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Fat Cramer, a good friend of mine read Monster of Florence and said it was real good. I didn't put two and two together...didn't realize he was the guy that wrote the Pendergast novels. Need to read his works asap. I'm interested in both The Monster and the Pendergast stuff.
by the way guys not sure if I mentioned this before here but there is a good website called
It's kind of like a myspace or book club. It helps me keep track of what I read and what people have suggested, etc.
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I am currently reading "Methuseleh's Children" by Heinlein, and before that I read the third Tarzan book, which was preceeded by David Brin's "The Practice Effect," which was kind of a snoozer.
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Okay, I bit the best seller bug and read Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol. It's a real adventure/page turner, with pretty shallow characters. Also, I think he credits the Freemasons with much higher thinking than they actually practice, but what do I know.
The most interesting aspect for me was the description of all the symbolism (and its history) which has been incorporated into American architecture, city planning, rituals, language, etc. I haven't read any interviews or reviews, but I'm assuming this is factual, or mostly factual.
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I finished "Burning Chrome" by William Gibson. It contained a collection of his short stories. Johnny Mnemonic was pretty good, but the best story in the book was Dogfight. Really nice read. The rest of the book was a little lacking. Frankly, Gibson's success mystifies me somewhat.
I am currently reading the 4th Tarzan book, "The Son of Tarzan." So for I am about halfway through it, and it is easily the best of the Tarzan books I have read thus far.
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This Immortal by Roger Zelazny. I got lucky and found Lord of Light, Madwand, and This Immortal in a used bookstore along with a Louis L'Amour book I never had before. Got all four books for less than fifteen dollars.
I love those lil' mom and pop places.
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Was WARBREAKER the one that had color-based magic, Arachne? If so, I enjoyed it (though apparently not enough to remember the title...)
Did you know that author has been finishing the recently-deceased Robert Jordan's WHEEL OF TIME series?
The first volume of the trilogy that concludes WHEEL OF TIME is out. It's called THE GATHERING STORM. I enjoyed it-- it was fun revisiting this 'world' after so long.
And some events actually come together and reach conclusions, of a sort.
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That's the one. I'm really enjoying it. Maybe not as much as the Mistborn trilogy, though. That knocked Song of Ice and Fire out of my top epic fantasy spot.
Funny you should mention The Gathering Storm, someone mentioned it on another board yesterday and I saw it in the store today. I gave up on that series a long time ago, though.
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I am currently reading "The Broken Crown" by Michelle West. It's kind of a snoozer, so I read 1 chapter per day. The rest of my reading time is taken up by Gary Jennings "The Journeyer." Much better.
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