I just read that one in a collection of Hugo winners. Not a favorite, but I won't soon forget it. I haven't read the others, but I'll look into them, especially Gene Wolfe.Originally Posted by Doran
I just read that one in a collection of Hugo winners. Not a favorite, but I won't soon forget it. I haven't read the others, but I'll look into them, especially Gene Wolfe.
WTB menswear: W33-36, inseam 34-40.
Is there a horror forum anywhere, either on the Lounge or elsewhere? I need a regular horror fix (my last was SAW) in literary or film form or else I start creaking and walking slow.
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A horror thread might be a good one to start, I think we've covered horror stories and films in some threads, but don't recall if there was one purely on horror.
Others might know.
karol
Check this out:
http://www.thedeadreport.com/
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by Lincoln Child
So far, it's a real page-turner. As soon as I post this reply and finish scanning the new posts, I'm getting back to it. (Notice my priorities: FL, followed by everything else.)
From the back cover: "It's like nothing anyone has ever seen before. Utopia is the brand-new frontier of theme parks, a fantastic collection of Worlds each so authentic it takes the average visitor's breath away. Teeming with cutting-edge holographic and robotic technology, it has captured the nation's imagination. But is has also attracted a group of ruthless criminals. After infiltrating the park and its computer systems, their leader—calling himself John Doe—sets the parameters: If their shocking demands are met, none of the visitors to the park that day will be harmed; if not, then all hell will reign down. Dr. Andrew Warne, the brilliant engineer who designed much of the park's robotics, suddenly finds himself in a role he never imagined—trying to save the lives of thousands of innocent people... one of whom just happens to be his daughter.
If you're not making waves, you're not underway. — Admiral Chester Nimitz
In the Woods by Tana French. This is a debut novel. The author lives in Dublin, Ireland. Peter Robinson fans will certainly enjoy this novel.
Rob Ryan and his partner, Cassie Maddox, land the first big murder case of their police careers: a 12-year-old girl has been murdered in the woods adjacent to a Dublin suburb. Twenty years before, two children disappeared in the same woods, and Ryan was found clinging to a tree trunk, his sneakers filled with blood, unable to tell police anything about what happened to his friends. Ryan, although scarred by his experience, employs all his skills in the search for the killer and in hopes that the investigation will also reveal what happened to his childhood friends. In the Woods is a superior novel about cops, murder, memory, relationships, and modern Ireland. The characters of Ryan and Maddox, as well as a handful of others, are vividly developed in this intelligent and beautifully written first novel, and author French relentlessly builds the psychological pressure on Ryan as the investigation lurches onward under the glare of the tabloid media. Equally striking is the picture of contemporary Ireland, booming economically and fixated on the shabbiest aspects of American popular culture. An outstanding debut and a series to watch for procedural fans. Reviewed by Thomas Gaughan
"Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale." A.E. Housman
Sruth Na Maoile, a collection of Gaelic poetry.
Hah. Shogun was a very entertaining read. Reminded me of George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire.
Still on Shoot the Piano Player. It's like 100 pages and it's taking me like 100 days.
Hey, that's okay w/me; baby, I don't care.
It's Okay With Me: 1970's Movie Reviews
The Eaten Path: Musings on Food
Just started on White Night by Jim Butcher. It's one of the Dresden Files novels.
" And how can man die better.
Than facing fearful odds?"
- Lord Macaulay
James Clavell? LOVED IT (when I read it many years ago). I think I was just barely hitting puberty; some of the scenes in that book, as well as certain passages in my Mom's copies of Jean M. Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear and its sequel (Valley of the Horses? cannot remember) were greatly informative. And formative.
George R. R. Martin? Didn't he write Armageddon Rag? Fabulous book.
In the Woods sounds great, Carter. I don't read enough police mysteries, but I like them when they are good.
Harp -- don't bloody tell us you can read Gaelic too. How many languages do you know? Geez.
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