Bozimus Posted January 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I just finished "Plan B", one of the many "Liaden Universe" space op books by Sharon Lee and Steve Green. This is the fourth book in the series I have read. I give it 3.5 of 5 stars. It started a little slow, but ended with a nice amount of action. I will definitely read the next book in the series, "I Dare", in the future. There is a little too much romance in these stories for my taste, but I like the characters/setting enough to keep coming back. If interested, look for the omnibus version "Partners in Necessity" as a good place to start. Be advised that the "Liaden Universe" books deal with multiple generations/plotlines. This website (Sharon Lee's) discusses the correct reading order... http://sharonleewriter.com/bibliography/correct-reading-order/ Edit...According to Wikipedia, this is the "Agent of Change" reading order... 1. Local Custom 2. Scout's Progress 3. Conflict of Honors 4. Agent of Change 5. Carpe Diem 6. Plan B 7. I Dare I have not read books 1, 2, or 7. Apparently, books 1 and 2 concern the parents of two of the main characters in books 3-7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Read From Hell With Love by Simon Green. Ed Drood meets the anti Droods and is not happy with the results. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Read Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan. Percy Jackson shows the Roman demigods how to take care of business. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Ghost Story by Jim Butcher. Be interesting to see where it goes from here. Now off to find the thread about Dresden Files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Ghost Story by Jim Butcher. Be interesting to see where it goes from here. Now off to find the thread about Dresden Files. Agreed. Harry has moved up in the world, that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Read For heaven's Eyes Only by Simon Green. The Droods take on The New Satanic Conspiracy intent on forcing humanity to sacrifice all of their young. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Read "Chicks In Capes" edited by Lori Gentile and Karen O'Brien, an anthology of stories about super powered women. Variable but generally enjoyable with a couple of known characters ("Domino Lady", "Lady Action") and a whole lot of new ones that I hadn't seen before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Read The Ghosts of War by George Mann. The Ghost is back to stop an attack on Great Britain by an unscrupolous politician. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I recently re-read The Deed of Paksenarrion, followed by The Legacy of Gird. I'm also three volumes into the Destroyermen series, in which a number of WWII vessels end up swept into an alternate Earth during a strange Squall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Read Viewpoint Critical by LE Modestitt. The stories were well written but I didn't feel convinced enough to pick up a longer book of his to read. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I've decided to reread my Dark is Rising collection, starting with Over Sea and Under Stone. For those who've never heard of it, the five volume series is an Arthurian fantasy set in the modern era (circa the mid-1960s) in England. Written for young adults, I read and re-read the series over and over as a kid. If I recall properly, the books, much like Harry Potter, get more serious as they go along, with the first book much more 'lighter' in tone than the rest. Curiously, the series was written by an American woman. Oh, and the film adaption The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising is apparently utterly awful, with our hero, Will Stanton, made an American for no real reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I've decided to reread my Dark is Rising collection' date=' starting with [i']Over Sea and Under Stone.[/i] For those who've never heard of it, the five volume series is an Arthurian fantasy set in the modern era (circa the mid-1960s) in England. Written for young adults, I read and re-read the series over and over as a kid. If I recall properly, the books, much like Harry Potter, get more serious as they go along, with the first book much more 'lighter' in tone than the rest. Curiously, the series was written by an American woman. Oh, and the film adaption The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising is apparently utterly awful, with our hero, Will Stanton, made an American for no real reason. Really great books, and it is one of my wife's favorite of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I've decided to reread my Dark is Rising collection' date=' starting with [i']Over Sea and Under Stone.[/i] For those who've never heard of it, the five volume series is an Arthurian fantasy set in the modern era (circa the mid-1960s) in England. Written for young adults, I read and re-read the series over and over as a kid. If I recall properly, the books, much like Harry Potter, get more serious as they go along, with the first book much more 'lighter' in tone than the rest. Curiously, the series was written by an American woman. Oh, and the film adaption The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising is apparently utterly awful, with our hero, Will Stanton, made an American for no real reason. I remember Alice the Owl saying the movie was awful when I asked about it. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I managed ten seconds, before I had to change the channel. Ian McShane as Merriman just made me disappointed in his agent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... "The Dead if Paksenarrion" ? Sounds like a zombie novel !(The title is actually the DEED of Paksenarrion") And I bet I just misspelt the title as well ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I'm not finished yet, but I have to say Tales of the Far West is pretty interesting. It's a collection of short stories in a setting that's a mashup of westerns and wuxia, with a little steampunk thrown in for good measure. Supposedly the setting is being developed into an RPG, too. Good stuff if you like mixing flavors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... "The Dead if Paksenarrion" ? Sounds like a zombie novel !(The title is actually the DEED of Paksenarrion") And I bet I just misspelt the title as well ! It is, in fact, "Deed." