BruceH Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 Freedom. I like it so far. Nice phrase, that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 Freedom. I like it so far. Nice phrase, that. Now 50% through Freedom. Still like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 More Reginald Hill: Child's Play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Another very readable Le Carré: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Very much enjoyed this contemporary satire - skewers everything you'd hope for - high finance, hoorays, religious fundamentalism, critics who get off on despising others, reality TV etc. I can't say I understood the financial shenanigans but I got the gist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Midaq Alley - Mahfouz The English Teacher - Narayan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted October 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 Found these in very good condition for £1 each in a used book store. Excellent vintage science fiction. Read 'em, Bruce? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 I think I may have read Planet of No Return. I've read a cartload of his books over the years (decades.) And it seems that like you, every once in a while I find a pile of cheap Poul Anderson novels and/or collections and buy a bunch of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 I think I may have read Planet of No Return. I've read a cartload of his books over the years (decades.) And it seems that like you, every once in a while I find a pile of cheap Poul Anderson novels and/or collections and buy a bunch of them. I don't know why, but the only Anderson book I've read is Tau Zero. I enjoyed it, but never bothered to read another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Anderson wasn't the best writer of prose, but he had some great story ideas and created some great recurring central characters. I really like his stories about the intergalactic diplomatic/secret agent, and that trio of merchants, and the Time Patrol stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Lately I read lots of Murakami Haruki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 I'd have to say I've tended to like Poul Anderson's stories more than his novels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Nat Hentoff's "At the Jazz Band Ball". Haphazard collection of writings for periodicals. Not very well edited-- some anecdotes are told several times-- but it probably shouldn't be read straight through which is the way I read it. Nevertheless very worthwhile and full of his love for the music and even more so the musicians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Laurie Lee: Moment of War. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Iain M. Banks---Surface Detail (so far a whole lot better than the last Culture novel.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 Well, everyone's been killed off in Oxford so the murderers with intellectual tastes have moved. Very enoyable murder mystery - specially if you know Cambridge. Now on: Part of a great 30s/40s series (they overlap but are not a series or chronological). This one is based in Poland in 1937. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 Americana Don DeLillo Apparently his first novel. Really hits it out of the park. I try not to get jealous of first novels, but damn. Now this one intrigues me (also a first novel sort of in the David Foster Wallace vein), but I'll wait until it goes on deep, deep discount in about 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 (edited) I know that people rag on the Gateway sequels, but I think they're quite good. Edited November 10, 2010 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Just found the sequel, The Unforsaken Hiero, and thought I'd refresh my memory a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Steve Stern: The Frozen Rabbi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Roy Blount, Jr. - Hail, Hail, Euphoria! My homeboy Roy Blount is one of my favorite humor writers. This is his examination of The Marx Brothers' Duck Soup. The Amazon reviews are all over the place - some people don't like Blount's many digressions, but that's always been part of his style. And the digressions often contain the most interesting passages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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