story of how the Cardassians met the Bajorans and through treachery and the Bajorans themselves, claimed the planet as part of the Cardassian Union. It was very dark and depressing in the second half but I couldn't put it down and I'll definitely get the second book Night of the Wolves. There are DS9 references throughout and it takes minor characters from episodes to connect it to the show. If your a DS9 fan (like I am) and always wished the show expanded more on the Occupation, I highly recommend this book.
I found the Terok Nor trilogy to be very well written and a lot of fun but Day of the Vipers is the best written of the three. Swallow is just such an excellent writer! I can't wait for his next Trek book, which I believe is going to be the next Star Trek: Titan book to be released this year.
I'm currently reading the Star Trek movie novelization and to tell you the truth I think almost any 14 year old could write a better book. The prose is awful compared to current Star Trek fare. I know Alan Dean Foster had very little time to write the novelization but believe me when I say...it shows!
Kevin
I actually enjoyed it. The wording is a little different than what was shown onscreen, but I think that this is the first time that I ever picked up an adaptation and I love the extra bits that happen.
Finished the Destiny Trilogy about two days ago. It was some good (and fast) reading. I really like the story of how the Borg came to be. I'm definitely glad I read those books. Those are actually the first Trek novels I've ever read--no wait. . .I did read Star Trek V: The Undiscovered Country way back in the day. Now, which other Star Trek books are as good or even better than Destiny? I know there are hundreds of books out there so which ones are worth reading?
Quote from: PepperDude on May 30, 2009, 09:52:43 AM
Finished the Destiny Trilogy about two days ago. It was some good (and fast) reading. I really like the story of how the Borg came to be. I'm definitely glad I read those books. Those are actually the first Trek novels I've ever read--no wait. . .I did read Star Trek V: The Undiscovered Country way back in the day. Now, which other Star Trek books are as good or even better than Destiny? I know there are hundreds of books out there so which ones are worth reading?
I don't think any other Trek books quite come up to the scope of the Destiny trilogy but there are some really good Trek novels out there. My personal recommendations would be:
Serpent Among The Ruin by David R. George III - It's a captain Harriman story and really kind of redeems the character from what Generations did to him.
Sarek by A.C. Crispin - The title says it all. A very moving story.
Imzadi - Peter David - Peter David the famous comic book author of Spiderman and The Hulk series tells a fabulous TNG story utilizing the Gaurdian of Forever.
Q-Squared by Peter David - One of the most fun books I have read!
The Crucible Trilogy by David R. George III - Excellent trilogy based on the original series McCoy, Spock and Kirk. The McCoy and Spock books are superb and the Kirk book is the weakes but all still enjoyable.
Immortal Coil by Jeffrey Lang - An excellent and fun Data story.
Left Hand of Destiny pt.s 1 & 2 by Jeffrey Lang - If you like Kilingons and love Martok and Worf then you will absolutely LOVE this series!
Avatar pt. 1 & 2 by S.D. Perry - The first of the DS9 relaunch books that takes the story forward from the final episode of DS9. All the DS9 relaunch books are worth a read imho but this is where you start.
Star Trek: Titan series - I can't name just one novel here because all four titles are just plain good but read them in release order.
This should give you a springboard for good reading and if you need more then give a holler. I have read most everything to come out in the last ten years, and quite a few of the novels even before that.
Kevin
Mosaic and Pathways are both good Voyager novels. They are both great at exploring the characters and how they came to be aboard the ship, and what helped to form them into the people we came to know them as.
And they are unique in that they are both considered canon, because they are written by Jeri Taylor. Need I say more...? ;)
Thanks Ktrek and Omra. I think I have a paperback copy somewhere in a box full of books. I really like DS9 so I'll probably start with Avatar.
I started in on the "Star Trek" movie novel. Not too far in, but already wishing they had fleshed some things out more.
Quote from: PepperDude on June 02, 2009, 11:37:09 AM
Thanks Ktrek and Omra. I think I have a paperback copy somewhere in a box full of books. I really like DS9 so I'll probably start with Avatar.
Glad to help! I think you will really really enjoy the DS9 relaunch books. There are quite a few of them now. If you need a list of the reading order let me know.
Kevin
Finally started reading "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss after a friend lend me a copy about a year ago. I'm halfway through, and I really like the story so far.
Ive just finnished the star trek movie novel loved it and im onto Star Trek: Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows im only 50 or so pages in but its all good.
I also picked up Star Trek: Mere Anarchy has anyone read this one?
I just finished the first Star Trek Destiny Novel, really liked it and looking forward to reading the next two. Will go the book store this weekend and pick them up. Reading Star Wars Corsucant Nights book 1, seem ok so far. Wish I was a faster reader as so many books I would like to read, just takes me awhile to get through some at times.
I've not read a Star Trek novel for a few years, but I did just finish a book called The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman. A very interesting book, kind of moves quickly but the concept is great. Almost has a Space Odyssey feel to it in that it is a bit out there. I recommend it though. Al
;D I just read star trek trouble mind cold not put it down one of the best book ever.
I am currently re-reading Eldest. I received Brisinger in December as a Christmas present and now just getting around to read the the first two books, so I can have everything fresh in my head. Looking forward to the third book.
RONZO :taz
Quote from: Ronzo on June 16, 2009, 09:36:33 PM
I am currently re-reading Eldest. I received Brisinger in December as a Christmas present and now just getting around to read the the first two books, so I can have everything fresh in my head. Looking forward to the third book.
RONZO :taz
Great books! I've enjoyed them all quite a bit.
Just started Star Wars novel "Outbound Flight". I have been reading some of the prequel era stuff recently.
Still participating in the Star Wars Action News book club. I'm actually reading both Tales from the Mos Eisely Cantina and the first 3 Young Jedi Knights books (they come in an anthology).
Looking forward to the Young Jedi Knights books as I've never read them and they introduce characters that take big roles in later Star Wars EU.
Currently reading Beethoven - Biography of a Genius by George R. Marek. Quite a fascinating book about one the greatest musical minds to ever live!
Kevin
Taking a dip into the Shatnerverse & reading Captain's Blood. Cool little book, with lots of Romulan & Reman action.
I'm currently re-reading "Lord of Light" by Roger Zelazny. This is on of my all time favorites. I plan to re-read one of his other books, "Creatures of Light and Darkness". I highly recommend both.
I currently reading Star Trek: Ex Machina. Great book!
Quote from: M-5 on June 18, 2009, 01:38:53 PM
I currently reading Star Trek: Ex Machina. Great book!
That is a great book, I really enjoyed it and the era in which it is set.
I'm in the middle of the third installment of the "Lost Era" series, "Star Trek, Terok Nor: Dawn of the Eagles". I read the previous two ("Day of the Vipers" and "Night of the Wolves"). The second and third are by S.D Perry and Britta Dennison, I forget who the first one is by, James something or other. So far, the series is really kick butt. All the books are a little slow to start (specifically the first one I was continuously expecting Kira to pop out and whoop some Cardies, but she doesn't come in till middle of the second book.) but when they get going, they're really good. A bit hard to follow because there's usually 4+ narrators, but otherwise really awesome. You get to learn a lot of the back-stories of characters from DS9(Like Kira, Odo, Dr.Mora, Winn, Dukat...I'm waiting for Garak...Along with other really minor characters.) and what happened during the occupation. Anybody else read these(Don't spoil the third one for me!!)?
I really recommend that anybody who wants to read a good Sci-Fi series pick these up, especially if you're a DS9 fan like myself!!
I just finished Angels & Demons and I am about a quarter of the way through The Watchmen graphic novel, which I am REALLY enjoying so far.
Quote from: Jaames on June 23, 2009, 01:56:03 PM
I just finished Angels & Demons and I am about a quarter of the way through The Watchmen graphic novel, which I am REALLY enjoying so far.
Watchmen is a great story. I'm a big Alan Moore fan from way back. I'd recommend V for Vendetta and the graphic novels of DC's Swamp Thing from the 1980s. Great stuff.
Would I be an ubergeek to say I'm reading John C Maxwell's 21 Indispensible Qualities of a Leader? I'd like to think this is how Picard, Janeway, and Archer made captain.
~katzekitty
I'm reading George R.R. Martin's "A Game of Thrones" for the first time. Turns out everyone is right--this is a really, really good book.
Quote from: KC on July 16, 2009, 02:54:11 PM
I'm reading George R.R. Martin's "A Game of Thrones" for the first time. Turns out everyone is right--this is a really, really good book.
I made it half way through it.. just couldn't get into it.. not my kind of fantasy.
I reading Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens' Memory Prime.
Currently reading Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. Anyone here ever read this book? It is dense and 1000 pages long. I am only on page 100 and I want to know if it is worth my effort to keep going.
"Fate of the Jedi- Omen" Good series so far, this is book two.
Just about finished with the latest TNG novel "Losing The Peace". Not a bad book but more of a character story. So, if you like action stories this one may not be for you but I liked it a lot. It's a continuation of the post Destiny trilogy universe and how the Federation is coping with all the destruction and rebuilding.
Kevin
Just finished The Strain by Guillermo del Toro.
It's a pretty good read, but a little too much on the side character chapters. I can totally see they are trying to split the novel up in three parts to make it a trilogy.
What really liked is the way how Del Toro sees vampirism as an epidemiologic threat instead of something romantic and occult.
Pretty cool read, but nothing to die for.
Quote from: Chief on July 24, 2009, 10:32:30 AM
Just finished The Strain by Guillermo del Toro.
It's a pretty good read, but a little too much on the side character chapters. I can totally see they are trying to split the novel up in three parts to make it a trilogy.
What really liked is the way how Del Toro sees vampirism as an epidemiologic threat instead of something romantic and occult.
Pretty cool read, but nothing to die for.
This sounds pretty cool. Your post led me to dig a little; found this trailer for the book. (WARNING: Some Language; NSFW)
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/05/vampirism-goes-viral-in-del-toros-the-strain/ (http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/05/vampirism-goes-viral-in-del-toros-the-strain/)
I've been on a bit of a reading spree the last couple of weeks... Just finished the latest installment in the new Star Wars series Fate Of The Jedi- Omen. A pretty fun read, with some foreshadowing of events that unfold in the Star Wars: Legacy comic (which is set 137 years after A New Hope). Also read E.E. Knight's Winter Duty & Star Trek: The Art of the Impossible, which details the Betreka Nebula Incident mentioned on TNG & DS9. Highly recommended for Klingon fans, this book also takes a look at the lives of Worf's grandfather (Colonel Worf from Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country), Worf's father Mogh, and the details around the incident that left Worf an orphan.
Just about to finish reading Spock's World. Learned a lot about Cthia (the 'religion' of Vulcan). Lots of great little stories about the evolution of the Vulcans' abilities...though all of them are depressing. :D I'm not sure if I'm going to continue on with the next book in the Sand and Stars anthology, which is "Sarek", or if I'm going to read Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire. A.C. Crispin wrote "Sarek", she's one of my favorite authors...so I might go ahead and read that.
I'm also listening to the Wheel Of Time Series. I finished "The Dragon Reborn" and have begun "Shadow Rising". These novels are great! I'm listening to them while at work and working out...and I'm eating them up. I highly recommended for anyone who likes stories that are akin to Lord Of The Rings.
Jen - Sarek is a wonderful book! One of my all time favorite Trek books. You will enjoy it much more than Spock's World.
I just bought a book called THE CALLING by David Mack. It's his first original non-Trek book and it looks really good. The story is about a guy who hears people's prayers and answers them until one day he hears the prayers of a young girl in distress and it leads to danger. It's a fantasy thriller I suppose. If you have never read any of David Mack's Star Trek books you are missing some of the best Trek books ever written.
Kevin
Just wondered, did you ever hear of Wolfgang Hohlbein? He mostly writes fantasy, many books with lots of pages. I think he would have occupied a whole meter in the school library, if they weren't rented all the time. It's funny, I always assumed he was an US writer, but he's German.
Started another Spenser detective novel, "Mortal Stakes." Good so far.
http://www.amazon.com/Mortal-Stakes-Robert-B-Parker/dp/0440157587/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1249217737&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Mortal-Stakes-Robert-B-Parker/dp/0440157587/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1249217737&sr=1-1)
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Reading 'Shadowplay' by Tad Williams - fantasy, 2nd book in new trilogy. 'Shadowmarch' was the first,
Been on a hard-core Star Wars streak lately. After finishing the second Legacy Of The Force book, I read Karen Travis' Clone Wars novel No Prisoners. Even though it's based on the cartoon series, the book was surprisingly deep. It was full of Travis' trademark military realism & grittiness, as well as her unique ability to take the reader into the heads of her characters. It was great to see many questions I have about the premise of the TV series voiced by her characters.
I now plan on re-reading her Republic Commando books.
Now rereading tLotR ... Finished Hobbit and on 2nd to last chapter of Fellowship. Actually reading the same old paperbacks as the first time 'round as a kid; one of the few things I still own.
Just Started reading Wizards and Glass The Dark Tower 4.
Anyone here a fan of The Dark Tower series?
Quote from: SPOCKFAN on August 24, 2009, 10:22:22 AM
Just Started reading Wizards and Glass The Dark Tower 4.
Anyone here a fan of The Dark Tower series?
YES.
I'm not sure what I enjoy more; the epic story that unfolds in the series, or the fact that it reaches out to involve nearly every other book that King has written. I grew up a fan of his work, so each time there was a cameo from one of his other novels, I felt like I'd stumbled onto a bit of unexpected treasure.
I just wish the series didn't end. But in a way, I guess it doesn't. ;)
Quote from: SPOCKFAN on August 24, 2009, 10:22:22 AM
Just Started reading Wizards and Glass The Dark Tower 4.
Anyone here a fan of The Dark Tower series?
I finished "The Wolves of the Callah" a couple of months ago. It was a good story. I've been a fan of his Dark Tower series since the beginning. Glad to know others enjoy it too.:)
Quote from: wraith1701 on August 25, 2009, 04:43:37 AM
Quote from: SPOCKFAN on August 24, 2009, 10:22:22 AM
Just Started reading Wizards and Glass The Dark Tower 4.
Anyone here a fan of The Dark Tower series?
YES.
I'm not sure what I enjoy more; the epic story that unfolds in the series, or the fact that it reaches out to involve nearly every other book that King has written. I grew up a fan of his work, so each time there was a cameo from one of his other novels, I felt like I'd stumbled onto a bit of unexpected treasure.
I just wish the series didn't end. But in a way, I guess it doesn't. ;)
Well said. I get that same feeling when I read his books. The inter-connection between some of his stories may be something he borrowed from H.P. Lovecraft, who is also one of his favorite authors.
Just finished the movie novelization. I really enjoyed the added exposition for certain scenes but something about the writing just felt off. I can't quite place it.
*EDIT* Guess it helps if I identify WHICH movie novelization I'm talking about. The new Star Trek film. Novelization by Alan Dean Foster.
I finally finished "Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin, and now I'm reading "Deadeye Dick" by Kurt Vonnegut. It's so strange shifting from the heavy atmosphere of Martin's fantasy world to Vonnegut's darkly comic style.
The latest Fate of the Jedi series "Abyss".
Quote from: Bryancd on August 25, 2009, 04:01:13 PM
The latest Fate of the Jedi series "Abyss".
Same here.
I'm enjoying Blackest Night, the DC Green Lantern event comic. Also starting to reread the Neil Gaiman Sandman collections for the fifth time. I just finished the Preacher series, and found that series a bit overhyped in my opinion, it wasn't all it was cracked up to be for so many years.
also, I am a HUGE Stephen King fan, including the Dark Tower novels. I've loved the recent comic adaptations of DT and the Stand, and I can't freaking wait for the new comic adaptation of the Talisman that is coming soon.
I'm still listening to Robert Jordan's Wheel Of Time Series. I'm on the forth book now and I really enjoy them. I listen to them while at work or while working out at the gym. At home, I'm reading "The Lives Of Dax" as a reference for my Trill RPG character, Ryla Drett. It's an interesting read so far. Each story is written by a different author. I think some of them are stronger writers than others (so far the one I dislike the most has won the Asimov's Reader Choice Award, Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award and the SF Age Readers Choice Award all in the same year. She's also won the World Fantasy award, the John W. Campbell and the Locus Award), but I'm trying to look at the story and not their writing styles. The point of so many authors was to make the perspective seem different, since there have been many Dax hosts. I'm only half way through, but it's a good book so far. I'd recommend it if you like the characters of Ezri or Jadzia Dax.
The more DS9 I watch (no I haven't seen them all but I'm working on it) and the more books I read, the more I love about the Trill. The possibilities for stories are endless...It just seems like there would be ALOT more books about them.
I started listening to Percy Jackson & The Olympians, book 1 The Lightning Thief. It's more in the vein of Harry Potter and I'm loving it.
Jen that sounds like an interesting read. I think of the trill race as a bit like the time lord. Many bodies but the same memories that grow and grow. I'm interested about your audio book you are listening to, I've always been honest on this forum and scifi/fantasy books have never appealed bar my comic collection. My own downfall i know but i'm the same with any genre novel (though i did enjoy the few pages of chris's works ;-)). Think I'll do a search for your audio book though Jen, i gather it's best to start with volume 1.
I'm assuming this is the best place to post about audiobooks.
I have just started down the Star Wars EU path. I have downloaed LOADS of titles and asked on another forum where to begin. I was told by one person to do X-Wing series and another said Thrawn Trilogy.
X-Wing series was definately NOT for me. I don't know if it was because a lot of the action is flight combat, whether it's the writing style (seemed a bit childish) or whether it was because the characters are not as well known as the movie ones. Probably a combination of....I got worried and thought all EU might be like this. However, Thrawn Trilogy was awesome. Writing was better. I instantly knew what the characters were abot and I loved it. Now to seperate the wheat from the chaff!
I am also working my way through Orson Scott Card's novels. Enders Game was fantastic. Speaker For The Dead was a bit...meh!
Also, I recommend all of Scott Siglers stuff. I'm a big fan of. He is the shiznit! I hope his books get released over here. (If I order from the mail, my wife has to walk quite a way to the post office and back to collect my stuff as I'm at work. I learned after my first outings on ebay that it better to go with out!!)
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Quote from: Jen on August 27, 2009, 06:27:16 AM
I'm still listening to Robert Jordan's Wheel Of Time Series. I'm on the forth book now and I really enjoy them. I listen to them while at work or while working out at the gym. At home
Yes, those audiobooks are excellent. I got all of them at the library and listened to the whole series (and the one prequel) during my commute to work. Looking forward to 'Memory of Light' - which should be out in October of this year I believe. The 'ghost writer' for RJ is a pretty good writer in his own rite.
I have forced my self to alternate between a sci-fi book and a mainstream book each time. 'Teacherman' by the late Frank McCourt (Angelas' Ashes) is what I am pouring through at the moment, with Vernor Vinge's 'The Peace War' in the hopper for my next read.
I loved the Peace War in a spooky kind of way. There's a sort of follow up to it as well. It uses the same tech etc but is set well into the future from the other.
I can't remember the title off the tip of my head.
I've just started reading a book called 'In the Miso Soup' by Ryu Murakami - so far it's a little weird, but weird good :)).
I'm reading "Dune" right now. I saw the movie and the Sci-Fi mini-series (which was much better), but I have never read the book. I am really enjoying it, and am really surprised that it is 40 years old!
Quote from: Jen on August 27, 2009, 06:27:16 AM
I'm still listening to Robert Jordan's Wheel Of Time Series. I'm on the forth book now and I really enjoy them. I listen to them while at work or while working out at the gym. At home, I'm reading "The Lives Of Dax" as a reference for my Trill RPG character, Ryla Drett. It's an interesting read so far. Each story is written by a different author. I think some of them are stronger writers than others (so far the one I dislike the most has won the Asimov's Reader Choice Award, Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award and the SF Age Readers Choice Award all in the same year. She's also won the World Fantasy award, the John W. Campbell and the Locus Award), but I'm trying to look at the story and not their writing styles. The point of so many authors was to make the perspective seem different, since there have been many Dax hosts. I'm only half way through, but it's a good book so far. I'd recommend it if you like the characters of Ezri or Jadzia Dax.
The more DS9 I watch (no I haven't seen them all but I'm working on it) and the more books I read, the more I love about the Trill. The possibilities for stories are endless...It just seems like there would be ALOT more books about them.
Jen, would that writer be Nancy Kress? She's one of my favorite short story writers. If an issue in Asimov's has one of her stories, then I know it will be one of the best in the issue if not the year.
I recently finished reading River of Gods by Ian MacDonald. The huge novel was very, very good. At first, it started off a little too slowly for me as he started writing about nine or ten characters (most wered very interesting) who apparently weren't connected in any way but ended up connecting in one way or another. The story is about India in the year 2047. It's a country where customer service centers have been eclipsed by AI developers, legitimate and illigitimate. The book delves deeply into the topic of artificial intelligences and Indian mythology, spirituality, and culture including its caste system. It is a very well written book. MacDonald's style and prose is fantastic.
What got me interested in MacDonald's novel was one of his novelettes based in the same universe as River of Gods. If anyone is interested, read the The Djinn's Wife--it is a very memorable novelette and it's just beautifully written. Another short story, The Little Goddess, also has the same setting as the novel; I have yet to read that one, though I have it at home somewhere.
Getting back to Star Wars and reading "Betrayal" - the first in the Legacy of the Force series. I started this a couple years back and got distracted and now I'm back on it. Really enjoying it so for.
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Legacy is a cool series with a pretty big payoff. Good choice Rico.
I have been thinking about wading into the Star Trek Extended Universe series of books. Any advice on where to start?
Quote from: billybob476 on August 31, 2009, 08:20:50 AM
Legacy is a cool series with a pretty big payoff. Good choice Rico.
Been wanting to get back to it for awhile. Some of these Star Wars book series come out so fast it's hard to keep up. Same with the Trek stuff. Ahh, I remember a day I was actually able to keep up with both universes new book releases.
Quote from: bromptonboy on August 31, 2009, 09:38:06 AM
I have been thinking about wading into the Star Trek Extended Universe series of books. Any advice on where to start?
My favorites have been the Peter David books. I think my all time favorite Star Trek book is Q-Squared. It might be hard to find now. Imzadi and the sequel are both top notch as well, both by Peter David also. There's a couple great ones: one called Federation, and the other Strangers From the Sky, that I really loved many years ago, but have been controversial because subsequent movies have rendered them "non-canonical." It's a shame because they are still great reads. Dark Mirror is a great one, the first foray into the mirror universe for the TNG crew. The first Shatner novel, titled "The Return" is also one of the best. Any of the above would be a great way to start.
Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on August 27, 2009, 08:29:25 AM
Jen that sounds like an interesting read. I think of the trill race as a bit like the time lord. Many bodies but the same memories that grow and grow. I'm interested about your audio book you are listening to, I've always been honest on this forum and scifi/fantasy books have never appealed bar my comic collection. My own downfall i know but i'm the same with any genre novel (though i did enjoy the few pages of chris's works ;-)). Think I'll do a search for your audio book though Jen, i gather it's best to start with volume 1.
Start with New Spring. That is the prequel novel to the Wheel Of Time, and it successfully hooked me. :) I think you'll like it
Has anyone read "The Wheel of Time" series? It looks good, but it sooo long. I wanted opinions before I jump in.
Yes I have been reading that series since it first came out. It is quite good - if a bit long winded. The first book always reminded me of Tolkien, with a dose of Dune in the mix.
I originally read up to book 6 and then took a break for a few years. I came back when book 10 was out, and was astounded the series had not yet been wrapped up. Sadly, the author died before completing the final book. His notes are being compiled and added on to by Brandon Sanderson - who will ghost write the final book(s) at the behest of Jordan's widow.
Quote from: dataskatt on August 31, 2009, 04:02:06 PM
Has anyone read "The Wheel of Time" series? It looks good, but it sooo long. I wanted opinions before I jump in.
I loved the first several books in the series, but for me it became too long winded. Things seemed to really slow to a crawl in the middle books so I have taken a break from it. Someday I'll go back to it, but there are other things I want to read first.
I enjoy the WOT series but the earlier books are the best. The originality of the series starts to wane after about the 6th or 7th book, and each one is too long, which doesn't help. That said though WOT is probably one of the best fantasy series out there after Lord of the Rings.
Kevin
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Yesterday I got a 25% discount coupon from Barnes and Nobles and went to see what I might use it on and discovered that this book was released this week!
Michael Mallory has done a fabulous job on this book. The layout and pictures are fantastic. It has chapters that cover all the famous monsters and also spotlight sections that focus on particular actors or subjects. Some of the spotlight sections are:
Lon Chaney
Biris Karloff
Curt Siodmak
Lon Chaney Jr.
Uba O'Conner
John P. Fulton
James Whale
Rogue's Gallery
Scream Sirens
and more!
The book is coffee table size and is 252 pages. Very well bound with good quality paper.
Anyone who loves the Universal Monster franchise would cherish this book. Amazon has it on sale right now for only $26.40. See link below:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Studios-Monsters-Legacy-Horror/dp/0789318962/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252174706&sr=8-3" target="_blank">Universal Studios Monsters</a>
Kevin
I've switched gears a bit and started reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels. I was afraid that the books would read like pulp romance novels, but so far, I'm pleasantly surprised. I'm guessing that each season of the HBO series loosely follows each novel?
I'm going through Star Wars: The Essential Atlas. If you're a Star Wars fan and you're into history, geography and politics this is an awesome book. It actually really made me think.
They talk about the Old Republic and how its forms of representation changed as the Republic grew. It's amazing to try and fathom an effective system of government trying to represent millions of planets equally. No wonder the Republic fell.
Of course on top of all this cool info there is beautiful art and very well done and detailed maps.
Quote from: billybob476 on September 07, 2009, 05:44:03 AM
I'm going through Star Wars: The Essential Atlas. If you're a Star Wars fan and you're into history, geography and politics this is an awesome book. It actually really made me think.
They talk about the Old Republic and how its forms of representation changed as the Republic grew. It's amazing to try and fathom an effective system of government trying to represent millions of planets equally. No wonder the Republic fell.
Of course on top of all this cool info there is beautiful art and very well done and detailed maps.
Cool review. I'm going to pick it up today. :)
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Yesterday I got a 25% discount coupon from Barnes and Nobles and went to see what I might use it on and discovered that this book was released this week!
Michael Mallory has done a fabulous job on this book. The layout and pictures are fantastic. It has chapters that cover all the famous monsters and also spotlight sections that focus on particular actors or subjects. Some of the spotlight sections are:
Lon Chaney
Biris Karloff
Curt Siodmak
Lon Chaney Jr.
Uba O'Conner
John P. Fulton
James Whale
Rogue's Gallery
Scream Sirens
and more!
The book is coffee table size and is 252 pages. Very well bound with good quality paper.
Anyone who loves the Universal Monster franchise would cherish this book. Amazon has it on sale right now for only $26.40. See link below:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Studios-Monsters-Legacy-Horror/dp/0789318962/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252174706&sr=8-3" target="_blank">Universal Studios Monsters</a>
Kevin
Very nice! Looks like L. Chaney Sr. as The Phantom, Jr. as The Wolfman and is that John Carradine in the upper left hand corner?
I remember reading (not in this book) about L. Chaney Sr's Phantom makeup. Evidently he had to use wires and hooks to stretch his face into shape. Many long hours of painful filming.
Borrowed this book from Rico...only my 2nd Trek book.
Quote from: ChadH on September 08, 2009, 02:07:05 PM
Very nice! Looks like L. Chaney Sr. as The Phantom, Jr. as The Wolfman and is that John Carradine in the upper left hand corner?
I remember reading (not in this book) about L. Chaney Sr's Phantom makeup. Evidently he had to use wires and hooks to stretch his face into shape. Many long hours of painful filming.
Yes Chad that is John Carradine as Dracula in The House of Dracula. It's interesting that they chose Carradine instead of Bela Lugosi but even more interesting that the image of the Mummy is not Karloff but Tom Tyler, who was mostly known as a western and action star. He portrayed the Mummy in The Mummy's Hand.
Hey Rico...when are you going to do a podcast on the Universal Monsters? Or you could do a series of podcasts on each character?
Kevin
Might be a good idea for a special Halloween cast.
Quote from: Rico on September 08, 2009, 03:08:11 PM
Might be a good idea for a special Halloween cast.
Yea! That's just a little over a month away!
Kevin
Quote from: Rico on August 31, 2009, 09:42:52 AM
Quote from: billybob476 on August 31, 2009, 08:20:50 AM
Legacy is a cool series with a pretty big payoff. Good choice Rico.
Been wanting to get back to it for awhile. Some of these Star Wars book series come out so fast it's hard to keep up. Same with the Trek stuff. Ahh, I remember a day I was actually able to keep up with both universes new book releases.
That's a great series. I'm on to Fate of the Jedi now which is good but not great yet.
Has anyone read (or listened to) any of Orson Scott Card's sci-fi works. I'm alternating a sci-fi audiobook with the works of Card. I've listened to and loved Enders Game. Fabtastic novel with an excellant twist.
I was slow getting into Speaker For The Dead, but by the end was enjoying it. I know many consider this his greatest work, but I much prefered Enders Story
I am about halfway through Xenocide. I think I may be enjoying this more than Speaker also, but depends how it ends. Interesting view on religion with this one.
I thought Ender's Game was a great novel, but I have never read any of the sequals
I'm enjoying them, but they are very different to Enders Game. They are set about 3000 years after Enders Game and are more to do with religion and different species perceptions and outlook to the universe and life....hard to put into words, but very different. Enders Game is like a prologue for these later stories.
Currently re-reading "Gladiator" by Phillip Wylie. I believe this book may have provided part of the inspiration for Schuster and Seigel when they created Superman in 1932, although neither of them give any credit to the story. The characters of Hugo Danner from the book and Superman share nearly the same appearance and abilities with the book predating the first appearance of Superman by several years.
Quote from: ori-STUDFARM on September 09, 2009, 02:06:15 PM
I'm enjoying them, but they are very different to Enders Game. They are set about 3000 years after Enders Game and are more to do with religion and different species perceptions and outlook to the universe and life....hard to put into words, but very different. Enders Game is like a prologue for these later stories.
I read all of the main sequence books for Ender - and all but the last of the parallel books from Bean's perspective.
I would love to see one more main sequence book - wrapping up the encounter. ((trying to be spoiler free here!))
It is very difficult to be when talking about these books! :D
Does non-SF/Fantasy count
I recently read the Kite Runner, it's fiction but in a biographical style (there also is a movie i haven't seen yet). I liked the description of the protagonists childhood in Afghanistan, but there were too many unlikely occurrences piling up and the meeting you're waiting for is a huge disappointment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kite_Runner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kite_Runner)
So I decided to go with real biographies and picked Hans Massaquoi - who grew up in Nazi Germany. This was no disappointment, I still have to read the second part, but it's a great book!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destined_to_Witness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destined_to_Witness)
Quote from: bromptonboy on September 11, 2009, 06:39:07 AM
I read all of the main sequence books for Ender - and all but the last of the parallel books from Bean's perspective.
I would love to see one more main sequence book - wrapping up the encounter. ((trying to be spoiler free here!))
Same here. I've enjoyed all of the "Ender" books even though they all have a very different perspective and feel to them. I actually enjoyed a few of the "Bean" novels (Shadow series) a little more than the Ender novels.
Currently I'm reading Fallen Heroes by Barry Nugent. Barry is the co-host of the Geek Syndicate podcast and Fallen Heroes is his first book. It's very good so far.
Should be getting 'The Lost Symbol' in the mail today:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385504225/ref=ox_ya_oh_product (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385504225/ref=ox_ya_oh_product)
Dan Brown's books are usually a pretty quick read. Anyone reading this?
Would you believe I am reading the novelization of "The Phantom Menace"? It's very good.
If you want to read an amazing novelization, read Revenge of the Sith. It is AMAZING.
Quote from: billybob476 on September 15, 2009, 10:58:53 AM
If you want to read an amazing novelization, read Revenge of the Sith. It is AMAZING.
I have "Attack of the Clones" and "Revenge of the Sith" waiting, although I thought I had read ROTS but couldn't find it in my SW book collection. I think I may be confusing it with "The Rise of Darth vader" which was also very good and I do have.
I remember Revenge of the Sith came out a month or so before the movie released and I couldn't stop myself from reading it before seeing the film.
I just read Worlds of Star Trek DS9 vol 2 trill/ Bajor and I loved it. So that made me get Over a Torrent Sea yesterday. I just finished that one and I love how well it turned out and now I'm moving to Losing the Peace which I got today.
All in all I would have to say that The Trill / Bajor stories are worth a read to anyone interested in the two worlds. The Bajor story have some interesting surprises in it in relation to Jake Sisko and I fell in love with his story.
I couldn't put down the Titian book. It takes place after the destiny events as does losing the peace. Again I can't recommend these enough.
I've just listened to all four of the Jedi Academy Trilogy. (Thats right, another trilogy in 4 parts!) Really enjoyed them all.
Okay, just finished losing the peace and Fate of the Jedi Abyss.
I would love to give detailed reviews for them, but I think it would take too much from the story so I'll give a little review.
Losing the peace: This was a great story! I loved how they touched on Crusher's past and what made Picard great. I also love how they talk about the change in direction of the federation and that Picard will have to adapt to a role I never expected to make the future better. I think that this is a great story for everyone to read because it deals with serious loss and the fallout of Star trek Destiny.
Star Wars Abyss: Yet another solid book in the new Fate of the Jedi series. I really like the depth that they bring to the characters and how they showcase the flaw in having the best intentions. I'm really loving this series and I hate that we have to wait until next year for the next book, but it did have me wondering why we don't have a Star Wars RPG as well.
Now I need to find more books to read. I'm hoping that the new wheel of time or Song of fire and Ice comes out soon. I need a meaty book to slow down my summer book feast.
I'm rereading "The Unreasoning Mask" by Phillip Jose Farmer. it's been languishing on the shelf for several years and I decided to take it n vacation with me. I also brought "Shadow of the Torturer" by Gene Wolfe. If you ever get a chance to read either of these you should. You won't be disappointed.
Just finished book 3 of Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Titan's Curse, so far this is my favorite book. 2 more books to go in the series.
I started reading the new Dan Brown (i.e. Robert Langdon) book, "The Lost Symbol." Now when I read these I always picture Tom Hanks as Langdon, thanks to the movies.
Quote from: Rico on December 29, 2009, 03:41:34 PM
I started reading the new Dan Brown (i.e. Robert Langdon) book, "The Lost Symbol." Now when I read these I always picture Tom Hanks as Langdon, thanks to the movies.
Hah! Hah! I have the same issue - Langdon has been forever 'gumpified' in my minds eye. What do you think so far? I am only a few chapters into it. So far I am luke warm, but I will soldier on and finish the book.
Quote from: Bromptonboy on December 29, 2009, 03:51:31 PM
Quote from: Rico on December 29, 2009, 03:41:34 PM
I started reading the new Dan Brown (i.e. Robert Langdon) book, "The Lost Symbol." Now when I read these I always picture Tom Hanks as Langdon, thanks to the movies.
Hah! Hah! I have the same issue - Langdon has been forever 'gumpified' in my minds eye. What do you think so far? I am only a few chapters into it. So far I am luke warm, but I will soldier on and finish the book.
I'm just getting into. I like these types of stories so I'm enjoying it so far. But yeah, Langdon = Hanks now for me too. (Even though I read those two books before I saw those films.)
I'm reading Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor. Story-wise it's interesting, however the writing style seems almost a bit juvenile to me. All the characters seem a bit too sarcastic, kinda rubs me the wrong way. Gonna read on though.
Just starting the latest Terry Pratchett book (Christmas pressie) Unseen Academicals.
The wizzards of the Unseen University are apparently about to start playing football (soccer for the US patrons here).
Good so far. It's nice to get a book back insid those hallowed halls.
I'm currently reading Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars by K.W. Jeter. It's a compilation of the paperbacks of The Mandalorian Armor, Slave Ship, and Hard Merchandise. I'm only on chapter 4 right now, but so far it seems pretty cool.
I've tried to read that trilogy (Bounty Hunter Wars) at least 4 times and I always crap out about halfway through the second book. Not sure why. I'll have to give it another go.
Neal Asher's 'Gridlinked'.
Right now I am reading one of the very best books I have read in my lifetime. It's called Three Cups Of Tea by Greg Mortenson. It's a true life story about Mortenson who had a failed attempt to climb K2 the second highest mountain in the world. During his recovery he came to know the local Pakistani people in Korphe who nursed him back to health. When he discovered that they had no school he made a promise to the tribe leader that he would return and build them a school. That was the beginning of a journey that changed his life forever. He now heads an organization that builds schools in the Pakistan/Afghanistan region. He is trying to win the hearts of Muslims with love, understanding, compassion and education and not with bullets. From the early 1990s to today he has built 133 schools that serve 55,000 students. 44,000 of them girls. His book is inspiring and often times moving to the point of tears. I highly recommend that everyone read this book. You will never regret it!
(http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/33650000/33651482.JPG)
Kevin
Currently reading "Spook Country" by William Gibson. Only a few chapters into it, but good so far.
I am currently reading The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny. This is the third of five books in the Three Pines Mysteries series with Inspector Armand Gamache. I LOVE these books (at least the two I have read so far and now this third)! The Armand Gamache books have the most intriguing and colorful characters. The thing I like about the series is that you have reoccurring characters in each of the books, and not just the inspector and his aides, but characters who all live in Three Pines. You get to know know these people and love them because Louise Penny is so gifted at characterization that her characters leap off the page and into your mind and heart. If you have never read these I would highly recommend them. All of her books have high ratings by both critics and readers. The latest one was number 19 on the New York Times Bestseller list! And most of her books have won some awards.
My only objection to the books is the use of language, which I think could have been more subdued but I suppose it does add to certain character personality traits. So, if the use of bad language offends you then you might want to stay away. I wouldn't say it's excessive but just unnecessary at times in my opinion.
For anyone interested in reading the series they are in the following order:
I first list the U.S. title and then the Canadian/UK title if it is different from the U.S.
1. Still Life
2. A Fatal Grace / Dead Cold
3. The Cruelest Month
4. A Rule Against Murder / The Murder Stone
5. The Brutal Telling
And here is a link to her booklist where you can read synopsis and more about the author:
http://www.louisepenny.com/books.htm (http://www.louisepenny.com/books.htm)
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Kevin
On the recommendation of a friend, I'm about to start The Book Thief. And to make sure I don't go into sci-fi withdrawal, I'm also rereading the Star Wars novel Shatterpoint.
Just broke open volumes 2 & 3 of the EC archive editions of Weird Science. EC comics are widely known for the Tales from the Crypt series from the 1950's, but they had a couple great Sci Fi and Fantasy comics as well.
(http://www.kingscomics.com.au/catalog/images/prodimg/img2615.jpg)(http://www.nexternal.com/dreamland/images/1wierd.jpg)
(http://www.baen.com/chapters/W200302/0743435877.jpg)
http://www.baen.com/chapters/W200302/0743435877.htm (http://www.baen.com/chapters/W200302/0743435877.htm)
That is the start of the series which I read long ago but there are more recent books that I only learned about recently.
