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I just finished "The Monster Show", a book about horror films and culture by one David J. Skal. He does a good job looking at some early horror flicks in the light of the aftermath of the First World War. Strangely enough, the book gets less interesting as he gets closer to the present day.
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...and I followed that one with another with another critical analysis, this time of modern "weird" fiction.
Went through it pretty quickly, since it didn't take long to determine that the writer was a tool.
I've started on a collection called "Shadows Over Baker Street". It's a batch of stories mixing Sherlock Holmes with the H.P. Lovecraft Mythos. The first story's by Neil Gaiman and is excellent, despite Gaiman not really having a handle on the Great Old Ones.
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I'm on a sci-fi kick right now. ILIUM, by Dan Simmons, was one of the most enjoyable books I've read in years. The sequel, OLYMPOS, comes out in two weeks and I'm chomping at the bit. This is a reimagining of the Greek Gods as post-humans living on Mars some several thousand years from now (4000 AD?). They quantum transport back and forth to the battlefields of Troy to mess with the heroic mortals. Great fun to see the mortals turn the tables on the self-indulgent "gods".
After ILIUM, I read Robert J. Sawyer's FOSSIL HUNTER, book 2 of the Quintaglio Ascension about an intelligent race of dinosaurs transplanted from prehistoric Earth to a new planet to develop independently and give mamals a chance to develop on Earth. Sawyer is one of my favorite writers. He's always exploring the boundaries of his agnosticism and this trilogy is no exception.
I'm now reading MAMMOTH by John Varley, on the recommendation of a review in the Sunday paper. It's fluff.
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Got the recommended Ilium from the library - yep, it's a real page turner. It's a lot of fun to see how Simmons plays with Homer's story and adds more insight into the bickering gods. Nasty bunch, they are.
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Glad you're enjoying it FC. At your suggestion, I picked up "Souls in the Great Machine" several months ago. It's in my to-be-read pile which is steadily growing taller and taller.
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quote:Originally posted by Semi Transparent Fellow: I'm on a sci-fi kick right now. ILIUM, by Dan Simmons, was one of the most enjoyable books I've read in years. The sequel, OLYMPOS, comes out in two weeks and I'm chomping at the bit. This is a reimagining of the Greek Gods as post-humans living on Mars some several thousand years from now (4000 AD?). They quantum transport back and forth to the battlefields of Troy to mess with the heroic mortals. Great fun to see the mortals turn the tables on the self-indulgent "gods".
it was after reading Ilium that I decided to included the greek gods in Leg35C Finale! My husband can quote Dan Simmons books like they are gospel.
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Deffo Semi, but will have to wait until Alan's read it first.
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quote:Originally posted by Harbinger: Deffo Semi, but will have to wait until Alan's read it first.
Maybe he could read it aloud to you while he refills your champange glass, peels your grapes and massages your tired feet. It's the least he could do.
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I'll point this out to him just in case he takes the hint
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I've started reading ILIUM, but haven't been able to continue it recently. Too much stuff going on in college.
I'm also a fan of Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series, though I admit his last few books haven't lived up to the greatness of the first five. I'm patiently waiting for Book 11.
quote:Originally posted by Semi Transparent Fellow: By the way, RTVU2, did you ever finish Jonathan Strange?
Last book I read was My Friend Lenoard by James Frey.
I am thinking about trying to star over on two books that I gave up on. One being Jonathon Strange and the other being Devil in the White City.
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Just finished Louis L'Amour's "Haunted Mesa". It was ok, but he's writen much better. Going to be starting to reread Saberhagen's Books of Swords next.
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