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Atavachron
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Oh for sure, those old Guides & handbooks were the best, funky as hell. And I remember a good set of rounded polyhedrons was essential because the die you'd get with a box were usually cheap and rough-cut, didn't roll well. And those lead figurines were a blast. |
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"The Sicilian" - Mario Puzo
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This autumn I reread three of my favorite novels. Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset Ulysses by James Joyce The Sound and Fury by William Faulkner Kristin Lavransdatter may be my all time favorite novel. Sigrid Undset won the 1928 Nobel Prize for Literature largely the strength of her novel Kristin Lavransdatter. I've read the two prominent English translations, however I recommend the Tiina Nunnally translation. |
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Managed to get through 'In A House of Lies' by Ian Rankin (the latest Rebus mystery) - during the festive period, before lesson planning for next term kicks in. Not the best in the series - Rebus is increasingly a peripheral figure in his retirement (and not enough IPAs being drunk in the Oxford Bar these days!) - but a pleasant enough read all the same. Rankin is Rory Gallagher fan, so he can do no wrong in my book! 😄
Can I recommend James Oswald's Inspector McLean novels? Of course you can, Squonkie! 😀 They have a sympathetic lead character and there is a touch of supernatural to the Edinburgh murder mysteries too - which might appeal to any murder mystery forum members! |
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I'm reading Swan Song by Robert McCammon on the Kindle, so far it is very reminiscent of The Stand by Stephen King but I am only just getting in to so hopefully it won't turn out to be a rip-off :D
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Metal \m/
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Reading all of the 'Bryant and May' books by Chris Fowler.....two detectives in London in the Peculiar Crimes Unit...cases that are a bit too strange for the Met.
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This was a gem. BOC was very much a songwriting collective. It was not the Bloom/Buck show as perhaps some would think. The other three gents (Bouchards and Lanier) were integral and important members of the band, more than they will ever get credit for. I can see now how the sacking of Albert was a blow to everything that followed. This book is a decent examination of the band's material much more than a tell-all gossip book. Recommended to BOC fans. |
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I'll look for that BOC bio....I'm a fan of the band.
Getting ready to read the Gormenghast trilogy by M Peake.
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That was a wonderful series. Enjoy!
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dr wu23
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I've been meaning to read it for a couple of years now....a 'lost fantasy classic'.
I enjoy older 'weird and esoteric' books like that......I also really like various modern series like Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden Files, Sandman Slim series, and other quirky detective series that have supernatural elements. I'm open to suggestions for 'weird fiction' novels that one can get lost in. I recently read The Magicians by Grossman which is the basis for the recent tv series on sy fy channel.
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Snicolette
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I was reading a lot of sci fi and fantasy when it came out (the Gormenghast books). Have been reading a lot of it again (stuff I missed along the way). I loved Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow and also John Crowley's Little, Big. Have been recommending Alan Moore's Jerusalem in other places here, stupendous in many ways.
Joyce Carol Oates also wrote some fun takes on Gothic novels, Bellefleur, A Bloodsmoor Romance and Mysteries of Winterthurn. I will check into The Magicians.
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I have to admit I started reading Gormenghast, but left it halfway through. It occasionally happens to me, though I don't like leaving books largely unread. Nickie, if you are into fantasy (as I am), I can warmly recommend the Realm of the Elderlings series by Robin Hobb (9 volumes altogether, completed two years ago). It is epic fantasy with a setting reminiscent of medieval Europe, but with very strong, interesting characters and an intriguing magic system.
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Sounds wonderful, Raff. Thank you!
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I forgot to mention that Robin Hobb (real name Margaret Astrid Lindholm) is also from the West Coast. She's originally from Berkeley, CA, but lives in Washington state. Here's a link to her Wikipedia page: |
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Thank you for the added info...sounds like a really good series.
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dr wu23
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I've heard of The Sparrow...will ck it out again. I've read Little Big and one other of his...can't recall the title. Read several Oates novels in the past...over 20 years ago...can't recall which ones either....but thanks for the titles. My favorite 'fantasy' series of all time is Nine Princes in Amber by Zelazny. Favorite sci-fi series is The Culture series by Iaan Banks.....brilliant space opera. |
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Snicolette
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Mary Doria Russell also wrote a sequel to The Sparrow, Children of God.
John Crowley has written a LOT of books. His latest, Ka Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr is also quite good. Oates' writings go all over the place, from topical fiction to mysteries, as I mentioned, the takes on Gothic novels. The one thing that I find to be true for all of them is that she really explores the interior of her characters, you enter into their minds and patterns of thinking as she tells their stories. Will also check into The Culture series....How I see money flying out the door and books and music flying in.
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Snicolette
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Additional info on The Sparrow, which may intrigue or not, depending:
From Wikipedia: Nancy Pearl, a reviewer at Library Journal, felt that this book was mistakenly categorized as science fiction, and that it is really "a philosophical novel about the nature of good and evil and what happens when a man tries to do the right thing, for the right reasons and ends up causing incalculable harm".[3] I just thought it was an excellent and thought-provoking book.
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dr wu23
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Now I remember...I did read The Sparrow.....I'm getting old. I also read a similar book called A Case Of Conscience by Blish....which is mentioned on the Wiki page for The Sparrow btw. Both were excellent .
It's hell getting old....I have forgotten some of the books I've read over the years. I'll be 68 this July. :) I read Aegypt by Crowley...but not the later ones in the series. BTW...while looking at Crowley's books I recall an excellent series I read many years ago called The Deptford Trilogy by Davies. So many great books...so little time to read them all... ;)
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Snicolette
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I have also found sometimes that I thought I hadn't read a book, until I started it and then remembered that I had, after all, read it before. And I'm only 60. So you're in "young company."
I saw that they'd mentioned the Blish book also, I have not read that. I read the whole Aegypt series, but still like Little, Big the best. I loved that he mentioned the Old Mother West Wind Stories, by Thornton Burgess, which I grew up with from my mother's library, along with Ernest Thompson Seton and Albert Payson Terhune, amongst others of that era. Yes, I have stacks to read already. But lately I've had a lot of time to read in the evenings, I've been getting through a book a week, about, if they are a normal sized book. I hope I don't end up like that Twilight Zone episode, finally enough time to read and then break my irreplaceable glasses.
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