Much of it is FREE online you just need a good book reader.
psik
Ive decided to start on fight club, I loved the movie (in my top 10) so I decided to Borrow my cousin's book and start reading. So far I love it
PS please no one say "I thought you were not supposed to talk about it" lol hate it when people do that :D :P
I am reading the Star Trek Titan Book Over a Torrent Sea right now, and so far enjoying it. Wish I was a faster reader as I would like to keep more current with books. I finished the Star Wars Coruscant Nights books, the first one was average, the next two I did not like at all, but I felt once I got past the second one, I may as well finish the 3rd, though getting through the first half of that one was a real struggle. What I have sitting on my book shelf I am looking forward to, as they are all books I have been waiting to read.
It's not a scifi related, but I've been enjoying Bret Hart's autobiography. This book really puts the reader in his wrestling boots and gives an excellent look behind the curtain.
(http://api.ning.com/files/ceK7jXpSWbo9TdC4UragwAht056c93WqT8goJXaF4iUvTZZd2DOYVGj7SXM5Fv26NN70oW3aGqJp5oRPWoLrmyoAoy8gtgau)
Just got this as an out of nowhere gift, can't wait to dive in. I've heard it is awesome.
I've started 5 books that I still haven't finished. I'm still reading "Nation" by Terry Pratchett. I've been trying to read it since it came out, but I just keep losing interest, possibly because it's non-Disc, but others have told me it took them a while to get into it as well. I'm also on my second reading of Pratchett's new "Unseen Academicals". Then there's "Speaker for the Dead" by Orson Scott Card (I decided I wanted to go back and read "Ender's Game" again before I kept going), "Shades of Grey" by Jasper Fforde, and "A Singular Destiny" - the ST one - by Keith R.A. DeCandido. I really should just choose an order, buckle down, and get to reading.
I'm always impressed by those that read multiple books at once. I don't usually do that. I'm still slogging through that Dan Brown book (The Lost Symbol). It just isn't that good. But, I'll finish it - sometime.
When I was younger (like 12 to my late teens) I was able to read 3 or 4 books at once. I can't do it anymore! My brain is old!
I barely read, but Fight Club is REALLY good, It is as good or better then the movie.
I usually only read one book at a time. For some reason, lately, I've been unable to focus, which is why I'm in the middle of 5. I really need to just pick one. I feel almost inspired to spend this weekend reading now.
I'm currently reading "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier".
It's pretty good, with plenty of action and also fills in alot of back story on some of the characters. :smilie_nono:(WARNING: NOT FOR KIDS) :smilie_nono:
Just started reading/listening to Gregor the Overlander
Eleven year old Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his New York City apartment building. With his two-year-old sister, Boots, he lands in the Underland. Here giant spiders, rats, and cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. Because a prophecy foretells that an Overlander will play an important role in the uncertain future of Underland (which is on the brink of war), Gregor's arrival is treated as no accident. When he learns his father's disappearance may have something to do with the Underland, Gregor reluctantly embarks on a life-changing adventure.
Got an advanced proof copy of Michael A. Martin's new Trek book, "Star Trek Online - The Needs of the Many." Going to hopefully get him back on the podcast after I finish reading it.
Wow very cool! Did you get that on your "press" credentials?
That's cool Rico!
Personally I have not been very pleased with Michael Martin's books lately so I don't hold out much hope for this one. Especially one based on a game. If it's anything like his last Enterprise novel I'll pass. Let us know what you think though.
Kevin
Quote from: billybob476 on March 08, 2010, 03:27:03 PM
Wow very cool! Did you get that on your "press" credentials?
He actually emailed me since I interviewed him and Andy Mangels once in the past for the podcast. He told me about the book he was doing and said he could get me a proof copy to read. So far it's pretty cool. More of a history of things going on in the Federation leading to the time frame of the game - not really a book about the game.
A couple of years ago I tried selecting some sci-fi books from reviews on the net. So I went to a book store and bought 5 books. I almost liked one of them. I was really pissed. So I figured I might as well read Public Domain stuff on the net for all the good that did. Needless to say most of that isn't very good.
But I also started 4 Star Trek books last year. They were selected on the basis of what a number of Trek boards said were the best Trek books. I finished 3 but actually only enjoyed one. I am not really a Star Trek fan, I'm a science fiction fan.
So I figured I might as well do some Public Domain explorations. Wading thru books that are not that good is bad for quality of life. But what is the point of 1000s of free works if it is people can't fing the RIGHT STUFF.
http://alldaysci-fi.cerizmo.com/ (http://alldaysci-fi.cerizmo.com/)
And then we have all of these cheap netbook and smartbook computers and of these complaints about education. The future is getting too weird. It ain't what it used to be.
psik
Just started reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. I'm only one hundred pages in, but it is really, really good. Also read a chapter or two of GRRM's A Clash of Kings after a two month break... man, that book has great writing, but it is rough.
Just started listening to Terry Goodkind's "The Sword of Truth" series. This is the book that the Legend of the Seeker TV series is based on. So far it's really good.
Just started one of the latest Star Trek novels called Unspoken Truth by Margaret Wander Bonanno. It's a Saavik story. I'm not sure I like how she wrote the story as it jumps around a lot without any indicators, other than astericks, to indicate a new section. So, you keep bouncing around. It's making me dizzy!
Kevin
I am reading "Children of Men" I some how had the fortune to be able to use it for a English project so no complaints here, GREAT BOOK I am on page 76 and I can hardly put it down
Well when ever I get a free moment to read I've been spending it in my sociology textbook. Though as soon as I get the time to actually do some actual reading I intend on reading "Out of the Silent Planet" by C.S. Lewis. Then probably onto the other two books in his Space Trilogy.
I just made an interesting discovery which I have not been able to find information about on the net so I get to provide the world with some new old information.
The 1954 movie GOG was derived from the novel The Brain by Alexander Blade.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yG8h8FT48Tk/R7whtzXREsI/AAAAAAAAAJE/yyBIGNqvtT0/s1600/gog-poster.jpg) (http://bp3.blogger.com/_yG8h8FT48Tk/R7wh-DXREtI/AAAAAAAAAJM/CHBG24RGqmo/s200/gog-magog.jpg)
Alexander Blade was a recycled pseudonym that was used by many writers but The Brain was actually written by Heinrich Hauser. I don't know how long ago I first saw GOG but I didn't think much of it. The novel is much better but it is obvious that a lot of elements from the book were inserted into the movie. Gog and Magog were the names of robots and they were used to kill in both stories.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32498/32498-h/32498-h.htm (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32498/32498-h/32498-h.htm)
The movie may be public domain also.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2657298926082009883# (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2657298926082009883#)
http://classicscifi.blogspot.com/2008/02/gog.html (http://classicscifi.blogspot.com/2008/02/gog.html)
The book is from 1948 and the movie 1954.
I like this book better than Neuromancer (1984). It is obvious that Gibson didn't know anything about computers and he really made no attempt to portray the evolution of machine consciousness.
I just remembered and noticed a modern connection to the movie. There is a scene in Gog similar to an event in the ST:The Next Generation episode Home Soil where a laser drill attacks Data. A woman was attacked with a solar mirror which she eventually broke. Maybe Trek stole that or maybe it was an original idea.
Since this book is from 1948 it is after the introduction of the ENIAC in 1946 and before UNIVAC predicted the Eisenhower victory of 1952 and before television took over America. It is the first story I know of portraying the evolution of machine intelligence. And we know that is relevant to The Matrix. I had to reread another "OLD" story on that subject for comparison. The Two Faces of Tomorrow by James P. Hogan.
http://www.sfreviews.net/2faces.html (http://www.sfreviews.net/2faces.html)
Hogan's book is better but it is 30 years later then The Brain which is set in the early 60s and Two Faces is set around 2030 but the concept of ubiquitous controllable devices is fascinating in both. The Brain is worth reading for the historical computer sci-fi perspective.
psik
Well it's not scifi related but I'm getting a kick out of George Carlin's autobiography Last Words. It came out late last year and the audiobook is introduced by his co-writer and daughter, then read by his brother Pat Carlin. The two sound a lot alike. Interesting read.
I'm currently reading and very much enjoying "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman. I've been a big fan of Gaiman's since his work on "Sandman" from DC Comics.
I'm reading "For the Win" by Cory Doctorow (http://craphound.com/ftw/ (http://craphound.com/ftw/)), very interesting pseudo-sci fi novel about the evolution of the gold farming industry. Very interesting for an MMO gamer like me.
Just finished "The Adventures of Doctor Who" which is a compilation of "Doctor Who and the Daleks", "Dr. W and the Revenge of the Cybermen", and "Dr. W and the Loch Ness Monster". Pretty good.
Currently reading "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay. So far I like it and may try to find some of the other books in the series.
Treasure Island
ARRRrrrrrr!!!
Just starting "a Storm of Swords" being the 3rd of 4 published books in George R.R. Martin's "a Song of Ice and Fire" series. Next I'll reread book 4 "a Feast for Crows" then wait for #5 "a Dance with Dragons" ... Looking forward to spending that wait reading Tad William's finale (which will be divided into 2 books) to the "Shadowmarch" series.
Somewhere in there I need to start working more on my own writing :) and perhaps a job.
Quote from: Darkmolerman on April 21, 2010, 09:29:09 PM
I am reading "Children of Men" [...] and I can hardly put it down
*ditto*
I am read a few books but the only one that is SciFi kinda is Steven King's new book Under the Dome.
I'm currently working my way through the Conan Doyle Holmes stories. I'm ashamed to say I've never read them before even though I've meant to for years.
Over my holiday (vacation!) I worked my way through Matter by Iain M. Banks. Another excellent story from the Culture universe.
I am seeking out and reading (or re-reading) the career of Robert Kirkman, comic book author. He is or was the writer behind series such as Invincible, The Walking Dead, Marvel Zombies, Battle Pope, The Astounding Wolf Man, Haunt, Marvel Team Up (Volume 3), Tech Jacket, and Irredeemable Ant Man. Good stuff, great writing, fun comics.
"A Fistful of Charms" by Kim Harrison (fun book and fourth in the series about Rachel Morgan - a witch)
Working through Star Trek 365 and really enjoying it. This is one of the best quality Star Trek coffee table books to come out in many a year! Cool photos and interesting tidbits of information. The book has a really good binding that's sewed together for durability and fine quality paper stock. Highly recommended!
(http://trekmovie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/365-c.jpg)
Kevin
Wow long time since I last posted. I have been reading the Twilight series. I am on the last book "Breaking Dawn" and I saw there is a novella about Bree Tanner. Most likely will read that. I am surprised I am still reading this series, kind of disapointed for several reasons. I dug out my copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula, and will read it so I can get rid of the bad taste of Meyer's vampires, pun intended.
RONZO :vampire
I teach third grade so my reading selection may be a bit skewed, but I am reading Schooled. Quick but enjoyable read about being yourself while changing others perception about what "normal" really is.
Well, right now I'm reading this message board :)
Quote from: QuadShot on September 14, 2010, 08:47:51 PM
Well, right now I'm reading this message board :)
LOL Me too!
But in my non-internet spare time, I've found myself hopelessly hooked on David Weber's Honor Harrington books. Thanks btw to Vartok, for bringing the series to my attention a few podcasts back.
These books are INCREDIBLE! First of all, the characters are well-written and elicit a real emotional response- you can't help but pull for the protagonists and share their animosity towards the antagonists. Honor is an amazing heroine: She's like the best parts of Kirk, Picard, and Sisko rolled into one, only much easier on the eyes. ;)
The ship-to-ship combat is freakin' cool. Weber uses a technological plot device that is plausible, and results in battle scenes that feel much more realistic than the physics-defying combat of many popular sci fi films and TV shows.
If you have an interest in military sci-fi, I strongly recommend you check out these books!!!
They talk about Honor Harrington very often on the Galactic (formerly Galactica) Watercooler podcast. I'll have to give them a look.
I'm currently reading Delivering Happiness by Tony Hseih. Tony is the CEO of Zappos.com. He talks about his experiences in dot coms and specifically about the unique corporate culture they've developed at Zappos. Easy read and a very interesting book.
http://www.amazon.com/Delivering-Happiness-Profits-Passion-Purpose/dp/0446563048 (http://www.amazon.com/Delivering-Happiness-Profits-Passion-Purpose/dp/0446563048)
Right now I'm making my way through Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Michio Kaku's Physics of the Impossible, and The Essential Feminist Reader. And this is the first time I'm reading Harry Potter too... :blush
Star Wars Tempest
After Vartok review "I am Spock" on one of the podcast I pick it up for 50p(dollar's worth 50p I think),It's pretty entertaining no digging the dirt on fellow works(shame)the bit where he has conversations with self as Spock are strange and not sure if it was need(usual the voice in my head tell you to burn things) but overall good read.
Reading some H.P. Lovecraft for the first time. Highlights so far have been:
The Temple
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Outsider
The Call of Cthulhu
I was back at my parents house and found my three volume set of Star Trek: The Classic Episodes that came out for the 25th anniversary of Trek. It's three volumes of TOS scripts adapted into short stories. I figured I'd give them another go since I'm sure the last time I read there was in 1990. Very entertaining. No longer in print but you can sure still get our hands on them.
Link to vol 1: http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Episodes-25th-Anniversary-Editions/dp/0553291386/ (http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Episodes-25th-Anniversary-Editions/dp/0553291386/)
Quote from: orangegorn on October 12, 2010, 12:53:20 AM
Reading some H.P. Lovecraft for the first time. Highlights so far have been:
The Temple
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Outsider
The Call of Cthulhu
Ahh, Lovecraft. Now, that guy had an imagination. Good stuff!
Started reading "Crusade, What The Hell Happened" volume 1
by J. Michael Straczynski
Not all canceled TV shows enjoy a renaissance like Firefly, but talk about your obscure sci-fi series!
It's been ten years since the premiere of Crusade on TNT. Seen by few and hardly remembered by any.
As recalled In this excerpt by the author J Michael Straczynski
" The situations and circumstances surrounding the birth, short life and, long painful death of Crusade were among the most surreal, the most nightmarish and most unbelievable I have ever experienced in over twenty years of involvement in film and television."
So far this book is very interesting. By page 39, STNG, Lost in Space and the ill faited SeaQuest DSV are examined and thrown into the mix with short sighted studio executives expectations for ratings.
Good reading for any fan of sci-fi who is curious about what's backstage.
401 pages.
Not sure if this has been posted already but just bought Star Trek Technical manual from book store local to me. Now know how and why the ships is designed as it is........
I enjoyed "Crusade" and was sorry when it got cut short. I'll have to check that book out sometime.
Started reading yet another Peter F. Hamilton sci fi novel, Fallen Dragon. Going to be interesting to see how he handles military sci fi.
Philip Pullman. Catching up on what became The Golden Compass since my daughter's reading it. She needs to read faster. I'm nearly ready for the next in the series.
"Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter".
Randy L. Schmidt (Author), Dionne Warwick (Foreword)
Similair to the Authorized Biography by the Carpenter family titled "The Carpenters: The untold Story" that came out in 1995
I'm four chapters in and would say Little Girl Blue offers more insight to the development of the group and their music than the previous book.
Candid interviews from friends and associates who finally have a chance to be heard.
Good Read! :)
Quote from: Feathers on October 18, 2010, 01:48:56 PM
Philip Pullman. Catching up on what became The Golden Compass since my daughter's reading it. She needs to read faster. I'm nearly ready for the next in the series.
Finally got hold of the second in the series. I'm quite enjoying it too (read the first half yesterday).
My daughter is now reading my copy of Deathly Hallows prior to (possibly) seeing the movie.
Is it wrong that I'm now swapping books with a 10 year old? ;)
Quote from: Feathers on October 18, 2010, 01:48:56 PM
Philip Pullman. Catching up on what became The Golden Compass since my daughter's reading it. She needs to read faster. I'm nearly ready for the next in the series.
I really enjoyed "The Golden Compass" books. Wish the movie had done better.
In addition to the Hamilton book, I'm listening to Freedom(tm) by Daniel Suarez.
It and the first book in the series, Daemon are two of the most compelling books I've read/listened to in a long time.
Here's a link to the first book: http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B002V5B9SO&qid=1290433685&sr=1-1 (http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B002V5B9SO&qid=1290433685&sr=1-1)
I'm reading The Force Unleashed II novelization. It's really good!
Eureka: Substitution Method by Cris Ramsay. Actually very good. I recommend it!
Survive! by Les Stroud (AKA Survivorman). It's part of my preparation for if I get on The Colony. Actually that's an excuse, I really wanted to read it anyway.
Reading the "Wizards First Rule" by Terry Goodkind. First book in the series that the TV show "Legend of the Seeker" was based on.
I'm working my way through The Wheel Of Time: Towers Of Midnight. Such a GREAT book. :) Brandon Sanderson really stepped up to the plate.
Just coming to the end of the Deathly Hallows again post watching the film.
Quote from: Jen on December 28, 2010, 11:55:14 AM
I'm working my way through The Wheel Of Time: Towers Of Midnight. Such a GREAT book. :) Brandon Sanderson really stepped up to the plate.
Let me know what you think now that you are coming to a close with the series. I was really impressed by this book.
I'm trying something completely out of my usual book fare. I'm reading James Michener's "Hawaii". It's a really great read and had me hooked by the first 50 pages or so. Can't recommend it enough but I have yet to finish it.
Kevin
The latest Fate of the Jedi book Vortex.
I just started book II of the R.A. Salvatore "The Legend of Drizzt" series. Awesome series so far!
I'm about to start The Hunger Games Trilogy by Susanne Collins. She wrote another series that I loved called The Underland Chronicles.
Quote from: Jen on December 28, 2010, 11:55:14 AM
I'm working my way through The Wheel Of Time: Towers Of Midnight. Such a GREAT book. :) Brandon Sanderson really stepped up to the plate.
I like it, but I think that he doesn't do a good 'Matt'. All the other characters I like - and I am just glad to know who killed Asmodean after almost 20 years of wondering. :)
Finally got "I shall wear Midnight" by Terry Pratchett.
I'm still working on "Wizard's First Rule" (now on my Kindle), which has been really good so far. Similar to "The Legend of the Seeker" TV series, but different too. I'm tempted to read two books at once since I have the next Legacy of the Force book "Tempest" on my Kindle now too. But, I don't like to read multiple books usually at once.
I can't read two at one (or at least, I don't). I'm lining up the Potter series again once I get to the end of the current book.
Kindle is too tempting but now I swap a lot of books with my daughter, I think any digital format will make life very difficult!
You can share any of your books between up to 6 kindle devices. That is any combination of Kindles, PC-based Kindle software or Kindle for iPhone/iPad etc.
Quote from: billybob476 on January 03, 2011, 10:12:07 AM
You can share any of your books between up to 6 kindle devices. That is any combination of Kindles, PC-based Kindle software or Kindle for iPhone/iPad etc.
That's worth knowing but implies multi-kindle ownership which I'm sure would have a cost implication! ;)
Quote from: Feathers on January 03, 2011, 02:34:24 PM
Quote from: billybob476 on January 03, 2011, 10:12:07 AM
You can share any of your books between up to 6 kindle devices. That is any combination of Kindles, PC-based Kindle software or Kindle for iPhone/iPad etc.
That's worth knowing but implies multi-kindle ownership which I'm sure would have a cost implication! ;)
Well, you can weigh that against some cheaper book pricing.
Actually, it's storage space that's the real issue at the moment. Books take up an incredible amount of space and we want to get rid of at least one set of shelves.
'Kindle's for all' is an idea that might yet fly (I've got the iPhone app but it's under-developed and really doesn't do the job very well)
That's my issue as well. I just don't have the space for another bookshelf. I also have the iPhone app and it's really not ideal.
Well, right now, I'm reading the Treks in Sci Fi message board! :)
I was cleaning my storage space and turned up a book I didn't even know I had- Jim Butcher's Grave Peril, from his Harry Dresden series. Pretty cool stuff, kind of a grown-up version of Harry Potter crossed with pulpy detective story.
Amy's mom, who is 81, just had me order her a kindle on our account. Amy is in heaven, LOVING her kindle.
Quote from: moyer777 on January 06, 2011, 09:57:09 AM
Amy's mom, who is 81, just had me order her a kindle on our account. Amy is in heaven, LOVING her kindle.
Hmmm... 'Take Him With You says Kindle is new route to Heaven'
Headlines are fun ;)
I've been reading my Kindle some every night before bed. It's not only easier to read off of than paper, the device is much more comfortable to hold than a book for long periods of time. And it uses very little power. I charged mine up on Christmas and I'm still at like 3/4 juice left. For the price these are now, every person who loves to read should have one. There are also a TON of free books out there online. More than I could ever read. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite gadgets - ever.
I bought my Mom (67 yrs old) a kindle for xmas this year, and after a little bit of initial uneasiness she now loves it. Her favorite thing about it is the portability factor, much easier than carrying around a hardback. This thing was made for her. She still needs me to come over and load books onto it for her though. I made the mistake of getting her the Wifi only model and she does not have wireless internet in her home. I am getting her a wireless modem this weekend though so it should make things easier for her.
I'm slowly working my way through Orson Scott Card's "Ender" series. I was just handed "Ender's Game" for the first time about 2 years ago. I haven't been reading too much since I'm always trying to catch up on 200+ unheard podcasts, but I've decided to start making the time. So far, I've read "Ender's Game" (three times now), and "Speaker for the Dead." Next up in the series in "Xenocide".
I have really been getting into Graphic Novels from DC and Marvel lately. Until a few months back I never realized how many the library has. And if there's one that you want and it's not at the local library you can request it and they get it from one of the librarys in their system. I have done that a few times. I have read 17 so far from the library. Just finished "The Death of Captain America Vol 3" and "Wonder Woman - The Hiketeia". Now reading "Wonder Woman - Love and Murder". I'm trying to read the Wonder Woman series in order which is what i'm going to try and do with The Amazing Spiderman. Also reading Star Trek - The Magazine #25 and "Born to Play - The Eric Davis Story". He played Major League Baseball.
I've actually just had a new book shelf put up as i love having books, i think you all kow i dont support Kindle because i love the beauty of books and also being a writer i'd love to see people holding and sharing my book on public transport. I'm not against modern tech (obviously) but i do hope we dont begin to lose books.
Any way i'm reading the following.
Its only a movie by Mark kermode
Nerd do well by Simon Pegg
Warriors: British Fighting Heroes by Ross Kemp
The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry
Finished Wonder Woman "Love and Murder" & "The Circle" graphic novels just started this morning Captain America and the Falcon "Two America's". I wanted to get into some Cap stories because of the new movie coming out later this year.
Quote from: Feathers on January 02, 2011, 02:37:47 PM
Finally got "I shall wear Midnight" by Terry Pratchett.
I'm excited to hear what you thought! I powered through that one. I like the Tiffany series a lot, but I think I prefer the first set of witches books, to tell you the truth. Nothing beats Granny setting a voodoo doll on fire by sticking her arm into a torch lamp. Brilliant.
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Quote from: spaltor on January 18, 2011, 01:22:52 PM
Quote from: Feathers on January 02, 2011, 02:37:47 PM
Finally got "I shall wear Midnight" by Terry Pratchett.
I'm excited to hear what you thought! I powered through that one. I like the Tiffany series a lot, but I think I prefer the first set of witches books, to tell you the truth. Nothing beats Granny setting a voodoo doll on fire by sticking her arm into a torch lamp. Brilliant.
I thought it was the best of the Tiffany books but still toned down some of the joy of the 'normal' witches stories. Having said that, as the character has grown up, so these stories have grown up too which means we're getting as close to the 'mature witch' stories as we've ever been but still keeping the 'Young Adult' tone (if that's what it is).
Slightly ironically, I had a hard time getting used to the witches when the first of their stories came out (I was more a fan of the night watch characters) but they grew on me over time (only Granny can cripple a Full Onion with quite
that level of satisfaction in her voice). I'm not sure what I'd have made of these if they'd come along earlier.
About half way through Ultimate Spiderman Clone Saga graphic novel. It's been very good so far. I am going to get the Disassembled Series from the library today. Which includes The Avengers, Captain America, Iron Man, Fantastic Four & Spiderman. I couldn't find the Thor one. I believe these are the stories before "The New Avengers" storyline.
Finished Spiderman "The Clone Saga" which was very good. Also read Wonder Woman "Ends of the Earth". Only 2 more WW graphic novels left to go. One I have here the other I'll have to find. Started Spiderman Disassembled. I also found on Wikipedia a list of Crossover issues for the Avengers Disassembled so I'll be able to read them in order. I would not have done that if I hadn't found that list. Some of the stories are epilogue or aftermaths of the main story (Avengers Disassembled). Looking foward to reading it ALL!!
Finished Spiderman Disassembled. Very good story but I didn't care for the art style in the last two parts. Totally different style from the beginning. Read some Justice League America from 1993. Its a 4 parter called "Destiny's Hand". I was bag and boarding some of my comics today and that just looked like a good story. It has been.
Still going through the Disassembled series. Finished Avengers and Captain America Disassembled. Need to finish Iron Man and Fantastic Four. Did read 'The Atom Countdown Special.' Originally printed back in the 70's. Enjoyed the story but it left you hanging. The Atom didn't find Jean at the end. I need to go read a regular novel soon. Even thought I have really enjoyed these graphic novels.
I actually just finished Twlight book 1... it's wasn't bad.. I plan on starting up book 2 soon.
Finished Iron Man Disassembled. it wasn't very good. Last one to read is the Fantastic Four Disassembled which is a stand alone story. Also picked up about 20 comics today!!!! We have a new store called the Bargin Box and they HAVE 50 cent comics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have to look through alot of boxes to find what you want because there is no order to them. The ones he has in order are $3. I found 12 Trek comics. The TNG 6 issue limited series, 2 from their 80 issue run and best of all 3 Personality Presents The Original Crew & 1 The New Crew. Does anybody else have these???? They are hard to find!! Also got some Justice League America, Justice League Quarterly and One Star Wars The Clone Wars graphic novel. Plus a 4 issue limited series by Marvel & DC called Unlimited Access. And all for 50 cents each!!!!!!! Boy did I have fun!!!
Currently reading the next Legacy of the Force book for me, "Tempest" - on my Kindle!
http://www.amazon.com/Tempest-Star-Wars-Legacy-Force/dp/0345477529/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298229635&sr=1-3 (http://www.amazon.com/Tempest-Star-Wars-Legacy-Force/dp/0345477529/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298229635&sr=1-3)
Just finished the Wonder Woman - Rise of the Olympian graphic novel. It was really good!! I have read 6 other Wonder Woman graphic novels and this was probably my favorite. I was able to read them in order of publication, which was nice. This was published in 2009. [spoiler]One of my favorite parts of it was when Wonder Woman is wreaking havoc on the Secret Society. And Felix Faust is watching all of this on a monitor and he says, "Well, HMM. I'm out. That was funny! [/spoiler] Gail Simone's story is great. Check it out if you can.
Started Fantastic Four Disassembled last night.
I just finished reading Star Wars Millennium Falcon, and I have started Fate of the Jedi: Outcast, I am only a chapter into Outcast, but I can tell I will like it more then Millennium Falcon. I found with the Star Wars books, I like the series based one's moreso then the one off's (Though the one off books tie into the over all expanded universe). Millennium Falcon was enjoyable enough, but a bit let down by the ending, seemed anti climatic. It reminded me a bit when I read Death Star, feels like an event type book, but the story in the end was not really that grand. After going through the Legacy of the Force series, I am hoping the Fate of the Jedi series is as good.
I really liked the Death Star book!! It is one of my favorite Star Wars books. I don't have the Millennium Falcon book yet.
Star Wars "Knight Errant" novel. Haven't read the omits, but the book is terrific!
Quote from: WillEagle on February 23, 2011, 04:56:41 PM
I really liked the Death Star book!! It is one of my favorite Star Wars books. I don't have the Millennium Falcon book yet.
I thought the first half of Death Star was alright, but the second half felt like a retelling of A New Hope, so felt a bit let down with it. Millennium Falcon was alright, and the story for the most part moved pretty well, just the ending left me thinking was that it? Not a bad story, just did not seem like it was worthy of a hard cover release.
Quote from: Bryancd on February 23, 2011, 05:58:35 PM
Star Wars "Knight Errant" novel. Haven't read the omits, but the book is terrific!
I will have to add that one to my list
i was reading star trek vendetta by peter david a while ago. i most certainly recommend it.
peter david is a great author, so be sure to check out his other books too, like Q squared
Quote from: turtlesrock on February 25, 2011, 08:16:30 AM
i was reading star trek vendetta by peter david a while ago. i most certainly recommend it.
peter david is a great author, so be sure to check out his other books too, like Q squared
Peter David's stuff is fantastic. It's a shame that he pretty much only writes the New Frontier books now. But I guess in that series, they let him do whatever he wants, unlike with characters originating on TV series.
Quote from: spaltor on February 25, 2011, 10:05:41 AM
Quote from: turtlesrock on February 25, 2011, 08:16:30 AM
i was reading star trek vendetta by peter david a while ago. i most certainly recommend it.
peter david is a great author, so be sure to check out his other books too, like Q squared
Peter David's stuff is fantastic. It's a shame that he pretty much only writes the New Frontier books now. But I guess in that series, they let him do whatever he wants, unlike with characters originating on TV series.
I actually need to go back and read this book. I read it when it first came out in 1991. I was 10 years old, at the time I was terrified of the Borg. I remember reading it every night before bed and freaking myself right out. I think I got though about 3/4 of it and had to stop.
I am re-reading Jack Williamsons 'The Humanoids'.
Jedijeff, I really liked the second part of Death Star. I liked the idea of a different view of part of A New Hope.
And I agree with you all on Peter David he is an awesome writer and Vendetta and Imzadi are two of my favorite Star Trek Books.
I believe "Knight Errant" is also a comic book series.
I finished "Fantastic Four Disassembled". Very good 2nd part to the grahic novel but it was a cliffhanger! Darn it.
Picked up more comics for 50 cents. I wonder how long the wife will let me continue to do this.
Quote from: billybob476 on February 25, 2011, 10:11:03 AM
Quote from: spaltor on February 25, 2011, 10:05:41 AM
Quote from: turtlesrock on February 25, 2011, 08:16:30 AM
i was reading star trek vendetta by peter david a while ago. i most certainly recommend it.
peter david is a great author, so be sure to check out his other books too, like Q squared
Peter David's stuff is fantastic. It's a shame that he pretty much only writes the New Frontier books now. But I guess in that series, they let him do whatever he wants, unlike with characters originating on TV series.
I actually need to go back and read this book. I read it when it first came out in 1991. I was 10 years old, at the time I was terrified of the Borg. I remember reading it every night before bed and freaking myself right out. I think I got though about 3/4 of it and had to stop.
i know right? i can get so freaked out whenever they recodnise jean-luc!
I just started Tolkien's "The Silmarillion" I'm listening to it on my commute.. not sure I would be able to read it as there are so many names and strange places to remember. It's a great history book to Tolkien's Middle Earth.
I have never read any of Tolkien's books. I did really enjoy the 3 LOTR movies but I don't think I could get through the books. I'm more sci-fi than fantasy.
Started and finished Captain America & the Falcon "Brothers and Keepers." Had the Anti-Cap in these stories. I haven't decided yet on what I'm reading next.
Read The Amazing Spiderman Vol.1 Coming Home graphic novel. I really liked it and look foward to other volumes. Morlun was the bad guy in the novel and he is one I didn't know. J. Michael Straczynski is the writer of this one. Does anyong know how long he stayed with the Spiderman comic?
Next up is probaby going to be one of my Star Trek mags. #23 about The Motion Picture.
Went back to The Bargain Box and got more 50 cent comics. I love that place. Came home with more Justice League America, 2 Star Wars, some Dazzler, Star Trek Early Voyages #1, which completes that series, and the Captain America: Reborn series, which saves me $20 since I won't have to buy the graphic novel!
Please bear with me I read many books, here are some items rattling around in my skull right now-
Comics
I like Spiderman but the new Uncanny X-force series is absolutely awesome. I was really disappointed by last years X-men forever it's nice to have an x-book that is well written.
Another great read, the first book I read every month, is the Walking Dead, the blue ray comes out tomorrow and some of the actors will be at C2E2 this year, a great book, a great adaptation.
Books
If you like alternate history, which I love, you have to read 1942 by Robert Conroy. The story is simple, it continues the story of Pearl Harbor if the Japanese had decided to stay instead of just hit and run. Conroy's writing style is similar to Turtledove but somehow more engaging, the story is solid and you genuinely care about the characters in the story. The voice of the story really pulls you in and the simplicity of the story makes it more believeable, a really great read.
This week I am rereading S.M. Stirlings' Dies The Fire and I'm finishing up Zombie Apocalypse! by Stephen Jones.
I bought a box full of vintage Star Trek paperbacks a couple of weeks ago and will be reading those next, stay tuned, true believers :spidey
Quote from: Geekyfanboy on February 26, 2011, 09:28:13 AM
I just started Tolkien's "The Silmarillion" I'm listening to it on my commute.. not sure I would be able to read it as there are so many names and strange places to remember. It's a great history book to Tolkien's Middle Earth.
Love that book! Such great background material for understanding LOTR. I even read all the other ~11 or so 'History of Middle Earth' volumes that JRRT's son released.
Just read the Mirror Mirror comic from Paramount/Marvel. You could probably guess where I found it.
Also, Bilbo, that 1942 book sounds like it would be good.
i'm now reading The Return by (no joke) william shantner (IKR?!) the first 4 chapters are confusing if you haven't seen Generations, but other than that it's pretty good so far.
Quote from: turtlesrock on March 07, 2011, 08:24:35 PM
i'm now reading The Return by (no joke) william shantner (IKR?!) the first 4 chapters are confusing if you haven't seen Generations, but other than that it's pretty good so far.
That's a good series, but they aren't
really by William Shatner. It's kind of like reading a Tom Clancy or VC Andrews book, although Shatner isn't dead.
I finally decided to get off my but and start reading Stephen King's Dark Tower series. According to my new Kindle I'm 35% of the way through The Gunsligner. It's an odd book and I'm not quite sure what exactly is going on yet. It's definitely strange and a bit creepy.
Quote from: billybob476 on March 08, 2011, 10:15:00 AM
I finally decided to get off my but and start reading Stephen King's Dark Tower series. According to my new Kindle I'm 35% of the way through The Gunsligner. It's an odd book and I'm not quite sure what exactly is going on yet. It's definitely strange and a bit creepy.
That is a great series but I never made it all the way through, they get really confusing in the later books.
I loved them all but I'm a huge Stephen King fanatic. Echoes of the Dark Tower series started to run throughout most of SKs novels, and much of the fun in reading his books is making those connections.
I think it's pretty well documented that Stephen King's brush with untimely death caused him to rush a bit in finishing this series ahead of schedule, which may have affected the overall quality of the last three books.
Joby, I don't think Tom Clancy is dead. Is he??
Oh I guess you're right. For some reason I was under the impression that he had died like ten years ago but they kept using his name to publish novels. Sorry for the misinformation.
Over the last few days I read The New Avengers - Breakout and Spiderman - Breakout. Both were very good. Still reading on Star Trek Magazine #23. Also picked up some more graphic novels from the library. 2 Wonder Woman Warkiller & Contagion, Batman: A Death in the Family, Green Arrow/Black Canary: The wedding Album, Amazing Spiderman Vol: 2 - Revelations and a Marvel Illustrated of The Man in the Iron Mask. Also picked up The Reds - Wire to Wire about the 1990 Cincinnati Reds Championship Season.
I also got to hit the 50 cent comic place yesterday. picked up Dazzler #7, Justice League Quarterly 8 & 9, The 4 part The Return of Donna Troy and my favorite pick of the night Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods mini-series!!! I love that place!!
Got away from the graphic novels and am reading "The Reds - Wire to Wire".
Hit the 50 cent comic place and the library yesterday. From the library I got these graphic novels, Green Arrow and Black Canary "Road to the Altar", Superman "Earth One" and The New Avengers vol.3. I'm on the librarys hold list for Vol. 2. Vol. 3 collects issues 21-31 and 3 one shots covering things from the Civil War storyline.
Decided to go ahead and read the "Road to the Altar" since I had the Arrow/Canary "The Wedding Album" graphic novel from the library.
Also found some more cool comics at the comic shop. Justice League Spectacular #1, 3 Justice League America's, 2 Justice League Quarterly, the 6 issue The Battle For Bludhaven mini-series, 5 Dazzler, a Spiderman/Dazzler team up, a 2 parter called WF3 World's Finest Three (Superboy & Robin from the mid 90's), and a 4 part mini-series called All Access which is a DC/Marvel crossover.
That place is awesome!!
Now reading The Guns of The South by harry turtle dove
Very good book Sparrow. Have you read any of his Worldwar books?
I am now starting STAR WARS "Red Harvest" and looking forward to the new Old Republic novel which just came out!
Decided to read 2 Green Arrow/Black Canary graphic novels. "Road to the Altar" and "The Wedding Album". Both very good. I'm also still reading "The Reds - Wire to Wire".
the library at school got it's first star trek book a few weeks ago. it's a prequel to the prequel (that is star trek movie 11)
it's really good and get this! [spoiler]data is resurrected into B4's body so now he's back to life again! yay! :laugh:[/spoiler]
I am reading The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester. It's a little dated but a neat idea. I am enjoying more then I thought I would.
Reading:
The PMS Murder by Laura Levine (Jaine Austen is the main character. That's how her name is spelled.) Quite funny book.
Other books I was reading:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (I have one!), The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Stieg Larsson
Still Alice by Lisa Genova. Excellent Fiction book about Alzheimers (Her first book)
The Lost Symbol and Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
Quote from: WillEagle on March 28, 2011, 05:17:25 PM
Very good book Sparrow. Have you read any of his Worldwar books?
no just started reading his books
Currently reading the latest Star Trek The Next Generation book called Indistinguishable From Magic by David A. McIntee. Really am enjoying this one so far. Most of the Star Trek books of late have been kind of dull and a couple not so well written but this is keeping my attention.
Kevin
Just started reading The Forever Machine by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley. It won the Hugo in 1955. Never read it before so it should be interesting. Just started it and so far so good.
Listening to the first Game of Thrones book. Still very early, not sure where things are going just yet.
now i'm reading metamorphosis. it's all about data and his wishes to be human. great book! it's really happy and also sad at times, but overall it's great.
I'm listening to Twilight by Stephanie Meyer in the car to work and to home. I am also reading Killer Blonde by Laura Levine (part of the Jaine Austen mysteries). The books are hysterical to read.
Listening to the Dresdin Files, Book 2 "Fool Moon".
Reading: The Furies of Calderon eBook.
Very good stuff :)
King
Still getting great comics from the place selling them at 50 cents. My Dad and I went Friday and he gave me 10 bucks for my birthday. Awesome!! He even looked in some boxes for me and found a couple of good ones. Great fun. Now if I could just get him, my wife, and brother to go I could get through the boxes quicker. Also picked up some more graphic novels from the library about 4. I grapped a Thor one just to get ready for the movie.
Still on "The Reds Wire to Wire." And I jumped into the "Superman: Earth One." About half way through and its rally really good!
Quote from: billybob476 on April 11, 2011, 06:29:27 AM
Listening to the first Game of Thrones book. Still very early, not sure where things are going just yet.
That is a good recording - I like the voice of the reader.
