Somehow I'd never read much, until this week, by Elizabeth Hand. (If my notes are correct, all I'd read of hers was a short story "Echo", and the much-awarded novella "Last Summer at Mars Hill".) But the last few days, I've been correcting this oversight, and enjoying myself a lot -- "Illyria", "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon", "Near Zennor", "Wylding Hall". Haunting stuff, and *very* well-written.
-- John R
I'm reading this which is technically non-fiction with fictional elements of structure and pretty fun.
How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler https://a.co/d/fFh3Xti
I am currently reading one of Stephen Baxter's recent books titled World Engines: Destroyer. It is set in the same universe as Reid Malenfant of the Manifold trilogy. Intriguing ideas on a post climate change world and what appears to be a democratic confederal (personal fave) development of government.
Quote from: xpb on September 30, 2022, 04:05:17 PMI'm reading this which is technically non-fiction with fictional elements of structure and pretty fun.
How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler https://a.co/d/fFh3Xti
Reminds me of this one, which is a good/fun read:
https://www.amazon.com/So-You-Created-Wormhole-Travelers/dp/0425245586
i am currently reading three books in parallel :P
on mobile phone lawrence principe and his the secrets of alchemy as a source for my new course on alchemy, principe is a damn good historian and researcher in alchemy, smart, learnt and factual.
and two paper books, robert holdstock's lavondyss, a beautiful, dark and damn original piece of fantasy, and františek koukolík's mravenec a vesmír (an ant and the universe), quite sapid essays on science on different interesting topics across the different fields of science (his original field is in neuropathology).
Sadly right now I am not reading anything. I was in the middle of a reread of my favorite series of books when a television show based upon the books was released and it was so far from the books that I completely lost interest in both. Thinking I may reread The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings if I can find my copies of them.
Quote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on October 05, 2022, 02:15:08 PMSadly right now I am not reading anything. I was in the middle of a reread of my favorite series of books when a television show based upon the books was released and it was so far from the books that I completely lost interest in both. Thinking I may reread The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings if I can find my copies of them.
What show are you talking about? I'm curious.
Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on October 05, 2022, 04:41:01 PMQuote from: Tric'hard Lenxheir on October 05, 2022, 02:15:08 PMSadly right now I am not reading anything. I was in the middle of a reread of my favorite series of books when a television show based upon the books was released and it was so far from the books that I completely lost interest in both. Thinking I may reread The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings if I can find my copies of them.
What show are you talking about? I'm curious.
The Wheel Of Time
Quote from: King John on August 22, 2022, 03:07:58 PMSomehow I'd never read much, until this week, by Elizabeth Hand. (If my notes are correct, all I'd read of hers was a short story "Echo", and the much-awarded novella "Last Summer at Mars Hill".) But the last few days, I've been correcting this oversight, and enjoying myself a lot -- "Illyria", "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon", "Near Zennor", "Wylding Hall". Haunting stuff, and *very* well-written.
-- John R
Thanks for the heads up on Wylding Hall - that was a fun read.