Science/Fantasy fiction bukes (5 Viewers)

[Cormcolash]

I'm sure I'll get round to reading some his books at some point (especially considering my girlfriend says she's going to get me one for my birthday), I'm just not in any rush considering all the other books I have to read.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

fuck! i've been reading Report On Probability A by brian aldiss and pages 97 to 112 are missing, replaced instead with pages 49 to 64. im going to move on to something else until i can get another copy

 

[Cormcolash]

I like what I've read of Brian Aldiss so far, have some stuff by him sitting in the house waiting for me too.

 

[TenRabbits]

Just finished Spin by Robert Charles Wilson. Twas excellent - first time in a long time I've sat down and read a book from start to finish. Beautifully written, big ideas and actual fully formed characters, which can be a hard find in SF!

Now.. on to Cormac McCarthy, the last Philip Roth, then hopefully the rest of the books by Robert Wilson I have just ordered will arrive in the post.

I love finding a new author who's class - I felt the same after reading Hyperion and Excession etc..

 

[magicbastarder]

just finished rereading excession. fucking class.

 

[Cormcolash]

Yeah Excession is great. I just finished Look to Windward, pretty cool. Finished Consider Phloebas before that, great. In between those I read Ian Esselmont's Malazan Empire book, Night of Knives. Fuckin cool, though not as good as Erikson's stuff, but that feels like it's just cause the scope isn't the same really.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

read the fifth head of cerebrus by gene wolfe, its pretty deadly alright. also just after reading The Moment Of Eclipse by Brian Aldiss, the first of his short story collections that i've read. im not usually into short stories but there were superb.

 

[magicbastarder]

fuck! i've been reading Report On Probability A by brian aldiss and pages 97 to 112 are missing, replaced instead with pages 49 to 64.

maybe that's deliberate?

anyway, started the midwich cuckoos by wyndham this morning. great so far.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

i did think of that at the time, not out of the question with aldiss. i just went ahead and finished it anyway

 

[theoootini]

aldiss' most recent editorial collection of short stories is the bizzle. well worth a goo...

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

aldiss' most recent editorial collection of short stories is the bizzle. well worth a goo...

i saw this in the shop this evening. pity theres only one aldiss story in it.

 

[george mcfly]

maybe that's deliberate?

anyway, started the midwich cuckoos by wyndham this morning. great so far.

as in, the source novel for Children Of The Damned?

as much as i love Dune, i'm finding the second book hard to get into. i think i'm gonna start that again

 

[magicbastarder]

as in, the source novel for Children Of The Damned?

i think so. started the kraken wakes this morning.

 

[Lili Marlene]

as much as i love Dune, i'm finding the second book hard to get into. i think i'm gonna start that again

2nded

 

[nEiLo]

Finished "hyperion" by Dan Simmons, the other day. Good stuff.

 

[TenRabbits]

Finished "hyperion" by Dan Simmons, the other day. Good stuff.

Both books? Beautifully written that.. that and the Robert Wilson one (Spin) were easily two of the best sf books I've read that manage to mix real big ideas with such moving writing. And Rama as well actually!

 

[Cormcolash]

Reading "The Wizard Knight" by Gene Wolfe, great stuff so far.
Last book I finished was "Fatal Revenant", second last of the Thomas Covenant series. That series is amazing, can't wait for the last one!
Stuff lined up "Matter" by Iain Banks and "Toll The Hounds" by Erikson, gonna be amazing, Erikson rules.

 

[theoootini]

thomas covenant? about 2 trilogies too long i reckon...

 

[piggles]

Am reading John Varley's 'The Golden Globe' right now. It is the not-as-super follow up to his super entertaining 'Steel Beach' which is great. would recommend.

 

[Cormcolash]

thomas covenant? about 2 trilogies too long i reckon...

Na I reckon it's great! Okay the second trilogy could be said not to be as good as the first, but it's still fuckin good stuff like!