Really enjoyed the Superman Earth One. Also had to finish DC Comics Year by Year. That book was over 300 pages!! Very interesting though. Check it out if you get the chance.
A friend of mine gave me a box of around 50 comics! He said he was just going to throw them away! It had around 30 GI Joe and a few super hero ones. It also had the Blade Runner movie adaptation #2. There were also some cartoon ones with Roadrunner, The Pink Panther and even 1 called Super Goof. Don't know much about them.
Also hit the 50 cent comics place again!!! I think I'm addicted to 50 cent comics!! Picked up Blade Runner #1 cool to find that right after my friend had given the other one to me, Catwoman: Defiant, 5 Dazzler, a 2 part Grant Morrison's Dr Who from IDW, the 3 part Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom adaptation, 10 Justice League America's , the 3 part Superman/Doomsday "Hunter/Prey" 47 page graphic novel series from 1994, a Star Wars and the Underworld Evolution adaptation. It was $7.49 and I got it for 50 cents!!! Awesome place!!
Quote from: WillEagle on April 12, 2011, 05:11:17 PM
Still getting great comics from the place selling them at 50 cents. My Dad and I went Friday and he gave me 10 bucks for my birthday. Awesome!! He even looked in some boxes for me and found a couple of good ones. Great fun. Now if I could just get him, my wife, and brother to go I could get through the boxes quicker. Also picked up some more graphic novels from the library about 4. I grapped a Thor one just to get ready for the movie.
Still on "The Reds Wire to Wire." And I jumped into the "Superman: Earth One." About half way through and its rally really good!
50 CENT COMIC BOOKS?! really?! the place i get mine has collections of 4 or 5 for $10!
Hmmm, what am I reading right now? Why, the Treks in Sci Fi Forums of course! :) Sorry, LATE night last night - 3 hours sleep, then up for work. So...I'm a little goofy at the moment! :)
I'm reading another Riley Jensen vampire Guardian novel called "Deadly Desire."
http://www.vampirelibrary.com/riley-jensen-guardian-series/ (http://www.vampirelibrary.com/riley-jensen-guardian-series/)
Also, got "Bossypants" by Tina Fey for my Kindle.
I'm reading the new Paul Kemp STAR WARS novel "Deceived" and it's terrific!
Quote from: Rico on April 20, 2011, 08:40:42 AM
I'm reading another Riley Jensen vampire Guardian novel called "Deadly Desire."
http://www.vampirelibrary.com/riley-jensen-guardian-series/ (http://www.vampirelibrary.com/riley-jensen-guardian-series/)
Also, got "Bossypants" by Tina Fey for my Kindle.
Bossypants seems like it is a prime audiobook selection for me :)
Turltlesrock, I was so happy when I found this place. I originally just wanted to complete my Star Trek runs, which I have mostly, but for only 50 cents I decided to try and complete some other series I enjoy. They even let me keep a couple of boxes behind the counter of ones I want to get!
Currently reading Dune Messiah, The Book Without Words, and Gossamer. Just finished the Fablehaven series, and the Leven Thumps series. Two excellent fantasy and Sci-fi series, respectively.
I'm about halfway through The Drawing of the Three, second in Stephen King's Dark Tower series. I can't believe I haven't read these before now, they are incredible! The first book was a little tough to get into initially, but I am totally hooked now.
Quote from: Obi-Wan Kovary on April 27, 2011, 10:11:53 AM
Currently reading Dune Messiah,
I have also been reading all the new Brian Herbert DUNE novels and have really liked them.
It was my birthday not long ago and my Son brought me the complete Chronicles of Conan so i am working through that at the moment and enjoying every bit of it so far.
Quote from: billybob476 on April 27, 2011, 10:18:47 AM
I'm about halfway through The Drawing of the Three, second in Stephen King's Dark Tower series. I can't believe I haven't read these before now, they are incredible! The first book was a little tough to get into initially, but I am totally hooked now.
One of my favorite book series! Dude; you are in for a fun ride! And as a plus, you don't have to wait for years and years between volumes! :)
Quote from: Bryancd on April 27, 2011, 10:42:50 AM
Quote from: Obi-Wan Kovary on April 27, 2011, 10:11:53 AM
Currently reading Dune Messiah,
I have also been reading all the new Brian Herbert DUNE novels and have really liked them.
Yeah; they're pretty sweet. :)
I just discovered a great comic called Knights of the Dinner Table. It's been hilariously funny so far, all about the made up adventures of a group of gamers playing Dungeons and Dragons together. I love it, and can't believe I haven't heard of it till now.
Quote from: billybob476 on April 27, 2011, 10:18:47 AM
I'm about halfway through The Drawing of the Three, second in Stephen King's Dark Tower series. I can't believe I haven't read these before now, they are incredible! The first book was a little tough to get into initially, but I am totally hooked now.
This one might just be the best of the series. The following two are very good as well, then they get a bit less good in my opinion.
Just read the 2 latest issues of The Avengers comics #12 & #12.1 also read the Marvel Illustrated "The Man In The Iron Mask." They did a few of these based on other classic novels. I hope to read those as well.
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on April 28, 2011, 07:51:13 AM
I just discovered a great comic called Knights of the Dinner Table. It's been hilariously funny so far, all about the made up adventures of a group of gamers playing Dungeons and Dragons together. I love it, and can't believe I haven't heard of it till now.
I remeber someone posting about this a looooong time ago, here's the thread about it:
http://www.treksinscifi.com/forum/index.php?topic=7954.0 (http://www.treksinscifi.com/forum/index.php?topic=7954.0)
Joby - I've been praising Knights of the Dinner Table for years! Where have you been buddy? ;)
Quote from: Rico on April 28, 2011, 08:33:23 AM
Joby - I've been praising Knights of the Dinner Table for years! Where have you been buddy? ;)
Ha ha, you sound like my wife saying I never listen to her
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on April 28, 2011, 08:45:30 AM
Quote from: Rico on April 28, 2011, 08:33:23 AM
Joby - I've been praising Knights of the Dinner Table for years! Where have you been buddy? ;)
Ha ha, you sound like my wife saying I never listen to her
...and you never take me anywhere nice! :D
Just crammed the first 4 Game of Thrones books on my iphone Kindle app, now stuck waiting for the 5th one!
I'll say this the plot is exhausting
Is Game Of Thrones (the book) good? I've been looking for a book for my iPad and can't decide on what to get...
The audio version is amazing, can't speak to the 'standard' book :)
Read a Thor graphic novel and still need to finish The Reds: Wire to Wire.
Also was able to hit the Bargain Box (50 cent comics) again after seeing the THOR movie yesterday.
Picked up Batman: The Blue, The Grey, and the Bat graphic novel, 3 issues of the Beauty and the Beast 4 parter I already had 1 issue, Captain America #50 from Feb. 2002, 8 Dazzler, 2 GI Joe, 6 Justice League America, Star Wars: Bounty Hunters - Scoundrel's Wages, and 2 Superman.
I also got a free comic at the Thor movie that the local shop left at the theater. Its for the Free Comic Book Day Captain America & Thor - The Mighty Fighting Avengers. Reminds me of an older art style.
re-reading star trek countdown and star trek crossover. cool book, it really ties in TOS with TNG. all spock fans must read it :vulcan!
Finished the first game of thrones book. All I have to say is hold on for those that are watching the show!
I have the crossover book too Turtle, i really enjoyed that and yes you do learn a lot about Spock from this author.
Finally finished The Reds - Wire to Wire and read JLA/Cyberforce which wasnt that good. Jumped into DS9 The Dominion War book 4.
Hit the Bargain Box again and picked up 10 comics including some Justice League America, 4 Dazzler to finish off collecting that series, Batman - Two-Face GN, and a Tales of GI Joe.
Finished reading the DS9 book Dominion War book 4. Very good book. Started to read something educational "The Bald Eagle". I have always thought that Bald Eagles were so cool. I found this book at a library sale and thought why not. I might learn something!
I also hit the comic shop today and picked up the DC Online #8, Captain America "First Vengeance" #2 and #13 of The Avengers. They also had some of the Free Comic Book Day comics left and I grabbed some of those. Who doesn't like "free".
I want to start in on the "Dexter" novels soon. Currently reading "Bossypants" by Tina Fey which is very good.
i'm reading Dirk Pitt: Iceberg. nice book with interesting plot twists.
it's the first book i've read in months that has nothing to do with star trek! :D
Still reading The Bald Eagle book and I have learned some things. Also got the Star Trek "Crew" comics and read the first 2 of the 5 parter. Very good series so far. Also read a Superman comic from 1995. Its annual #7. I really enjoyed it.
Finished "The Bald Eagle" book. Enjoyed it and Learned some things. Also finished the "Crew" series and read issue 0.1 of Alpha Flight. Not sure about that one but I do know its going to be an 8 part series starting 6/8/11. The Star Trek "Crew" series was really good it came out in 2009. Read this if you get the chance! Here's a pic of the series.
now reading the phantom tollbooth. interesting book so far. a lot like alice and wonderland.
Yeah, I really liked that Trek Crew series too.
Just finished "Alpha Flight Classic" graphic novel from the library and Star Trek Magazine #34. Don't know what I'm going to get into next.
Still plowing through The complete Chronicle of Conan 250 pages so far. I am Really enjoying it. It is putting me in the mind set for the movie as well, which is apparently more faithful to the book.Just wish i had more time to read,maybe Meds can borrow me his Tardis.
I'm most of the way through Star Trek "The Last Roundup" by Christie Golden. Its a pretty good book.
Also hit the Bargain Box again! Picked up 2 Justice League America, 3 Indiana Jones, Silver Surfer/Superman graphic novel, and a Captain America mini series from May 2003. 10 comics at 50 cents each!!
50 cents each, i'm still wondering how they stay open!
He has a few new ones but he also sells used video games, movies, music, trading cards, beanie babies, and graphic novels. Some of the comics thought are marked at higher prices. He has boxes with $3 or $2 comics. I try to stay away from those boxes. Lots to look at.
I know its an older book but Carol gave me this a few weeks ago.
It's neat to see the history of TOS and how it almost never was
I loved that book and Movie Memories is even better!
Finished Star Trek - The Last Roundup. I give it an 8. Also read Green Lantern Emerald Knights. And reading Green Lantern Rebirth which has been awesome so far. The guy that runs the comic shop says anything from Geoff Johns is really good. He is right so far!! I got them both from the library. Its easier on the wallet that way!
Finished Green Lantern: Rebirth. Very good!! Looking foward to more Geoff Johns Green Lantern books. And as luck would have it I got about 4 more from the library! Also picked up Wonder Woman: Odyssey which starts the J. Michael Straczynski run. Lots of good fun reading coming my way.
My son bought me this for christmas and I finally read it.. "Night Of The Living Trekkies" by Kevin David Anderson and Sam Stall. I lol'd. It was actually a pretty fun book. As you can probably guess lots of star trek and star wars references... and zombies... whoot!.
Started re-reading "Heir to the Empire" by Timothy Zahn. It's been a while since I read it, loved it when I read it the first time, so I figured it would be fun to re-visit it.
Duffster
I'm reading "Zero Day" by Mark Russinovich (http://www.amazon.com/Zero-Day-Novel-Mark-Russinovich/dp/031261246X (http://www.amazon.com/Zero-Day-Novel-Mark-Russinovich/dp/031261246X)). Mark Russinovich is the founder of SysInternals, a company which created very impressive low level windows tools. It was bought by Microsoft a few years ago, Mark is considered on of the preeminent experts on the inner workings of Windows.
The book is all about fictional catastrophic malware attacks and how dependent we've become on the internet and computer systems in general. It's fiction, but it definitely doesn't stray very far outside the realm of possibility. It makes the book VERY compelling. I'm not very far in yet but so far I highly recommend this book.
Finished Green Lantern No Fear and started Green Lantern Legacy: The Last Will and Testament of Hal Jordan. And I'm going to read some of the new comics I got this week. I finished a bio about Branch Rickey also. Very interesting book. Got it at the library and it had just come out.
Got another 10 comics from the Bargain Box as well. Took my nephew there with his birthday money and I was hoping he would grab some comics. But, no he grabbed some X-Box 360 games. Oh, well.
Here's a picture of the ones I got. I love the cover of the middle Captain America. A nice bright background with Cap comin' right atcha!
I got a Kindle for Fathers day...wow it's awesome. I have been burning it up.
Started reading through the old Star Trek Pocket Books.. Read The Entropy Effect.
Then started a new fantasy series. A Cavern of Black Ice by J.V. Jones. Got through the first book already and WOW!! It's pretty dang good! So far I give the series two thumbs up!
Started reading the Klingon Gambit, and after that is book two of the Sword of Shadows series, A Fortress of Grey Ice.
And of course....I am chomping at the bit for the July 12th release of A Dance With Dragons... I have been waiting soooooooo long for it... very excited!
GRRM's 2nd book
Quote from: Bromptonboy on June 21, 2011, 09:18:39 AM
GRRM's 2nd book
Ditto, but I'm listening to the audio version.
The latest Fate of the Jedi book, "Conviction". This series started off terribly slow but has improved. This book is 50% great, 50% just ok.
Quote from: Bryancd on June 21, 2011, 10:09:53 AM
The latest Fate of the Jedi book, "Conviction". This series started off terribly slow but has improved. This book is 50% great, 50% just ok.
I just heard Brock's review of this book on SWAN and he said exactly the same thing. Apparently the last 30 or 40 pages are awesome.
Game Of Thrones...awesome so far
Quote from: billybob476 on June 21, 2011, 10:15:16 AM
Quote from: Bryancd on June 21, 2011, 10:09:53 AM
The latest Fate of the Jedi book, "Conviction". This series started off terribly slow but has improved. This book is 50% great, 50% just ok.
I just heard Brock's review of this book on SWAN and he said exactly the same thing. Apparently the last 30 or 40 pages are awesome.
I heard that as well and he was spot on.
Quote from: billybob476 on June 21, 2011, 09:33:54 AM
Quote from: Bromptonboy on June 21, 2011, 09:18:39 AM
GRRM's 2nd book
Ditto, but I'm listening to the audio version.
Do you recommend the audio version? I have been thinking of getting that for the commute.
Quote from: Bromptonboy on June 21, 2011, 10:50:34 AM
Quote from: billybob476 on June 21, 2011, 09:33:54 AM
Quote from: Bromptonboy on June 21, 2011, 09:18:39 AM
GRRM's 2nd book
Ditto, but I'm listening to the audio version.
Do you recommend the audio version? I have been thinking of getting that for the commute.
That's exactly when I'm listening to it. It's narrated by Roy Dotrice, he's amazing. He gives the characters each their own distinct voice and really draws you in. Now, he's an older British man, so some of his voices (especially Tyrion's) aren't quite the same as the representations on the show. If you can get past that I can't think of a better way to consume the series.
I'm a bit worried about book 4, they change the narrator and a lot of people on audible complain about it.
Who is the new narrator I wonder? That can make or break an audiobook for me. I was listening to the Series Of Unfortunate Events books - and they change back and forth from Tim Curry to Lemony Snickett himself. TC is wonderful, but LS doesn't have a good voice for that sort of work.
Rob INglis is one of my favorite readers - he does the LOTR and Hobbit unabridged books. he is tough to beat.
Now reading (rather re-reading) q squared. To this day it is my favorite book. ;D
Reading the latest James Bond book Carte Blanche :bond (I've read them all) and really enjoying it. I have to say that this book, written by an American, is far more thrilling and exciting than the last one written by a British author. Brits write the very best mysteries in my opinion, but I think in general Americans write far better thrillers. That's just my personal observation and reading experience speaking. If anyone knows of any really good British thrillers I would be willing to give it a try.
Kevin
Ever since the premier of Game Of Thrones on HBO, all of my books have taken a back-seat to A Song Of Ice And Fire. I'm just about done with the 3rd book in the series: A Storm Of Swords.
Man; sooo good! :)
I'm just counting down until July 12th and A Dance With Dragons
Quote from: Geoff G.o.B on June 22, 2011, 12:10:37 AM
I'm just counting down until July 12th and A Dance With Dragons
I'm about to start A Feast For Crows, which should tide me over until A Dance With Dragons comes out. :)
...But then, I'll be all out of Game Of Thrones books. :(
Quote from: turtlesrock on June 21, 2011, 08:02:00 PM
Now reading (rather re-reading) q squared. To this day it is my favorite book. ;D
^^^
My favorite Star Trek book. I love all of Peter David's Trek fiction but this is the best.
Id have to say my favorite Peter David is Imzaldi. Great book!
Just read the following graphic novels
Green Lantern: "Legacy - The Last Will and Testament of Hal Jordan" not to bad. 7 out of 10
Superman/Batman - "Absolute Power" this was a time travel/alternate universe story Enjoyed this one. 8 out of 10
Wonder Woman - "Odyssey" this started the new direction for WW with J. Michael Straczynski & Phil Lester writing, I'll admit I didn't get into the story but the art in it was fantastic! I hope I like the next one better. I give this one a 7 out of 10 mainly because the art was so good.
Peter David did write some of the very best Trek books ever written and few have ever reached his height in Trek story telling. Imzadi and Q-Squared are fabulous! Must re-read them soon.
Kevin
I've started Game of Thrones and boy is it good. I have to say I can't believe I've missed out on this for so long. Those of you that enjoyed the show but haven't read the novels will most likely really savor the experience. I've just gotten to the point where Jon befriends Sam at the Wall and it is so well done, i almost teared up reading it. The characters are so rich and knowing the bones of the story from watching the show adds to and enriches the experience.
Quote from: Ktrek on June 22, 2011, 05:27:44 PM
Imzadi and Q-Squared are fabulous!
Kevin
hmm. maybe i should give imzadi a try...
Well worth it Turtlesrock. He wrote a 2nd Imzaldi but it wasn't as good as the 1st one. Another great peter David is Vedetta. Very early TNG novel with Guinan, Data and a Borg on the cover. Also very cool!!
Peter David is hands down one of THE BEST modern Star Trek writers. And as much as I love what he wrote for the TNG book series, his Star Trek: New Frontier is even better. The perfect balance of adventure, character moments, and genuine humor. Really good stuff.
Quote from: wraith1701 on June 23, 2011, 08:24:36 PM
Peter David is hands down one of THE BEST modern Star Trek writers. And as much as I love what he wrote for the TNG book series, his Star Trek: New Frontier is even better. The perfect balance of adventure, character moments, and genuine humor. Really good stuff.
I agree with this statement however, the series is written in such a way that there really is no good jumping on point except from the beginning and I think we're close to 20 books now. Sticking with his books based on the shows and characters you know already is easier to handle. I love his New Frontier books but I've been buying them since they came out in the late 1990s.
Kevin
I've debated starting the New Frontier series because I've enjoyed all of David's other Trek fiction but never got involved for that exact reason, Kevin. Now with 20 books (!) there's even less of a chance for me to jump in.
I don't mind jumping into big series. At least you don't have to sit and wait for new books to come out. Also, what difference does it make if there's 2 books or 20? If you enjoy the series, keep on reading. If you don't, then stop.
Quote from: WillEagle on June 23, 2011, 06:08:19 PM
Another great peter David is Vedetta. Very early TNG novel with Guinan, Data and a Borg on the cover. Also very cool!!
yes! i wrote a book report of it a few months ago! very good book.
i don't think this is peter david but i also enjoyed Metamorphosis. it has the same cover layout as Vendetta but with picard, data, and riker on the cover. all about data and his wishes to be human :)
I've read the New Frontier series from the beginning and while I'd say there are a couple of odd story choices in there, on the whole I really enjoyed them. Don't worry about the size of the series, red the first anthology of four and decide whether or not you want to continue.
Well yeah, the other reason is that I'm not sure that I'm really interested in the adventures of a strange new crew. I trust you guys though, and love Peter David, so when I am done with Song of Ice and Fire (whenever that is) I will give the first book a shot. What's it called?
Book one is called 'House of Cards' although I got it as part of an anthology edition containing the first four stories.
Quote from: Feathers on June 24, 2011, 02:51:38 PM
Book one is called 'House of Cards' although I got it as part of an anthology edition containing the first four stories.
I know the first four books were compiled into an anthology volume and released in hardcover. You could probably find a used copy if you did a search online.
Quote from: turtlesrock on June 24, 2011, 10:13:02 AM
i don't think this is peter david but i also enjoyed Metamorphosis. it has the same cover layout as Vendetta but with picard, data, and riker on the cover. all about data and his wishes to be human :)
This was an excellent book as I recall and it was written by Jean Lorrah. Before Pocket Books started releasing Trek books in hardcover they released what they called "Giant Novels" and this was part of that series. They were supposed to be special, larger, and more epic. Talking about all these old novels is making me want to go back and re-read them and see if they are as good as I remember them. So many of the newer Trek books are so well written that I'm kind of spoiled.
Kevin
Wasn't Probe one of those "giant novels?" That was another one I really liked a lot, about the origins of the doomsday machine if I recall correctly. Also Strangers In The Sky was another, that told the story of first contact with the vulcans before continuity was changed by the movie. Both excellent.
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on June 25, 2011, 05:40:57 AM
Wasn't Probe one of those "giant novels?" That was another one I really liked a lot, about the origins of the doomsday machine if I recall correctly. Also Strangers In The Sky was another, that told the story of first contact with the vulcans before continuity was changed by the movie. Both excellent.
Probe was released as a hardcover. The giant novels were all paperback. Stangers in the Sky was a giant novel. Both fine novels for the time.
I placed a hold for the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy at the library. Waiting for it to come in.... :)
Don't want to spoil it for anybody but if I recall correctly [spoiler]Vedetta was the novel with the Doomsday Machine. And the Borg![/spoiler]
Quote from: WillEagle on June 27, 2011, 05:44:01 AM
Don't want to spoil it for anybody but if I recall correctly [spoiler]Vedetta was the novel with the Doomsday Machine. And the Borg![/spoiler]
Right Probe had something to do with Star Trek IV. I need to read those all again, so good! Someday...
Speaking of Trek books, I just started the latest Vanguard book Declassified.
Just finished Zero Day this morning, think I'll be moving on to book 4 of the Dark Tower series, Wizard and Glass.
Quote from: Bryancd on June 27, 2011, 06:19:19 AM
Speaking of Trek books, I just started the latest Vanguard book Declassified.
Have you read all the other Vanguard books Bryan? How do you like the new one and does it offer up anything that expands the series?
Kevin
Quote from: Ktrek on June 27, 2011, 06:40:30 AM
Quote from: Bryancd on June 27, 2011, 06:19:19 AM
Speaking of Trek books, I just started the latest Vanguard book Declassified.
Have you read all the other Vanguard books Bryan? How do you like the new one and does it offer up anything that expands the series?
Kevin
I have read them all and really enjoy the story and characters. I just started Declassified last night, it's sort of a prequel book which has a few seperate stories in it, all of which take place prior to the events in Vanguard.
I'll be finished Game of Thrones sometime today. I loved how the characters were fleshed out and so much more detail added to the world. Also amazed at how true to the book the series turned out to be. Very little was left out. I guess that's the benefit of having a ten episode series as opposed to a two-three hour movie adaptation: you can keep all the good stuff. Cannot WAIT to start Clash of Kings to see the continuation of the story. I hope it is just as good.
Clash of Kings is just as good if not better then Game of Thrones!
Quote from: billybob476 on June 27, 2011, 08:34:19 AM
Clash of Kings is just as good if not better then Game of Thrones!
I truly hope there are some better moments in store for the Stark children, especially Arya and Bran. Their story is so tragic up to now.
I'm still on book one of Ice...I like it a lot and will most likely buy the series. Reading on the iPad 2...pretty cool! :)
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on June 27, 2011, 12:38:28 PM
Quote from: billybob476 on June 27, 2011, 08:34:19 AM
Clash of Kings is just as good if not better then Game of Thrones!
I truly hope there are some better moments in store for the Stark children, especially Arya and Bran. Their story is so tragic up to now.
I am about half way through Clash of Kings. It is just as good as the first book. Still just as brutal. Tyrion is cooler than before if that is possible.
You guys got me wanting to read Game of Thrones. Maybe that will be my 1st book purchase on my new Pandigital E Reader! I would also like to read more of the Vanguard series.
i have Nearly finished the Conan chronicles.Then i will be off on holiday, so i shall need a holiday book for sure.
Quote from: Bromptonboy on June 27, 2011, 04:05:27 PM
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on June 27, 2011, 12:38:28 PM
Quote from: billybob476 on June 27, 2011, 08:34:19 AM
Clash of Kings is just as good if not better then Game of Thrones!
I truly hope there are some better moments in store for the Stark children, especially Arya and Bran. Their story is so tragic up to now.
I am about half way through Clash of Kings. It is just as good as the first book. Still just as brutal. Tyrion is cooler than before if that is possible.
[spoiler]I'm not crazy about the new POV character from Stannis' perspective. Also it is disquieting to see Theon's inner thoughts, I had kind of hoped he was more loyal to the Starks than just "kind of". Otherwise I am basically inhaling the Clash of Kings. Certain POV chapters make me so crazy when they end...Sansa, Bran, Arya, Tyrion...I wish those chapters would go on forever.[/spoiler]
Just finished Clash of Kings this morning. My lord people, the end of season 2 will be just as epic as the end of season 1.
Started the Fate of the Jedi series with the first book, Outcast. I've fallen behind in my Star Wars EU!
I don't know if GRRM gained weight or something between Game of Thrones and Clash of Kings, but there sure are alot of long descriptions of food and feasts in the second book. It kind of makes me hungry reading it.
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on June 29, 2011, 10:01:28 AM
I don't know if GRRM gained weight or something between Game of Thrones and Clash of Kings, but there sure are alot of long descriptions of food and feasts in the second book. It kind of makes me hungry reading it.
Hah! Was thinking the same thing on the bus today. He was describing a tart (filled with ground nuts, fruits and cheese) that Arya was 'liberating'. Found my stomach growling... :)
went to a book store today. i got Q-in-law as well as I, Q. also starfleet academy #2: aftershock and (at last) imzadi. ;D
you will have to let me know if they are any good turtle, then i can take one on holiday.
finished starfleet academy #2: aftershock and it was pretty good. a little short but pretty good.
Still been reading alot of graphic novels from the library. I have picked up alot of the Blackest Night series of books. Recently read Green Arrow/Black Canary - A League of Their Own.
Green Arrow/Black Canary - Enimies List.
Green Lantern - Passing the Torch. This one was very good.
Green Lantern - Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Vol. 2. A reprint of some 1980's Corps stories.
Reading Revenge Of the Green Lanterns now. I'm trying to read the Geoff Johns graphic Novels in order. And right now I have most of them here from the library.
Diving headlong into a Storm of Swords after finishing Clash of Kings earlier this evening. Maybe it's the lateness of the hour but I was just now almost moved to tears by...
[spoiler]The scene where Sansa meets with the Queen of Thorns for the first time. The devastating sadness of Sansa's predicament just hasn't let up. GRRM has just masterfully made me fall in love with these characters. Almost 1am and I can't stop reading. Got to get to Arya's next chapter... [/spoiler]
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on July 07, 2011, 09:53:31 PM
Diving headlong into a Storm of Swords after finishing Clash of Kings earlier this evening. Maybe it's the lateness of the hour but I was just now almost moved to tears by...
[spoiler]The scene where Sansa meets with the Queen of Thorns for the first time. The devastating sadness of Sansa's predicament just hasn't let up. GRRM has just masterfully made me fall in love with these characters. Almost 1am and I can't stop reading. Got to get to Arya's next chapter... [/spoiler]
I just started into this book as well. So far it is excellent.
I've been geeking out over this free PDF download for the last couple days. :jawdrop
Air Force UAVs - The Secret History
By Thomas P. Ehrhard.
http://www.afa.org/mitchell/reports/MS_UAV_0710.pdf (http://www.afa.org/mitchell/reports/MS_UAV_0710.pdf)
It's a candid look at the feudal system and the technology in development.
finished I, Q and Q-in-law. I, Q was great! i highly suggest reading it to anyone who loves weird star trek books. :D
Q-in-law was still good, but not as good as I, Q.
i'm about halfway through Imzadi and i hope to finish it this week.
Quote from: turtlesrock on July 08, 2011, 07:21:18 AM
finished I, Q and Q-in-law. I, Q was great! i highly suggest reading it to anyone who loves weird star trek books. :D
Q-in-law was still good, but not as good as I, Q.
i'm about halfway through Imzadi and i hope to finish it this week.
Very excellent books. You should read Q Squared if you haven't yet. Peter David wrote and it involves Trelane from TOS!
Just finished Danerys' chapter where...
[spoiler]she acquires her army of unsullied. What a great scene with her and Ser Jorah the night before. So far Storm is the best of the series.[/spoiler]
Finally digging into "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."
http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Dragon-Tattoo-Stieg-Larsson/dp/0307454541/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310319379&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Dragon-Tattoo-Stieg-Larsson/dp/0307454541/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310319379&sr=1-1)
Quote from: Rico on July 10, 2011, 10:41:18 AM
Finally digging into "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."
http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Dragon-Tattoo-Stieg-Larsson/dp/0307454541/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310319379&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Dragon-Tattoo-Stieg-Larsson/dp/0307454541/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310319379&sr=1-1)
Awesome book, definitely some "adult" content in there. I have to get on to the followup books.
Quote from: Rico on July 10, 2011, 10:41:18 AM
Finally digging into "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."
http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Dragon-Tattoo-Stieg-Larsson/dp/0307454541/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310319379&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Dragon-Tattoo-Stieg-Larsson/dp/0307454541/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310319379&sr=1-1)
i hear it's really good. i haven't read it, but my friends have. they say it's an exiting book. :)
Hey!
I'm watching the first movie right now. Wow! I have all three on DVD. I've also read the books. They do tend to get a bit wordy at times but in between the chapters is some interesting information. There are rumors that Stieg Larsson worked on a 4th book. The original movies are pretty good. I know that Hollywood is remaking them. I wonder how they will turn out. I can definitely relate to Lisbeth.
I got this tattoo when I turned 30. I got it before I found out about the book. Thought that was pretty cool!
Very personal reason for getting the dragon. It reminds me of the Anime called Taro the Dragon Boy. It's a great story about this boy who goes in search of his mother.
Wow! Very nice tattoo.
Holy mackerel sweet ink Z
Thanks! 8)
I got it as a 30th birthday present to myself. I was also going through a very difficult time in my life and I needed something to feel empowered. My dragon is a symbol of strength and courage for me. I had been through a lot in my 30 years so I wanted something very symbolic.
I also have a black and green yin yang on my upper right arm. That one was my first.
Sweet!
Quote from: Ktrek on June 27, 2011, 06:40:30 AM
Quote from: Bryancd on June 27, 2011, 06:19:19 AM
Speaking of Trek books, I just started the latest Vanguard book Declassified.
Have you read all the other Vanguard books Bryan? How do you like the new one and does it offer up anything that expands the series?
Kevin
Hey Kevin, just wanted to add I am almost done with this book and LOVE IT. It's excellent.
That is an awesome Tat!!!
That's AWESOME! Very nice....
finished imzadi. the ending made me cry in a good way :')
it reminded me of insurrection, all fuzzy on the inside. :) i recommend it.
Quote from: turtlesrock on July 10, 2011, 08:48:11 PM
finished imzadi. the ending made me cry in a good way :')
it reminded me of insurrection, all fuzzy on the inside. :) i recommend it.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it! It is a great story.
Kevin
turtlesrock that is one of my favorite Star Trek Books, ever! Loved it.
Finished Green Lantern: Revenge of the Green lanterns and Wanted: Hal Jordan. Both were very good.
And I noticed that the '52' storyline takes place in between the Green Lantern graphic novels I have been reading so I started the novel by Greg Cox during this past weekend. I'm on vacation this week so should be able to get through it pretty quick. The book is over 400 pages. So far it has been really good.
Just finished book 4 of Sword of Shadows by J.V. Jones. A really good fantasy series. Of course now I gotta do the waiting game until next year for the next one....sigh... oh well I am used to that by now.
Now.... tomorrow my lovelly Kindle with have A Dance with Dragons on it!!! Woot FINALLY!!! I am so psyched to start on this. From what I am hearing from some preliminary reviews it is worth the wait!
Duffster
so the digital edition is same day as the bookstore release for Dragons?
Yes it is. I am planning waking up a bit early tomorrow morning and getting some of it read before work, if it is available that early. It's the first time I have pre-ordered something for the Kindle from Amazon, so I am just assuming I will be there in the morning.
An Epic Swindle: 44 Months With a Pair of Cowboys.
It's the story of Hicks & Gillett's tenure at Liverpool FC, it's not fun reading, as it details how something I love was nearly destroyed.
Well Dance with Dragons was pretty awesome. It didnt make up for the 5 years of waiting, but wow it was good. Of course cliff hangers at the end are gonna drive me crazy until the next one comes out. Hopefully at lot sooner then 5 years.
Definitely a good,good book.
Now back to some lighter reading... TOS novel the covenant of the crown.
Finished 52 by Greg Cox. I give it a 8 out of 10. It was interesting how little the big 3 of the DC Universe were in this book. Huge Black Adam story if you are a fan of him.
Going to read Sci-Fi Magazine next and some more Green Lantern Graphic Novels.
Hit the bargain box again here are the Trek comics I picked up. Lots of IDW!!!
And here are the others I picked up. I'm trying to get the complete set of the Superman story line when he was killed by Doomsday and I found 3 so I think I have most of them now. And I like the comic adaptaions of movies and found Spiderman 2. Including the Star Trek ones a pretty good stack at only 50 cents each!
I forgot to mention the Captain America #600. That was a $4.99 comic for 50 cents! It includes a reprint of a very early Cap story.
Quote from: WillEagle on July 15, 2011, 11:09:44 AM
Hit the bargain box again here are the Trek comics I picked up. Lots of IDW!!!
I like your Trek Comics - they made me think of the B5 comics I just bought.
These are cannon to the series and fill out a lot of the back stories mentioned during the show.
Those are awesome davekill!! I have been looking for those and V but haven't come across very many. Only 2 Babylon 5 and no V. He gets in new stuff every once and awhile and thats where I found all those Trek! Again nice collection of those B5!!
now reading the physics of star trek. it describes how everything from the warp drive to transporters would work, if they did.
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on July 11, 2011, 07:48:31 AM
so the digital edition is same day as the bookstore release for Dragons?
Yes its the full book plus there seems to be extras, like a list of characters featured in the book, info on important places, parental guidance info and an option to turn spoilers on or off (presumably in the glossary section)
Can anyone recommend any good ghost story books for third and fourth grade students? My summer school students aren't scared by the Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz. Those stories and pictures scare me. Trying to find some good scary ghost stories but for children. I went to the library and found one but didn't know if any of you have any suggestions of what I should be looking for.
Thanks ;D
How about Goosebumps by R.L. Stine? They're a little older, but in the day, pretty darned good.
I've heard of Goosebumps. Are they all different books? I was looking more for an anthology of Ghost Stories but if Goosebumps has anthology of short ghost stories great!
Yeah, there's a series of them I believe...
last year i read one in spanish. it was pretty good. i don't remember the title but it had something to do with chicken...
Can you still get the old "Alfred Hitchcock Present's" anthologies? I read those cover to cover over and over again when I was a kid.
I'll have to check! Thanks!
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on July 21, 2011, 07:09:59 AM
Can you still get the old "Alfred Hitchcock Present's" anthologies? I read those cover to cover over and over again when I was a kid.
You should be able to find these used or in a library or inter-library loan but I LOVED these when I was a kid and they scared the you know what out of me!
http://www.alfredsplace.com/children.htm (http://www.alfredsplace.com/children.htm)
EDIT: Especially Ghostly Gallery and Haunted Houseful!
Kevin
Yes!!! Kevin those are two of the anthologies I had and loved! Man such memories...I am pretty sure I still have them somewhere.
Still into the the graphic novels from the library. Recently read
Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War Vol. 1. A 10 rating.
Green Lantern: The Sinsetro Corps War Vol.2. 10++ Awesome book.
Green Lantern: Secret Origin 8
Green Lantern Corps: Emerald Eclipse. Prelude to Blackest Night. 8
Superman/Batman: Vengeance. 7
Right now I'm back into Green Lantern with Agent Orange another prelude to Blackest Night. And I have 6 Blackest Night graphic novels here to read also. Great summer reading so far.
Also had another visit to the Bargain Box. Check out this stash! Found a V and some more Indy. Also found the 4 part Superman Returns prequels plus Superman IV: The Quest for Peace comic adaptation.
I just finished a dance with dragons and I'm going to probably give it a second read next week. Yeah, it was good, but I'm not happy about having to wait for more.
After ADWD I decided to stick with George RR Martin and re-read "Fevre Dream", which is his vampire novel published in '82. It's set in mid-19th century Louisiana on the Mississippi steamboats. It's probably one of the most unique vampire stories I've ever read. My wife got it used a while ago and I read it due to boredome and couldn't put it down. Check it out if you need a good page turner.
after a recent trip to the book store i'm reading star trek: federation. it's pretty good so far, but there is a profound amount of deja-vu.
Just started Falling To Earth by Apollo 15's command module pilot Al Worden.
He was charged with inapropriate merchandising during the moon mission and was fired by NASA 9 months after completion of the mission.
"Although their action was not in any way illegal, and despite the fact that NASA had turned a blind eye to similar activities on earlier flights, the administration decided to make an example of Scott and his crew and none of them flew in space again" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Worden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Worden)
This is his story of his life and what transpired.
http://www.alworden.com/falling.htm (http://www.alworden.com/falling.htm)
With the passing of the rock icon and founder of the group America, Dan Peek, I am reading his biography called "An American Band". Not too well written but does a decent job of giving his history and his conversion to Christianity after floundering in the rock scene.
Kevin
Finished Agent Orange I give it a 7 and then read
Blackest Night - Tales of the Corps. An 8. Very very good Kilowog story in it. There was also a good Arisia story. A must read before the rest of the Blackest Night books.
Also read Blackest Night - Blackest Night I give it a 9.
If you can though get all the Blackest Night Graphic Novels at once because to read it in order you need to skip from book to book. I didn't do that and I already know how it ends. Oh, well. Still fun to read.
On Blackest Night - Grren Lantern Corps right now.
I took another trek to the bargain box and picked up some more cool comics. Got a 3 part Batman story based in the Else Worlds Universe. The Spiderman movie comic adaptation which has a cover like a paperback graphic novel! Going to try and collect the Tek World series so grabbed 4 of those. Also picked up some X-Men annuals. The X-Men & Fantastic Four one was really good.
And something I found out Friday when I was there! The 1st weekend of every month now is comics are only 25 cents!!!!! They have deals on other things too. But I go in for the comics! Can't wait till next Friday!! I might have to take 2 pics for next week!
Check out the ones I picked up this past Friday.
went to the library and got star trek titan: taking wing. only just started, but so far it's pretty good.
I'm actuallt reading "Heir to the Empire" for the second or third time and have the new Zahn book "Choices of One" waiting in the wings.
Those "Heir to the Empire" books are great. I want to check out that new Zahn book too. Maybe it could be my 1st full length nookbook download??
