What to read?
September 11th, 2013 at 9:27:13 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 | The good thing about e-books is that you can get them at once. The bad thing is that there's a temptation to just snap lots of them up. Getting "Fate of Worlds" by Niven was a no-brianer, as it was the conclussion of two series I'd been reading. But what comes next? I've been looking up some classics whose authors I've liked. My short list contains several titles by Clifford Simak, I was very taken by his "Waystation," but other works of his proved not to be as good. Therfore I'm hesitant. Another name on the list is Philip Jose Farmer. I read "The Lovers" many years ago and liked it. His "Riverworld" series sounds intriguing (though I already discovered one spoiler while looking it up...) Has anyone read it? Is it worth the time and money? Other than that, so far I'm open to suggestions. I've read almost everything by Asimov and Clarke already, plus all the Heinlein and Niven I want (pending new works by the latter, of course). I wouldn't mind some good alternate history, but that is proving hard to find. Turtledove's sotry of an early version of WWII seems interesting, but he has a tendency to re-tell actual history in diferent guises (liek the siege of Pittsburgh rather than Leningrad in an AH with a successful Confederate States of America), and to repeat like scenes endlessly. In particualr I'd like some alternate Roman history. I've read Silberberg's "Roma Eterna" sereis and Turtledove's "Agent of Byzantium" series. Assuming two people even read this, of course :P Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
September 11th, 2013 at 2:30:04 PM permalink | |
TheCesspit Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 1929 |
With that sort of dig, I can't be bothered to reply. It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.... it's called Life |
September 11th, 2013 at 3:54:11 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Seriously? You're offended that few people read this board and that I dared imply it? Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
September 12th, 2013 at 9:54:36 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18775 | http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Kindle_Fire_Review
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
September 13th, 2013 at 8:08:04 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 | Thanks, but I already don't own a Kindle ;) Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
September 13th, 2013 at 9:25:45 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
I read the first Riverworld book almost 30 years ago, and I wasn't particularly impressed. The theoretical basis is very strange, and the idea of historical figures wandering around naked in a sterile artificial world didn't seem very exciting. |
September 13th, 2013 at 10:05:33 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
As I said, I did read one spoiler, and that sort of turned me off. Not to mention I keep picturing the rather dreadful Syfy movie. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
September 13th, 2013 at 12:25:06 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18775 |
This was the other reason I posted it:
Everything out of copyright, of course. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
September 17th, 2013 at 3:48:27 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 | I wound up stumbling upon Kobo. Their selection is meager compared to Amazon's, but they have some great deals. I wound up obtaining the H. Beam Piper "Megapack" (a short story and novelette anthology) for $1 US. I've already read about 1/3 of it in other collections, but the rest is bound to be interesting. Piper had some outlandish ideas, but he presents them with even mroe outlandish plausibility. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |