[Hobbit]

We had a good range of reading last month, from new 'stuff' to old.

As the clock here now says March, (whatever happened to February? :) ) what have you read (or at least started) this month?

Hobbit

[Keyoke]

Well, I just recently picked up a scifi novel called "The Dark Wing" by Walter H. Hunt. The story seems to be along the lines of Honor Harrington, big ship combat, but, what I have read of it (About 100 pages) or so, it promises to be much more.

While I haven't finished the Conquerors trilogy yet, this new series (RE: Dark Path) seems to be similiar to it. I am sure as the novel moves along, it'll get more and more into the minds of the alien race the humans are fighthing.

I'm quite susprised how fast it drew me in, so far, it's excellent. Out in paperback, with the second now in HC.

Keyoke

[raggedyman]

I just finished "The Beast Master" by Andre Norton . Iv'e almost forgot how good it was. Not anything like the wretched movie except for the animal team. Gotta find "Lord of Thunder" now. Im going to start "Destiny Doll" by Simak then after I finish that Im starting "Ash : A Secret History"by Mary Gentle. Hobbit gives it a big thumbs up so ill give my opinion on it soon.

[Rumfuddle]

I didn't post on the Reads thread at all last month, maybe I was embarrassed that I still haven't finished Titus Groan tho' I began and mentioned it here back in Jan -
Meanwhile, I'm reading Asimov's The God's Themselves, very interesting - especially seeing Asimov portray aliens, something he doesn't seem to have done very often -
I'm in the middle of Sheri Tepper's Grass , excellent stuff so far.

[Hobbit]

LOL...yes my reading of late has been ridiculously slow - months to get anywhere...

Raggedy...Ash, eh? :D
Don't think I've read Destiny Doll by Simak, though read quite a bit by him. Remind me!

Rum - Yes, Gods themselves came up in a thread a while back. Shezhad's a big fan if I remember right. I liked it when I read it years ago, though have always liked Asimov. Like Peake as well though a lot harder to read especially at the end. There's a lot of unfulfilment in Gormenghast, unfortunately.

But that's Fantasy, so I'll stop there!

Hobbit

[Rumfuddle]

Hobbit,


"But that's Fantasy, so I'll stop there!"

Is it?
I've read pitifully little fantasy apart from Tolkien and a Donaldson book (very cumbersome) but notice it's much more popular on this forum than science fiction, and probably in general.
I've been thinking alot about fantasy while reading Grass which, although clearly sf, has a certain air of fantasy or even folk tale that I like alot - dragonlike creatures, children being kidnapped & their souls snathched away, a haughty aristocracy, dense mysterious forests that no one dares enter and so on. The rocketships and machinery are there but feel more like magic.

[trailhound]

I just read "Light of Other Days" by Bob Shaw.

Interesting notions about the temporal aspects of optics.

[SusF]

I've been reading mysteries at the moment. Latest is Partner in Crime by J.A. Jance. I'll come back to SF/F eventually. :)

Susan

[fortytwo]

Originally posted by trailhound
I just read "Light of Other Days" by Bob Shaw.

Interesting notions about the temporal aspects of optics.

Yes, an author I always enjoy reading but little heard of these days. Used to write in an era where novels rarely exceeded 200 pages. :) I think he wrote more than one story about "slow glass".
Probably best remembered though for Orbitsville.

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[Hobbit]

Trailhound - yes, Bob Shaw is credited with the title from a short story in the Clarke/Baxter book of the same name (Best thing about it, in my opinion - big fan of both but really really hated it - worst thing I've read in years, or perhaps my expectations were too high :) )

Orbitsville is good - read it just after Niven's Ringworld if I remember right. Similar ideas.

I also liked his book Terminal Velocity - sort of 'future-noir' with the development of an antigrav pack for use in police work.

Rum - yes, the Fantasy/Sf debate is one that's been round here a while. At the moment Fantasy seems to be in ascendance, but I enjoy both! :) If McCaffrey can call the Pern stories SF then I guess there's room for all.... (another old discussion!) :D

Hobbit