Finished Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps. 9
Superman/Batman: Enimies Among Us. 8
Blackest Night: Green Lantern. 9
This Blackest Night series has been really good. Just try to read them in a better order than I'm doing. Also has anyone read Batman: Hush. I just picked it up at the library. It is all in black and white.
I've not started them yet but I spotted the box set (after a great reccomendation by Al on Highway To Mars) of Christopher Paolini's "Inheritance" pts 1 & 2, Eragon and Eldest.
Brand new for a crazy £2 for the set! Couldn't pass that up!
The new Tim Zahn STAR WARS book "Choices of One".
Quote from: Dangelus on August 08, 2011, 01:18:59 AM
I've not started them yet but I spotted the box set (after a great reccomendation by Al on Highway To Mars) of Christopher Paolini's "Inheritance" pts 1 & 2, Eragon and Eldest.
Brand new for a crazy £2 for the set! Couldn't pass that up!
I've really enjoyed all three Eragon books so far. Number 4 is due out next month I think too.
Finished some more graphic novels from the library.
Superman/ Batman: Torment. 9
Superman/Batman: The Search for Kryptonite. 10 This was a really good one.
Started back into Blackest Night with Black Lantern Corps - Vol. 1. It contains the Blackest Night stories of Batman, Superman & The Titans.I keep telling myself I'm not going to get anymore graghic novels from the library but I can't help it. I also have picked up some Marvel Civil War books including Fantastic Four. That book is HUGE!
I did hit the bargain box again and he was running a 25 cent for comics sale! I ended up getting 72 comics! To many to take a picture of, but here is a quick rundown of a few of them.
Tek World issue 7-23. Many of The Futher Adventures of Indiana Jones, some more Justice League America, some Superman, the 007 For Your Eyes Only comic adaptation 2 parter, and the X-Men 2 comic and the Nightcrawler & Wolverine prequel comics. A pretty good bounty!
I about had a heart attack when the kid working there said they were moving! I calmed down when he said it was into another store in the same shopping center.
Hi
I vary what i read. I read a Sci-Fi or fantasy with thrillers, historical fiction, history texts and military. So at the moment I have Killing Rommel on my MP3, The collaborator on CD in the car and I am reading Warrior Soul about a Navy SEAL. Next on my list is to re-read David Gemmell's Lord of the Silver Bow - a reworking of the Troy story. Absolutely brilliant. Then it will probably be some Ben Bova Sci-Fi.
cheers
Up to book 3 in the Fate of the Jedi series, Abyss. Quite an interesting series so far! On the audio front, I'm at A Storm of Swords...season 3 of Game of Thrones also promises to be good!
stansnig, have you ever read Ben Bova's "Mars." That is one great book!
stansnig, have you ever read Ben Bova's "Mars." That is one great book!
yes i have. I have read loads of them but not so many recently. i am going to try to read all of his books.
Almost two years ago a friend of mine passed away that was a big sci-fi and comics fan. A couple days ago another of his closer friends, Andy, came into where I worked and wanted to know if I would like some of his comics. I said sure I would be glad to have some. I was thinking a couple of small comic boxes. He brought to my house yesterday 4 HUGE comic boxes. I'm talking the really long white boxes you see in comic shops. There are a ton of comics! I have looked through alot of them and he had some weird stuff and some I never knew about. I'm looking foward to reading alot of them but not sure what do to with some of the titles like The Spectre. Never been a fan of that comic its a little to weird for me. I'm glad Andy thought of me because I'll enjoy these for more than just a good comic story.
Sorry about your friend, but good score! Enjoy the books and think about your buddy while you read them.
Thanks, Joby.
Went through my freinds boxes of comics and he had some good ones in there. There wasn't any biggies like Superman or Spiderman which is ok but their were some Flash, Alpha Flight, Fantastic Four, Teen Titans, Deadshot, Suicide Squad, She-Hulk, Battlestar Galactica 1st series, Captain America, Avengers, and 3 different series of Jonah Hex including Jonah Hex #1!! And I'm talking the first series #1 Jonah Hex.
Also hit the bargain box again and found some good ones Including some Indiana Jones. Check out the pic.
Making good progress on 'Storm Of Swords':
[spoiler]Just got through the 'Red Wedding'! Does GRRM spare any of his main characters!? [/spoiler]
Quote from: Bromptonboy on August 22, 2011, 07:34:08 AM
Making good progress on 'Storm Of Swords':
[spoiler]Just got through the 'Red Wedding'! Does GRRM spare any of his main characters!? [/spoiler]
[spoiler]There was a comment made at the Game of Thrones Comiccon panel that very much led me to believe that we will be seeing the Red Wedding at the end of the NEXT season of the HBO show, rather than season three. One of the actors asked what we could look forward to in the next season, and the response was "well if we make it to RW then we will be doing ok." Ill look for the exact quote and source[/spoiler]
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on August 23, 2011, 07:57:22 AM
Quote from: Bromptonboy on August 22, 2011, 07:34:08 AM
Making good progress on 'Storm Of Swords':
[spoiler]Just got through the 'Red Wedding'! Does GRRM spare any of his main characters!? [/spoiler]
[spoiler]There was a comment made at the Game of Thrones Comiccon panel that very much led me to believe that we will be seeing the Red Wedding at the end of the NEXT season of the HBO show, rather than season three. One of the actors asked what we could look forward to in the next season, and the response was "well if we make it to RW then we will be doing ok." Ill look for the exact quote and source[/spoiler]
[spoiler]
GRRM also said he was nervous about how many people would get upset and stop watching post-RW.
[/spoiler]
Last week, I started "Fighting for Keeps" by Mur Lafferty (who I also hung out with a bit at WorldCon), and it's fantastic. I've only read it on my 2 flights (because I just haven't had any time lately), and I'm 420 pages in, and hate putting it down.
Here's Mur's description:
The shining metropolis of Seventh City is the birthplace of super powers. The heroes are jerks, but they have the best gifts: flight, super strength, telepathy, genius, fire. The third generation of people with powers- the Third Wave- are stuck with the leftovers: the ability to instantly make someone sober, the power to smell the past, the grace to carry a tray and never drop its contents, the power to produce high-powered excrement blasts, absolute control... over elevators. Bar owner Keepsie Branson is a Third Waver with a power that prevents anything in her possession from being stolen. Keepsie and her friends just aren't powerful enough to make a difference. at least that's what they've always been told. But when the villain Doodad slips Keepsie a mysterious metal sphere, the Third Wavers become caught in the middle of a battle between the egotistical heroes and the manipulative villains. As Seventh City begins to melt down, it's hard to tell the good guys from the bad, and even harder to tell who may become the true heroes.
Playing For Keeps was published in 2008 and won the 2008 Parsec Award for best Novel.
"night of the living trekkies" is about a convention that is taken over by a zombie attack. not a good book to read right before bed. ;)
turtlesrock, you shouldn't read ANY zombie books before bed! LOL
I have recently read some really good graphic novels.
Heroes for Hire - Civil War - rate it a 9
Fantastic Four - Civil War - 10+ this was a great one. It included Black Panther & Young Avenger/Runaways Civil War. The thing weighted a ton.
Superman/Batman - Finest Worlds - 8
Superman/Batman - Night and Day - 7
Green Lantern - Emerald Allies - 9. This was with Kyle Rayner GL and Conner Hawke was Green Arrow. Very interesting story.
Started the Brightest Day Vol. 1 and have Vol. 2 here as well. Looking foward to those as well as a couple more Civil War's.
Quote from: turtlesrock on August 26, 2011, 02:12:18 PM
"night of the living trekkies" is about a convention that is taken over by a zombie attack. not a good book to read right before bed. ;)
I actually read this one - and even posted a review on Amazon. :)
The Stand - Stephen King
I loved the mini-series. I was a freshman in high school when this movie came out. I had to get at least a B in civics class to stay up to watch it every night. This movie has a great opening song.
http://youtu.be/qsMp2pZK-Cw (http://youtu.be/qsMp2pZK-Cw)
Awesome book! Probably Stephen King's very best.
Just finishing up the recent Zahn SW novel "Choices of One". It's a good one!
Just finishing Storm of Swords, and have Feast For Crows coming in the mail. I was very upset to see that Roy Dutrice didn't do the reading on Feast For Crows - the unabridged audio edition that is - but has done so for the latest. he is outstanding.
Just finished Storm of Swords....wow! GRRM has an amazing imagination.
I kind of regret not taking a little more time with the ASOIAF series. Now that I am done all the way through the most recent book, I feel like some of the most dramatic moments spread across the five books might have had less impact than they could have because they came in so rapid a succession. Plus now I am in the same boat as everyone else, waiting for GRRM to write another chapter in the series. How do you feel about that Pete?
And now I just started the latest fate of the jedi book "Ascension". The first 50 pages have been really good but this series has been a bit of a grind.
I'm reading the complete series "Y-The Last Man" a comic by Brian Vaughn about a plague that wipes out every male on the planet, except for one twenty-something kid and his pet monkey. I'm about nineteen issues in and I am hooked.
So far I am satisfied with the pacing - but I think my opinion may change with the 4th book - which I am going to start this week. I was just stunned with some of the things that happened along the way to finishing book 3. Characters are all different shades of gray - they all have their motivations.
@jobydrone I grok what you are saying! I have been doing the audiobooks (until the 4th book) - although I am not getting the 4th audiobook since a different reader does that one.
Tyrion blows me away in the 3rd book!
Quote from: Bromptonboy on September 06, 2011, 12:37:38 PM
So far I am satisfied with the pacing - but I think my opinion may change with the 4th book - which I am going to start this week. I was just stunned with some of the things that happened along the way to finishing book 3. Characters are all different shades of gray - they all have their motivations.
@jobydrone I grok what you are saying! I have been doing the audiobooks (until the 4th book) - although I am not getting the 4th audiobook since a different reader does that one.
Tyrion blows me away in the 3rd book!
Yeah I think I enjoyed SOS most of all the books. Even with my reservations now, in hindsight, I still could not have stopped myself from reading through to the end of the series, I was so hooked. I think I am going try the audio books next and pace myself a little better this time. I'm sure it will offer a whole new perspective on the series having it read to me. Then in a little while the HBO series part 2! Can't wait!!!
I'm in book 4 right now. It's definitely less intense then the third. I'm enjoying it though.
One of my biggest issues with it is the fact I'm listening to them in audio format and for book 4 they changed the narrator from Roy Dotice to John Lee. Lee is a greeat narrator but he changes everyone's accents and pronounces names differently.
Putting this in spoiler tags since even if I just mentioning character names relating to Game of Thrones can be spoilers :)
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For example, in the first 3 books, Dotrice pronounced Littlefinger's first name as "Pet-eye-er" whereas Lee jsut calls him "Peter". There are other like the queen etc, just a touch annoying.
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I was lucky that I listened to a sample of BK4 before purchasing it - as I would have been very upset - assuming Roy Dutrice is reading (he does read book 5 luckily). Roy does a great job - even if there is some over-running of different voices.
[spoiler]For instance I noticed his voice for Tywin Lanister changed in mid-stream and starting sounding just like Winston Churchill! His voice for Jaime and Tyrion has - to my ears - a strong Welsh accent. :)[/spoiler]
almost finished with "dark mirror" its about the TNG version of the mirror universe from "mirror mirror". good book so far.
I was super excited to read Dark Mirror when it first came out. I bought it in hardcover as soon as it was published. Up to the release of that book, we hadn't revisted the mirror universe at all since the original episode from TOS, so it was really cool to see what had happened following that show. Of course soon after that, DS9 revisited the mirror universe in one of the most compelling continuing storylines of that series. But I remember really loving the TNG take on the mirror universe from that book.
Have you done a podcast on the DS9 version of the mirror universe Rico? I can't keep track of them all anymore.
A =/\= DS9 =/\= Mirror Universe podcast! All in favor say "Aye"!
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on September 07, 2011, 06:20:23 AM
I was super excited to read Dark Mirror when it first came out. I bought it in hardcover as soon as it was published. Up to the release of that book, we hadn't revisted the mirror universe at all since the original episode from TOS, so it was really cool to see what had happened following that show. Of course soon after that, DS9 revisited the mirror universe in one of the most compelling continuing storylines of that series. But I remember really loving the TNG take on the mirror universe from that book.
Have you done a podcast on the DS9 version of the mirror universe Rico? I can't keep track of them all anymore.
aye!
Is no one reading any good webcomics? I recommend the Norse Mythological parody at brat-halla.com
Well I finally finished the Conan chronicles took me longer than I thought but I enjoyed non the less.
Still doing my Summer graphic novel reading and have got though a lot of them sice my last post in this topic. Here is the list. With my rating following the title.
Brightest Day - Vol. 1 - 7. Too much Deadman in this book. Don't care for his character
X-Men Universe - Civil War - 7.
Superman - Kryptonite Nevermore - 7. Old story from the 70's.
Mighty Avengers - Siege - 7. Should have waited to finish Civil War storyline 1st.
Hawkeye & Mockingbird - Ghosts - 8. Really good story. Didn't know Mockingbird.
Captain America - Civil War - 9. Almost gave it a 10! Good one.
Batman - Tales of the Demon - 7. Another DC from the 70's.
Brightest Day - Vol. 2 - 9. Alot better than the 1st Vol.
Green Lantern - Rage of the Red Lanterns - 7. Missed this one when I was reading the Geoff Johns GL books.
Have Batman - Hush waiting in the wings. This is the black and white version.
Quote from: Ricardocameron on September 10, 2011, 11:11:36 AM
A =/\= DS9 =/\= Mirror Universe podcast! All in favor say "Aye"!
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on September 07, 2011, 06:20:23 AM
I was super excited to read Dark Mirror when it first came out. I bought it in hardcover as soon as it was published. Up to the release of that book, we hadn't revisted the mirror universe at all since the original episode from TOS, so it was really cool to see what had happened following that show. Of course soon after that, DS9 revisited the mirror universe in one of the most compelling continuing storylines of that series. But I remember really loving the TNG take on the mirror universe from that book.
Have you done a podcast on the DS9 version of the mirror universe Rico? I can't keep track of them all anymore.
I think I've podcasted on every DS9 'Mirror Universe' episode already.
Oh I must have missed those, sorry :). Time for a trip through the archives.
now reading star trek: reunion. has lots of info about the stargazer. wonderful book so far. :)
I'm reading Star Trek - "Cast No Shadow" by James Swallow. An excellent TOS story that takes place after Star Trek VI and fills in a lot of the backstory of Valeris and her betrayal.
Kevin
I enjoyed the Reunion book and the new one Ktrek mentioned does look like it would be a good one.
Really enjoying "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline. It's an imagining of a dystopian society in our near future where 99% of the worlds population is addicted to and constantly immersed in a virtual reality massively multiplayer online world. When the games creator dies he leaves a cryptic will where he offers sole ownership of the game and his fortune to the first player that solves his final quest. I'm about fifty pages in and so far the book is a lot of fun, filled with great references to 80s scifi, Tv, and video games. I highly recommend you seek this one out, a great read.
Started a new vampire type book on the plane called "Halfway to the Grave" by Jeaniene Frost. Good so far. Also reading a Trek book on Seven of Nine.
Started the 4th Wheel of Time Dark Tower book, Wizard and Glass on my Kindle. Pretty cool so far!
And audio-wise I'm finally up to a Dance With Dragons. Don't know what I'm going to do once I'm done with that!!
Quote from: billybob476 on September 26, 2011, 05:47:27 AM
Started the 4th Wheel of Time book, Wizard and Glass on my Kindle. Pretty cool so far!
Interesting, the fourth book in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King is also called Wizard and Glass. I wonder if there's a connection, I'd think there has to be.
Quote from: billybob476 on September 26, 2011, 05:47:27 AM
And audio-wise I'm finally up to a Dance With Dragons. Don't know what I'm going to do once I'm done with that!!
Subscribe to HBO and wait for 2012 :)
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Quote from: billybob476 on September 26, 2011, 05:47:27 AM
Started the 4th Wheel of Time book, Wizard and Glass on my Kindle. Pretty cool so far!
Interesting, the fourth book in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King is also called Wizard and Glass. I wonder if there's a connection, I'd think there has to be.
Quote from: billybob476 on September 26, 2011, 05:47:27 AM
And audio-wise I'm finally up to a Dance With Dragons. Don't know what I'm going to do once I'm done with that!!
Subscribe to HBO and wait for 2012 :)
LOL. My bad, I meant Dark Tower...not WoT.
Ha ha, I've never read the Wheel of Time series, though I have a few of the first books ready to go for my iPad. I've been putting them off because of the unfinished story and the massive number of books. Do you think I should dive in anyway?
Tried Wheel of Time, can't do it. High fantasy is not my thing, I haven't read all the LOTR books either, I've gotten 3/4 of the way through Two Towers and that was very tough.
I stalled out at about book six or seven for Wheel of Time. Nothing was happening. It started out so great and then just fizzled, I thought. Although others have said it picks up eventually.
Quote from: Rico on September 26, 2011, 11:12:24 AM
I stalled out at about book six or seven for Wheel of Time. Nothing was happening. It started out so great and then just fizzled, I thought. Although others have said it picks up eventually.
I am actually current on the wheel of time. I like it, but that is one milked out series. Actually now that I have totally gotten into GRRM, I am off Wheel of Time a bit - but I will read the last book when it comes out.
I am about 2/3 of the way through Feast of Crows.
HTML for dummies. we're doing a project in tech class and i need to study!
Quote from: turtlesrock on September 26, 2011, 07:31:09 PM
HTML for dummies. we're doing a project in tech class and i need to study!
http://www.w3schools.com (http://www.w3schools.com) will save you're life in classes like that. It's so hard to remember all the tags and attributes, and you can just look them up in the HTML references. From someone who has done several web programming classes it's a lot of help.
Ah and what am I reading? Well... my BodyAttack Choreography Booklet is about all I can read at the moment cause I have to learn the whole release. Then I'm gonna finish "Survive!" by Les "Survivorman" Stroud.
Quote from: Sheppard on September 26, 2011, 10:57:32 PM
http://www.w3schools.com (http://www.w3schools.com) will save you're life in classes like that. It's so hard to remember all the tags and attributes, and you can just look them up in the HTML references. From someone who has done several web programming classes it's a lot of help.
cool thanks!
Just downloaded Bram stokers Dracula to my iPad
Finished Batman: Hushed Unwrapped. This was a great book! This gets a rating of 10+!! It was all black and white showing of the art of Jim Lee. What was really cool was there were some notes written on some of the pages. One panel showed a clock with no time and somebody wrote a note saying "What time?" A must read if your a Batman fan. This was originally released earlier but the the unwrapped version came out in 2011.
Also read Superman/Supergirl Maelstrom - 9. Good story by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti. Art style was a little different than I like but the story made up for it.
Just started reading Septimus Heap. That's such a great name, Septimus. I remember that name from "Stardust." I love that movie.
Right now reading "The Magicians" by Lev Grossman...so far really enjoying it, it's pretty much Harry Potter for grown ups (no offense to you Potter fanatics here). I'm really liking it a lot. There's a second book in the series as well. Good stuff.
started on star trek: the buried age. mainly about what happened after the battle of maxia but before farpoint station.
I've just picked up the first 'Percy Jackson' book from the library. I never saw the film so I'm coming to it pretty fresh.
There are obvious parallels with other books and series but I'm liking it so far. We'll see if I pick up the next one when I'm done.
Quote from: Feathers on October 06, 2011, 07:18:28 AM
I've just picked up the first 'Percy Jackson' book from the library. I never saw the film so I'm coming to it pretty fresh.
There are obvious parallels with other books and series but I'm liking it so far. We'll see if I pick up the next one when I'm done.
it's quite good! :) i'm glad that you're reading it!
I finished 'Feast for Crows' and am now starting the most recent of GRRM's books 'A Dance With Dragons'.
Read some more graphic novels and only have a few more left till i get back into regular books. Here's the list and what I rated it.
Captain America and Black Panther: Flags of Our Fathers - 8. WWII storyline and being the Marvel Knights line a little more blood.
Spiderman: Until the Stars Turn Cold - 10. This was really good with Peter trying to get MJ back with a trip to LA.
The Art of Marvel Vol. 2 - 7. Just showing old covers from their books.
Green Arrow and Black Canary: Big Game - 7.
Green Arrow and Black Canary: Five Stages - 7. I didn't enjoy these as much as some earlier books in this series. And these were the last 2 of that series run.
I'm about finished with Thor: Siege. It's ok.
just downloaded the original Dracula to my ipad.
Moved on to Prey by Michael Crighton. Seems to be shaping up into a nano-tech based story but I'm not far enough in to be sure yet.
I decided to start reading the Harry Potter books a few months ago and just finished book 5 yesterday. I never saw any of the movies either. So I read the book then watch the movie. The movies feel like Cliff Notes to the books but they are still cool to see on-screen. Want to finish them all badly so I can read message boards freely with worrying about spoilers.
Read Marvel Illustrated's Treasure Island. It wasn't to bad but I think I want to try and read the actual book.
I am almost finished with the brief but fun "Jedi Path".
Just picked up Game of Thrones yesterday. I'll finish the Harry Potter series first though.
OK, now moved on to the new STAR TREK Vanguard book "What Judgements Com". Really love this series, it's the best Trek I have ever read.
Non Sci-fi for me - The March by Doctorow, a bit of American literature. but i do have aStar Trek manga graphic novel on the go too!
i'm reading The Rift by Peter David. there are these beings called the Calligar who life on the other side of this rift in space, the enterprise is supposed to go and talk to them.
Just started "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman. Heard alot about how great it is but know next to nothing about the story. So far, about 50 pages in I am cautiously optimistic...we'll see.
Read 3 more graphic novels.
Superman - Back in Action - 8. Had 3 old stories included.
Batman - Hush Returns - 9. Another good Hush story. I need to check for more.
Spiderman - The Life & Death of Spiders - 10. Wow, another good Amazing Spiderman story.
Well I'm down to 4 graphic novels from the library. So when those are done I need to get into a Star Trek book. I'm thinking of Downloading one to my ereader. Maybe Captain's Glory by William Shatner.
:thumbsup Christopher Paolini's fourth book Inheritance will be available 11-08-2011
RONZO
just read Torn by Margaret Peterson Haddix. 4th book in the series. has a whole lot of time travel in it. really good :)
Quote from: Ronzo on November 06, 2011, 09:23:30 PM
:thumbsup Christopher Paolini's fourth book Inheritance will be available 11-08-2011
RONZO
That's my next book! Love all the Eragon books.
I've already read all the Wheel of Time books, all except book 14 (which hasn't been released), but my friend has just loaned me two audiobooks: The Gathering Storm (Book Twelve) and Towers of Midnight (Book 13). I intend to "listen to them" instead of read them a second time. I'm a huge fan of the series and I can't wait to read the final installment. I think Verin Mathwin, a shady Aes Sedi of the "Brown Ajah", is my all-time favorite character in the series. She's a secondary character, but MAN is she cool. :) Yes...yes...I know what happens to her, but I really enjoyed the scenes she appeared in.
the book club at school is reading Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, kinda a blend of historical fiction and sci fi. not a very common mix but we'll see how it goes.
Quote from: Jen on November 08, 2011, 10:06:49 AM
I've already read all the Wheel of Time books, all except book 14 (which hasn't been released), but my friend has just loaned me two audiobooks: The Gathering Storm (Book Twelve) and Towers of Midnight (Book 13). I intend to "listen to them" instead of read them a second time. I'm a huge fan of the series and I can't wait to read the final installment. I think Verin Mathwin, a shady Aes Sedi of the "Brown Ajah", is my all-time favorite character in the series. She's a secondary character, but MAN is she cool. :) Yes...yes...I know what happens to her, but I really enjoyed the scenes she appeared in.
A colleague has just offered to loan me the entire series of audio books. I'm not sure I have that much time on my hands at the moment, however!
Still reading "Wizard and Glass", book 4 of the Dark Tower, this one is moving VERY slowly compared to the others, not sure if I'll be able to get through it. Is it worthwhile to push on for the rest of the series?
Quote from: Rico on November 07, 2011, 08:43:10 AM
Quote from: Ronzo on November 06, 2011, 09:23:30 PM
:thumbsup Christopher Paolini's fourth book Inheritance will be available 11-08-2011
RONZO
That's my next book! Love all the Eragon books.
Yeah baby! I pre-ordered Inheritance for my iPad2, and started reading it yesterday (at work, but don't tell anyone!). So far, pretty danged good!!! Rico, I love all the Eragon books as well, started reading them out of boredom - just after book two came out - and immediately got hooked. So, here's the question for you: what did you think of the movie? :)
Quote from: billybob476 on November 09, 2011, 05:55:06 AM
Still reading "Wizard and Glass", book 4 of the Dark Tower, this one is moving VERY slowly compared to the others, not sure if I'll be able to get through it. Is it worthwhile to push on for the rest of the series?
absolutely worth it, though I remember REALLY enjoying book 4 so you might have a different take than I. It might have been that there was such a long hiatus between book 3 & 4 that I just inhaled it when it finally came out.
I am finishing up American Gods...really really enjoying it, then I'm diving right in to Kings latest, 11/22/63. With so many shows I've been watching I'm having a hard time finding time to read lately.
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Quote from: Rico on November 07, 2011, 08:43:10 AM
Quote from: Ronzo on November 06, 2011, 09:23:30 PM
:thumbsup Christopher Paolini's fourth book Inheritance will be available 11-08-2011
RONZO
That's my next book! Love all the Eragon books.
Yeah baby! I pre-ordered Inheritance for my iPad2, and started reading it yesterday (at work, but don't tell anyone!). So far, pretty danged good!!! Rico, I love all the Eragon books as well, started reading them out of boredom - just after book two came out - and immediately got hooked. So, here's the question for you: what did you think of the movie? :)
I liked the movie more than some people but they just changed too much from the first book. Wish it had been better so we could have gotten all the books made into films.
I'm finally on the last graphic novel I got from the library. I am finishing Brightest Day - Green Lantern. Before that one I read Brightest Day - Vol. 3. I also read X-Men Curse of the Mutants and that was pretty good.
Finally finished 'Dances With Dragons' by GRRM. What a great read! It is going to kill me waiting for the next volume. I hope it doesn't take too long for GRRM to finish!
Quote from: Bromptonboy on November 21, 2011, 07:22:17 AM
Finally finished 'Dances With Dragons' by GRRM. What a great read! It is going to kill me waiting for the next volume. I hope it doesn't take too long for GRRM to finish!
See I liked the book, but I found it and the last one got a bit draggy through the middle. Maybe because I've been reading them all in a row I started to get a bit burned out on the universe.
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Quote from: Bromptonboy on November 21, 2011, 07:22:17 AM
Finally finished 'Dances With Dragons' by GRRM. What a great read! It is going to kill me waiting for the next volume. I hope it doesn't take too long for GRRM to finish!
See I liked the book, but I found it and the last one got a bit draggy through the middle. Maybe because I've been reading them all in a row I started to get a bit burned out on the universe.
I understand that sentiment! I feel the same way about the Wheel of Time series. Getting burned out by it - but enjoying the new author (after RJ's untimely passing).
STAR WARS "Riptide" the follow up to "Crosscurrent". It's terrific!
Star Trek Crew by John Byrne. a good graphic novel so far, lots of mysteries.
Star trek manga. Good stuff with a Wil Wheaton story to boot.
Joe Abercrombie - Last Argument of Kings. last in a series, good stuff. fantasy etc
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. This is supposed to be a classic, but it's definitely a slow starter.
jeff :usflag
Quote from: DrKankles on November 22, 2011, 02:55:25 AM
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. This is supposed to be a classic, but it's definitely a slow starter.
jeff :usflag
I can Grok that... :)
great book!
Quote from: DrKankles on November 22, 2011, 02:55:25 AM
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. This is supposed to be a classic, but it's definitely a slow starter.
jeff :usflag
Robert Heinlein's books take a little work but definitely worth the effort. It's been years since I read Stranger In A Strange Land and so I don't know how well it holds up today, but in the 70s, when I was a teenager, it spoke to a whole generation. So it may be that now it needs to be read with some historical context.
I'm also reading a classic right now. I have never read Tarzan Of The Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs and am really enjoying it. I've seen all the Tarzan movies ever made and even the TV series but have never read any of the Tarzan series of books. Really good stuff and worth checking out. Kind of strange that I've never read these because I have enjoyed Burroughs Pellucidar series and his Mars series.
Kevin
I read Stranger in a Strange land in high school and once since then, indeed a bit of a slow starter but fun overall. The one Heinlein book I can (and have) read over and over is Starship Troopers. An amazing book that is nothing like the crappy (but entertaining) Verhoven movie.
Quote from: billybob476 on November 22, 2011, 05:37:16 AM
An amazing book that is nothing like the crappy (but entertaining) Verhoven movie.
Come on Joe! That movie is awesome! It's tongue squarely implanted in cheek. "Would you like to know more?" ;)
Quote from: Bryancd on November 22, 2011, 05:39:47 AM
Quote from: billybob476 on November 22, 2011, 05:37:16 AM
An amazing book that is nothing like the crappy (but entertaining) Verhoven movie.
Come on Joe! That movie is awesome! It's tongue squarely implanted in cheek. "Would you like to know more?" ;)
Don't get me wrong, I love the movie! But it really is not very good, especially when compared to the amazing book. I want armor suits that look like mechanical gorillas! :)
Just read the entire house of night series. Damn you Amazon! The first book was three bucks and I thought my wife would like it. Ended up buying and reading the entire series over the course of five days.
...'Would you like to SEE more?' might be more apropos for that movie.. :)
I loved Starship Troopers in book and movie form. I just think of them as two separate properties because the movie is so different in content and tone.
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Quote from: DrKankles on November 22, 2011, 02:55:25 AMI'm also reading a classic right now. I have never read Tarzan Of The Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs and am really enjoying it. I've seen all the Tarzan movies ever made and even the TV series but have never read any of the Tarzan series of books. Really good stuff and worth checking out. Kind of strange that I've never read these because I have enjoyed Burroughs Pellucidar series and his Mars series.
Kevin
I've never read the Tarzan books, but I loved Burroughs John Carter from Mars series... Incredible fun.
Jeff :usflag
A very good book and an OK movie. (I saw it with my brother who hadn't read the book and neither of us got what we expected out of that film).
I'm reading World War Z by Max Brooks. I haven't quite been able to get into it.
Turtlesrock, I also enjoyed the Star Trek: Crew series. I am now on the second story in "Myriad Universes - Echoes And Refractions" the second story is "A Gutted World" by Keith R.A. Candido and I do like it better than the 1st story "The Chimes at Midnight" by Geoff Trowbridge. The last story in the book is called "Brave New World" by Chris Roberson.
I finished the 1st season of DS9 and after I finish the Myriad book I'm going to read a DS9 book that takes place between season 1 and 2 called "Warchild" by Esther Friesner. It's #7 in the DS9 books and I never read this before. I don't think Friesner wrote any other Trek books.
I have talked about the Bargain Box on here a few times and the store recently moved to our mall. And they told me the rent was cheaper at the mall than what they paid in the strip mall they were at! I couldn't believe that would be the case. Well anyway they don't have as much room there so they don't have as many comics out but i got to go in the back room and I saw the had boxes stacked high and wide. So they have alot more just not a way to look through them. They got a store front right by the brand new Dick's Sporting Goods store so that was good planning by them. I of course hope they do well so they will stick around. Here is a pic of my latest finds which includes another V comic and 3 parts of the Star Trek: Nero 4 parter.
Great finds! That Nero series was a good read.
now reading The Captain's Daughter by Peter David. Demora Sulu attacks the captain of the Enterprise B, who kills her in self defense. a good book so far.
Into DS9 "Warchild". Slow going so far. I hope it picks up soon!
Just finished Slaughterhouse-5, which was an excellent read, lived up to the hype. Picked up reading Stranger in a Strange land, and that is not living up the hype so far.
Just started reading the next Sword of Truth book for me, "Stone of Tears" by Terry Goodkind. Really good so far.
I have to be honest..... i just read the menu at the Roxbury Diner, i'm going with the Gyro Platter.
Marko
Quote from: DrKankles on December 05, 2011, 03:29:43 AM
Just finished Slaughterhouse-5, which was an excellent read, lived up to the hype. Picked up reading Stranger in a Strange land, and that is not living up the hype so far.
Love both books. Billy Pilgrim lives!
SiaSL is an excellent book, but perhaps not as relevant as it was when first published. I read it many years ago when I was a teen, and loved it. Not sure how I would like it these days.
"Warchild" still slow going. I don't get through to many pages at a time. I want to finish this so I can go on to something else. Been reading magazines and comics too.
Not quite sure if you class this, but I have stared an audio book called enemy mine from iTunes
i just got back from the book store and got a whole bunch of stuff for the holidays. there's spock's world, hundreds of starfleet academy books, the only question is where to start? :)
I just finished Day of the Triffids, a good invasion/horror type story. Better than most of the schlock today. And I just started Alan Alda's Never get Your Dog Stuffed because, well, I love Hawkeye. MASH 4 Life.. lol
Ok I am really having trouble getting through the DS9 Warchild book. I have stopped a few days ago and got into some E-Books. They are both just in an E-Book format and are just a novella. I first read Star Trek "True Colors" and then Star Wars "One" which were both free downloads from Barnes & Noble. The one I'm reading right now is Star Wars "A Forest Apart" which was only $1.99 and written by Troy Dennings. It is a Chewbacca story and chapter one was good!
the book club is reading north of beautiful, it's a decent book so far.
"A Forest Apart" was really good. But it was too short. Started into "The Nitpicker's Guide for Classic Trekkers". I think I'm going to read each episodes section after I watch the episode. I did however read up to Mudd's Women which was the last episode I watched on netflix. I already read the Nitpicker's guide for DS9 and Vol. 1 of Next Generation.
I don't know how many of you read Star Trek: The Magazine but I was missing a few issues and I found a seller listing the magazines for 99 cents or a buy it now for $2.99. of couse in my excitment at finding them at a low price I did a buy it now on #37. I recieved it bagged and boarded! I bid on the others I wanted and got #29 & #30 plus the 148 page special and the Insurrection souvernier magazine. got them all for 99 cents each!! And all bagged and boarded!! The comic shop got me the latest issue of the magazine so the only one I need is #31. The newest issue I got from the comic shop is not pictured.
recently finished Death in Winter, where Beverly Crusher travels to a planet in romulan territory, she goes missing, and Picard has to go find her. i thought it was a great book and would definitely recommend it.
I'm reading Death in Winter now too. It's the first in the recent TNG "refresh" that picks up after the events of Nemesis. It leads up to a huge Borg invasion that has some dramatic repercussions across the Federation, including the deaths of some major characters from the series. So far I'm not that happy with it, it's definitely not the TNG I came to love. I'll never understand while the writers of Nemesis felt the need to spread the core cast all over the galaxy. The Enterprise is just not as interesting with only Picard, Geordi, and Worf left from the original crew. How hard would it be to bring back Data, at least for the fiction? It's already not canon...just do it.
Inheritance...the final book in the Eragon series. Not bad so far.
Finished Death in Winter and started the next book, Resistance. So far I'm enjoying Resistance much more,it takes place on the Enterprise which in retrospect I realized was what I disliked so much about Death in Winter...the Enterprise was in dry dock for that whole book, and the ship is so much like the fifth Beatle (if you know what I mean) that it was sorely missed in that book. Some minor spoilers inside....
[spoiler]Picard has finally consummated his long buried feelings for Beverly which throws an interesting element into the series now. B4 has been disassembled and sent to the Daystrom Institute for study so it appears there's no hope for a resurrected Data, at least yet. There's a new female Vulcan counselor on board that seems to have the hots for Worf, and Worf is the new reluctant Number One. And Picard is starting to feel his psychic connection to the Borg collective rekindled as he believes they are birthing a new queen and mounting a final attack on Earth.[/spoiler]
This one is pretty good so far.
warehouse 13: a touch of fever was really good! it's the only W13 book out there and i would definitely recommend it to those people who can't wait for season 4.
"STAR WARS: Darth Plageius" just became available on my Kinddle! WOOT!!
Still slugging away through Stephen King's The Stand .. It's a really amazing read, but loooong. :jawdrop
:andorian
Reading Stephen King's new one 11/22/63. Pretty great so far.
Quote from: PortlandJosh on January 10, 2012, 10:10:03 PM
Still slugging away through Stephen King's The Stand .. It's a really amazing read, but loooong. :jawdrop
:andorian
I'm in the middle of the book now. I've seen the mini-series which is really good. Stephen King wrote the screenplay for it so it's pretty close to the book. Of course some things had to be changed but for the most part the movie was well done.
Quote from: Chris-El on January 11, 2012, 03:30:45 AM
Reading Stephen King's new one 11/22/63. Pretty great so far.
Quote from: PortlandJosh on January 10, 2012, 10:10:03 PM
Still slugging away through Stephen King's The Stand .. It's a really amazing read, but loooong. :jawdrop
:andorian
<---Huge Stephen King fan going way way back. I've read everything he's ever written including stuff that's never been officially published but is available through various gray market sources. 11/22/62 is probably his best book in the past ten years, and that includes the recent last three books in the Dark Tower series. I really enjoyed it. King's books have all been terrific lately. Full Dark, No Stars, the novella collection from last year is absolutely great, and so are the more recent novels Under the Dome and Duma Key. Of course the Stand ranks as one of his top books of them all, definitely in my top five favorites. I enjoyed the mini series with Molly Ringwald and Gary Sinise, but it doesn't do justice to the book in my opinion.
the book club is reading when you reach me. it's supposed to be a very good book, but i haven't read it yet.
Quote<---Huge Stephen King fan going way way back. I've read everything he's ever written including stuff that's never been officially published but is available through various gray market sources. 11/22/62 is probably his best book in the past ten years, and that includes the recent last three books in the Dark Tower series. I really enjoyed it. King's books have all been terrific lately. Full Dark, No Stars, the novella collection from last year is absolutely great, and so are the more recent novels Under the Dome and Duma Key. Of course the Stand ranks as one of his top books of them all, definitely in my top five favorites. I enjoyed the mini series with Molly Ringwald and Gary Sinise, but it doesn't do justice to the book in my opinion.
Yeah, when I was a teenager I read everthing he ever wrote. I loved the Dark Tower series but I didn't read much of his other stuff. My wife got me 11/22/63 and I'm loving it, so I may go and read some recent ones I missed. I love The Stand and it's between that and the Dark Tower series for my fave, and of that series I probably liked The Waste Lands the best, with Drawing of the Three a close second.
I think my favorite Dark Tower book is the fourth, Wizard and Glass. The last three seemed rushed and not as good as the first four. I especially was pretty disappointed by the overall end of the series, but in general an epic work anyway. I was pretty disappointed when the plans for Ron Howard's two films and TV series fell through.
Finished Resistance and am starting the next one, Q & A. These relaunch books are pretty good, I'm enjoying them. They're so short though! I'm practically reading one a day.
I had to put DS9 Warchild down for awhile. Just not very good. Decided to get back into TNG with "A Time To Kill" which has been very good so far. I want to get into the pre Nemisis books as well starting with "Death in Winter". But I need to finish this A Time To series 1st. There are 2 more following "A Time To Kill".
Picked up the Harry Harrison Collection for the Kindle Fire - on the cheap got 11 of his novels - including the 'Deathworld' series. Doesn't include his Stainless Steel Rat novels - which I really love. This guy also wrote the book 'Make Room!' - which Soylent Green was based upon.
