Seeing as my entire TBR pile seemed mostly bland an unappetising after "Orbus", I decided to delve into my book hoard from the last 37 years. I did have a purge of a few thousand about 16 years back but it was mainly dross, apart from inexplicably allowing some of my most treasured books to go as well.
Anyway, I've never sold a book since, nor given or thrown away, they are going to form my funeral pyre.
Inspired by a "Do you know the name of" thread on sffworld, I grabbed "Nightworld" by F. Paul Wilson. First read more than a decade ago. Loved it, cracking if barmy stuff.
Followed that up with "The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye" by Niven & Pournelle. I was going to read "The Mote in God's Eye" but my copy is a little fragile. So I read the sequel, it has it's flaws and I know I struggled the first time round, but I really enjoyed it. I'm going to fit a bit more Niven and or Pournelle into my TBR pile in future, I've got plenty.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Orbus
Fuck, the best just got better.
Neal Asher if my favourite author. In my opinion he writes the best, most enjoyable SF that I have read in my 40 odd year SF reading history.
Orbus is better than anything else he has written. I am blown away by this book every time I pick it up. I will try to put it into words later, right now I'm still trying to work out what I can read after somthing that good.
I did try to go back to "The Mirrored Heavens" after "Orbus". I even managed another 60 pages (in the same amount of time it took to read Orbus), but I have now given up on it, I'll never read it, my loss no doubt, I'll live with it.
Neal Asher if my favourite author. In my opinion he writes the best, most enjoyable SF that I have read in my 40 odd year SF reading history.
Orbus is better than anything else he has written. I am blown away by this book every time I pick it up. I will try to put it into words later, right now I'm still trying to work out what I can read after somthing that good.
I did try to go back to "The Mirrored Heavens" after "Orbus". I even managed another 60 pages (in the same amount of time it took to read Orbus), but I have now given up on it, I'll never read it, my loss no doubt, I'll live with it.
The Mirrored Heavens
For the umpteenth time I am trying to read "The Mirrored Heavens" by David J. Williams. I know it's good as I've seen so many glowing reviews on blogs etc. I just don't get it though, can't read it. I've managed to get to about page 100 this time and was prepared to bash on and see if it got any easier, Then.......
"Orbus" arrived.
"Orbus" arrived.
Fragment
Fragment by Warren Fahy is a book which has been on my Amazon Wish-list for a while, I hadn't really made up my mind whether to get it or not, it could have been a real duffer. Tag line read "Jurassic Park for the Lost Generation"
Then I found it in a local supermarket for £2.99. That sort of price makes a gamble inevitable.
It was a corker, it had its faults, but not enough to stop it being a good hard SF with hardcore monsters, romp. The De Rigueur self serving baddy was a bit OTT but I'll live with that as I know he'll get a suitably sticky end.
Page turning stuff, highly recommended.
Then I found it in a local supermarket for £2.99. That sort of price makes a gamble inevitable.
It was a corker, it had its faults, but not enough to stop it being a good hard SF with hardcore monsters, romp. The De Rigueur self serving baddy was a bit OTT but I'll live with that as I know he'll get a suitably sticky end.
Page turning stuff, highly recommended.
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