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| Topic Started: July 9, 2011, 8:04 am (528 Views) | |
| alicelouise58 | July 9, 2011, 8:04 am Post #1 |
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Summer time is the time for beach reading. I'd like to know what Blues Clubber are reading now. I'm always looking for new recommendations. Thanks to my handy dandy Amazon Kindle; there are many books that I can peruse anywhere. Right now I'm reading. 1. Wheel of Time Book 3-The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan: Thank you, for your recommendation Cyrex. I was ready to give up in the middle of Eye of The World. Your warning helped me slog through it. 2. Miss Perrigine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs: I've finished this one. The author has constructed a fantasy based on vintage photographs. I'd recommend getting the hard copy or reading it on a tablet, like the Android or IPad, because the pictures are part of the narrative. In some ways it is similar to Harry Potter in that the main character finds out that he is a "peculiar"(What's that? Read the book!) It is a book more appropriate for those 16 on up. I finished this. 3. American Gods by Neil Gaiman: I just started this. It's reminding me of "The Stand" by Stephen King. The book is definitely for adults. 4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins-This book is billed for teens and young adults. It's a book that everyone can enjoy with a likable heroine. 5. Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier-A travelogue to the very Far East of Russia. I've always liked the road trip accounts along with fantasy. I know some of the clubbers are actually living in wild and woolly places. Reading is the next best thing. 6. The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert Parker-Mysteries, Detective novels, and Police Procedurals rank right up there with Sci-Fi and Fantasy. 7. Fat Ollie's Book by Ed McBain-A novel within a novel along with the author's take on Amazon reviewers(ouch!) all rolled into one. Ollie Weeks, detective and aspiring writer, has his manuscript stolen and the robber takes it as fact. 8. The Rare Coin Score by Richard Stark-This is a Cops and Crooks book from the Crook's point of view. Parker is the anti hero of this book in a series. Parker reminds me somewhat of an Artemis Entreri set in modern times. When I read Stark's first book in the Parker series, The Hunter-I think-, I began to wonder if RA Salvatore might have received some inspiration from Stark for Entreri. This book was published in the early 60s. 9. A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin-This is his 5th book in the Song of Fire and Ice series. Yes, It is finally coming our honest and for true! on July 12th. It is on pre-order for the Kindle.10. Passage to Dawn by RA Salvatore-Of course, I wouldn't go to the beach without an FR novel to read. 11. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte-One of my favorite classics along with anything by Jane Austen. |
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| Zhepr | July 9, 2011, 10:15 am Post #2 |
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i am working my way through one of my fav series. Its by orson scott card. the books is called shadow puppets the 3rd in a series of 4. If you have ever heard of enders game id check it out the first book is called enders shadow and is a paralleled novel that goes with enders game. awesome reason orson scott card is amazing |
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| Blue Phoenix | July 9, 2011, 7:08 pm Post #3 |
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Yeah, there are some things i wish i had tempered a bit on Amazon, lol. I read a quote by Salvatore not long after that about his heartache due to harsh reviews. Well, some of it he deserved and some i should have been more careful with my tone... Peculiar Children sounds good, as does Fat Ollie's Book. How many books do you read at once? I tend to read one at a time, and i carry it with me everywhere. i loved the Ender series too Zhepr, but i never got into the parallels much. Bean just didn't interest me and i hate when a universe changes so much that it's practically unrecognizable; that usually means whatever drew me to the book(s) is gone too. As for me, i'm presently reading The Annotated Elminster by Ed Greenwood, about the sage & quirky archmage and Chosen of Mystra who is around a thousand years old. This is a recompilation of the first three novels in the series, starting when Elminster is orphaned and how he becomes a wizard. It includes notes from the author on both El and Dungeons and Dragons, giving you a bit of insight on what it's like to create a whole universe that caught on with the rest of the world. I read another trilogy first, , which gave the adult personality and flavor of Elminster along with some of the people in his world. The only thing i didn't like (well other than the many, many instances of naked bodies; presently, El is IN a female body, even --i swear Greenwood was a horny teenager when he wrote these books) was when Elminster called down not one, but TWO goddesses, who set things to right and then tossled his hair before they went home. (Of course, one of the goddesses was as good as naked, too, and neither was Mystra, although he seems exceedingly close to her. ) I guess that's where the male fans get the idea of not liking El at all, with him Gary Stu-ing so close to the deities, but so far i think that complaint is highly over-groused and i plan to read the remaining books in the series, around 10 in all. If nothing else, it is giving me great ideas, terminology and phrases i plan to |