The other day I was in Powell's city of Books, where they have a cubic acre of star trek novels. I picked one up at random, and 3 hours later realized I had consumed about $3.99 worth of awesome whilst leaning against the Steampunk section. It was my first exposure to trek pulp fiction, and it only took one hit to addict me.
Quote from: PortlandJosh on January 14, 2012, 02:57:57 PM
The other day I was in Powell's city of Books, where they have a cubic acre of star trek novels.
gotta love that place. you can get lost for hours, maybe even days.
Quote from: WillEagle on January 14, 2012, 07:09:27 AM
I had to put DS9 Warchild down for awhile. Just not very good. Decided to get back into TNG with "A Time To Kill" which has been very good so far. I want to get into the pre Nemisis books as well starting with "Death in Winter". But I need to finish this A Time To series 1st. There are 2 more following "A Time To Kill".
I enjoyed the "Time to..." series, especially like how they sprinkled explanations throughout the books for lots of the inconsistencies that Nemesis created causing much consternation among the Trek hardcore fan base, like why was Wesley at Riker and Trois wedding in a Starfleet uniform, and how did Worf get reassigned to Picards command crew, etc.
I started reading the Voyager book "Children of the Storm" before I got some X-Mas gift books. The Voyager relaunch is very well written. Also in the queue is the Enterprise book "To Brave the Storm", looking forward to that, loved "Beneath the Raptor's Wing". The
Time to.." series was very interesting as far as a look into the crew pre-Nemesis and some of the political stuff that goes on in the Federation.
Just heard a great interview with Star wars and Sci-Fi/Fantasy author Michael Stackpole. Very well worth a listen on MP3 / Itunes.
Here's the link to the "Guys can read" episode:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/GCR/GCREP87.mp3
Enjoy!
I finally dropped my anti Potter attitute and started reading the Harry Potter series. I've already sped to book 5 and I have to admit it's a very good series. Definitely improves from the beginning and by book 3 it's a complete page turner. I can't wait to finish it, and see the films, which I haven't seen yet. :usflag
Hey Dr. Kankles!
That's awesome that you've been reading the Harry Potter series. I'm glad that you enjoy them. They definitely have a different aura to them than the movies. I enjoyed the movies as well but I got more out of the books at times. When you get a chance, give them a listen as well. Jim Dale does an amazing job performing the voices. They're all unabridged which makes it even better.
Hope you continue to enjoy the other books and the movies!
Z
i finished when you reach me, and it was just ok, not great but not horrible either.
i'm going to be starting on spock's world soon, we'll see how it goes.
I haven't read Spock's World in ages. I'll have to find a copy and read it again after I finish The Stand.
Reading Vanguard: Declassified at the moment. Waiting for the last installment of a regency romance series I've been reading to be released. And I started Game of Thrones, but have put it aside for a bit. I like it, but I got side-tracked trying to catch up on some Trek books.
Karen
Finished "A Time to Kill". It was a very good book starting out fast but got a little bogged down in the middle with there being so many seperate missons taking place. Still gets a 8 out of 10 rating.
Read an older Entertainment Weekly from the library from Dec. 9. It had a fantastic article about Steven Spielberg in it. Also got a cople of graphic novels and Beckett Sports Card Monthly's. The graphic novels I picked up were Flash "Rebirth" and Flash "The Dastardly Death of the Rogues". So far "Rebirth" has been pretty good.
Finished Flash: Rebirth. I give it a rating of 8. Going to catchup on some magazines and comics before I get into something else.
Quote from: terpette on January 28, 2012, 07:37:27 AM
I started Game of Thrones, but have put it aside for a bit. I like it, but I got side-tracked trying to catch up on some Trek books.
Karen
Winter is coming....
Hurry up - new season in April. :)
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Quote from: terpette on January 28, 2012, 07:37:27 AM
I started Game of Thrones, but have put it aside for a bit. I like it, but I got side-tracked trying to catch up on some Trek books.
Karen
Winter is coming....
Hurry up - new season in April. :)
Aye can't freaking wait. This is going to be one show I watch day and date of air instead of waiting till it's over to marathon it.
Star Wars: Darth Plagueis, baby!
Quote from: Bryancd on February 01, 2012, 06:23:19 AM
Star Wars: Darth Plagueis, baby!
I thought this was quite funny, if you didn't catch it...
(http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/i-6xDLc2T/0/L/i-6xDLc2T-L.jpg)
Just finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Great series and I was way late to that party. One of the few books or book series I was sad when it ended becaause I wanted more. Now I'm rereading Princess of Mars in anticipation of John Carter next month.
Jeff :usflag
Reading the latest Star Trek novel by Greg Cox called "The Rings of Time". So far all I can say is meh. :unsure I'll let you know if it gets better. Part of the problem of my enjoying this book is the prose reads like some old pulp fiction novel of the 1930s or 1940s and not on the high quality of other recent Star Trek novels.
(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111101160610/memoryalpha/en/images/thumb/1/11/The_Rings_of_Time_cover.jpg/292px-The_Rings_of_Time_cover.jpg)
Kevin
I didn't like any of Greg Cox's books. I thought his Q series was boring and almost unreadable. How you could mess up a character as rich and wonderful as Q is beyond me.
Just finished the ST 'A Time To...' series again (on my Christmas Kindle).
Trek stories are rarely high art but it's nice to relax into a familiar universe now and again.
Quote from: Feathers on February 04, 2012, 02:07:43 AM
Just finished the ST 'A Time To...' series again (on my Christmas Kindle).
Trek stories are rarely high art but it's nice to relax into a familiar universe now and again.
Agreed, although I am taking a little break from my post-Nemesis timeline catchup, as much as I've really enjoyed reading Trek fiction again, for the first time in a long time. The last one I read was Q&A, which was pretty awesome...kind of a "best of Q" as they tie in or reference practically every canon Q appearance from TNG, DS9, and Voyager and manage to explain the whole reason why Q is so obsessed with humans and Picard in particular. Pretty good.
I'm moving on to some mid career Elmore Leonard. I'm a huge fan of the show Justified, which is just starting it's third season on FX. So I am rereading the early Elmore Leonard novels featuring Raylan Givens, the protagonist in that show, inpreparation for reading the new Leonard book "Raylan" which was just released. I've already finished "Pronto" which is Raylan's first appearance, and just started "Riding the Rap", the second Raylan novel. I've got one more then I can read "Raylan."
I'm currently listening to The Lost Fleet: Dauntless by Jack Campbell via audible. My god, this is a great book so far. If you like military-style sci-fi you have to read this book. The author leverages his experience in the Navy to provide a very compelling story involving huge fleet actions that appear to actually obey the laws of physics!
highly recommended thus far, I hope the rest of the series is this good.
http://www.amazon.com/Dauntless-Lost-Fleet-Book-1/dp/0441014186 (http://www.amazon.com/Dauntless-Lost-Fleet-Book-1/dp/0441014186)
http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B002VAGN62 (http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B002VAGN62)
finished with daughter of smoke and bone, i am pleased to say that it was FANTASTIC! lots of twisted plots, a bit of suspense, all combined into one amazingly amazing book.
one of those "to be continued..." books, now i need to go find book 2, ASAP.
Finally got back to the Bargain Box. But the 50 cent comics are now $1. Oh, well. Got me some cool ones including Superman #200. Series 2. Here is a pic!
Finished up the "Stone of Tears" by Terry Goodkind (really good book). So, started on the next Legacy of the Force book, "Exile."
http://www.amazon.com/Exile-Star-Wars-Legacy-Force/dp/0345477537/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1329666737&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Exile-Star-Wars-Legacy-Force/dp/0345477537/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1329666737&sr=1-1)
You guys MUST read "Darth Plageius"!
The Legacy of the Force series was very excellent. Darth Plagueis is next on my reading shelf.
I have been reading some more graphic novels from the library but I also found "Industrial Light & Magic - The Art of Innovation." It has been interesting in that they talk about each movie they worked on starting in 1995 though 2011. There are 43 movies covered. Of course it's all geared toward the special effects of the films. It is pretty cool on how they do some of the effects. The book covers a wide range of movies from "Mars Attacks" to the 2009 "Star Trek". And of course the Special Editions of the Star Wars movies and the prequels. Very big book in number of pages and its size. 360 pages and it's almost 12X12. Check this out if you get the chance. It's got a $50 cover price or get it at your library like I did.
Love what Industrial Light & Magic has done. Their name is synonymous with special effects.
Thanks for sharing WillEagle, I just ordered my copy.
Quote from: davekill on February 25, 2012, 07:57:19 AM
Love what Industrial Light & Magic has done. Their name is synonymous with special effects.
Thanks for sharing WillEagle, I just ordered my copy.
Your welcome. Enjoy the book!
That book looks awesome. Does it delve deep into the behind the scenes and history of Industrial Light & Magic? I just watched a documentary a few days ago about Pixar. I really enjoy that kind of stuff. Might be something I'd really like to check out.
Quote from: Sheppard on February 29, 2012, 07:18:23 PM
That book looks awesome. Does it delve deep into the behind the scenes and history of Industrial Light & Magic? I just watched a documentary a few days ago about Pixar. I really enjoy that kind of stuff. Might be something I'd really like to check out.
I guess you could say they do that some but I think its more about how they came up with some of the ways they did the effects. They do have some short parts where they tell about some of the creators at ILM and where they started out. There are alot of awesome pictures too!
Another visit to the Bargain box on Thursday and I found 5 to fill some holes in my collection. Here is a pic of them.
Nice haul.
JSA was a good book. I loved that arc with KC Supes.
Reading Enterprise:Beneath the Raptor's Wing now, it's pretty good so far, just started. Finished Darth Plagueis, which is a really excellent book and makes sense of alot of stuff from the prequels.
Starting to read "The Hunger Games." Really great so far - as everyone has told me. Hoping to finish it before I see the movie.
Quote from: Rico on March 13, 2012, 03:24:54 PM
Starting to read "The Hunger Games." Really great so far - as everyone has told me. Hoping to finish it before I see the movie.
Man that was a great book! Quick read too. Can't wait to see the movie now.
Quote from: Rico on March 18, 2012, 06:53:23 AM
Quote from: Rico on March 13, 2012, 03:24:54 PM
Starting to read "The Hunger Games." Really great so far - as everyone has told me. Hoping to finish it before I see the movie.
Man that was a great book! Quick read too. Can't wait to see the movie now.
I just picked this up as well.
The wife and I want to read "The Hunger Games" as well but we haven't bought the book yet. I'm planning on reading a couple of graphic novels I got from the library. One is a prequel to John Carter and the other is called "John Carter - A Princess of Mars". I wanted to read those since I just saw the movie today.
Got through alot of graphic novel lately. Here are a few of them and what I rate them.
Superman: Last Son - 8.
Captain America: Man Out of Time - 8.
John Carter: World of Mars - 7.
Birds of Prey: Brightest Day - End Run - 9.
Batman: Heart of Hush - 9.
Batman: Streets of Gotham - Hush Money - 9.
Also there is a local used book store that is going out of business. The owner wanted to sell because he wanted to retire. He had a potential buyer but it didn't work out. It is right down from the comic shop I go to. I did find a couple of Trek books I didn't have and a great find was 4 'V' comics. This series has been hard for me to find so I was pretty excited to find them. Here is a pic.
Awesome, I remember owning some of those V comics back in the day. Love finds like that.
Reading the second Hunger Games book now called "Catching Fire." Just as good as the first book.
Quote from: Rico on April 07, 2012, 06:48:28 AM
Reading the second Hunger Games book now called "Catching Fire." Just as good as the first book.
I started listening to it via audible yesterday as well. Great so far!
Sisterhood of Dune. Nearly finished. can't decide if it has been adding to the Dune experience to read these prequels?
I've just finished 'Dauntless', the first in the Lost Fleet series that Joe recommended on his podcast a few weeks ago. A very good book in so many ways.
I like the way it plays within the rules of physics as we understand them at the moment which is unlike most anything I've read before. The concept of a space battle changes completely when you take account of limitation of the speed of light and the sheer scale of a typical solar system.
Just finished Hunger Games - have to pick out a new one to start on.
Finally finished The Stand (8months). Just started reading Relic. It's the story about a creature in a museum that's responsible for killing people. A movie about it came out in the late 90's. Haven't seen it.
Z
I remember that movie, wasn't bad at all.
I am just starting the first Mass Effect novelization, based on my enjoyment of the now completed trilogy of games. The writer of the forst three books was responsible for the first two games, so there should be some good crossover there.
Quote from: Bromptonboy on April 07, 2012, 01:22:40 PM
Just finished Hunger Games - have to pick out a new one to start on.
I'm reading The Hunger Games too. I am so use to reading books the length of The Wheel of Time (a thousand pages or so), that I ate up the first Hunger Games novel in no time, immediately downloaded the second (Catching Fire) in the Kindle store, finished that and moved on to the final installment Mockingjay. I'm pacing myself on Mockingjay. :D
I really enjoy the books and this is the first series I have read on my iPad and...wow, it can be dangerous having books at my fingertips like this. FYI, I'm using the Kindle App to read the novels. The iBook store did not have them when I first picked them up, now they are selling them too.
Quote from: Jen on April 11, 2012, 03:00:53 PM
Quote from: Bromptonboy on April 07, 2012, 01:22:40 PM
Just finished Hunger Games - have to pick out a new one to start on.
I'm reading The Hunger Games too. I am so use to reading books the length of The Wheel of Time (a thousand pages or so), that I ate up the first Hunger Games novel in no time, immediately downloaded the second (Catching Fire) in the Kindle store, finished that and moved on to the final installment Mockingjay. I'm pacing myself on Mockingjay. :D
I really enjoy the books and this is the first series I have read on my iPad and...wow, it can be dangerous having books at my fingertips like this. FYI, I'm using the Kindle App to read the novels. The iBook store did not have them when I first picked them up, now they are selling them too.
My wife has been trying to get me to read the Wheel of Time series but it's so DAUNTING. I have read the first one and kinda liked it even though I thought it was derivative. She seems to have enjoyed the last couple so maybe I'll give them a try when the series is done.
I gave up about midway into book six in the Wheel of Time series. It just kind of stopped going anywhere for me.
I have heard that the middle of that series things really get bogged down. A couple of people have told me it improves later on, but geez, that's alot of time.
Having read the first to stories awhile ago I finally read the last part of the Star Trek: Myriad Universes - Echoes And Refractions. All 3 parts were very good and worth a read if you get the chance.
"The Chimes At Midnight" by Geoff Trowbridge. Very good story with David Marcus in it quite a bit.
"A Gutted World" by Keith R.A. DeCandido. Even better with a big focus on Kira and Odo but includes many characters from DS9, TNG & Voyager.
"Brave New World" by Chris Roberson. Probably my favorite of the book but just barely better than "A Gutted World". Very cool idea with the TNG crew.
I give it a rating of a 8 out of 10.
Back into vintage Holmes stories at the minute but I dare say I'll pick up the next in the Lost Fleet series after that.
Reading the last of The Hunger Games trilogy now, "Mockingjay."
Reading the final Fate of the Jedi book Apocalypse.
Jen, I am all caught up on the Wheel of Time. Anxiously awaiting the last one. Although now that I know who killed Asmodean...some of the joy is gone.
I both love and hate this series. I like to think it is Lord of the Rings meets Dune meets Wizard of Earthsea. But I still read'em all.
Today I just finished 'Emma Frost - Ultimate Collection.' Written by Karl Bollers. I found this graphic novel to be very good. It includes issues 1-18. I got throught this very quickly and wanted to keep reading it when I got the chance. I woke up early today (thanks to the dog) and wanted to read it some more to fall back asleep. That didn't work.
Check this out if you get the chance. I give this a 9. Check this out if your a X-Men fan but do remember this takes place before Emma was the White Queen.
I read 2 more graphic novels and neither one was very long.
Uncanny X-Men/Steve Rogers - Escape From the Negative Zone - 7. Weird art style on part 1 of this 3 part story. They are 3 Annuals from Uncanny X-Men, Steve Rogers: Super Soldier, and Namor. The Steve Rogers had the art style I like the best. The X-Men was a very weird style and the Namor wasn't much better. Good story but when irate a graphic novel I take into consideration the whole thing.
Batman - Noel - 10. Very well done and a quick read. This is one worth checking out. I got goose bumbs at the end of this one!
Quote from: Bryancd on April 21, 2012, 03:59:17 PM
Reading the final Fate of the Jedi book Apocalypse.
How are you enjoying it Bryan? I kind of got burned out on the series but Apocalypse is the last one I have left to read.
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Quote from: Bryancd on April 21, 2012, 03:59:17 PM
Reading the final Fate of the Jedi book Apocalypse.
How are you enjoying it Bryan? I kind of got burned out on the series but Apocalypse is the last one I have left to read.
MUCH better. Pacing is terrific, it really hums along, and the story is exciting. I am about 3/4 of the way through and enjoying this the most out of all the books by a long shot.
Hm, good to know, I'm reading the first Honor Harrington book right now but I'll probably switch back to finish out the FOTJ series noce I'm done.
I just got the new Stephen King Dark Tower book from Amazon, The Wind Through the Keyhole. Can't wait to dig in, it's only 300 pages or so, should be a quick read.
Me too Chris, starting it tonight before bed. Can't believe there's more adventures for Roland and the Ka-Tet...can't wait!!!
Echoes of All
Our Conversations Volume 2.
Each of the new 6-Volume Series is signed by a different actor.
This one autographed by Bruce Boxleitner.
Fifteen years of "behind the scenes"
Babylon 5 history as told by the
actors, directors and crew who were there.
http://www.cafepress.com/b5books (http://www.cafepress.com/b5books)
House Corrino from the prequel series, Prelude to Dune. This is part 3 from the series. Other 2 were House Atreides and House Harkonnen. These are done by Brian Herbert, Frank Herberts son. Interesting because it gives back ground on many of the characters in the original Dune book (and Movies). Brian's done many more of these prequels.
Has anyone read any of these by Brian?
Quote from: Hal2001 on April 26, 2012, 11:03:57 AM
House Corrino from the prequel series, Prelude to Dune. This is part 3 from the series. Other 2 were House Atreides and House Harkonnen. These are done by Brian Herbert, Frank Herberts son. Interesting because it gives back ground on many of the characters in the original Dune book (and Movies). Brian's done many more of these prequels.
Has anyone read any of these by Brian?
I have read them all, really enjoyed them. Stick with it, there are quit a few that continue the DUNE story done by Brian and Kevin.
Yeah, they are fun, some of the stuff that happens in them is a bit crazy...especially in the Butlerian Jihad books. I liked the House trilogy the best for sure. Nothing can really compare to the first Dune book, my favorite book of all time, but it's neat to have further stories in that universe.
I'm reading The Grave Yard Book by Neil Gaiman in the evenings on my iPad and I'm listening to Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks while at work.
Quote from: Rico on April 11, 2012, 04:56:22 PM
I gave up about midway into book six in the Wheel of Time series. It just kind of stopped going anywhere for me.
Oh MAN. You can't stop there... it gets so much better. Especially the last three. :)
Quote from: Jen on April 26, 2012, 08:23:18 PM
Quote from: Rico on April 11, 2012, 04:56:22 PM
I gave up about midway into book six in the Wheel of Time series. It just kind of stopped going anywhere for me.
Oh MAN. You can't stop there... it gets so much better. Especially the last three. :)
I was tempted to drop it a few books back, but I am too deeply invested - and we are too close to the end now. There is some good stuff there, mixed in with some not good stuff. He was really milking it out for a few books
Just finished Mockingjay, the third Hunger Games book. I enjoyed it overall despite the fact it started getting a little bit draggy in the middle. Enjoyed the ending.
Just now finished Wind Through the Keyhole. Soooo good. I always feel such a letdown when I finish a book in a series I love. Who knows how long it's going to be, if ever, until there's another new story about these characters I love so. This was a gift, I know, since the series actually came to an end several years ago now. But I still feel left wanting more.
Trying to catch up on some of my comics and not doing a very good job with reading graphic novels from the library and I did pick up Sci-Fi magazine with Iron Man on the front. Nice article in there about 'The Avengers' movie. Did finish Spiderman - Civil War which was very good and deserves a 10 rating. I also picked up a couple of Star Trek graphic novels and look foward to reading them.
'Spock: Reflections' based in the JJ universe.
The Next Generation: The Last Generation based in the Myriad Universe.
Heres a pic.
I liked that "Last Generation" set of comics.
Quote from: billybob476 on April 27, 2012, 06:06:23 AM
Just finished Mockingjay, the third Hunger Games book. I enjoyed it overall despite the fact it started getting a little bit draggy in the middle. Enjoyed the ending.
I just finished the book too. I'm not real happy with how things finished and wrapped up. I won't say much else except I would have written it quite a bit differently.
Read the Spock:Reflection book and really enjoyed it. Looking foward to The Last Generation one. Here are some other Graphic Novels I have read recently.
Wonder Woman - Odyssey Vol. 2 - 7.
Batman - Streets of Gotham Vol. 3 - The House of Hush - 7. Didn't enjoy this Hush book as much as previous ones I have read.
Warlord of Mars - Dejah Thoris Vol.1 Colossus of Mars - 7. This takes place a long time before John Carter shows up. Also this was put out by Dynamite and is pretty racy. Lets just say it doesn't leave much to the imagination when it shows Dejah Thoris.
Spock: Reflections -10! Well worth a read if you get the chance.
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Just finished Mockingjay, the third Hunger Games book. I enjoyed it overall despite the fact it started getting a little bit draggy in the middle. Enjoyed the ending.
I just finished the book too. I'm not real happy with how things finished and wrapped up. I won't say much else except I would have written it quite a bit differently.
I thought it was perfect. Though I didn't like what happened to some of them... :)
Finally started to read the last 'Eragon' book called, "Inheritance" by Christopher Paolini.
Reading the novel version of Star Trek IV. So far it's pretty good. Similar to watching the movie but a bit more in depth.
Z
Reading "The Flash: The Road to Flashpoint" right now.
Did recently read 3 more graphic novels.
Batman Incorporated - The Deluxe Edition - 6. This was ok but I din't really get into it that much. Too many different characters made it get jumbled up in my opinion. It was about 18 issues of the comic series.
Spiderman - Vol. 6 Happy Birthday - 8.
Batman - Venom - 7. This was a reprint of a storyline back in 1991 by Dennis O'Neil. Batman gets addicted to some pills and this takes plce before the "Knightfall" storyline.
Reading "Long Strange Trip" by Dennis Mcnally, the publicity manager for the Grateful Dead who toured with them from the early seventies until the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995. It's a huge tome, over 1000 pages with lots of time spent in the seminal days of the band's youth, and their involvement with the iconic events in the 60's and 70's. Really enjoying it.
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This will come as no surprise to anyone here but I have read some more graphic novels ans I am currently reading "The Infinity Gauntlet" which is a huge book which is over 200 pages based on a battle with Thanos. This book came out originally in the 90's.
Here is the list of the last few graphic novels I have read.
The Flash - The Road to Flashpoint - 8. A must read if you are goin to read the Flashpoint books.
Spiderman Vol. 7 - The Book of Ezekiel - 8.
Superman - Reign of Doomsday - 8. This is a more current book that took some time to get going. If I remember correctly it included Action #900.
Batman - Gates of Gotham - 9. Very good Batman story!
Green Lantern - Emerald Twilight-New Dawn - 8. 2 books in one which includes the origin of Kyle Ryner as GL.
Superman/Batman - Big Noise - 9. I have enjoyed most of the books from this series. I wonder if they will do it again in the New 52 line.
Behemoth, the second book in the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld. Very awesome alternate history book that takes place during WWI.
Just had a mate, Gow (David McGowan) release his first novel, The Hunter Inside. It's a kindle release (under $3/£2) and has a Koontz feel about it, so far, but I've just bust my screen on the device I was reading it on.
So whilst I look for the £200 to repair it, I picked up a couple of Clancy novels I haven't read before in the charity shop, to keep me going.
I just read John Scalzi's REDSHIRTS. It's a good chuckle. Kind of a parody but a bit deeper. Lost a little steam at the end, but I liked it.
Quote from: Ensign Random on June 14, 2012, 11:37:02 PM
I just read John Scalzi's REDSHIRTS. It's a good chuckle. Kind of a parody but a bit deeper. Lost a little steam at the end, but I liked it.
I thought the end was the best part, got me all choked up.
Read some more Graphic novels and took another trip to the Bargain Box and found some pretty good comics. I do wish they would go back to the 50 cents though. But a dollar still isn't bad.
Here are the last 3 graphic novels I read.
The Infinity Guantlet - 7. A Thanos story with many of the Marvel characters showing up. Including a lot of the cosmic characters some of which I had never heard of.
X-Men - With Great Power - 8. Emma Frost, Storm, Gambit, Wolverine & Spiderman? Scott Summers sent the X-Men to New York and Spiderman happens to show up. Good story and a more recent one.
Spiderman Vol. 8 - Sins Past - 10!! A really good one. Features Gwen Stacey (kinda).
Here is a pic of the books I picked up at the Bargain Box. Found some good Captain America books and the graphic novel of the Batman & Robin movie. I also found issue #1 of the G.I. Joe movie adaptation to complete that 4 parter. And Star Trek: Schism #1 to complete that 3 parter.
Some cool finds in there!
Hey!
Just finished The Hunger Games. Oh my goodness! It was really good. I went to go buy the second book but I want to find it on paperback. Don't have the money for a kindle to read it otherwise.
[spoiler]There were a lot of twists and turns in this book. I cried when Rue died. When the tracker jackers were released, all I kept thinking was that I was glad it was just a book. I thought it was interesting that all the characters had unique names. There weren't any everyday kinds of names. I thought it was freaky when the dead tributes were all turned into muttations. That was soooo creepy.[/spoiler]
I can't wait to see the movie. Awesome book. Can't wait to read the second one.
Captain Z
Just read these two:
Alexander Outland: Space Pirate
G.J. Koch
Fun space adventure. Enjoyable. Quirky crew saves the world type of plot. Good beach reading.
Jane Carver of Waar
Nathan Long
Funny, especially if you are familiar with the old style adventure sci fi. Parody style like Redshirts. Some language and sexual situations, so I wouldn't call it all ages friendly.
Almost finished reading Fifty Shades of Grey :love. That is a very eye-opening book. Should be interesting to see how the other two books read.
Z
I read read quite a few graphic novels and a baseball bio. The baseball bio I read was Orel Hershiser - Out of the Blue. It was a pretty good book that came out back in 1989. The year afer the Dodgers beat the A's in the World Series.
I gave it a 7.
Here are the graphic novels.
Superman/Batman - Worship - 9.
Daredevil - Season One - 8.
X-Men - Season One - 7. I'll admit my least favorite of the Season One books.
Batman - Detective - 8. Just grabbed this one from the library shelf and ended up being pretty good.
Spiderman - Season One - 8.
Fantastic Four - Season One - 9. My favorite of the Season One books.
3 more Season One books are coming out. Hulk, Antman and Dr. Strange. Never been a fan of Dr. Strange so I may skip that one.
Reading Batman R.I.P. right now and have the new 52 graphic novels of Catwoman: Vol. 1 The Game and Batman: Vol. 1 the court of Owls.
i'm starting to read cosmos by carl sagan. i'm only on the 3rd chapter or so, but it's awesome so far.
also rereading imzadi by peter david.
Reading the Shat's last book Shatner Rules. It's kind of a book about Shatner's philosophy of life with hilarious anecdotal stories. One of his better books but don't pay full price for a copy. I found one on Amazon for only $1.98 plus $2.99 shipping. Well worth that for sure!
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Reading 'Echoes Of All Our Conversations' vol.4 signed by Mira Furlan and waiting vol.5 to arrive signed by Jerry Doyle.
This six volume set of limited editions are the only luxury I'm allowing myself this year.
- to a B5 fan - totally worth it.
http://www.cafepress.com/b5books (http://www.cafepress.com/b5books)
Read Batman R.I.P. already and it was decent. Also read Justice League: Rise and Fall.
Batman - R.I.P. - 7. The R.I.P. part was pretty good but the last two chapters were not very good.
Justice League: Rise and Fall - 10. Very good book when Green Arrow crosses the line when his city has a major attack.
Going to a huge book store tomorrow to search out some new treasures. The place is called The Book Loft and it has 32 rooms stacked with books. New and discounted. I don't think they sell used books. Can't wait and I'll be spending most of my time in room #10. Fantasy/Science Fiction!
Plans fell though and didn't make it to the Book Loft store. We did go to a Half Priced Books though and they seemed to not have much of the things I was looking for. Mostly Star Trek and Star Wars. The wife found more than I did and that hardly ever happens when we go to a place like that. Did pick up A Star Trek called "Troublesome Minds" and 3 Star Wars "Choices of One" in hardcover which looks really good and 2 X-Wing novels. And I found a Gene Roddenberry Bio comic for a buck so I thought why not. I also went to a comic shop I had been to only once before and picked up a Star Wars issue I was missing from a 4 parter and a 2 parter called "Indiana Jones and the Golden Fleece" from 1994. And last but not least I got the 2 part Amazing Spiderman comic series based on the movie. It leads up to the bridge scene and does cover some of the movie up to that point. I didn't take a pick but the covers on these is really cool. Have any of you other Spiderman fans picked these up? My local shop didn't have these issues.
Re-reading the "Knightfall" series after seeing Dark Knight Rises. Fun stuff!
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Yeah, that was a cool series. It's cool how Dick Grayson is always the go-to guy while Bruce is out of commision, until Azrael anyway.
I'm reading an older TNG Novel called "Deny Thy Father" with Young Riker and Kyle Riker. It's pretty interesting so far.
Currently listening to "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins (author of The Hunger Games).
Quote from: Jobydrone on July 22, 2012, 07:51:57 AM
Re-reading the "Knightfall" series after seeing Dark Knight Rises. Fun stuff!
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I'm going to try and get this series from the library some time. It does look interesting.
Quote from: WillEagle on July 24, 2012, 02:51:36 PM
I'm going to try and get this series from the library some time. It does look interesting.
It's a bit dated but fun. Now I'm reading the Walking Dead novel, Rise of the Governor, in advance of the season three premiere which will feature that character. (http://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/iss/600w/735/22287351/1076815.jpg)
I have recently read some really good graphic novels. Here is the list.
Green Lantern - Emerald Warriors - 9. Very good one featuring Guy Gardner. Set in the Brightest Day storyline.
Spiderman/Human Torch - I'm With Stupid - 9. This was an all ages one.
Batman - The Black Glove - 6. This takes place before Batman R.I.P.
Catwoman Vol. 1 - The Game - 8. The first of The New 52 graphic novels I have read.
Spiderman Vol. 9 - Skin Deep - 9. Great story with a surprising ending.
Spiderman Vol. 10 - New Avengers - 9. Another good one with going into 'The Other' storyline.
Batman: Earth One. Been waiting a while for this, it's pretty good, a new take on Batman, in the same universe as the Superman Earth One released last year.
I need to get my hands on that, looks cool.
Listening to: The Android's Dream by John Scalzi. Kind of interesting, definitely not the kind of sotry I thought it was. It's more a of pseduo-sci fi mystery. Once again narrated by Wil Wheaton.
Reading: The second Honor Harrington novel. Haven't ever gotten around to reading this series. Not too bad, though this one is defintiely a bit slower moving then the first book.
I'm getting into comic reading in a big again after a break of almost 20 years! Loving it. I was always a Marvel guy but I've started to expand to DC and Indies.
In the mean time I picked this little gem up. Geeky fun!
Quote from: Jobydrone on July 30, 2012, 07:31:47 AM
I need to get my hands on that, looks cool.
It is. The art is great and it's modern, and the story is very unique. I could have seen this being a concept for a movie.
Quote from: Chris-El on July 29, 2012, 05:15:12 PM
Batman: Earth One. Been waiting a while for this, it's pretty good, a new take on Batman, in the same universe as the Superman Earth One released last year.
I enjoyed the Superman: Earth One and i want to check this one out as well. I have it on my hold list at the library.
I'm almost done with Catching Fire (The Hunger Games Series)
[spoiler]OMG! I think that this one was a bit darker than the first one. I couldn't believe that Katniss had to go back to the games and the games seem to have a much different goal than the first one. The whole thing about Peeta saying that Katniss was pregnant. The part with President Snow at the beginning totally creeping me out about the blood. Then I felt bad for Gale when he got whipped. Cinna getting beaten up was awful. I liked the nicknames Nuts and Volts. The whole arena is a clock where bad things happen at each hour. I was sad when Mags ended up sacrificing herself. The jabberjays was eerie mimicking the voices. The monkeys were awful.[/spoiler]
I can't wait to see these movies. Amazing stories. I'm gonna start Mockingjay right after I'm done with Catching Fire.
Z
I started this series of short story books called "Wool" via Amazon and my Kindle.
Quote from: Rico on August 06, 2012, 04:43:08 PM
I started this series of short story books called "Wool" via Amazon and my Kindle.
I just started a new series of short stories on my Kindle that take place immediately following the events in SW ANH.
Finished my last audio book and moved on to some history: The Rise and Fall of the Thrid Reich by William Shirer. Very interesting and detailed histiry of Hitler's rise to power, learning a lot.
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Quote from: Rico on August 06, 2012, 04:43:08 PM
I started this series of short story books called "Wool" via Amazon and my Kindle.
I just started a new series of short stories on my Kindle that take place immediately following the events in SW ANH.
Do they tell about Chewie ripping the arms off the dude who didn't give him a medal?
Quote from: Jobydrone on August 07, 2012, 06:16:33 AM
Quote from: Bryancd on August 06, 2012, 04:47:43 PM
Quote from: Rico on August 06, 2012, 04:43:08 PM
I started this series of short story books called "Wool" via Amazon and my Kindle.
I just started a new series of short stories on my Kindle that take place immediately following the events in SW ANH.
Do they tell about Chewie ripping the arms off the dude who didn't give him a medal?
LOL! No, but they do make some little errors about things they say happen in ANH that actually happened in ESB!
I hate that. Takes me right out of reading something. I mean, come on. It's Star Wars, get it right. :dstar
Some recent comic purchases...
Just bought and read the star wars lost tribe book and the latest titan book. Both were good reads.
Anybody reading the Hulk books? Loving the "stay angry" storyline going on right now.
Quote from: X on August 08, 2012, 12:01:36 PM
Just bought and read the star wars lost tribe book and the latest titan book. Both were good reads.
I saw that today and was really thinking about getting it, just decided not too because I started a mini-series last week called Darth Maul: Death Sentence. It says on the front of it "You can't keep a Bad Sith Down!" It takes place during the 3rd year of the Clone Wars. Written by Tom Taylor and full of Jedi, Wookies, & Sith mayhem!! Worth a look. It's only a 4 parter.
Another one I thought about was Gambit. I believe its only 4 parts as well. I again just decided not to do it.
I also just read the Graphic novel "The World of Flashpoint - featuring Green Lantern. Not too bad. I rate it a 7. Heres a pic of the Darth Maul. Isn't he purdy! ;D
If I say I'm posting a pic I should probably do it. lol
I am currently reading the Graphic novel "Batman: The Court of Owls" from the new 52.
I'm currently reading Edgar Rice Burroughs Land That Time Forgot series. Only on the first one and it's really quite good. So far not much like the movie but a fun adventure.
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I have been getting the New 52 DC graphic novels from the library here lately. I have read the following so far followed by ones I have here to read.
Catwoman - Vol. 1 The Game - 8. Read this a few weeks back and liked it more than I thought I would.
Batman - Vol. 1 The Court of Owls - 8. Just finished yesterday. One part I really didn't like was when Batman bunched Nightwing in the mouth. I know there was a good reason, but with all of Batman's gadgets there could have been a better way to do what had to be done.
Others I have here to read are:
Batman and Robin - Vol. 1 Born to Kill.
Green Lantern - Vol. 1 Sinestro
I have on my watch list at the library are:
Batgirl, Hawk and Dove, & Superboy. I tried to get Stormwatch but it's not available.
Started reading Stephen King's time travel tale: 11/22/63. Really good so far.
http://www.amazon.com/11-22-63-A-Novel/dp/1451627297/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344958748&sr=8-1&keywords=stephen+king+11+22+63 (http://www.amazon.com/11-22-63-A-Novel/dp/1451627297/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344958748&sr=8-1&keywords=stephen+king+11+22+63)
That's my favorite book from last year, it's a really great read. A neat spin on Time Travel.
Quote from: Rico on August 14, 2012, 08:41:12 AM
Started reading Stephen King's time travel tale: 11/22/63. Really good so far.
http://www.amazon.com/11-22-63-A-Novel/dp/1451627297/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344958748&sr=8-1&keywords=stephen+king+11+22+63 (http://www.amazon.com/11-22-63-A-Novel/dp/1451627297/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344958748&sr=8-1&keywords=stephen+king+11+22+63)
I saw this in the bookstore and was wondering if it was good or not. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it when you're done.
I've just finished vN by Madeline Ashby. I was very impressed. It touches on some disturbing topics at times, but a really interesting take on what a self-replicating robot would be like. If you are a fan of Blade Runner, there are a few in jokes too.
http://angryrobotbooks.com/our-authors/madeline-ashby/vn-madeline-ashby/ (http://angryrobotbooks.com/our-authors/madeline-ashby/vn-madeline-ashby/)
I'm really enjoying the Stephen King book so far. About 40% into it. The face on the cover of that "VN" book looks like Buffy.
What do you think of the way the book deals with time travel?
Quote from: Chris-El on August 25, 2012, 05:22:56 AM
What do you think of the way the book deals with time travel?
I like it a lot...
[spoiler]If you mean the method itself, through the little weird portal that's fine by me. King usually doesn't go into the science much of things. But maybe you mean about the butterfly effect stuff and that the past doesn't like being changed. I like that too. Right now I'm just up to the part with Mr. Amberson in the past for the second time working as a teacher in a small town. Anyway, liking it quite a bit.[/spoiler]
Have been reading as much because I can't seem to stop playing the STO game. I did finish the following book.
Superman/Batman - Sorcerer Kings - 4. I don't care for the magical characters very much and the main story of this was based on evil magic just about destroying the Earth. If it hadn't had a couple of stories about something else this probaby would have gotten a 2.
I'm just about finished with Green Arrow Into the woods.
Quote from: Rico on August 25, 2012, 06:05:15 AM
Quote from: Chris-El on August 25, 2012, 05:22:56 AM
What do you think of the way the book deals with time travel?
I like it a lot...
[spoiler]If you mean the method itself, through the little weird portal that's fine by me. King usually doesn't go into the science much of things. But maybe you mean about the butterfly effect stuff and that the past doesn't like being changed. I like that too. Right now I'm just up to the part with Mr. Amberson in the past for the second time working as a teacher in a small town. Anyway, liking it quite a bit.[/spoiler]
The last hundred pages or so are totally riveting. This catapulted to the top of my list of favorite SK books, along with classics like The Shining, The Stand, and The Talisman.
Quote from: WillEagle on August 25, 2012, 01:21:06 PM
Have been reading as much because I can't seem to stop playing the STO game. I did finish the following book.
