copeab Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... _Gateways_ by F. Paul Wilson, part of the Repairman Jack series. The only problem was that, due to having to read books in the series I can find, I read the next book in the series (Crisscross) before this one, which did spoil the metaplot a bit. However, even with that, I enjoyed the book greatly. The self-contained plot is good and the clues for the metaplot are nice (even having read Crisscross first, there are some things in Gateways that aren't referenced in Crisscross). If you don't like Repairman jack, you probably haven't (and never will have) gotten this far into the series; if you've never read a Repairman Jack novel, start with The Tomb. Of the five RJ novels I've read so far, only Legacies seemed lacking a bit (but then it was more scifi than horror). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Forgot to mention. Tomb from the Repairman Jack series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Harbingers is the latest book in the RJ series, but I haven't seen it to read it yet. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber. His best one for a while, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber. His best one for a while' date=' I think.[/quote'] I am looking forward to the next book. I would also love to see him write the story of the 40 year war with the Gbabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takaholic Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Just finished re-reading Robert A Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land... Well, it's been 40 years since I first read it. Still a classic, and fun. Before that, just read the Saga of Seven Suns books (5 of 7 out so far) by Kevin Anderson... Feels like a Babylon 5 style story... Various races and human factions dealing with personal / racial problems all taking place in the background of an Elder Races war going on. Thought I'd give the first volume a try, and kept reading, and reading, and reading. Great characters and looking forward to the last two books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Been reading Lord of Light. It's slow going for me, but then, Zelazny's very hit-or-miss with me. Some of his stuff I can burn right through, others I struggle with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestnik Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt. I liked it a lot, but since it echoes the themes of the Time/Space/Origins series (by Stephen Baxter, IIRC) I'd just been reading, it didn't stick out in my mind as it otherwise would have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Just finished re-reading I am Legend by Richard Matheson. The only truly intellectual horror I know (even Lovecraft was far more visceral). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Been reading Lord of Light. It's slow going for me' date=' but then, Zelazny's very hit-or-miss with me. Some of his stuff I can burn right through, others I struggle with.[/quote'] Hint: I like Zelazny and even I found that one a bit hard until I was halfway through at which point there's an "Aha!" moment and it all starts to make sense. cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Hint: I like Zelazny and even I found that one a bit hard until I was halfway through at which point there's an "Aha!" moment and it all starts to make sense. I just finished the sequence where Sam gets his new body (after testing the process on someone else...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisUlf Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Cormyr, by Ed Greenwood and Jeff Grubb. Yes, a Forgotten Realms novel. I liked the history and the (rather infrequent) action scenes, but I could have done without the endless scenes of noble intrigue for the throne. Reminded me all too much of Vampire:the Pretension, which in turn reminded me all too much of high school, which I don't want to be reminded me of. I'd say it's okay, but meh, there are better books set in the Realms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSword Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I just picked up Proven Guilty' date=' book 9 of The Dresden Files.[/quote'] I picked it up a few weeks ago. Oddly enough its my first book in the Dresden Files, but it was the only one available at Books-a-Million. Its well enough written that its wrecking my sleep schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I picked it up a few weeks ago. Oddly enough its my first book in the Dresden Files' date=' but it was the only one available at Books-a-Million. Its well enough written that its wrecking my sleep schedule. [/quote'] I read it the night I got it. Went to bed around 1 AM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Jennifer Government by Max Barry. How corporations could behave if they really thought they could get away with it. Thank the lord for government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Jennifer Government by Max Barry. How corporations could behave if they really thought they could get away with it. Thank the lord for government. A fantastic book. I highly recommend his other books as well (Corporation and Syrup). They are also making a movie of Jennifer Government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... A fantastic book. I highly recommend his other books as well (Corporation and Syrup). They are also making a movie of Jennifer Government. Y'know, I heard that, but I haven't seen any updates on it lately. Have you heard any updates? I think I heard a couple of years ago that Julia Roberts was signed on as Jennifer. LOVED that book, by the way. I picked up Syrup at the library a while back, and that was also pretty good. Same concept at Jennifer Government, basically, but not taken to such an extreme. Haven't read Corporation yet. I should probably go track down a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Jennifer Government by Max Barry. How corporations could behave if they really thought they could get away with it. Thank the lord for government. And who watches the watchmen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... And who watches the watchmen? Zack Snyder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Thanks, I hadn't really paid attention to any names on the newest incarnation of the movie project, didn't realize he had such a light resume, haven't seen any of his work yet but would like to see 300. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I'd like to add my voice to the praise of Jennifer Government - and also point out the website the author created for his webased game inspired by his ideas in the book- http://www.nationstates.net/ I don't know if Julia would be right for Jennifer - I think it should be someone younger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I don't hold the website's view of political interaction against him. The website itself was somewhat fun, if completely a non-learning experience in my view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSword Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I read it the night I got it. Went to bed around 1 AM. Finished "Proven Guilty" over the weekend. It was very good and I am looking forward to reading "White Night." I just started reading "Storm Front" so I can figure out what's going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savinien Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Finished the first of three (in one tome) Hawk and Fisher novels. It's an interesting point of view on Fantasy Cop stories. I think I'm liking Nightside better overall, but I'm still going to finish the other two books. I'll probably pick up a few more Dresden Files books after the fourth Nightside book. I read a different Fantasy novel in there somewhere, but don't recall the title. It was much denser fiction than Dresden or the two Simon Green books, but enjoyable about a 100 pages in. I'll comment more when I recall the name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Finished "Proven Guilty" over the weekend. It was very good and I am looking forward to reading "White Night." I just started reading "Storm Front" so I can figure out what's going on. I have a copy of "White Night" reserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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