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| alicelouise58 | July 10, 2011, 5:36 pm Post #4 |
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Blue Phoenix, since I've received my Amazon Kindle; my reading habits have changed. Since I can can have several books on one small device, it's possible to hop from book to book. I don't have to decide which book to take with me to work or to the gym. The Annotated Elminster sounds interesting. As for the Gary Stu accusations.... It seems that the latest novels have made El's powers more sporadic. I think that Miss Perrigrine's Home for Peculiar Children is in libraries. It reminded me a lot of the Harry Potter series. Zephyr, I've read Ender's Game. I will have to look into this new series you recommended. |
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| Blue Phoenix | July 10, 2011, 9:16 pm Post #5 |
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oh, it's not a matter of deciding which book to take with me... i only like to read one at a time, maybe two if they're dissimilar (one fantasy, one technical/factual, for instance). i prefer to immerse myself fully into whatever world i'm reading about without distractions. ...my brain might get confused if i juggled too many worlds at once, lol. |
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| GC Rust | July 12, 2011, 9:07 pm Post #6 |
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Raymond E. Feist's Serpentwar series is finally being re-released, same with his Krondor series. I CAN FINALLY FILL IN THE HOLES OF MY RIFTWAR COLLECTION!
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| MissMoneyPenny | July 13, 2011, 6:42 am Post #7 |
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Star Trek, Double Helix #3: Red Sector (Diane Carey) The Double Helix series is a set of 6 Star Trek books, spanning all of the Star Trek universes (as far as I know -- I'm only on book three...) The premise of the series deals with various genetically engineered viruses that are being used as weapons...I'm enjoying it so far!
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| alicelouise58 | August 18, 2011, 5:05 pm Post #8 |
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I'm listening to the Audiobook Wicked by Gregory Maguire during my commute to work. This is a different take on L. Frank Baum's Oz series. It has Elphaba, AKA the Wicked Witch of the West, as the protagonist. Right now, I'm on Disc 7 of 20. So far, so good. The novel up to this point is more character driven than plot driven. I just don't want to be lost when i see the musical in October. |
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| alicelouise58 | August 18, 2011, 5:06 pm Post #9 |
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I've made my 200th post! |
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| SonofSargas | August 19, 2011, 8:43 pm Post #10 |
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| Blue Phoenix | August 20, 2011, 8:41 am Post #11 |
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Congrats on your 200th, Alice! I'd like to see Wicked! You might listen to the soundtrack for Wicked before you go; many people go to the same play more than once and are thrilled knowing when their favorite songs are coming up. ...unless you think it would spoil your enjoyment of experience the play for the first time... Let us know what you thought of it. Right now I'm reading The Annotated Elminster, a D&D hardcover of Ed Greenwood's first three Elminster books (master mage, world/other-dimension traveler, about a thousand years old, Chosen of Mystra) and i'm enjoying it immensely. Unlike the couple of later books (which i happened to read first) depicting him later in life, this is how El got his start; losing his family and entire village, surviving on his own, meeting the goddess of magic, studying magic and helping to create the Mythal that surrounded the lost city of Myth Drannor (formerly Cormanthor). |
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| alicelouise58 | August 21, 2011, 8:16 pm Post #12 |
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Interesting about the Elminster series. The first 2 Elminster novels are on Kindle for a very low price. I would swear there were 2 different writers for Elminster of the Dale and Elminster must Die. The first one is turning out to be tightly written and plotted, This is in contrast to the the "Die" book. It seemed to have many plot convolutions and references that might confuse a first time reader of FR novels. Anyhoo, I'm enjoying the first Elminster novel. I will see if I can listen to the soundtrack of Wicked. Edited by alicelouise58, August 21, 2011, 8:18 pm.