Superman/Batman - Sorcerer Kings - 4. I don't care for the magical characters very much and the main story of this was based on evil magic just about destroying the Earth. If it hadn't had a couple of stories about something else this probaby would have gotten a 2.
I'm just about finished with Green Arrow Into the woods.
I wish i could have gotten hooked like that on STO. I'll give it another shot, I don't think I've deleted it yet since it was so hard to get working on my Mac.
Quote from: Rico on August 25, 2012, 06:05:15 AM
Quote from: Chris-El on August 25, 2012, 05:22:56 AM
What do you think of the way the book deals with time travel?
I like it a lot...
[spoiler]If you mean the method itself, through the little weird portal that's fine by me. King usually doesn't go into the science much of things. But maybe you mean about the butterfly effect stuff and that the past doesn't like being changed. I like that too. Right now I'm just up to the part with Mr. Amberson in the past for the second time working as a teacher in a small town. Anyway, liking it quite a bit.[/spoiler]
Yeah, the second part. [spoiler] Having a "reset" button of sorts is pretty interesting, being that once he goes back in the past again whatever he did the last time is erased. But having to wait years for his target date also puts a ticking clock on the whole thing.[/spoiler]I agree with Joby, this is definitely up there in King books, along with many of the Dark Tower books and the like.
Finished Green Arrow - Into the Woods - 8. I think I like the old Green Arrow better than the New 52 version.
I also found some cool books. I was checking out the book sale room at the Library and found Watchman and a like new Challengers of the Unknown Showcase Presents from DC. It has over 500 pages of comics in black and white. And they were each only 25 cents!
I also found a book I have been looking for my collection at The Dollar Store. The View From The Bridge by Nicholas Meyer.
I was very happy to find it!
Check out the pics.
Snagged some good stuff there!
Quote from: WillEagle on August 26, 2012, 03:39:31 PM
Finished Green Arrow - Into the Woods - 8. I think I like the old Green Arrow better than the New 52 version.
I also found some cool books. I was checking out the book sale room at the Library and found Watchman and a like new Challengers of the Unknown Showcase Presents from DC. It has over 500 pages of comics in black and white. And they were each only 25 cents!
I also found a book I have been looking for my collection at The Dollar Store. The View From The Bridge by Nicholas Meyer.
I was very happy to find it!
Check out the pics.
unbelievable! I'm heading over to the dollar store tomorrow.
Quote from: Rico on August 26, 2012, 04:31:23 PM
Snagged some good stuff there!
I was pretty stoked when I found them. I got $62 worth of books for $2!!! And I almost didn't go to the book section at the Dollar Store! I won't even think about skipping it again.
davekill, did you find one of those books?
Just read the latest Voyager Book and WOW! Not something I expected and kinda of sad in places, but a great ride.
Quote from: X on August 30, 2012, 08:27:51 PM
Just read the latest Voyager Book and WOW! Not something I expected and kinda of sad in places, but a great ride.
[spoiler]Didn't Janeway die in a recent book? did they bring her back yet?[/spoiler]
Quote from: Jobydrone on August 31, 2012, 05:22:45 AM
Quote from: X on August 30, 2012, 08:27:51 PM
Just read the latest Voyager Book and WOW! Not something I expected and kinda of sad in places, but a great ride.
[spoiler]Didn't Janeway die in a recent book? did they bring her back yet?[/spoiler]
[spoiler] She died a few years ago. It was a fixed point it time that couldn't be altered. That's addressed this new book. [/spoiler]
My copy of the new Voyager book just arrived. I can't wait. I have really enjoyed Kirsten Beyer's VOY novels. Great stuff!
Kevin
Went to a new store today that sells used stuff and comics. I have been talking to the guy a few times because he comes to the store I work at. I knew he was going to have comics so I wanted to go. He only had about 7 boxes out today but I did end up buying all 3 Hunger Games books for $10!!!! The 2nd and 3rd being in hardback!! I already had the 1st one so I'll just sell the extra copy. I have been falling into some good deals lately!!
Going to try and start the Hunger Games series soon but still reading some graphic novels and I did read a book about Sandy Koufax who was a pitcher for the Dodgers teams in the 50's and 60's. Good book.
Sandy Koufax - 8.
Ant-Man - Season One - 8. Another good one from the Season One books.
Batman and Robin - Vol. 1 Born to Kill - 8. From the 1st few issues of the new 52 series. Of course being Batman it was a little dark. And Damien is in need of some professional help! There was a part near the end that was quite gruesome for himm being only 10 years old! I still enjoyed the story but I think that was a little over the top.
[spoiler]It was when Damien stuck his fingers in Morgan's head. I understand that he's a trained assassin and Bruce is trying to help him but that was just gross.[/spoiler]
Read a couple more graphic novels fom the library.
Green Lantern Vol. 1 - Sinestro - 9. From the new 52.
Spiderman - The Other: evolve or Die - 10! Very good book!
Reading right now the War of the Green Lanterns.
I was looking on Amazon for Trek books and came across this one. It looks like it could be awesome. Check it out at Amazon. Comes out on November 20. Pre-order now for $55.
Star Trek: Federation - The First 150 Years.
Re-reading Jurassic Park and then the Lost World, maybe a couple more Michael Crichton books after those too, I enjoyed Sphere and some of his other earlier books. I miss that guy.
I just read Michael Chrichton's Airframe a month or so ago. Not sci fi but if you find forensic investigation and aviation cool, I highly recommend it. I love his books.
Quote from: WillEagle on September 11, 2012, 07:06:18 PM
Read a couple more graphic novels fom the library.
Green Lantern Vol. 1 - Sinestro - 9. From the new 52.
Spiderman - The Other: evolve or Die - 10! Very good book!
Reading right now the War of the Green Lanterns.
I was looking on Amazon for Trek books and came across this one. It looks like it could be awesome. Check it out at Amazon. Comes out on November 20. Pre-order now for $55.
Star Trek: Federation - The First 150 Years.
Yeah, the Federation book looks good. I posted about it here: http://www.treksinscifi.com/forum/index.php?topic=10440.0 (http://www.treksinscifi.com/forum/index.php?topic=10440.0)
Finished up "11/22/63" and really enjoyed it. Started the "Darth Plagueis" book now. Having trouble getting into it so far.
I loved Darth Plagueis, but it does take a while and it's written in an odd way which can be a bit of a challenge. Worth the effort, though.
Brought and finished the new star gate Atlantis book last night.
I'm reading the collection of Star Trek Mirror Universe books from a few years back. Very well written. I love unseen history of the Star Trek universe.
Read some more graphic novels from the library and picked up a couple more of the New 52 graphic novels as well. Picked up Wonder Woman & Hawk and Dove. Here my list of some I recently finished.
Green Lantern - War of the Green Lanterns - 9. Check this one out if you get the chance!
New Avengers - Civil War - 9.
Peter Parker Spiderman - Civil War - 9.
Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman - Mystery Date - 7. This took place during Civil War but the storyline didn't cover it.
Hulk - Sesaon One - 6. Not to good. My least favorite of the Season One books. The Story and Art style didn't measure up to the other books. I won't be reading the Doctor Strange Season One. Never cared for that character.
Just picked up the new Halo book and the new Rick Riordan book
I'm "reading" In The Shadow Of The Matterhorn: Intimate Stories of Life, Love and Laughter at Disneyland by David W. Smith. Fun book!
Still been reading graphic novels but I did pick up "Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide" updated in 2012. Very interesting so far. It covers Clone Wars and the Knights of the Old Republic video game and even some Lego stuff.
Here is the list of Graphic novels I have read recently.
Batman - Batman and Son - 6. Damien shows up.
Fantastic Four/Spiderman - Classic - 7. Old stories put into one book.
Spiderman - Back in Black - 7. Peter Parker having a rough time since Civil War.
The Defenders - Vol. 1 - 4. This was so bad they didn't give it a name.
Batman - Earth One - 5. I liked the Superman: Earth One a lot better!
Hawk and Dove - Vol. 1 First Strikes - 5. A New 52 book that wasn't very good but I didn't know much about these characters.
Wonder Woman - Vol. 1 Blood - 4. I got a blood-ly nose when I fell asleep and it hit me in the face! Don't waste your time on this New 52 book.
Aquaman - Vol. 1 The Trench - 8. The New 52 book that was worth reading. I enjoyed this one.
Currently reading the latest Star Trek TNG book called "Persistence Of Memory" by David Mack. Refreshingly good after several of the last years Star Trek books being at or below average. This is the first of a trilogy and judging by it the series promises to be a very good indeed.
Also re-reading the TNG coffee table book called "The Continuing Mission". It was released 15 years ago for TNG's tenth anniversary. I can hardly believe it was that long! Anyway, this is a very fine reference book as for the history and behind the scenes look at the production of TNG. Should be in everyone's library if you are a TNG fan.
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I have "The Continuing Mission" book. I have looked through it but never read it yet.
I just reread The Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett. It has probably been more than 40 years since I first read it.
Also Rising Thunder by David Weber. Those damn arrogant Solarians, I mean earthlings. LOL
psik
Here is a new book Babylon 5 fans may enjoy by Claudia Christian called "Babylon Confidential". She also wrote a book back in 2007 called "My Life with Geeks and Freaks".
http://www.amazon.com/Babylon-Confidential-Memoir-Love-Addiction/dp/1937856062/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352128477&sr=8-1&keywords=babylon+confidential (http://www.amazon.com/Babylon-Confidential-Memoir-Love-Addiction/dp/1937856062/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352128477&sr=8-1&keywords=babylon+confidential)
Got my Superman Earth One vol. 2 from Amazon today, gonna dig in!
Didn't even know this was out. I enjoyed vol. 1 and I need to get this one too!
Just came out this week, I forgot that I pre-ordered it. It's nice to get a gift from Past Chris. Usually Past Chris screws over Future Chris but not this time!
It's just as good as the first volume, maybe even a touch better. I like this reinvention of Supes more than the New 52 to be honest.
I've actually been reading Dean Koontz's first in the series of Frankenstein books. It reads on about the level of a pulp fiction story from the 1940s (although it's set in the modern day).
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Victor Frankenstein is still alive, under the alias of Victor Helios, because he invented a way to extend his life and the life of his creations. and has been building an army of superhumans, The original monster is still alive and survived by appearing as a freak show attraction in carnivals and then spent many years in the Himalayan mountains studying meditation to learn to control his evil impulses.
The main protagonists in the story are two New Orleans police officers who are trying to solve the murders of various victims found without certain body parts.
Fun fast read but I doubt I will read the others in the series when I am finished.
I'm reading Sky Dragons by Todd McCaffrey. I don't find his stuff very well written, unlike his mother - Anne McCaffrey (RIP). Alot of characters and to add to that, the same characters from different timeframes. It gets confusing fast. But I've read all of the Pern novels and am determined to get through this one!
I've always wanted to read those books Ktrek, I might pick that up soon. Never really enjoyed the author though.
Love Pern, I re-read the first trilogy at least once every five or six years. The other books are a little uneven but are mostly great. I remember really liking the Masterharper of Pern and that being about the last novel I can say I truly loved in that series.
Quote from: Chris-El on November 08, 2012, 08:20:35 PM
Got my Superman Earth One vol. 2 from Amazon today, gonna dig in!
I really enjoyed the 1st one and I'm looking foward to reading this whenever I can get it. I didn't care for the Batman: Earth One book. It wasn't terrible but not anything like the Superman title was.
i've started hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, it's very good so far.
Quote from: Jobydrone on November 09, 2012, 10:38:15 PM
I've always wanted to read those books Ktrek, I might pick that up soon. Never really enjoyed the author though.
Love Pern, I re-read the first trilogy at least once every five or six years. The other books are a little uneven but are mostly great. I remember really liking the Masterharper of Pern and that being about the last novel I can say I truly loved in that series.
I remember trying to read the original trilogy when I was younger, but it just hadn't interested me. I tried several times to read Dragonflight and failed each time.
Then Dragonsdawn came out, and then I was hooked-line and sinker. I think I read that book once a month for six months. And I started reading all the other Pern novels after that. Well, almost everything. I didn't read Dragondrums yet.
After posting my message last night, I went back and continued reading Sky Dragons, I'm halfway through it now. I'll probably be finished in another day or so. Then on to the next book. I used to have a goal of reading one book a week...I slacked off for the past 5 months.....
Finished Frankenstein and wouldn't you know it it ends as a cliffhanger. So, if I want to get the whole story it looks like I'll have to buy the other four novels in the series. I was hoping that each novel was a self-contained story but nope!
In any case I have something ready to read for the classic science fiction group I joined. They are reading Frederik Pohl's classic novel "Gateway". It's the first in a series of the Heechee saga but as far as I know each story is self-contained. The story switches back and forth every other chapter of the main character and his computer psychoanalyst and his narration of his off world trip to the Gateway as a prospector in hopes of becoming rich. So far I do not really like the main character but the Gateway part of the story is interesting. I hope it gets better. It could use a little less sex and a little more adventure for my taste as well. I hope next months book is better!
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Man that "Gateway" book takes me back. Read that many years ago when I was in the Science Fiction book club. Still have a hardcover of it around here somewhere. Cool, old school style SF book.
Gateway is an excellent book. There are a few books that followed if it captures your fancy. Pohl is one of my favorite authors. He did a few collaborations with Jack Williamson that I really enjoyed.
I just picked up an audio book by Brandon Sanderson (the guy who is finishing The Wheel of Time series) called "The Way of Kings". Looking forward to starting it on the drive to and from The Texas Renaissance Festival. :)
Quote from: Jen on November 13, 2012, 10:38:32 AM
I just picked up an audio book by Brandon Sanderson (the guy who is finishing The Wheel of Time series) called "The Way of Kings". Looking forward to starting it on the drive to and from The Texas Renaissance Festival. :)
My wife really enjoyed that one, she's a big WOT fan too.
Finished Sky Dragons of Pern. Now reading Poseidon's Arrow by Clive Cussler. Yeah, I know, but it's shameless fun!
Reading another "classic" novel from 1951 by Edmond Hamilton called City At World's End. Pretty cool story about a Midwestern American town after a super-atomic bomb destroys the world. The power of the bomb distorted time and space and hurled the entire city of 50,000 into the far distant future. The Earth is scorched and the sun is dying and what for them was minutes was in reality millions of years passed. The struggle of the community to survive by relocating to a discovered abandoned domed city is pretty interesting. To think about the logistics of moving that many people and trying to pull together to ensure the future and safety of the only known humans left on Earth. I'm about half way through and am really enjoying it. If anyone is interested in reading it on their ereader it is availble for free online at:
http://manybooks.net/titles/hamiltoneother05cityworldsend.html (http://manybooks.net/titles/hamiltoneother05cityworldsend.html)
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Kevin
Re-listening to The Gathering Storm and Towers at Midnight in preparation of the final Wheel of Time novel, which should be released in January.
Quote from: Jen on November 13, 2012, 10:38:32 AM
I just picked up an audio book by Brandon Sanderson (the guy who is finishing The Wheel of Time series) called "The Way of Kings". Looking forward to starting it on the drive to and from The Texas Renaissance Festival. :)
I started listening to this with my husband this weekend. We only got two disks in. Dave liked it so much, he took the audio book and is listening to the rest of it at work... I will have to wait, I guess, until he finishes it before I can listen again. :D I'm just glad he likes it.
Read Masters of Doom by David Kushner for my last podcast episode. Really great book that goes into great detail about the history and personalities behind id software, makers of games like Commander Keen, Doom and Quake.
http://www.amazon.ca/Masters-Doom-Created-Transformed-Culture/dp/0375505245 (http://www.amazon.ca/Masters-Doom-Created-Transformed-Culture/dp/0375505245)
Quote from: Jen on November 20, 2012, 11:34:04 AM
Quote from: Jen on November 13, 2012, 10:38:32 AM
I just picked up an audio book by Brandon Sanderson (the guy who is finishing The Wheel of Time series) called "The Way of Kings". Looking forward to starting it on the drive to and from The Texas Renaissance Festival. :)
I started listening to this with my husband this weekend. We only got two disks in. Dave liked it so much, he took the audio book and is listening to the rest of it at work... I will have to wait, I guess, until he finishes it before I can listen again. :D I'm just glad he likes it.
That's how my wife is whenever I show interest in fantasy series that she reads...you should have seen her face when I devoured Game of Thrones. Still haven't got my feet wet on Wheel of Time though, very daunting.
Would you believe I just starting reading STAR WARS "Shatterpoint" on my kindle. I just finished STAR WARS "Deceived". Catching up on some post Ep I and II EU I never read.
Shatterpoint is a really cool book. Did more for the Windu character than the films ever did. Deceived is also pretty good.
Another classic this time by Poul Anderson called Time and Stars (issued 1964). It's a collection of 6 of his short stories. I've always loved Poul Anderson's work.
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Kevin
I have recently finished more of The New 52 graphic novels. I have really been enjoying the DC relaunch that started last year. I have been able to read most of the books I wanted either by buying them or waiting for the graphic novel which I got from the library.
Batman The Dark Knight - Vol. 1 Knight Terrors - 9. Probably my favorite Batman book of the new 52.
Superboy - Vol. 1 Incubation - 9. I really liked this and its the only Super book I don't get.
Batman Detective Comics - Vol. 1 Faces of Death - 7. I bought the first few issues of this when it came out and I didn't like it enough to keep buying it so I got this to see what happened.
Finished Captain America: Bicentennial Battles and Peter Parker Spiderman: Back in Black. Both of those were not to bad.
Captain America - 6. Stories from the mid 70's. No cussing in this but It was funny to see what they would yell out in place of a colorful metaphor.
Spiderman - 7. Didn't enjoy the Black in Black stories as much as I have some others I have been reading.
Now I'm reading Batman: Death by Design and Arnold Schwarzenegger: Total Recall - My Unbelievably True Life Story. This book is 618 pages! With index included its 646. So far its been very interesting.
I'm back into the Captain's Table Trek stories (alongside some classic Conan Doyle). I bought these as ebooks years ago, well before ebooks really existed, and haven't read them in ages.
I'm not sure what comes after that. It will probably be into the follow up series to the Lost Fleet books that Joe put me on to. It's far to easy to buy books on a Kindle.
I just finished the GIANT Star Trek graphic novel "Debt of Honor" from 1992 that Will recommended on our Trek Comic podcast, really well done. Just started reading "The Holy Road" by Michael Blake, which is the sequel to his novel "Dances with Wolves". I read the book before I ever saw the movie but I never knew a sequel came out a few years ago.
Wow I never really knew anything about the book version of DWW. I'll have to read both now!
The book was written from the screenplay that Michael Blake wrote but couldn't get made. Kevin Costner advised him to put it out as a novel and then he scooped up the movie rights immediately. So, it was meant to be a movie, but came out as a paperback about 3 years before the movie and did well enough for them to get some funding for the movie.
Back when Kevin Costner was cool! One of my favorites of his movies. I love Graham Greene too, he's great. Thunderheart!
I am reading a compendium of all the ACD Sherlock Holmes stories at the moment (some I've never read) so when I feel like a break I'll check out those.
I picked up the bluray of Dances about a month ago, it really is a wonderful movie. Something to be said for doing most stuff in camera. Some shots still blow me away, 22 years later. There's been rumors of making "Holy Road" into a movie as well, with Viggo Mortensen as Dunbar, apparently he was close to playing him in the 1990 movie.
I read a Holmes omnibus a while ago. Those are fun stories, some very iconic.
Quote from: Chris-El on December 05, 2012, 03:30:42 PM
I just finished the GIANT Star Trek graphic novel "Debt of Honor" from 1992 that Will recommended on our Trek Comic podcast, really well done. Just started reading "The Holy Road" by Michael Blake, which is the sequel to his novel "Dances with Wolves". I read the book before I ever saw the movie but I never knew a sequel came out a few years ago.
One of my all time favorite Trek Graphic novels, Chris.
I need to get into some Sherlock Holmes stories also. I have one here but just never read it yet.
I also finished Batman: Death By Design. Very good book and all the art was done in black and white. Worth a look if your a comic fan and certainly if your a Batman fan.
Classic sci-fi is my thing lately as it's just so much fun. Not the greatest high prose in the world but a step above comics, which I no longer read. This is a collection of short stories by Murray Leinster who was one of early sci-fi's greatest authors. Maybe not as well known as Heinlein and Bradbury but in sci-fi circles he was well-known and respected. This collection is called "Monsters and Such". I would say that of the stories I have read so far the monsters of the title are aliens and how humans deal with them. A common theme seems to be that aliens need to be destroyed because if we don't destroy them they will ultimately destroy us. I have found the stories I have read so far to be rather entertaining and creative. Maybe along the lines of the Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock or Outer Limits TV shows. Here is the cover:
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Just finished Green Arrow - Salvation. It was part of the Brightest Day story. It wasn't too bad. I give it a rating of 7. Now to finish the Arnold bio.
Recently finished two graphic novels from the library and enjoyed them both.
A vs X - 8. Very good. I lucked out and got the $75 book they released that included all 12 issues of A vs X and the 6 part AVX vrs series that showed one on one fights between the different heroes. It had a total of 22 issues and was quite heavy. Not one to fall asleep reading because it would probably break your nose!
Birds of Prey - Vol. 1 Trouble in Mind. - 8. I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Very good story and art. I will be checking out Vol. 2 when it comes out.
With the comic Saga, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples have an incredible book on their hands, and it's still relatively new (latest issue was #8). The publishers describe it as Star Wars meets Game Of Thrones, and that's fairly close to the feel of the book. It follows the story of two star-crossed lovers and their infant daughter as they flee agents from both sides of an intergalactic war. Each of the pair are ex-soldiers from opposing sides in the conflict who realize the war isn't as important to them as being together is. Kind of like Romeo and Juliet, but in outer space. And Romeo is a sword wielding, goat-horned dude who uses magic. And Juliet is a top-notch soldier woman with wings. Also, there's people with TVs for heads, and a bounty hunter whose sidekick is a giant, lie-detecting sentient cat.
The trade paperback of the first 6 issues is already out, and at around $7, it is super-affordable. If you like well-written space-opera and incredible art, you should check it out. :biggrin
I finished a really good book last night or should I say really early this morning.
'Star Wars - The Ultimate Visual Guide' - 8. This is a coffee table book and is filled with tons of cool pictures. It contains a history of the Star Wars Universe and a behind the scenes section among a few others. This was a updated version that came out in April of 2012.
Now reading 'Spiderman - One More Day' graphic novel. So far pretty good.
Quote from: wraith1701 on December 30, 2012, 05:51:29 AM
With the comic Saga, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples have an incredible book on their hands, and it's still relatively new (latest issue was #8). The publishers describe it as Star Wars meets Game Of Thrones, and that's fairly close to the feel of the book. It follows the story of two star-crossed lovers and their infant daughter as they flee agents from both sides of an intergalactic war. Each of the pair are ex-soldiers from opposing sides in the conflict who realize the war isn't as important to them as being together is. Kind of like Romeo and Juliet, but in outer space. And Romeo is a sword wielding, goat-horned dude who uses magic. And Juliet is a top-notch soldier woman with wings. Also, there's people with TVs for heads, and a bounty hunter whose sidekick is a giant, lie-detecting sentient cat.
The trade paperback of the first 6 issues is already out, and at around $7, it is super-affordable. If you like well-written space-opera and incredible art, you should check it out. :biggrin
Brian K Vaughn wrote one of my favorite series, Y-The Last Man, which is coming out soon as a movie I think. I hadn't heard about Saga so really looking forward to checking it out.
Quote from: Bryancd on November 20, 2012, 03:35:24 PM
Would you believe I just starting reading STAR WARS "Shatterpoint" on my kindle. I just finished STAR WARS "Deceived". Catching up on some post Ep I and II EU I never read.
Did you like "Shatterpoint"? I thought it was well written. I just finished "Jedi Quest" which was pretty meh. :)
I just read #1 of Saga. Liked it. Downloaded #2.
Finished reading Spiderman - One More Day and got mad reading it. I didn't like what they had to do to save Aunt Mae. What they gave up and to who they had to give it up to. Most of the Spiderman books I have been reading I enjoyed alot more than this one. I know why they did it but didn't care how it happened. And I liked the Peter/MJ relationship just like it was.
Spiderman - One More Day - 6.
Now reading The Incredible Hulk 'Regression.' Which is a reprint of some of the older issues. Banner can change into the Hulk at will ad The Hulk has Banner's brain. Kinda reminded me off 'The Avengers' Hulk.
Feathers, I have read the first three of those books and they are very good books. I agree about how realistic they are. I have the 4th book to read.
Reading another sic-fi classic. This time it's The Time Traders by Andre Norton. Norton is one of the most respected authors in science fiction. Most people think she was male but back in the day it was hard to get published let alone read if you were a female writer. That said though she has written some of the best books in science fiction and fantasy genres. This particular book kind of blends sci-fi and fantasy into one story. The basic premise is that the Russians have discovered a way to time travel to bring back technology. It's kind of a cold war story in a way where the British government is time traveling as well to try and get technology before the Russians do. In the book they call the Russians the Reds. The twist of the story is that instead of going into the future the technology lies in the past. It's also partly like a spy novel in that the main characters train and go undercover learning to blend into the time periods they are going back to. Kind of a fun romp.
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Kevin
I got the last Wheel of Time book yesterday and finished it in one ultra long sitting because I just couldn't put it down.
Quote from: X on January 11, 2013, 05:43:46 AM
I got the last Wheel of Time book yesterday and finished it in one ultra long sitting because I just couldn't put it down.
I have been working through Memory Of Light myself. I am too heavily invested in this series to not read the last one!
I recently finished 3 books and enjoyed them all. They would all be worth your time to find them.
The Incredible Hulk - Regression - 8. This was a reprint of some older issues and I found it very interesting and I enjoyed the old style storytelling and art.
Superman - Earth One Vol. 2 - 8. I didn't like this one as well as the first but it was still very good. I didn't care for the bad guy in this and I found myself wanting it to get back to the Clark Kent story which for some reason I really enjoyed.
Total Recall - Arnold Schwarzenegger Bio - 8. I would have gave it a ten but I got bored during the Govenator chapters and the scandal chapter at the end of the book. I found it very interesting about his childhood and when he came to America and the chapters about his movies. Very long book but worth my time.
Now reading a Captain America and Bucky graphic novel called 'The Life Story of Bucky Barnes'. Also reading some Entertainment Weekly's I got at the library.
Quote from: X on January 11, 2013, 05:43:46 AM
I got the last Wheel of Time book yesterday and finished it in one ultra long sitting because I just couldn't put it down.
My wife finished it pretty fast as well, and cried many times.
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Quote from: X on January 11, 2013, 05:43:46 AM
I got the last Wheel of Time book yesterday and finished it in one ultra long sitting because I just couldn't put it down.
My wife finished it pretty fast as well, and cried many times.
Yeah, it's that kind of book. I didn't cry, but I did end the series very happy and satisfied.
Finished Captain America & Bucky - "The Life Story of Bucky Barnes". I enjoyed it and the last part was about him being the Winter Soldier which I didn't know much about.
The Life Story of Bucky Barnes - 9. Worth a read if your a Cap fan.
After reading The New 52 grapic novel Teen Titans Vol. 1 I read The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Visual Companion. I enjoyed both of them.
Teen Titans - Vol. 1 - It's Our Right To Fight - 9. This was really good with a nice mixture of Characters. Red Robin leads the team.
The Hobbit - Visual Companion - 7. This was a quick read with a lot of cool pictures. They had a page devoted to about every character in the movie. I got this at the library but here is a link if you want to check it out for yourself.http://www.amazon.com/The-Hobbit-Unexpected-Journey-Companion/dp/0547898568/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1359081867&sr=8-5&keywords=the+hobbit+an+unexpected+journey (http://www.amazon.com/The-Hobbit-Unexpected-Journey-Companion/dp/0547898568/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1359081867&sr=8-5&keywords=the+hobbit+an+unexpected+journey)
Read some more graphic novels yesterday. The first one was Spiderman: The Graphic Novels. This has 4 seperate grahic novels that were originally printed in the 80's and 90's. The 4 stories are called "Hooky", "Parallel Lives", "Spirts of the Earth" & "Fear Itself". "Hooky" wasn't very good. My favorite was "Spirts of the Earth" which had spiderman in Scotland. I also read Green Lantern: New Guardians Vol. 1: The Ring Bearer.
Spiderman : The Graphic Novels - 7.
Green Lantern: New Guardians Vol. 1 - The Ring Bearer - 9. Very good! The new 52 Green Lantern books have been good reads.
Here is a link for the Spiderman.
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Graphic-Novels-Susan-Putney/dp/0785160655/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359297357&sr=8-1&keywords=spiderman+the+graphic+novels (http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Graphic-Novels-Susan-Putney/dp/0785160655/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359297357&sr=8-1&keywords=spiderman+the+graphic+novels)
Reading the latest Star Trek book by David R. George III. He's one of my personal favorite Trek authors.
I'm only a little over a 100 pages in but the story is not up to his usual standards so far. It's not that it's a bad story it just reads like an episode of Star Trek rather than a feature film. The story involved the Enterprise during the 4th year of it's mission doing a planetary survey. While scanning the surface they discover what seems to be materials that would compose the construction of a city. When Kirk and company beam down they do discover a city but one that has been devastated. By all appearances it seems like it had happened ages ago but then they discover it had recently been abandoned or the entire population relocated. Kirk wants to know why and during the investigation to learn more about the people who had lived there they find themselves being attacked by missiles of unknown origin.
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STAR WARS: Scoundrels
I just finished a Regency Romance earlier today. That's my brain crack. I'm also just staring Wheel of Time Book 4: The Shadow Rising, and I really need to sit down and finish the last two books of the Star Trek: Vanguard series. Also most of the way through a set of steampunk short stories on my iPad. If you like steampunk, check out the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences.
Karen
Just started reading Star Trek Cold Equations by David Mack. Pretty good so far, dealing with Soong androids.
Are they fully functional and anatomically correct? :ohbaby
Karen
Quote from: Chris-El on January 27, 2013, 05:56:32 PM
Just started reading Star Trek Cold Equations by David Mack. Pretty good so far, dealing with Soong androids.
Chris - Did you save reading that one until all the books in the trilogy were released? You should enjoy the series as it's above average for Star Trek books. Not as good as David Mack's Destiny trilogy but I doubt he'll ever be able to top that series anyway. Still he is a very enjoyable writer, and has the characters and voices down pat.
Kevin
Just finished an awesome book today "Bond On Bond"!! This was written by Roger Moore himself and he shares a ton of behind the scenes info about all the movies. Most of it of course about his own. There is also a ton of great pictures and the book is over 200 pages but a fast read. I had trouble setting it down. If your a Bond fan you will like this book.
Bond On Bond - Reflections On 50 Years of James Bond Movies - 10!!!
Check out the link below!
http://www.amazon.com/Bond-Reflections-years-James-Movies/dp/0762782811/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359843062&sr=1-1&keywords=bond+on+bond (http://www.amazon.com/Bond-Reflections-years-James-Movies/dp/0762782811/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359843062&sr=1-1&keywords=bond+on+bond)
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Quote from: Chris-El on January 27, 2013, 05:56:32 PM
Just started reading Star Trek Cold Equations by David Mack. Pretty good so far, dealing with Soong androids.
Chris - Did you save reading that one until all the books in the trilogy were released? You should enjoy the series as it's above average for Star Trek books. Not as good as David Mack's Destiny trilogy but I doubt he'll ever be able to top that series anyway. Still he is a very enjoyable writer, and has the characters and voices down pat.
Kevin
Yes, I am about 3/4 of the way through. I am enjoying the first person narrative very much, I usually don't like that. Love David Mack.
I want to read that book Will. Glad you enjoyed it.
Quote from: Chris-El on February 02, 2013, 03:42:00 PM
Yes, I am about 3/4 of the way through. I am enjoying the first person narrative very much, I usually don't like that. Love David Mack.
The whole work is not in the first person narrative. Like you I don't usually like stories written that way but in this case it works very well. David Mack is probably one of Trek's very best authors writing today. I used to think that Peter David's books could not be exceeded but Mack has him beat by a mile!
Kevin
Read "Superman - Earth One - Vol. 1" at Barnes & Noble while everyone was at their Superbowl parties. Interesting how JMS tries to make the destruction of Krypton more believable. Great use of TV/Movie style transitioning between scenes (dialogue preceding the next scene). Nice artwork. I didn't really like the villain so much.
Is this something I should stash away in a collection? Do you think it will be worth something down the line as a limited edition type of thing?
Quote from: Darmok on February 04, 2013, 02:28:14 PM
Read "Superman - Earth One - Vol. 1" at Barnes & Noble while everyone was at their Superbowl parties. Interesting how JMS tries to make the destruction of Krypton more believable. Great use of TV/Movie style transitioning between scenes (dialogue preceding the next scene). Nice artwork. I didn't really like the villain so much.
Is this something I should stash away in a collection? Do you think it will be worth something down the line as a limited edition type of thing?
Both of the Superman - Earth One books are really good and worth a spot in your collection. I don't know how limited they would be though.
They are awesome. I'm reading Batman:Gates of Gotham by Scott Snyder. Excellent. Big fan of Snyder's work on the New 52, my favorite book is Batman. Also has a one-shot on France's Batman, Nightrunner by Kyle Higgins, who is writing the excellent Nightwing.
I just finally read Batman Earth One...MAN it was good. Can't wait for the sequel.
I'll admit I didn't care for the Batman: Earth One. I thought the Superman: Earth One books were better.
I'm finally reading "A Princess of Mars" which is the first Edgar Rice Burroughs book about John Carter. Fun stuff!
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I'm finally reading "A Princess of Mars" which is the first Edgar Rice Burroughs book about John Carter. Fun stuff!
I really enjoy the Barsoom books by ERB. You have to admit that for the time period he wrote he had quite an imagination. A Princess of Mars was actually his first book. but was called by another title in serialized form in a pulp fiction magazine. He also wrote Tarzan of the Apes the first year. I have always enjoyed his books.
Currently I'm reading Eon by Greg Baer.
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Kevin
Just finished my re-read of the Hobbit, the cracked yellow page copy of my youth, not sure what to read next. I have several Pratchetts, a ton of Warhammer 40k novels and a few zombie novels to catch up on. Trouble is I'm studying at present and picking up books I will get hooked into is not a good idea. Good job George Martin takes so long to write his or I'd really be in trouble with another Game of Thrones epic to read
I recently read a couple more graphic novels. One is brand new and the other came out in the mid 70's.
Avengers X-Sanction - 8. Takes place right before A vs X. Fun quick read.
Superman vs Muhammad Ali - 8. I always wanted to read this and finally got it from the library. I got an updated version so the art is done in the modern form not the way it was done in the 70's. It was a story that could have been done today with just replacing Ali with The Rock or someone along that line. I don't know any current boxers to use as an example. Worth a look if you get the chance.
Now reading 'Custer' by Larry McMurtry. Interesting book with many pics.
I did finish Custer and it was a pretty good book. I also finished a Marvel Illustrated graphic novel of 'The Last of the Mohicans'. Now I'm going to try and get caught up on some of my magazines and comics.
I am reading 'Catching Fire' - since I want to be up to date before the movie is released.
I just finished a re-read of Stephen Kings "the Shining" to prepare for the sequel "Dr. Sleep" which comes out this September. Havent read this book since I was in high school but its always been one of my favorites
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I just finished a re-read of Stephen Kings "the Shining" to prepare for the sequel "Dr. Sleep" which comes out this September. Havent read this book since I was in high school but its always been one of my favorites
Hmm, I have always wanted to read The Shining. I have only seen the movie. I'll have to pick that one up.
I'm reading "Ash" by James Herbert. All about a paranormal investigator, looking into spooky goings-on in a remote Scottish Castle. A kindle bargain at £0.20 in the Kindle store! And a good read!!
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I just finished a re-read of Stephen Kings "the Shining" to prepare for the sequel "Dr. Sleep" which comes out this September. Havent read this book since I was in high school but its always been one of my favorites
Hmm, I have always wanted to read The Shining. I have only seen the movie. I'll have to pick that one up.
it's quite different than the Stanley Kubrik movie, a definite classic and one of the books that made Stephen Kings career. King has always disavowed the film version but i think both the book and the film are excellent. I just heard about an interesting documentary called "Room 237" which covers a group of people that almost religiously study the movie version of the Shining to look for secret clues and hidden messages they claim the director put in the film...some of the theories are pretty crazy.
Currently reading this months Star Trek book. It's another Original Series based book by a newcomer to Trek... Tony Daniel. And I must add another mediocre Star Trek novel. The prose is about the quality of a 1940s pulp sci-fi story. The basic premise is that an asteroid is on a collision course with a planet with a human colony of about 20,000 people. Kirk and company arrive at the planet to try and help evacuate but the population is determined to stay and have been preparing underground shelters for their hopeful survival. Of course Spock estimates that the chances of their extinction are almost 100%. The crew learns that the existing population has been genetically altered to survive on the planet and they are now biologically tied to the planet and thus cannot leave for longer periods than a week or two. The asteroid is too large and moving too fast to destroy it and thus all looks lost until Spock comes up with a possible longshot.....the Horta! Ooh! Like we didn't see that one coming! :o
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I have read some pretty good books which have the Horta involved. So I think this could be interesting. Based on your review Ktrek it seems to be a basic asteroid heading to a planet story with an obvious ending. So is it worth my 8 bucks?
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I have read some pretty good books which have the Horta involved. So I think this could be interesting. Based on your review Ktrek it seems to be a basic asteroid heading to a planet story with an obvious ending. So is it worth my 8 bucks?
I collect all the Star Trek fiction books released and so I spend the 8 bucks each month regardless. I'm not quite finished with the book but based on the quality of the writing alone I would say your money would be better spent elsewhere. The book is closer in style to the throw away Trek books of the 1990s. Episode of the week type story.
If you have not read the Star Trek Next Generation trilogy called Cold Equations by David Mack I would highly recommend those. Wonderful writing and excellently woven stories. They are worth every penny and a series I can easily see reading more than once. That said though to get the most out of them it would be advisable to read TNG book Immortal Coil by Jeffrey Lang. It was released about ten years back and may be hard to find new but an ebook version should be available. David Mack picks up many of the elements that Lang laid the foundation for. It's not necessary because Mack gives you enough information for you to follow without having read Immortal Coil but your enjoyment of the series I think would be greatly enhanced if you read Immortal Coil first.
I would also strongly recommend the Voyager relaunch books that Kirsten Beyer has done. Christie Golden was dropped when her VOY book sales declined and Kirsten was asked to try to pick up where Golden left off and fix things and she has done a marvelous job. Again though to get the context of where Kirsten takes Voyager it would be good to read Golden's last four books, which are...Homecoming, The Farther Shore, Spirit Walk books one and two. They are not necessary and they are all quick reads and not so well written but they do lay foundations for the post return of Voyager to the alpha quadrant and Beyer takes advantage of what she was left with and does an excellent job moving the story forward. Beyer's books actually make you miss Voyager and you come away from every book wanting more. Her books should be read in the following order:
Full Circle
Unworthy
Children of the Storm
Eternal Tide
She has another book coming in the series later this year.
I hope that is helpful to you. I can make other recommendations as well if you like.
Kevin
Thank you! Great recommendations. Looks like I need to get back into the Trek books. Been reading to many graphic novels.