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I'm not finished yet' date=' but I have to say Tales of the Far West is pretty interesting. It's a collection of short stories in a setting that's a mashup of westerns and wuxia, with a little steampunk thrown in for good measure. Supposedly the setting is being developed into an RPG, too. Good stuff if you like mixing flavors. I would play the hell out of that, if done right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewomble Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I've been re-reading a bit of Jack Vance recently - a couple of obscure early novellas, namely the Houses of Iszm and Son of the Tree. Good nostalgic fun and inventive stories in their own right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Tom 2009 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... During my recovery from joint fusion surgery, I've been doing a lot of reading, mostly of military sci-fi. I initially started with David Weber's Honor Harrington series (and have, in fact, read all of them to which I was able to get access; the newest book in the series -- A Rising Thunder -- isn't due to be released until the 16th of this month), as well as In Fury Born (an extended version of Path of the Fury) and Out of the Dark. From there, I've since read several of the Bolo stories, and have recently gotten through with A Desert Called Peace and Carnifex (written by Tom Kratman) and Freehold, The Weapon, and Con- tact with Chaos (written by Michael Z. Williamson), as well as Better to beg Forgiveness (also by Williamson). The latter six books mentioned here are worth noting for the fact that both Kratman and Williamson have taken the same general tack, in that the chief enemy in their stories is the U.N. In the case of A Desert Called Peace and Carnifex (I haven't had the chance yet to read the other two books in this series -- The Amazon Legion and The Lotus Eaters), the U.N. has become little better than a worldwide European feudal-type society, with a handful of elites (who, by the way, benefit from anagathic treatments which have extended their lifespans; at least one of the main U.N. characters is described as being 200 years old) who lord it over the vast majority of Earth's inhabitants -- who themselves are little more than feudal serfs. Where Williamson's stories are concerned, the U.N. is a bureaucratic tyranny which, in many ways has outdone the old Soviet Union where oppressing its citizens are concerned. Citizens are implanted with chips that allow the gov- ernment to keep track of them and where they go, government officials -- both local and planetary -- are for the most part corrupt, and the economy is in a shambles. In spite of this, the U.N. insists upon trying to impose its "enlightened" (my quotation marks here) way of life upon other colony worlds whether they want it or not -- and they aren't above pulling manipulative and underhanded stunts in order to pull it off. They also have no compunction about trying to have an inconvenient colonial politician (inconvenient to their way of thinking, that is) assassinated, if it lets them get their way where im- posing their way of life on an off-world colony is concerned. Williamson actually has two series which are set in the same universe; the first is the Grainne/Freehold series (which consists of Freehold, The Weapon -- which are concurrent stories, in that events which take place in one book are referred to in the other -- Rogue, and Contact with Chaos, the latter of which takes place approximately 20 years after the events in the first three books), and the Ripple Creek series, which is about the adventures of a pri- vate security company (not unlike the private contractors which have been operating in the Middle East in recent years). The first book in the series is Better to beg Forgiveness; the second, Do Unto Others, is due out some- time this year. The only other books that I've read lately that are in this vein are The Apoc- alypse Troll, and The Excalibur Alternative (the latter being a good example of why it's a Supremely Bad Idea for aliens to snatch medieval human sol- diers -- hell, human soldiers from any time period -- from Earth to serve as their janissaries; it's the sort of thing that tends to turn and bite the offend- ing party on the a$$). Major Tom 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathclaw Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Harry Dresden Files FANF***INTASTIC BOOK I rate 5 stars. Incredible fiction world that is easily and incredibly detailed by simple words and use of English literature that isn't overly complicated to read or understand. The story is amazing and the each of the characters are all the heroes you love and all the villains you love to hate. I can't really tell much more but if ever you go to the book store you should at least read a sentence. You'll be hooked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Harry Dresden Files FANF***INTASTIC BOOK I rate 5 stars. Incredible fiction world that is easily and incredibly detailed by simple words and use of English literature that isn't overly complicated to read or understand. The story is amazing and the each of the characters are all the heroes you love and all the villains you love to hate. I can't really tell much more but if ever you go to the book store you should at least read a sentence. You'll be hooked Just wait'll you get 12-13 books into the series.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Read the Bride Wore Black By Simon Green. The Nightside faces the threat of destruction while John Taylor faces the threat of marriage. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Read the Bride Wore Black By Simon Green. The Nightside faces the threat of destruction while John Taylor faces the threat of marriage. CES "I'm going to make your life a living hell!" "But I don't want to get married!" Something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... "I'm going to make your life a living hell!" "But I don't want to get married!" Something like that? More like the scene in the Incredibles. "Don't you have a wedding to get to?" "I have the save the world first. I got plenty of time." CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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