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| Blue Phoenix | August 22, 2011, 7:18 am Post #13 |
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That's why I mentioned ghostwriting; the ideas may be his, but I think his editor handed him some professional help (or provided it himself) to make the first books cohesive enough to get them done. I'm thinking that later, as his audience grew, he decided to do the books on his own with less 'interference'. ~sigh~ I'm wondering how Wicked came to be written. Surely they needed to purchase publishing rights from Baum's estate. Sometimes it's not easy to convince authors or their inheritors to let go of their vision so it can be rewritten or continued. I sure would love to do that with my Faerun stories! |
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| alicelouise58 | August 22, 2011, 3:08 pm Post #14 |
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I second that on the Faerun stories. I would guess the Baum estate is composed of reasonable individuals. The estate probably saw what the public saw with Wicked. That is, it would be adding to Baum's legacy. WotC? They seem to be very a corporate and unadventurous lot. |
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| Blue Phoenix | August 22, 2011, 10:55 pm Post #15 |
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Not only that, but Salvatore has promised them that if they ever let someone else write for his characters, that's their legal right, but he'll never touch them again. And he wants his son to take over when he retires, so he's going to be strong about it. ...Even so, Catti-brie and Bruenor are dead now, and i DO write Drizzt rather well if i say so myself. I wish he'd loosen up. |
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| alicelouise58 | August 23, 2011, 6:58 am Post #16 |
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I had the impression that after Salvatore wrote his last Drizzt novel it would be the end of the road. It wouldn't be necessarily death but, a permanent retirement at least for the Drow character. I didn't know that Salvatore wanted his son to take up the reins. |
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| Blue Phoenix | August 23, 2011, 9:49 am Post #17 |
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Yeah, his older son travels with him to book signings, and co-authored another series with him. As long as the Drizzt series makes money, a Salvatore will keep writing. Right now he's about to reveal his second of a 6-book contract, and at the rate of one per year, Drizzt will be around for a while longer yet. Now, Greenwood seems completely different. He started this whole place and contributed tons of characters, some of whom are in other people's novels, I believe. He came in to this with the knowledge that other people would want details on certain aspects of the areas and the magic and the people, and he talks of sharing. I like the crossover idea. As for Salvatore, he was the first one to take the idea of 'dark elves' and fleshed them out, giving them a society and a well-described home. But dark elves were not his idea, they were Greenwood's. That idea has been furthered in other novels by several writers. I'm not sure how much 'say' Salvatore has over those novels. I suppose I could disassociate Serenade from Catti-brie and Drizzt, but I'd hate to do that since they were my starting point in exploring and loving Faerun. Besides, have you noticed any new books since the 4Ed D&D game came out that stay in OUR present, which is before the worlds collided and the Spellplague happened? WotC might not be publishing anything from the 'past' anymore, even if I made Sere separate from Catti-brie... :( |
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| GC Rust | August 25, 2011, 6:42 pm Post #18 |
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Re-reading A Darkness at Sethanon, Book Four of Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Saga. Re-reading the start of the 20+ year spanning saga made me realize just how much I miss Price Aurthua, Jimmy the Hand, Katala, and Martin. Pug and Thomas are the only two still alive, and the quality of the secondary characters varies throughout the books. Still, it is soon coming to a end. With the release of A Kingdom Besieged, there's only two more books remaining. And there are still several gapping holes in the collection. After wrapping up Darkness, I'll move onto Rapture, the prequel novel of the blockbuster video game Bioshock, detailing the rise and fall of Andrew Ryan's dream to build a utopia under the sea, and how power, money, and greed destroyed it. |
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| Blue Phoenix | August 25, 2011, 7:04 pm Post #19 |
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How i marvel at the number of authors who have successful series and die-hard fans! ...and how long they wait for the books... |
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| GC Rust | August 25, 2011, 7:10 pm Post #20 |
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Heh, speaking of which, Book 5 of David Weber's Safehold Series (How Firm A Foundation) is coming out September 15th! And unlike Feist's stuff, I don't wait for Paperback for those! So weee! |
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) I guess that's where the male fans get the idea of not liking El at all, with him Gary Stu-ing so close to the deities, but so far i think that complaint is highly over-groused and i plan to read the remaining books in the series, around 10 in all. If nothing else, it is giving me great ideas, terminology and phrases i plan to 



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