Currently reading Stormwatch which is from the New 52 and features the Martian Manhunter.
Christie Golden wrote some pretty entertaining D & D books in the Ravenloft universe, I might check out her Voyager books if I can find them.
Right now I'm reading the Family Corleone, a prequel to the Godfather films. Enjoying it so far.
I can also recommend Christie Golden's World of Warcraft books. I enjoyed them quite a bit.
I'm finishing up Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton. Awesome hard sci fi.
My daughter has me reading The Inheritance Cycle books. Finished Eragon a while back and now on the second. They're not bad actually but they do remind me of aspects of other book series (but with dwarves, elves and dragons there's only so much new stuff that can be written so there's bound to be similarities).
As much as anything it's nice to have someone else in the house who's able to recommend interesting series. It's worth having your kids get older after all!
I greatly enjoyed all four of the Eragon/Inheritance series books.
Hit the comic shop yesterday. And....
NICE. Out of that bunch I piked up the Star Wars and Fantastic Four.
Also just finished reading the graphic novel Star Wars: Clone Wars Vol. 8 - The Last Siege, the Final Truth. I really liked it and I have one more book in the series to read.
Awesome. The only thing keeping my out of the comics shop these days is the risk of getting sucked into that wonderful vortex and spending a little too much dough. I wish my current local library branch carried some graphic novels!
Comics: I received Chris Ware's Building Stories as a gift and recently finished that. Amazing stuff, I love Ware. And it is packaged in a beautiful board game shaped box. Now re-reading the Jimmy Corrigan book. Really great.
Praxis, my library is part of a system with other librarys where I can search for about any book including graphic novels and put them on hold. I have read a ton of graphic novels from the library that shipped from other librarys in the system.
Recent Reads.
Stormwatch - Vol. 1 - The Dark Side - 6. This was ok so I probaby won't check out the next one. This series is very sci-fi in nature if you know what I mean. That wasn't why I gave it a 6 though just didn't enjoy the story.
Nightwing - Vol. 1 - Traps and Trapezes - 8. Very good story where Dick is running a circus.
Batgirl - Vol. 2 - Knightfall Descends - 10. This was very good and I really liked the Zero issue that was part of the graphic novel. This is one to check out!
The Flash - Vol. 1 - Move Foward - 8. This was an interesting start to the series and some characters I didn't know. A lot about the speed force.
Green Lantern - Vol. 2 - The Revenge of the Black Hand - 7. This had some Black Lantern stuff that was kinda gross to me anyway.
War of the Green Lanterns - Aftermath - 8. This takes place before the New 52.
Now reading Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Vol. 1 - Force Storm and the Haynes Star Wars Millennium Falcon which is very cool.
Finally picked up Star Wars #3 (loving the Alex Ross covers!), also JLA #1 (cool, different team. Catwoman!) New X-Men # 9 and Guardians of the Galaxy #1. If you want to be up on the new movie you should start this new series.
WillEagle: That is awesome. I was always much more of a marvel guy so I would love to get more familiar with the DC stuff. I'll have to see if I can get my hands on some of these. I've heard lots of good things about Nightwing so that will be on the top of my list. Also I've been curious about Flash because the title seems to have such a loyal following.
I have been enjoying the New 52 from DC for some time now. Lots of cool stuff to read. Check out Superman, Aquaman and Justice League. I even liked Justice League International but is was cancelled after 10 issues and a annual.
Also I just picked this up today. It's the 60th Anniversary Issue of TV Guide. It has 6 different covers covering the decades from the 50's to the 2000's. Covers we all would like include the 60's which you can probably guess is Star Trek and the 2000's which is Lost. The mag does include a pull out poster of all the covers. The wife wanted the Lost cover and I wanted the Trek one of course. So to keep the peace at home and to get out of hopefully doing the dishes (probably not) I let her get the Lost cover. Of course my mags with Trek on them out number her Lost ones by a very large number. Plus she had just bought me a Trek mag for my birthday.
Check out the pic of the Lost issue.
This week I've been listening to "It" on audiobook while working. So fantastic. Creepy fun and insightful characterization that rings true. I love me some SK!
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This week I've been listening to "It" on audiobook while working. So fantastic. Creepy fun and insightful characterization that rings true. I love me some SK!
Cannot WAIT for the sequel to the Shining, Dr. Sleep, which hits in September I believe. That will be AWESOME!!!
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This week I've been listening to "It" on audiobook while working. So fantastic. Creepy fun and insightful characterization that rings true. I love me some SK!
Cannot WAIT for the sequel to the Shining, Dr. Sleep, which hits in September I believe. That will be AWESOME!!!
Oh sweet, I was unaware of that! woohoo! I LOVE The Shining (book). :thumbsup
Have you read the new Dark Tower book? What did you think?
And how about 11/22/63? I thought it was awesome.
Just finished a Star Wars Omnibus "At War With the Empire" - Vol. 1. This was 404 pages of Star Wars! It is set between Ep. 1 and 2. It covers many issues of the Empire comic series. I really enjoyed it and thanks to my local library I have Vol. 2 here.
I also recently read "Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi" - Vol. 1. This takes place long before A New Hope but I thought it was well done.
I also just picked up from the library "Star Trek: The Visual Dictionary." 96 pages. Looking foward to reading this!
At War With The Empire - Vol. 1 - 9.
Dawn of the Jedi - Vol. 1 - 8.
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This week I've been listening to "It" on audiobook while working. So fantastic. Creepy fun and insightful characterization that rings true. I love me some SK!
Cannot WAIT for the sequel to the Shining, Dr. Sleep, which hits in September I believe. That will be AWESOME!!!
Oh sweet, I was unaware of that! woohoo! I LOVE The Shining (book). :thumbsup
Have you read the new Dark Tower book? What did you think?
And how about 11/22/63? I thought it was awesome.
11/22/63 is my favorite SK book in many years, maybe decades. I've read everything, but this story was just miles away from anything else in recent memory. I was pretty bummed by the whole way the Dark Tower turned out, it was so obviously rushed toward the end that the last three books just didn't compare to the first four. The recent stand alone book was okay but forgettable, I can't even remember the title right now. I'm a huge fan of his collaborations with Peter Straub, especially the first one, Talisman. There's been a rumored sequel for years now, I hope it turns out to be true.
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This week I've been listening to "It" on audiobook while working. So fantastic. Creepy fun and insightful characterization that rings true. I love me some SK!
Cannot WAIT for the sequel to the Shining, Dr. Sleep, which hits in September I believe. That will be AWESOME!!!
Oh sweet, I was unaware of that! woohoo! I LOVE The Shining (book). :thumbsup
Have you read the new Dark Tower book? What did you think?
And how about 11/22/63? I thought it was awesome.
11/22/63 is my favorite SK book in many years, maybe decades. I've read everything, but this story was just miles away from anything else in recent memory. I was pretty bummed by the whole way the Dark Tower turned out, it was so obviously rushed toward the end that the last three books just didn't compare to the first four. The recent stand alone book was okay but forgettable, I can't even remember the title right now. I'm a huge fan of his collaborations with Peter Straub, especially the first one, Talisman. There's been a rumored sequel for years now, I hope it turns out to be true.
I agree, '63 was his best book since....I don't know, Drawing of the Three maybe. Lots of heart, great concept.
I just finished reading the TNG series Cold Equations by David Mack. Excellent, best Trek in A LONG time. Changes some stuff.
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This week I've been listening to "It" on audiobook while working. So fantastic. Creepy fun and insightful characterization that rings true. I love me some SK!
Cannot WAIT for the sequel to the Shining, Dr. Sleep, which hits in September I believe. That will be AWESOME!!!
Oh sweet, I was unaware of that! woohoo! I LOVE The Shining (book). :thumbsup
Have you read the new Dark Tower book? What did you think?
And how about 11/22/63? I thought it was awesome.
11/22/63 is my favorite SK book in many years, maybe decades. I've read everything, but this story was just miles away from anything else in recent memory. I was pretty bummed by the whole way the Dark Tower turned out, it was so obviously rushed toward the end that the last three books just didn't compare to the first four. The recent stand alone book was okay but forgettable, I can't even remember the title right now. I'm a huge fan of his collaborations with Peter Straub, especially the first one, Talisman. There's been a rumored sequel for years now, I hope it turns out to be true.
Yeah! I've used 11/22/63 to convert people into SK fans. So good.
I've been meaning to read Talisman. It sounds great.
I agree that the new DT book was a bit forgettable...fun little tale but forgettable. I did like the entire previous run though, not disappointed with the end (my dad shares your opinion, I can see the reasons). For me the apex was book 4, fantastic.
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This week I've been listening to "It" on audiobook while working. So fantastic. Creepy fun and insightful characterization that rings true. I love me some SK!
Cannot WAIT for the sequel to the Shining, Dr. Sleep, which hits in September I believe. That will be AWESOME!!!
Oh sweet, I was unaware of that! woohoo! I LOVE The Shining (book). :thumbsup
Have you read the new Dark Tower book? What did you think?
And how about 11/22/63? I thought it was awesome.
11/22/63 is my favorite SK book in many years, maybe decades. I've read everything, but this story was just miles away from anything else in recent memory. I was pretty bummed by the whole way the Dark Tower turned out, it was so obviously rushed toward the end that the last three books just didn't compare to the first four. The recent stand alone book was okay but forgettable, I can't even remember the title right now. I'm a huge fan of his collaborations with Peter Straub, especially the first one, Talisman. There's been a rumored sequel for years now, I hope it turns out to be true.
I agree, '63 was his best book since....I don't know, Drawing of the Three maybe. Lots of heart, great concept.
I just finished reading the TNG series Cold Equations by David Mack. Excellent, best Trek in A LONG time. Changes some stuff.
Ded-a-chek? Dad-a-chum? :) This DT talk is gettin me in the mood.
Thanks for mentioning Cold Equations. Just looked it up, lots of good reviews. I read some of the tng books back in the day (vendetta, imzadi, q-squared) and have been wanting to get back into something good. I'm definitely going to read this soon. Can't wait.
You should check out the various Dark Tower comic series if you havent yet, they're really pretty good. Of course not really comparable to actual Stephen King but they do a good job for the most part.
And it's funny he three ST books you mentioned there are probably my three favorites of them all! Anybody heard how Peter David is faring? Hearing about Cold Equations makes me want to catch up on the TNG relaunch books I've missed. I never finished Before Dishonor and I know quite a bit has happened in the TNG universe since then.
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You should check out the various Dark Tower comic series if you havent yet, they're really pretty good. Of course not really comparable to actual Stephen King but they do a good job for the most part.
And it's funny he three ST books you mentioned there are probably my three favorites of them all! Anybody heard how Peter David is faring? Hearing about Cold Equations makes me want to catch up on the TNG relaunch books I've missed. I never finished Before Dishonor and I know quite a bit has happened in the TNG universe since then.
I read the first two collections and I LOVE Jae Lee's art. Wow. And the colorist.
Nice, yeah of those 3 mentioned, I think q-squared was my favorite. (If I'm remembering correctly) So clever (and funny) how it explains why the enterprise seemed to run into temporal anomalies wayyy too often :). Love it.
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You should check out the various Dark Tower comic series if you havent yet, they're really pretty good. Of course not really comparable to actual Stephen King but they do a good job for the most part.
And it's funny he three ST books you mentioned there are probably my three favorites of them all! Anybody heard how Peter David is faring? Hearing about Cold Equations makes me want to catch up on the TNG relaunch books I've missed. I never finished Before Dishonor and I know quite a bit has happened in the TNG universe since then.
I read the first two collections and I LOVE Jae Lee's art. Wow. And the colorist.
Nice, yeah of those 3 mentioned, I think q-squared was my favorite. (If I'm remembering correctly) So clever (and funny) how it explains why the enterprise seemed to run into temporal anomalies wayyy too often :). Love it.
When my wife and I met Peter David we told him Q-squared was the best Trek novel EVER. He seemed pretty pleased by that. I also quite enjoyed his B5 books.
I would like to find the B5 books and read them. Wasn't there about 8 of those?
Just finished another grahic novel now I need to catch up on my magazines.
Earth 2 Vol. 1 - The Gathering - 6. It was ok but not enough of the big 3 on Earth 2. There was other parts I didn't care for but it did have really good art.
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When my wife and I met Peter David we told him Q-squared was the best Trek novel EVER. He seemed pretty pleased by that. I also quite enjoyed his B5 books.
That's awesome.
I'm on the last chapter of Wheel of Time: A Memory of Light. Loving it and sad all at the same time. How is that even possible? :(
you just want one?
i read 3 books at a time, yes i really do read 3 at time. i am reading ian fleming's casino royale, do androids dream of electric sleep, listening to foundation on cd. plus i am in and out of several others.
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you just want one?
i read 3 books at a time, yes i really do read 3 at time. i am reading ian fleming's casino royale, do androids dream of electric sleep, listening to foundation on cd. plus i am in and out of several others.
I don't think that's so unusual. I'm often in the middle of several books. Currently I'm reading a classic sci-fi book by Eando Binder called "Secret of the Red Spot", a biography about early film star Claudette Colbert called "She Walked In Beauty", and the latest Star Trek book by Greg Cox called "The Weight of Worlds".
Thankfully the Greg Cox Trek entry is better than the last few TOS books have been this year but not by much. I'm seriously considering giving up collecting all the Trek books anymore, or at least the TOS line of them because the TOS books have been mostly poor to average where the other series have all had exceptional stories.
The "Secret of the Red Spot" is a fun is a fun little Space Opera book from 1971.
My favorite right now is the Colbert biography. She was a wonderful actress and an interesting person.
Kevin
Just finished reading the Encyclopedia of Presidents - George Bush. This was a short book of about 100 pages but I do find them interesting. I like learning about some of the things they did before they became President. He was the 1st President I voted for. This one the wife bought me from ebay. I have a few more of the series and most of them I bought at a library book sale for 25 cents each.
Now going into my magazines, comics and then into a Captain America graphic novel.
well i have recently gotten a kindle, i love it.
for christmas, i asked for an amazon gift card and i got it. so i used to buy the whole collection of ian fleming's 007( the ones he wrote) i had of course heard of the books but never actually read any of them. man, he is a great writer. since those books were written in the 60's you get the feel of that period.
i finished CASINO ROYALE, and started THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN.
i have always been a big fan of the movies. seeing how differences between the books and the movies are awesome to me.
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well i have recently gotten a kindle, i love it.
for christmas, i asked for an amazon gift card and i got it. so i used to buy the whole collection of ian fleming's 007( the ones he wrote) i had of course heard of the books but never actually read any of them. man, he is a great writer. since those books were written in the 60's you get the feel of that period.
i finished CASINO ROYALE, and started THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN.
i have always been a big fan of the movies. seeing how differences between the books and the movies are awesome to me.
I've enjoyed all of Fleming's books. They're fast quick reads and closer to pulp fiction style of writing but still fun. John Gardner's books are not too bad either. Especially Licensed Renewed, and For Special Service, but my favorite Bond books are the ones written by Raymond Benson. They are all good and each gets progressively better. I wish he was still writing Bond novels. The last two Bond books By Deaver and Faulks are not very good at all in my opinion. The lack of consistency and continuity is hurting the Bond series.
Kevin
I just picked up Dan Brown's 'Inferno' - his latest Landgon novel. Haven't started it yet - any one else read/reading it?
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I just picked up Dan Brown's 'Inferno' - his latest Landgon novel. Haven't started it yet - any one else read/reading it?
Not yet, but I really want that book! I forgot it was coming out. Loved The Last Symbol.
I am reading the novelization of the Batman story No Man's Land by Greg Rucka. It's actually a real great book!
Just finished "The Family Corleone". It tells the story of Sonny Corleone's (played by James Caan in the original film) initiation into the famous crime family, and the Corleone crime family's rise to power. I had actually started it about six months ago then took a long break between parts one and two (the book is split that way into two sections). It wasn't too terrible, kind of fun, but doesn't live up to the legacy created by the original Mario Puzo novel and the film series.
I loved the Puzo books. Leave the gun, take the cannoli..
ktrek, (kevin)
to be completely honest, i am not really into spy books, but i wanted to read ian fleming's 007 as he wrote james bond
i did read some of gardener's books.
I have gotten through quite a few books/graphic novels lately and I am currently reading Star Trek: The Visual Dictionary and the Graphic Novel Star Wars Crimson Empire. Enjoying both.
Here are some of the graphic novels I have recently read.
Captain America - The Death of Captain America Vol. 2 - 6. It was ok, expected more.
Spiderman/Doctor Octopus - Out of Reach - 8. An all ages book that was better than I expected.
The New Avengers - Vol.2 Secrets and Lies/The Collective - 10. This was a huge book putting 2 graphic novels in one. I really have been enjoying this older series that started before and during the Civil War timeline for Marvel.
Ultimate Comics Spiderman - Vol.2 - 8. Very well done series.
Doctor Who - Agent Provocateur - 8. Fun book with The Doctor and Martha. Published by IDW.
Batman Vol. 2 - The City of Owls - 8.
Just Finished Star Wars "Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood". Very good book and a nice look at a part of the Expanded Universe.
Crimson Empire II - 9.
i have read the comic book, STAR TREK :COUNTDOWN TO DARKNESS.
this should have been a movie, lol it is that good.
i think it kinda bad jj abrams has to do comic books to flesh out things that he can't put in the movies.but i do get he has to do it. the comic book that came out from the first movie( star trek 2009) called STAR TREK:COUNTDOWN, it blended the TNG with the j.j movie, i loved both of them
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i have read the comic book, STAR TREK :COUNTDOWN TO DARKNESS.
this should have been a movie, lol it is that good.
i think it kinda bad jj abrams has to do comic books to flesh out things that he can't put in the movies.but i do get he has to do it. the comic book that came out from the first movie( star trek 2009) called STAR TREK:COUNTDOWN, it blended the TNG with the j.j movie, i loved both of them
I gotta check this out
It's a pretty fun read, and there's a nod to the comic in Into Darkness. Adds some nice history to the JJ verse.
Recently finished a couple of really good books.
Star Trek: The Visual Dictionary - 8. Nice quick read with lots of pics. Worth a look.
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Dictionary-DK-Publishing/dp/146540337X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371085980&sr=1-1&keywords=star+trek+the+visual+dictionary (http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Dictionary-DK-Publishing/dp/146540337X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371085980&sr=1-1&keywords=star+trek+the+visual+dictionary)
Avengers - Season One - 8. Nice story and I really liked the art.
Now reading Star Wars Omnibus: Boba Fett. So far I have really liked the stories but the art style is a little to be desired. Huge book. 494 pages of comic goodness!! Check it out here.
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Omnibus-Boba-Fett/dp/1595824189/ref=pd_sim_b_3 (http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Omnibus-Boba-Fett/dp/1595824189/ref=pd_sim_b_3)
Recently read "Doctor Who: The Hypothetical Gentleman". Pretty good story and art. Wondering though if I liked it enough to read the 2nd volume. Published by IDW.
I'm reading Joyland by Stephen King, I'm about halfway through. It's a great read, as usual...just haven't gotten to the 'hook' yet.
Quote from: ChrisMC on July 06, 2013, 05:01:15 PM
I'm reading Joyland by Stephen King, I'm about halfway through. It's a great read, as usual...just haven't gotten to the 'hook' yet.
Can't wait to read this! I'm like number 9 on the hold waiting list at my library.... Also waiting for his son's new novel NOS4A2.
I just started to read 'Forrest Gump' - amazing how different the book is from the movie. Both are very well done. Glad I saw the movie first though..
Have caught up on some comics and I also finished the graphic novel "Batman: Detective Comics - Vol. 2. Scare Tactics. Worth a read with a focus on a character I didn't know but I don't think he was new. His name is Mr. Toxic. Also alot of Two-Face.
Detective Comics: Vol. 2 - Scare Tactics - 7.
I'm in the ChrisMC book club...just finished the two Dances With Wolves books...the first was practically identical to the film, almost like a novelization of the movie, even though I know the book came first. The second, The Holy Road, was terrific, though, I really enjoyed the follow up and continuation of the story, even though it's an extremely depressing ending, of course. Spoilers for American history!!! The Native Americans lose...:(
Now I'm starting the latest Stephen King, Joyland, which is short so I should blow through it in a day or two. Keep the suggestions coming Chris!
"B5 at 20"
A big hardcover coffee table style book that celebrates the 20th anniversary of Babylon 5.
Full-page glossy photos and art... it weighs in at 7 lbs!
I just finished "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova. It's a great mystery/horror novel. It's Bram Stoker's Dracula with a side of true history and slice of whodunit. I was a little confused by the cliff hanger ending, but over all I really loved the way Kostova spun this tale. There wasn't a lot of things I object to in her story (gore/gratuitous sex or violence), yet I still found it creepy as heck and couldn't stop reading. I highly recommend this book.
Quote from: Jobydrone on July 11, 2013, 08:53:45 PM
I'm in the ChrisMC book club...just finished the two Dances With Wolves books...the first was practically identical to the film, almost like a novelization of the movie, even though I know the book came first. The second, The Holy Road, was terrific, though, I really enjoyed the follow up and continuation of the story, even though it's an extremely depressing ending, of course. Spoilers for American history!!! The Native Americans lose...:(
Now I'm starting the latest Stephen King, Joyland, which is short so I should blow through it in a day or two. Keep the suggestions coming Chris!
I just finished Joyland last night, Joby. I have to admit I rolled a tear at the end. It's a very touching story. Glad you read the Holy Road, it IS depressing, but it's setting allows for nothing else. Knowing alot of the history of that era I thought it was pretty spot on.
I'm going to re-read Hyperion by Dan Simmons, if you read thoughtful sci-fi and haven't read it, it's a sin. It's a weird, wonderful book. Also reading Pat Garret's "The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid" on my Kindle. Taken with a grain of salt, it's pretty interesting.
Quote from: ChrisMC on July 12, 2013, 03:15:33 PM
I'm going to re-read Hyperion by Dan Simmons, if you read thoughtful sci-fi and haven't read it, it's a sin. It's a weird, wonderful book. Also reading Pat Garret's "The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid" on my Kindle. Taken with a grain of salt, it's pretty interesting.
Chris - I agree that Hyperion is a fun read. However, I never read any of the other books in the series. I don't know if they are good or not but I might try reading the next one and see.
Currently I'm reading Christopher L. Bennett's new Enterprise book called "A choice of Futures". It takes place about a year after the last ENT book, which was one of the Romulan War books. He is taking on the task of writing about the beginnings of the Federation and is doing a really fine job. This is one of the best Trek books I have read in a while. Enterprise is my least favorite series and the post ENT books have been a little disappointing until now. Apparently the pre-sales on this were strong enough for him to land a contract on a second book, which comes out early next year.
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Kevin
I'm reading the latest Dan Brown book titled "Inferno" right now. Robert Langdon is in some trouble again.
Read the second graphic novel from the Birds of Prey series. It was a good book, read it pretty quickly. I like the mix of characters in this series. The team is Black Canary, Batgirl, Katana, Poison Ivy & Starling who I didn't know. After reading this 2nd volume it looks like there will be some changes to the team.
Birds of Prey - Vol.2: Your Kiss Might Kill - 8.
I have the new Uncanny Avengers Vol. 1 to read and I am looking foward to checking it out.
Just finished Uncanny Avengers 1 - The Red Shadow graphic novel last night. It was ok. Didn't like some of what was going on in the book.
Did get 2 other Marvel Now graphic novels from the library today. They are Avengers and Indestructible Hulk. Both vol. 1.
Currently in the middle of Batman vol.1 The Court of Owls. I'm liking it so far.
On deck is the Star Trek: Destiny trilogy by David Mack. Can't wait!
Quote from: Praxis on July 25, 2013, 10:17:52 AM
Currently in the middle of Batman vol.1 The Court of Owls. I'm liking it so far.
On deck is the Star Trek: Destiny trilogy by David Mack. Can't wait!
You are in for a treat with both of those!
Just started the latest STAR WARS novel "Crucible".
I just saw that at the library. I don't have a bookstore in town anymore to see it at. How is it so far?
Just finished Indestructible Hulk Vol. 1 - Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. I really liked this and really liked what Banner did to go in a different direction. Well done and worth a read.
Quote from: ChrisMC on July 25, 2013, 11:21:03 AM
Quote from: Praxis on July 25, 2013, 10:17:52 AM
Currently in the middle of Batman vol.1 The Court of Owls. I'm liking it so far.
On deck is the Star Trek: Destiny trilogy by David Mack. Can't wait!
You are in for a treat with both of those!
Right you are. That comic was awesome and a couple chapters into Destiny I'm loving it. Threads from all the tv series, how cool.
Destiny has universe changing stuff in it. After you finish that, you should check out Mack's latest, the "Cold Equations" trilogy. Probably some of the best Trek on page in a while.
Just got Nightwing Vol. 2 Night of the Owls today. I am really liking this Court of Owls that Snyder came up with. Cool part of Gotham's history.
Quote from: ChrisMC on August 01, 2013, 04:58:30 PM
Destiny has universe changing stuff in it. After you finish that, you should check out Mack's latest, the "Cold Equations" trilogy. Probably some of the best Trek on page in a while.
Just got Nightwing Vol. 2 Night of the Owls today. I am really liking this Court of Owls that Snyder came up with. Cool part of Gotham's history.
Will do, finding destiny to be a real page-turner.
Oh, I GOTS to read me some vol.2 soon. BTW, both Snyder and Capullo have been interviewed about Court of Owls on Kevin Smith's podcast "Fat Man on Batman". AWESOME interviews, I recommend.
Yeah, I love Fat Man on Batman. Just listened to the latest 2 with Kyle Higgins and his favorite Bat stories. It's just a great listen.
Just recently finished 'Avengers Vol. 1 - Avengers World' and 'Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Vol. 1.' The Avengers was pretty good but doesn't grab me like the previous series did. Also it has a lot of characters that I didn't know. Not sure if they were new or just unknown to me.
Green Lantern Corps reprints issue #1 and others from issues back in the 80's. Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, cries at the end of one story when he's receiving accolades on a job well done. WHAT! Is he crying, is he crying! There's no superhero crying in comics! At least that I remember.
I also read a mini-series called 'Damage Control'. It was 4 parts and was released back in the early 90's. It's a place that fixes and cleans up after superhero fights. They even had contracts with people like Reed Richards. It's supposed to be a comedy book. Not to bad.
Currently reading Vol. 1 of A + X.
Re-reading The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman for a review I'm doing on Anomaly. Also reading Enders Game for the same reason. I LOVE The Graveyard Book btw. Highly recommended.
Graveyard Book is so good. Also just read recently Anansi Bots by Gaiman. Pretty weird. Enders Gane is a classic, can't wait for the film.
I am deep into "Crucible", the new STAR WARS novel. Very excited for "Kenobi" when it is released.
Issue three of this is out now. Cool series!
My wife is picking that BSG for me tomorrow, as the only comic shop is near her office 45 minutes away. Love that cover.
yeah, Athena.
Quote from: Rico on August 18, 2013, 10:18:42 AM
Issue three of this is out now. Cool series!
you just got to love the artwork there.
That is a great cover!
I agree that is a very cool cover.
Finished A+X a few days ago and enjoyed it. Seems to be more humor than most books which may very well be the point of the series. Catching up on some of my comics and reading the 2nd story in the Star Trek - Myriad Universes - Shattered Light book called 'The Tears of Eridanus' which features Sulu and his daughter.
Next up is the second Aquaman graphic novel from the new 52.
I saw the Battlestar Galactica Comics at the Comic Book Shop, I think I might have to circle back and pick these up.
Just finished Aquaman Vol. 2 - The Others. I liked it but not as much as Vol. 1. Didn't know about "the Others" at all. Does anyone know if these were new characters?
Almost finishing reading Year Zero by Rob Reid. It's a very funny book about aliens, music, and copyright laws. I recommend this to anyone who likes music, sci-fi, or just wants a good laugh.
http://www.amazon.com/Year-Zero-Novel-Rob-Reid/dp/0345534514 (http://www.amazon.com/Year-Zero-Novel-Rob-Reid/dp/0345534514)
Just finished "What Dreams May Come" by Richard Matheson, the author of "I Am Legend" and the classic TOS episode "The Enemy Within". I enjoyed the movie with Robin Williams but had never read the book. It was really good! A quick read, a very moving tale of love between two soulmates, and a fascinating take on life after death. Recommended!
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I really like Matheson, and have never read that book. I'll have to pick it up. I just started in on the massive Shelby Foote Civil War 3-volume series..may take me awhile to get through that one!
I'm reading the first book in the Star Trek: The Fall series Revelation and Dust. It's pretty good so far, covers the activation if the new Deep Space Nine (the old station was destroyed 2 years prior in a Typhon Pact novel). A good look at the DS9 characters 10 years in the timeline after the end of the show.
Read Batman and Robin Vol. 2: Pearl which I only give a 5. I didn't get into this one much.
I also just finished The Amazing Spiderman: Brand New Day Vol. 1 - 8. Enjoyed this one from a few years back. There are 2 more volumes in the Brand New Day series.
Next up is Serenity: Those Left Behind.
New BSG comic is out. Also, the new Batman Black & White comic is great!
Just got this today! The trilogy is complete!
For some reason I had an itch to read some classic GI Joe comics so I'm slowly going through the collection amongst my other reading.
I'm reading the Harry Turtledove series "World War & Colonization".
They're great fun.The audio-books are well narrated.
The pic below pretty much sums up the books :)
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see more here ....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldwar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldwar)
The Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Can't out this book down. Answers and asks a lot of questions.
I got mine today as well Rico. I ordered it at £40 and today had a email that it had gone down to £24 which was a very nice surprise. :D :r2d2line :starwars: :dstar
Those books are incredible. I need to pick this up.
Still reading Doctor Sleep by Stephen King, reads very much like classic King.
Can't believe you haven't finished yet Chris, can't wait to talk about it with you!
"Serenity - Those Left Behind" was pretty good. Worth a read if your a Firefly fan.
Also recently read two short Bio's of Christopher Reeve and Cal Ripken Jr.
Now I'm reading "The Mighty Avengers - Secret Invasion Vol. 1. Also trying to catch up with some of my magazines.
audiobooks: The Afghan Campaign by Stephen Pressfield for a second time (so good) and The Shining for a refresher in anticipation of Dr Sleep! Waiting on the library holds list. I'm glad I reviewed the shining because now I have some theories about what might be in Dr. Sleep...... I'll be going into dr sleep blind, haven't read any reviews or anything, I'm super excited.....
The most recent graphic novels I have read are
New Avengers - Everything Dies - 8. From the new series.
Doctor Who - Vol. 1 - Fugitive - 8. Have the first 3 volumes of this to read and it is the David Tennant timeframe.
Teen Titans - Vol. 2 - The Culling - 7.
Not sure what I'm going to next.
Abaddon's Gate: James SA Corey (2013) aka Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck
The Tyrant's Law: Daniel Abraham (2013)
The Sword of the Lictor: Gene Wolfe (1982)
all 3 are great, I am sure that Wolfe's "Book of the Sun" series is not new news to most, but the Expanse is incredible SF, and Tyrant's is the 3rd part of "the Dagger & Coin" a great fantasy quintilogy to be.
Picked up a book at the library called "Clint Eastwood Icon" The Essential Film Art Collection. Looks very interesting.
Recently read
The Mighty Avengers - Secret Invasion Book 2 - 8.
Enders Game - Formic Wars Silent Strike - 7. Didn't realize this was a second part. Still good though.
Next up the Clint Eastwood book and Vol. 2 of Indestructible Hulk called Gods and Monster.
Finally finished the Star Trek Destiny trilogy by David Mack, it was great. It was crazy awesome to see everything come together in the final book. A game changer for sure. I want to see what happens next.
What's the best stuff that's next chronologically? Shall I dive into the Cold Equations trilogy? Looks good.
Overall, what are the best new (post-nemesis) star trek novels out there? Are those Shatnerverse books good?
Cold Equations is safe enough to go right into, there are a couple standalone TNG books after Destiny, but nothing too major happens. Cold Equations is amazing.
The Destiny Trilogy is probably the best Trek novels you will ever read. Cold Equations is good but not up to the level of Destiny. I would highly recommend reading Jeffrey Lang's Immortal Coil BEFORE reading Cold Equations as it will help put the series in context. Also next year Lang is writing a sequel to Cold Equations. That will be the first Trek book he has written in years. I also like how The Fall series is going but there are two books left to finish that series.
As for the Shatnerverse novels they are not all that good. The first three books he wrote (using the word very loosely here as the Reeves Stevens' are the real authors) are the best of the ten. I would say that after reading Destiny the Shatner novels would be a real let down.
Kevin
Quote from: ChrisMC on November 08, 2013, 04:29:10 PM
Cold Equations is safe enough to go right into, there are a couple standalone TNG books after Destiny, but nothing too major happens. Cold Equations is amazing.
Awesome. Just ordered the first one.
Quote from: Ktrek on November 08, 2013, 08:47:02 PM
The Destiny Trilogy is probably the best Trek novels you will ever read. Cold Equations is good but not up to the level of Destiny. I would highly recommend reading Jeffrey Lang's Immortal Coil BEFORE reading Cold Equations as it will help put the series in context. Also next year Lang is writing a sequel to Cold Equations. That will be the first Trek book he has written in years. I also like how The Fall series is going but there are two books left to finish that series.
As for the Shatnerverse novels they are not all that good. The first three books he wrote (using the word very loosely here as the Reeves Stevens' are the real authors) are the best of the ten. I would say that after reading Destiny the Shatner novels would be a real let down.
Kevin
Ah, cool. Gonna try get my hands on immortal coil. So you like Destiny even better than those older Peter David TNG books? I freakin' loved Q-Squared. Hmm, I just looked up Q-squared and it says it was non-canon. I wonder why. It would be totally awesome if that was canon, and would explain so much of the various enterprises' time exploits. Ok, thanks for input on Shatnerverse, too bad about those.
Quote from: Praxis on November 09, 2013, 10:27:24 AM
Ah, cool. Gonna try get my hands on immortal coil. So you like Destiny even better than those older Peter David TNG books? I freakin' loved Q-Squared. Hmm, I just looked up Q-squared and it says it was non-canon. I wonder why. It would be totally awesome if that was canon, and would explain so much of the various enterprises' time exploits. Ok, thanks for input on Shatnerverse, too bad about those.
I really enjoyed Q-Squared also but is it as good as Destiny? In my opinion no. I do think Peter David wrote some very good Trek books and in the 90s I would have probably said he was the best Trek author out there.
If you want other great Trek books you should investigate the DS9 relaunch series beginning with Avatar pt. 1 and 2. I also think Kirsten Beyer has done a fabulous job on the VOY relaunch.
Kevin
Sweet. Will check out those DS9 and Voy. That's one reason Destiny so good, got to have some time with a bunch of different crews.
And....
(book series spoiler):
[spoiler]They referred to Janeway's death in Destiny and I was like wwhaaaa? I need to find out what the hell happened with that.[/spoiler]
Yeah, that happened in Before Dishonor...it's a Peter David one, but not one of his finest, that's fo' sho. If you want to know [spoiler]Janeway became the Borg Queen after her ship was assimlated. Then Seven and the Ent-E crew tried to rescue her, she became herself long enough to give Seven time to inject the Endgame virus (Voyager's Finale deus ex-machina) into her and stopped the cube. Apparently, the female Q took Janeway at the moment of death and traveled with her "spirit" She comes back to life in the Voyager rboot, though. [/spoiler]
Quote from: Praxis on November 12, 2013, 01:30:17 PM
Sweet. Will check out those DS9 and Voy. That's one reason Destiny so good, got to have some time with a bunch of different crews.
And....
(book series spoiler):
[spoiler]They referred to Janeway's death in Destiny and I was like wwhaaaa? I need to find out what the hell happened with that.[/spoiler]
Yea...the VOY relaunch deals with how the crew copes with the consequences of Peter David's Before Dishonor. A lot of people hated that book but I didn't find it as bad as others. I need to maybe re-read it though to have a better perspective now that some time has passed.
Kevin
ah, thanks guys for clarification
I like the Shatnerverse books. The first few were better but I liked about all of them. Never have read the Starfleet Academy one yet.
I'm trying to read "The Hunger Games" book before I go see Catching Fire. I won't be able to go till next weekend so I should be able to finish it.
Recently read "Indestructible Hulk Vol. 2 - Gods and Monsters. It wasn't as good as the first one but still worth a read.
:hulk
Got into Clancy, just finished the Hunt for Red October, and just started patriot Games.
Just finished a graphic novel "Doctor Who - Volume Two - Tesseract" and have Vol. 3 lined up next called "Final Sacrifice". Vol. 2 featured Martha Jones who I always liked on the show so I was glad she was in there.
Started reading "Kenobi." Cool book so far! I've always thought of Star Wars as pretty much a western in space.
Quote from: Rico on December 31, 2013, 06:36:30 AM
Started reading "Kenobi." Cool book so far! I've always thought of Star Wars as pretty much a western in space.
It's a really fun book, can't wait to do our podcast on it!
I'm almost finished with "Kenobi", Rico. Love it. :) It's taking me a bit longer than usual to get through this book, because I'm reading a couple of other things for work and I'm having to alternate between them. I'm hoping to finish this week and I'm looking forward to the review too, Bryan.
My sister gave me a subscription to Audible for Christmas and during the day I listen to that. I just finished "Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Revan". I really liked the video games and was very excited to hear that there was a novel out about the Outcast and Revan. It was pretty good all the way through, but I didn't like the way they left things in the end. I'm sure they're counting on sequels, but, to me at least, it wasn't very fulfilling.
Quote from: Jen on December 31, 2013, 12:15:17 PM
I'm almost finished with "Kenobi", Rico. Love it. :) It's taking me a bit longer than usual to get through this book, because I'm reading a couple of other things for work and I'm having to alternate between them. I'm hoping to finish this week and I'm looking forward to the review too, Bryan.
My sister gave me a subscription to Audible for Christmas and during the day I listen to that. I just finished "Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Revan". I really liked the video games and was very excited to hear that there was a novel out about the Outcast and Revan. It was pretty good all the way through, but I didn't like the way they left things in the end. I'm sure they're counting on sequels, but, to me at least, it wasn't very fulfilling.
Get on the stick, we git a podcast to do!!! ;) I just finished it, I'll save my thoughts for the show...but for sure read it anyone.
That Kenobi does look like a good book. I'll end up with it some day.
Recently read some really good Graphic novels.
Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi Vol. 2 - Prisoner of Bogan - 8. Very good series of Star Wars ser a Very long time ago!
Doctor Who: series 2 Vol. 4 - As Time Goes By - 6. This featured the Matt Smith Doctor with Amy and Rory.
Red Hood and the Outlaws Vol. 2 - The Starfire - 9. I liked this much better than the first Volume. Great story featuring the team on Starfire's ship going up against an invasion force against her planet. Very fun read.
Also picked up Doctor Who: The Vault book from the library. Looks like it will be really good!
Finished off "Kenobi" this morning. Good read. Next up I think will be "Divergent."
I am reading "Autobiography" by Morrissey.
I hear that book is a little clever.
Quote from: ChrisMC on January 25, 2014, 05:41:03 PM
I hear that book is a little clever.
Too much for his own good sometimes, but that's Moz. :)
Another list of graphic novels I have recently read along with some of the Doctor Who The Vault book. I'm going to need to take The Vault book back to the library though because my time is up and someone has a hold on it. I'll put myself back on the list. Very interesting book breaking down the series by year with tons of pictures and info.
Recently read graphic novels:
Catwoman Vol. 3 - Death of the Family - 7. Loose tie in to the Death of the Family storyline.
Batman and Robin Vol. 3 - Death of the Family - 9. Very good and a pretty wild story.
Superboy Vol. 2 - Extraction - 7.
World's Finest Huntress/Power Girl Vol. 2 - Hunt and be Hunted - 8. These ladies are from Earth 2 and they are trying to get back to their Earth. Power Girl finally gets into the uniform we all know and love in the last part of Vol. 2.
Doctor Who - Prisoners of Time Vol. 1. - 7. I really enjoyed the last 2 parts of this which featured Doctor's #3 and #4. If you didn't know this series is featuring each Doctor in a story which I believe is going 12 issues. I already have the second volume to read and waiting for #3 from the library.
Next up is Batman: Odyssey.
I'm reading a couple of books right now: Millennium Falcon (audiobook) and Enders Game (paperback). I also downloaded an Old Republic novel after I recently finished "Revan". It's called "Deceived". I haven't started it yet, but hoping it will be good.
Also, sort of ashamed to admit it, but my sister is a big fan of Diana Gabaldon and has been nagging me to read the author's "Outlander" series. Especially now that A & E is making a drama series based on it. It takes place just after WWII (at the start of the story) and in Scotland during the 18th century. My sister told me that I would like the story because it's a time traveling, historical fiction. I'm a huge history and archaeology fan so I decided I'd go ahead and try it. I've been curious why non-geek women are so into time travel stories...so I read it as research. It's a thing apparently and I've been considering an episode on Anomaly to discuss WHY it's a thing. Maybe it's the romance of a different era...maybe it's just romance in particular, which I can't say I've been a fan of as a genre in literature.
I finished the first novel in December and once I got around all the smutty romance novel stuff (which I wasn't expecting to that degree), I found the premise intriguing... and that annoyed me. :D Here's why: the main character has NO concern for preserving the timeline and the prime directive does not exist in this universe. I'm having trouble accepting some of her decisions, which could ruin the future she's so keen on returning to. That said, I liked the story and the characters. I found that several of the Highland warriors reminded me of Klingons and I worried about them during their battles. I ended up listening to the second book soon after, which has far less smut in it, though it's still too much for me. I think the series is pretty good and I'll probably listen to the next one, but I don't think I could consider myself a rabid fan. I'll probably watch the first episode of the A&E series, once it comes out. I think my sister has planned a "viewing party". :) She's so jazzed about it.
www.dianagabaldon.com/ (http://www.dianagabaldon.com/)
About halfway through Millennium Falcon myself. Interesting angle on a Star Wars novel.
I have to say, Joe, I'm finding Millennium Falcon hard to get through. Not sure what it is.
It does meander a little bit. I took about a week off but I'm back on track now.
I just finished "Star Wars: The Old Republic: Deceived" by Paul S. Kemp. I LOVED this book! It is based on one of the trailers for The Old Republic game. Kemp spun an awesome tale around the death of the Jedi Master in the clip below and the fallout after the attack. If you're a fan of this era or the Old Republic or KOTOR games, I highly recommend you read "Deceived".
StarWars: The Old Republic Cinematic Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVyJP92TiVg#)
I've been playing ST Old Republic off and on since this past summer. This novel just reignited my interest in the game... now if I could only find the time to play it.
I enjoyed that book as well, Jen! I am half way thought These are the Voyages, TOS First Season and it's terrific!
Some recent comics I've been reading and enjoying...
I just picked up the latest issue of The Star Wars, #6. I have no idea what's going on in these books, but I do enjoy them. I'm pretty sure the early drafts of Star Wars saw Georgie on some recreational drugs.
"These are the Voyages: Season 2" Great TOS behind the scenes stuff!
Leviathan Wakes.
Quote from: Bromptonboy on April 25, 2014, 04:26:53 PM
Leviathan Wakes.
Preparatory reading, eh? Next on my list.
Quote from: ChrisMC on April 25, 2014, 04:27:29 PM
Quote from: Bromptonboy on April 25, 2014, 04:26:53 PM
Leviathan Wakes.
Preparatory reading, eh? Next on my list.
Exactly! I want to be ready for the SyFy channel version. It is pretty good so far - and just my kind of stuff - 'hard' SciFi.
Just finished Doctor Who - The Tardis Handbook. The Guide to the Best Ship in the Universe. Pretty good book with lots of cool info about the Tardis and show. But I would disagree about the best ship part.
Just starting to read "The Martian" by Andy Weir.
Just finished with some more graphic novels.
Ultimate Comics Spiderman Vol. 3 - 9. This has been a fun series to read.
Earth 2 - Vol. 3 - Battle Cry - 7. This series could be better but cool twist on well known characters.
Law of the Desert Born - 7. This was based on a Louis L'Amour short story. Very different from my norm. Worth a read if you get the chance. It's in black and white and is a oversized hardcover.
Doctor Who - Prisoners of Time Vol. 3 - 9. Great ending to this series.
Now onto some magazines and the first couple of Graphic novels from the newest Captain America series.
About half way through Christopher L. Bennett's second Enterprise Rise of the Federation novel called Tower of Babel. It's actually pretty good and I am enjoying it as much as his first Rise of the Federation novel. Nice to fill in the gaps after the Romulan War and his world building is always very good in his books. I'm not a huge fan of ENT but these books make all the characters pretty likeable. They do take place about ten years after the series ending and the original ENT crew are kind of scattered and Archer is now an Admiral. Bennett is one of Trek's better writers currently and I guess this series has been doing well enough that he was contracted to do two more at least.
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The cover art caught my attention and your review reeled me in.
I've read the first two Enterprise novels by Martin &Mangles, now looking forward to Bennett's work.
That is a cool cover.
Quote from: davekill on May 27, 2014, 01:08:39 PM
The cover art caught my attention and your review reeled me in.
I've read the first two Enterprise novels by Martin &Mangles, now looking forward to Bennett's work.
You'll really enjoy them Dave! The Martin and Mangles books were actually OK books but when Mangles had a falling out with Pocket Books it became pretty obvious who was the stronger writer of the two. The two Romulan War books written by Martin are not all that good at all. The Bennett books do pick up and move forward the stories of the two Martin books but in the first novel he gives enough information that you can read it and enjoy it without having to read the Martin books and can be enjoyed on their own terms without knowing any of the Romulan War book's story.
And yea...it is a very nice cover! :)
Kevin
Just finished reading Skin Game by Jim Butcher. Wasn't as good as the older Dresden Files books. I still enjoyed it, I read it in a day after all.
That book called "The Martian" I just finished was really great. It would make a cool movie too. Found this "list" online that seemed pretty good for a few classics I have missed.
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books (http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books)
That is a pretty good list. I have read many of them, and now will add others to my 'to read' list. At least I have all the top 10.
I am reading Star Wars Scoundrels right now. So far I am enjoying it as it is in a time frame that is not covered all that much lately, and will just take it for what it is, as a Legend story that may or may not have happened. I finished Darth Plagueis , and there was a lot in there, but I found it a very slow read for me, as I found it got a bit tedious at times.
I'm reading the new Stephen King book Mr. Mercedes. A great read as always, nobody does page turners better than King.
Amazing how many of those books I have read over the last 45 years! However, only about 50% would I consider to be true "classics". I think there are better lists out there to draw from. Like this one for instance:
http://classics.jameswallaceharris.com/ByRank.php (http://classics.jameswallaceharris.com/ByRank.php)
Kevin
That does look like a better list IMHO - concentrates on SciFi rather than mixing in Fantasy (although I am fan of both).
Hence my overall problem with "lists" in general. But I think the first one was intended to include SF & Fantasy. Basically I look at lists like this to just point out some good things we might have missed to read. Not as an absolute measure or order of things.
The one you posted gave me some good ideas for the reading list.
Yea I know lists are quite subjective and I find them even annoying at times. I just offered up the list on Jim Harris' website as an alternative. Jim also has a lot of very good articles that are quite stimulating. To be fair I should have offered a fantasy list as well. I too enjoy both but my preference has been and always will be science fiction over fantasy. Here's a pretty good list for fantasy lovers to peruse:
http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/top-100-fantasy-books/ (http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/top-100-fantasy-books/)
I've only read about 50% of this list but I trust the site that publishes it and so I use it as a guide when I'm looking for a good fantasy read.
Kevin
Wow, I have only read 17 of the works on that list. Thought I had a better handle on fantasy. :)
Recently finished the graphic novel 'The Adventures of Superman'. Here's a short review of what I think of it.
With the many Superman books in the New 52 for DC Comics this graphic novel takes a step back to the past. These stories collected in Vol. 1 show Superman as he used to be. He has on his red trunks and yellow belt that are missing in the other New 52 Superman titles. His costume also doesn't look like armor as it does in the other titles. He also seems like the 'big blue boy scout' of old. The stories in Vol. 1 vary from just helping the everyday people to saving the Earth from evil doers. If you miss some of the story elements from the past, as I do, you will enjoy 'The Adventures of Superman!'.
Just this morning I finished the graphic novel Batman and Robin Vol. 4 - Requiem for Damian which I would give it a rating of 10! This was very good and worth a read by any comic fan! This takes place SPOILER after the death of Damian in the Batman Incorporated title. The first issue of the six which is issue 18 was void of any 'spoken' words by the characters. Just the drawings and that's it, but wow very well done! Read Batman Incorporated Vol. 2 then read this one! You will be glad you did!
Starting Iain M. Banks 'Hydrogen Sonata'
I am about half way done with the second book in The Stormlight Archive (Words of Radiance) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stormlight_Archive). Brandon Sanderson is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors ;D
He is quite good. I enjoyed how he finished off Robert Jordan's 'Wheel of Time' series.
Quote from: Bromptonboy on July 21, 2014, 03:22:48 PM
He is quite good. I enjoyed how he finished off Robert Jordan's 'Wheel of Time' series.
I agree :) I love that series...the only thing that bothered me a bit was that Jordan's characters were a tad two dimensional, Brandon fixed that a bit though :)
Make sure to check out the comic book adaptation of Harlan Ellison's original story for this classic TOS episode. Issue # 2 is out this week.
http://trekmovie.com/2014/07/22/trekink-review-of-star-trek-the-city-on-the-edge-of-forever-2-preview/ (http://trekmovie.com/2014/07/22/trekink-review-of-star-trek-the-city-on-the-edge-of-forever-2-preview/)
Love Ellison!
I've been gorging on Stephen King, rereading all the Dark Tower books as well as some of the connected works like Hearts of Atlantis and Insomnia. About to start book six of seven in the main series.
Been reading some of the Vol. 4's of the New 52 and I read Rocketeer Adventures and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Worth a look for you comic readers. It is a lot of short stories put into this volume. One of the stories is about Betty waiting for Cliff the Rocketeer to get back from WWII and that fits so well with so many families waiting on their loved to come back from overseas. It was my favorite story from the graphic novel.
Just finished Dark Tower VII. What an epic conclusion, I got so much more out of this series re-reading them again for the second time. Going to to a quick re-read of the coda, The Wind in the Keyhole, which actually takes place in the continuity of the series between book 4 & 5, but I wanted to read in publishing order again this time. Then I'm going to jump into some of the Dark Tower comics I haven't read. Roland's world has sucked me in completely!
We just 'read' Ender's Game - during the family trip we listened to the unabridged version. It was great - and the kids really enjoyed the story.
Revisiting Shadows of the Empire for the next Star Wars Stacks! Once I get through the book I plan on taking a look at the comic as well which I've never read before.
I started the brand new Star Trek series called Star Trek Seekers. This is written and conceived by the same team who wrote the Star Trek Vanguard series. David Mack starts the series off with a great start as usual. I think this might become another fan favorite series as it develops. So far there are four books planned and if those sell well who knows?
(http://www.startrek.com/uploads/assets/articles/seekers11.jpg)
Kevin,
I just started that Seekers: Book 1. Just getting into it now.
FYI...book two is out now and that's what I'm working on. I hope you enjoy it enough to buy book two Rico! Here's the image:
(http://www.startrek.com/uploads/assets/articles/seekers2.jpg)
I'm listening to Nathan Lowell excellent space stories.
Life in space as a merchant marine...
"So, for once, the hero isn't the Captain of the ship. He's not even an officer. He's a broke, uneducated, orphan from a backwater planet at the edge of no-where. He's not a "hidden prince" and he wasn't adopted. He's just an average Joe trying to make it in the universe when his mother is killed in a mindless accident and he's suddenly left to his own devices."
These are available as free audio book downloads :)
http://solarclipper.com/get-the-books/ (http://solarclipper.com/get-the-books/)
The six books are;
Quarter Share
Half Share
Full Share
Double Share
Captain's Share
Owners's Share
I am listening to the unabridged 'Dances With Dragons'.
I'm currently reading Redshirts by John Scalzi and I must say it is a damn entertaining read for a sci-fi and Star Trek fan. The more you know about Trek the funnier the book is and it's a quick read. :vulcan
I'm also reading Food of the Gods by H.G. Wells. It's an interesting book and it's always fun to read the classics.
Finally I'm reading my own book, The Dawn of Mars, because I have to read it in book form at least once.
Jeff :usflag
Reading "A New Dawn: Star Wars" by John Jackson Miller which is a prequel book to the Rebels TV show.
http://www.amazon.com/New-Dawn-Star-Wars-ebook/dp/B00IWTSGKC/ref=asap_B001JPBTP0_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415559603&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/New-Dawn-Star-Wars-ebook/dp/B00IWTSGKC/ref=asap_B001JPBTP0_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415559603&sr=1-1)
Good so far Rico? you recommend it?
Quote from: Bromptonboy on November 09, 2014, 01:11:42 PM
Good so far Rico? you recommend it?
Not that far in yet. But seems good so far.
Did you know that John Jackson Miller has a TNG/Aventine novel coming out in January? So, if you like his Star Wars stuff you might like his Star Trek novel. It will be his first.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6xYe2a5lKKs/VFVRaBf4aFI/AAAAAAAAfNo/XduhTkgRxW0/s1600/Star%2BTrek%2BThe%2BNext%2BGeneration%2BTakedown.jpg)
Kevin
Admiral Riker? When did this happen? Is Data back yet in the TNG EU?
Looking forward to the new Stephen King, "Revival", releasing tomorrow. This is going to interfere with my TV and schoolwork for sure. Reading for pleasure is getting rarer and rarer these days :(
Quote from: Jobydrone on November 10, 2014, 08:27:09 AM
Admiral Riker? When did this happen? Is Data back yet in the TNG EU?
In a manner of speaking...yes!
Have there been any books that deal with Data's longevity? A story far in the future from TNG?
Quote from: Bromptonboy on November 11, 2014, 02:17:49 AM
Have there been any books that deal with Data's longevity? A story far in the future from TNG?
Do you mean post show/movies? The Cold Equations trilogy by David Mack is approximately four years after Data's death. Very good books by the way and if you think you might be interested in reading them it would help your appreciation for them if you read Jeffrey Lang's novel from about ten years back called Immortal Coil for two reasons. One is that Mack uses key points derived from that book for continuity and secondly because Lang wrote a sequel to Mack's trilogy called The Light Fantastic. All five of these books are Data centric and fun reads. Definitely in my top 25 Trek books of all time and I have around 700 or so.
Kevin
Didn't know that Data buys it. I was wondering how some writers would handle him far into the future from TNG - since he is (or would be) 'immortal'. That answers that. :)
Quote from: Bromptonboy on November 11, 2014, 10:27:06 AM
Didn't know that Data buys it. I was wondering how some writers would handle him far into the future from TNG - since he is (or would be) 'immortal'. That answers that. :)
Pete, You have not seen Nemesis? I'm confused here. I hope we didn't spoil anything for you.
As far as the far off future I can't think of any books that go way into the future because all the 24th century series are supposed to be all in the same timeline now so there is novel continuity. It's not to say that if a novel was pitched that wasn't in the current continuity was written that Pocket wouldn't publish it though.
Kevin
Kevin
I did but don't recall that. Time for rewatch... :)
Sled Driver: flying the worlds fastest jet
The author Brian Shul relates his experiences flying the SR-71 Blackbird.
- Besides the pilot and navigator, the author speaks of the Astro-Inertial Navigation System as a third crew member.
"Much like R2D2 in the Star Wars movies, it was placed into a special compartment behind the rear cockpit with a glass porthole atop the fuselage and started functioning as soon as the aircraft left the hanger. Once airborne, it interfaced with the autopilot system. A remarkable system, I thought the ANS should have it's own little space suit."
Finished Stephen King's Revival on Friday, too dark and depressing for my liking. Even though most of his books can definitely be described as dark, they generally end in a satisfying, uplifting way. Not this one. For now, if I have time to read at all, I am going to try to get caught up on my post-Nemesis TNG fiction. The last one I read was "the sky's the limit" so I have about 15 books to read lol. Should take me a while.
Just finished Hulk: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 by Jeph Loeb. Very good and looking forward to Vol. 2.
I am wrapping up my re-read of GRRM's Song Of Ice And Fire series (1 - 5) to prep for the new HBO season. Picked up some stuff I missed before.
Reading "Ready Player One" and so far it's great! A ton of gaming, TV, and movie references and nostalgia in this book. I think everyone here would get a kick out of this one.
http://www.amazon.com/Ready-Player-One-Ernest-Cline/dp/0307887448/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425738079&sr=8-1&keywords=ready+player+one (http://www.amazon.com/Ready-Player-One-Ernest-Cline/dp/0307887448/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425738079&sr=8-1&keywords=ready+player+one)
Finished Hulk The Complete Collection Vol. 2. Very good book as well.
Now reading Captain Marvel Vol. 1 Higher, Further, Faster, More. Pretty good so far. She has a really cool apartment also.
Also if you didn't know there is a magazine that is a 100 page tribute to Leonard Nimoy. I hope to get mine this week. It is supposed to be on sale till June 16. Here is a link and a pic.
http://startrek.com/article/first-look-nimoy-commemorative-magazine (http://startrek.com/article/first-look-nimoy-commemorative-magazine)
Picked up the Leonard Nimoy magazine. Lots of cool photos of him and his family. Very nice addition to your collection if you get a chance to pick it up.
Quote from: WillEagle on March 10, 2015, 06:42:19 PM
Picked up the Leonard Nimoy magazine. Lots of cool photos of him and his family. Very nice addition to your collection if you get a chance to pick it up.
I need to go get that!
Worth every cent! I have looked through it and will probably get into more very soon. Just make sure your cashier puts in a bag that covers the whole thing when its raining! Mine didn't at Kroger so I just grabbed a big bag at the end of the register. I told the bagger I paid $10 bucks I don't want it to get wet!
I'll have to look for that. I wonder if my Kroger has it? hmmm....
Another Leonard Nimoy tribute magazine was released from Entertainment Weekly. The wife picked this up for me. It is $14.99. Lots of pages like the CBS one. Here is a pic.
I just picked up the CBS one today at a Barnes & Noble.
I picked up a copy of both the Entertainment Weekly and the CBS issues. I have not read either cover to cover, but the CBS one seems a bit better. Some good photos in both and it's nice to have some of the more rare shots together in single volumes. Nothing revelatory from either one, but collectable just the same.
Kevin
Another Nimoy tribute magazine at B&N today!
I wonder how many of these there will be? I will have to look for this.
Found the Leonard Nimoy Tribute mag that Ktrek mentioned. Of all places I found it at Wal-Mart. Not as many pages as the other two but still very nice.
Guys check out 2 books by Kim Stanley Robinson's ***2312***,it was the inspiration for some of the footage in the short film ***Wanderers*** ,see link below
& also his latest book ***SHAMAN*** ,here's the blurb ...
"His new novel, he turns from our future to our past - to the Paleolithic era, and an extraordinary moment in humanity's development. An emotionally powerful and richly detailed portrayal of life 30,000 years ago, it is a novel that will appeal both to his existing fans and a whole new mainstream readership."
c/w carl Sagan quote ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwXqoaThGvA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwXqoaThGvA)
http://www.erikwernquist.com/wanderers/ (http://www.erikwernquist.com/wanderers/)
(http://www.erikwernquist.com/wanderers/images/gallery/WANDERERS_iapetus_ridge_01.jpg)
(http://www.erikwernquist.com/wanderers/images/gallery/WANDERERS_ringshine_02.jpg)
Please add me on goodreads if any of you are on it,i'd love to see what other sci-fi fans are reading :)
https://www.goodreads.com/friend/i?i=LTM1OTg3NzI1ODU6MzY5 (https://www.goodreads.com/friend/i?i=LTM1OTg3NzI1ODU6MzY5)
I'm going to be starting the 3rd and latest volume of Chris Bennett's Rise of the Federation series.
I got to hit a Half Priced Books store yesterday after the wife and I went to a Columbus BlueJackets game. I picked up a couple of graphic novels and 3 comics. The graphic novels were Captain America - Forever Allies for $5 and Jurassic Park Vol. 1 - Redemption for $2! Good deals but my favorite pick up was Babylon 5 #1 comics issue! These are hard for me to find at a good price and I thought $3 was fair. It had a little damage but I can live with it. I can find these on ebay sometimes but they normally go for more than I want to pay. And honestly its pretty fun looking through long boxes of comics and finding something your missing from your collection. The Babylon 5 comic though was in the front of a locked area so I didn't have to look to hard for that. There are 11 issues and I only have 2 so far.
So as you could tell from my previous post I mentioned the Babylon 5 #1 comic. Well during my vacation last week the wife and I went to a comic shop that I go to near Columbus. I hit a jackpot in there! As I was looking around in the long boxes a couple guys came in and started loading a van. I asked what he was doing and he said loading up for the Chicago Comic Con! He told me if I had come in the next day (which we had been thinking) that all the long boxed would have been gone!
I am so glad we went on the day we did! I found the whole series of Babylon 5!!! They had it marked at $20 and the deal was sets for half off! I got it for $10!!! I was quite excited by that little find. And I found about 13 other comics to fill some holes in my collection. Some of them were from the 'V' comic from back in 1985. I also found an Atari Force issue. Some current issues I found was the Justice League #23.2 featuring Lobo. For some reason Jeremy at my local shop couldn't get a hold of one for me.
So since today is Free Comic Book Day I thought it would be fun to mention my "treasure trove" of awesomeness I was able to find. And since it is Free Comic Book Day my local shop lets anyone with a pull list to get 3 books. And if you buy other things based on what you spend you can get other free comics too! So they open at 10am! So guess who's going to be there hopefully when the open! THIS GUY!!
Quote from: owenbre on March 31, 2015, 01:09:50 AM
Guys check out 2 books by Kim Stanley Robinson's ***2312***,it was the inspiration for some of the footage in the short film ***Wanderers*** ,see link below
& also his latest book ***SHAMAN*** ,here's the blurb ...
"His new novel, he turns from our future to our past - to the Paleolithic era, and an extraordinary moment in humanity's development. An emotionally powerful and richly detailed portrayal of life 30,000 years ago, it is a novel that will appeal both to his existing fans and a whole new mainstream readership."
c/w carl Sagan quote ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwXqoaThGvA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwXqoaThGvA)
http://www.erikwernquist.com/wanderers/ (http://www.erikwernquist.com/wanderers/)
(http://www.erikwernquist.com/wanderers/images/gallery/WANDERERS_iapetus_ridge_01.jpg)
(http://www.erikwernquist.com/wanderers/images/gallery/WANDERERS_ringshine_02.jpg)
Please add me on goodreads if any of you are on it,i'd love to see what other sci-fi fans are reading :)
https://www.goodreads.com/friend/i?i=LTM1OTg3NzI1ODU6MzY5 (https://www.goodreads.com/friend/i?i=LTM1OTg3NzI1ODU6MzY5)
Those pics are amazing!
Free Comic Book Day!
Just finished "Messenger" by Lois Lowry. It's the third in The Giver Quartet. It's a pretty quick read and enjoyable, though a bit depressing. ;)
I've been reading Saga of the Swamp Thing by Alan Moore...I'm on Vol. 5. A bygone era in comics...just pure awesome..
Quote from: ChrisMC on May 07, 2015, 04:44:20 PM
I've been reading Saga of the Swamp Thing by Alan Moore...I'm on Vol. 5. A bygone era in comics...just pure awesome..
I have seen those at the library. Wasn't sure if I wanted to get into them or not. With your stamp of approval maybe I should check them out.
Been reading some of the DC Convergence books and I just finished Vol. 1 of the Cyclops series. This is the Cyclops from the New X-Men and he is only 16. He is in space with his Dad. I really enjoyed it!
Also since I got to see Avengers: Age of Ultron on Sunday I started reading my magazines that I picked up with Avengers Stories in them.
Just starting to read a new Doctor Who book myself, called 'Engines of War', by George Mann, featuring the "War Doctor". I am so glad to have found this, and I hope they were able to capture in words what John Hurt brought to life on screen during the 50th special the other year. It was only a glimpse of his character, but I found it very interesting. I'll make sure to try and post a review when I'm done for anyone that might be interested. Cheers!
Rendal
Sounds cool! And welcome to the forum too!
I joined a Star Trek book community on Facebook and they are working through the early TOS books published by Pocket and discussing them. This month Robert E. Vardeman's The Klingon Gambit is up. I'm finding kind of an OK story so far. The voicing and characterization seems off at times, which is hard for me to understand since by the time this was written TOS had been on TV for quite some time and even a couple of films. The plot also borrows heavily from TOS episodes and so not very original. I'll finish reading it because of the group but the quality of this book and what's coming out today is miles apart.
(http://www.risingshadow.net/library_link/images/books/17072.jpg)
The Spider-Man comic I've been waiting years for after all that "One More Day" nonsense. MJ and Peter back together again! :spidey
Quote from: Rico on June 20, 2015, 11:50:02 AM
The Spider-Man comic I've been waiting years for after all that "One More Day" nonsense. MJ and Peter back together again! :spidey
I picked that up too! I think its supposed to be a four part series.
Now if they would bring Superman and Lois back together also! They had a two part "Convergence" Superman book that was those two and it was very good!
Quote from: Rico on March 07, 2015, 06:23:44 AM
Reading "Ready Player One" and so far it's great! A ton of gaming, TV, and movie references and nostalgia in this book. I think everyone here would get a kick out of this one.
http://www.amazon.com/Ready-Player-One-Ernest-Cline/dp/0307887448/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425738079&sr=8-1&keywords=ready+player+one (http://www.amazon.com/Ready-Player-One-Ernest-Cline/dp/0307887448/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425738079&sr=8-1&keywords=ready+player+one)
Just finished "Ready Player One".It's a real fun book,particularly for anyone lucky enough to grow up in the 80's.
Steven Spielberg is doing the movie .... how is he going to handle the licensing for that one??? :o
Reading Finders Keepers by Stephen King. Another winner!
Just finished the last two volumes of the World's Finest - Huntress/Power Girl and they were both good but they really ended the series in a huge cliff hanger that I believe is being continued with the recent new series called Earth 2. I also picked up this weeks Entertainment Weekly which features San Diego Comic Con. Cool cover too. Check it out.
Just finished the Forever Evil story line from DC. I bought the Forever Evil graphic novel and I get the Justice League comic every month so those I had at home to read but as these comic publishers do they branch off in many directions with a story line. So it took me a while to get the Justice League America GN from the library but finally did and I really enjoyed them all. I didn't have all the issues from all the series that were part of this but since I had the 3 main ones I read them in order based on a list I found on the internet. Very good storyline but I like it better when they just stick to one book to tell the story.
A friend gave me Emergence to read and I couldn't put it down.
Nice post- apocalypse story in the form of a first narrative.
Follows the journey of Candidia Maria Smith-Foster an eleven year old girl as she searches for survivors and discovers the emergence of a new world.
First published in 'Analog'
http://www.amazon.com/Emergence/dp/B002U4W1QA (http://www.amazon.com/Emergence/dp/B002U4W1QA)
I like picking up books from the library and today I went in to get my holds and I always check out the sell room and I am now the proud owner of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy!! This volume includes all 3 books and it is the movie version cover. And it only cost a QUARTER!!!!! Yes a twenty dollar book for only one QUARTER!! It's a little rough around the edges but it only cost a QUARTER!!! what a great deal!
Besides my holds I found a Avengers Ultimate Character Guide from DK Publishing and The Action Bible which is The Holy Bible in Graphic Novel form which I thought would be pretty cool. I am a Christian and do try and read my Bible so I thought this would be a neat way to read and SEE some of the stories.
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick.
If you like alternate history, this is a good read.
The story takes place after the Axis Powers won WWII and a divided United States is occupied by Japan and Nazi Germany.
A TV pilot debated in January and a 10 ep series is due to release November 2015
Quote from: WillEagle on September 08, 2015, 02:31:35 PM
I like picking up books from the library and today I went in to get my holds and I always check out the sell room and I am now the proud owner of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy!! This volume includes all 3 books and it is the movie version cover. And it only cost a QUARTER!!!!! Yes a twenty dollar book for only one QUARTER!! It's a little rough around the edges but it only cost a QUARTER!!! what a great deal!
Besides my holds I found a Avengers Ultimate Character Guide from DK Publishing and The Action Bible which is The Holy Bible in Graphic Novel form which I thought would be pretty cool. I am a Christian and do try and read my Bible so I thought this would be a neat way to read and SEE some of the stories.
Nice deal on that book!
Just started Jeff VanDerMeer's - Annihilation: A Novel (The Southern Reach Trilogy). Not bad so far, quite strange...my kind of story! :)
Just finished Green Lantern - New Guardians Vol. 6 - Storming the Gates. This is the end of the run for this series. When DC once again restarted, rebooted or whatever this series didn't get renewed. They did give the series a decent ending though so that was good.
I don't know about you but I'm getting a little tired of Marvel and DC rebooting every couple of years. I haven't checked but I heard the most recent reboot for DC is not doing so good. What do you guys/gals think of all the reboots?
Just finished the 4 part series of Star Wars: Shattered Empire comics. I really liked the series and I liked the 1st 2 issues the best. I really liked the story line of the married couple because when I think about it there are not too many mentioned even if you count all the books and comics. Expanded Universe or otherwise. I did luck out and I was able to get a variant cover of issue 2. It has a live shot of Leia with her Endor uniform on. Cool cover. A good quick read for any Star Wars fan.
Yeah, that was a good mini-series leading up to the movie.
Cool Star Trek daily pic for 1-13-16. I have the first 2 issues of the Starfleet Academy comic and will read it once I get all 5 parts. I was going to wait for the graphic novel to read it but I couldn't just pass it by on the new comics rack. I confess I am a comic impulse buyer!!! Especially if Star Trek or Star Wars is on the front!
Just picked up China Mieville's 'this census taker'. Was highly recommended to me, but haven't started it yet.
I NEED TO BUY THIS BOOK. Shatner was on the Today show talking about it too.
Here is a link to a video.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/905647 (http://www.hulu.com/watch/905647)
And here is a pic of the book cover.
Yep - I need to pick that up too!
I bought it and it arrived via Amazon on Tuesday. All I can say about it is that so far it's not as good as some of Shatner's other books and is pretty fluffy. Don't expect anything really deep and revealing about Nimoy because it will take a better biographer to do that justice. Realize that this book is actually as much about Shatner (maybe even more) than it is about Nimoy. If you can accept those things then by all means buy it. If I didn't purchase most Trek books released I think I could have given this volume a pass.
Kevin
Started reading Convergence from DC Comics. I read some of the tie in issues but I never read the main part of the story. So thanks to the library I am now. Also I have seen where they are rebooting DC after issue 52 of the current series. I am getting a little sick of these reboots!!!!!
Convergence wasn't that good. I liked some of the tie in issues better than the main story. I just felt it was all over the place.
I also just found about a new book called "The Star Trek Book". It will cost $25 from DK publishing and be released on June 7.
Here is a link to it.
http://www.startrek.com/article/the-star-trek-book-celebrates-50-years-of-trek (http://www.startrek.com/article/the-star-trek-book-celebrates-50-years-of-trek)
That is not a bad price on that Star Trek book, I might keep an eye out for it when it gets released. From the description, it might not have a lot of information in it that we have not heard before, but would make a nice displayable reference guide.
That book is only around $17.00 on Amazon right now. :)
Picked this up at the library. "Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice Tech Manual". I think I lucked out and am the 1st one to check it out. I put it on hold and I was 1st hold so that's why I think I was the 1st to get it. Smells brand new too. Lots of pictures with some info throughout. If you buy it it is a tabletop size Hardback at $40.
Here is a pic.
Cool stuff! Didn't realize the library gets books like this.
So I read the new Steve Rogers Captain America #1. Not sure what to think even though I did like it. May not like the direction it seems to be going. I just can't see that happening with Captain America.
Just finished an Eureka graphic novel that BOOM! put out in 2009. I found it at a Half-Priced Books. I really liked this show when it aired and was very interested to see how I would like a graphic novel based on the series. Volume 1 did have many of the characters from the earlier seasons with 1 big omission of Henry Deacon. The GN didn't stack up to the series though. I gave it a 6 out of 10. It was an original story which was cool but I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Still worth a look see if you have the chance to check it out.
Last night I finished the book called 'Illegal Alien' by Robert J. Sawyer. It came out in 1997. I had never read anything from Sawyer and I did enjoy the book. It centers on an Alien that needs a lawyer's help. It had a lot of courtroom settings. I would consider it a courtroom drama with sci-fi mixed in. I don't really read fiction that centers on Lawyers or police so the sci-fi being mixed in was enjoyable.
Also picked up for only $3.99 the hardcover of 'The Klingon Art of War'! And for only $6.99 Star Trek Captain's Log Fan Collective. Of course I can watch all the episodes on it through Netflix but the extras on it so far have been really good. Here is a pic.
Picked these magazines up a few days ago. Sometimes its hard to pick what cover you want but these were pretty easy choices.
Nice stuff! I haven't seen that TV Guide/Comic-Con mag before.
Quote from: Rico on July 25, 2016, 01:56:14 PM
Nice stuff! I haven't seen that TV Guide/Comic-Con mag before.
There were 4 total covers. Flash, Blindspot and Supernatural were the other.
Picked up this today at Wal-Mart. And it was the last one! Trish was saying 'How did you even see that!' Hey it's Star Trek! It was put out by USA Today. 'Star Trek: 50th Anniversary Live Long and Prosper.
Went to the Wheeling, West Virginia area for a day trip during our vacation this past week and we were with my cousin Andy and he took us to a Books-A-Million! I think I had only been to one of those one other time. Well anyway they had lots of goodies for this comic fan! I got the Ultimate Comics 'Divided We Fall United We Stand' hardcover for $5!! That is a $40 book! Also got a X-Men First Class all ages GN for a buck and an Iron Man all ages GN for only $2! Star Wars 'Honor and Duty' was only $4. The only one I paid full price for was Superman/Wonder Woman Vol. 1 Power Couple. Also grabbed some comics at a mall we went to and filled some holes in my collection. Really stoked to find the Star Trek Alien Spotlight 'Q' and the Action Comics #32 Bombshell Variant Cover! Got it for $4.25. A lot better price than I found on Ebay.
Here is a pic.
Great stuff and great deals there Will!
Just finished the Wonder Woman Earth One Graphic Novel. I did not think it was that good. The Superman ones have been really good but even with Grant Morrison writing it the Wonder Woman Earth One falls short.
Also did read the Alien Spotlight 'Q' comic and it was pretty good.
Right now I am reading Star Wars The Marvel Covers and it has been pretty interesting.
I don't know how many of you out there had the chance to read Marvel's 'Secret Wars' from this year but I thought it was a mess. I was pretty lost during the whole book. It may be that I am not up on the Marvel 'comic' universe as much as I should be or maybe I just needed to read more of the tie in issues. Either way I didn't think this event story was very good. I would probably rate it a 4 out of 10. I think there are too many stories in either Marvel or DC that span over to many titles to keep up. I'm getting kinda tired of it. Most of us can't afford 12 different titles a week to keep up with all of these 'events'. Even with Superman Doomed a while back it spanned over about 4 titles! I'm still trying to get them all so I can read it in full!! Well I guess I'm just getting tired of a story having so many parts over so many different titles. Even my pull list has shortened to about 6.
Here they are:
Superman
Darth Vader (ends next week at #25)
Trinity (haven't put this on the pull list yet)
Star Wars
Captain America
Star Trek Boldly Go (Should be out Oct. 19. This is replacing the recently finished run on Star Trek)
Serenity - No Power in the Verse (6 part series and starting Oct. 26)
Anyone else pick up the new Star Trek Comic?? I got the subscription cover. Love that purple logo.
Grabbed the first 2 graphics novels of the "Kanan - The Last Padawan series. Never have watched the show so I wanted to check these out.
Just finished reading Star Trek: Deviations. Pretty interesting but kinda a sudden ending. Definitely open to your own interpretation.
If you haven't already you want to read the 'Han Solo' graphic novel. I thought it was very good and I loved the new alien races that I don't recall from any of the movies or shows. Nice twist to the story that I found interesting. This is a must read!
Had to share this bit of info with my Treks in Sci-Fi friends. If you have an Ollie's Discount Store near you they are having a DC graphic novel sale! Books start at $1.99. Most of them are $2.99 & $3.99 but the even had some hard cover and some art books at $5.99 and $6.99. I saw the Superman Cover to Cover book and a Batman Neal Adams book which looked really cool. I stuck to books at $3.99 and under so I could get a bigger selection. Still more that I would like to get at some point. (When the wife isn't checking the checking account!) LOL
Go check them out. Lots of Superman, Batman, Green Lantern JSA, Showcase Presents, JLA and I even remember some Wildstorm titles. Should be some fun reads!
Dang - I don't think we have that store chain up here. Sounds like a great deal.
I've been working my way through most of the Shadowhunter series by Cassandra Clare. Great stories about Demons, Vampires, Warlocks, Werewolves, Faeries, and the Nephilim who try to maintain law and order on the planet around all the "downworlder" drama and infighting.
Now turning to Robert Ludlum's comedies, The Road to Gandolfo, and The Road To Omaha. Surprisingly funny for an author known for spy thrillers...
I need to dive into those Shadowhunter books sometime.
When I was making the post about the Ollie's Discount Chain with the great priced graphic novels I got a call from the wife that she got a flat tire after she left work and here in Ohio its been COLD! So I meant to post a pic and say I hope to soon be able to go to a nearby town that has an Ollie's because the ad said they had over 625 titles and stores guaranteed not to have all titles. So I got the wife home safe and sound the other night and here is a pic of my choices. Really excited about all those JSA!
Nice haul of comics there Will!
So did everyone get their Action #1000! Lots of covers to choose from. I wanted a variant and was lucky enough to get the 70's variant by Steranko. Would love to get more variants but... it is an $8 book. Here is a pic of the one I got. And the one I wish I could have found which is the one with Supergirl on it.
Go get your copy if you haven't already!
Just picked up Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.
Quote from: Bromptonboy on April 24, 2018, 05:31:37 AM
Just picked up Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.
Ahh, I read that awhile back.