Voted "Most Likely To Be Found With His Nose In A Book" in grade school. Now, it would be "Most Likely To Be Found With His Nose In An E-Book Reader".
Fiction: Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Speculative. Love long series, as long as they keep moving. Non-Fiction: History/Philosophy/Tech.
I started with the old school SFF authors -- Asimov, Clarke, Tolkein, Moorcock, etc. -- then found (and was blown away by) Stephen Donaldson in high school. As I got older, I started reading Hugo award winning authors, and discovered great names like Robert Sawyer, Paolo Bacigalupi, Anne Leckie, N. K. Jemisin (!), Charlie-Jane Anders, and Tamsyn Muir.
I can't wait to see who I discover next.
Calibre FTW.
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91% complete! Jon Fincher has read 11 of 12 books.
The opening chapter in an epic fantasy masterpiece....Bled dry by interminable warfare, infighting and bloody …
Just started it, and am heartened to see that one of my favorite fantasy authors of all time, Stephen R. Donaldson, praised this series and author.
Well, it doesn't move fast, but it's fairly slow, and there is a surprise towards the end. Now I kinda want to read the next one, even though I know it's gonna be a long slog with lots of quince paste and croissants...
Well, it doesn't move fast, but it's fairly slow, and there is a surprise towards the end. Now I kinda want to read the next one, even though I know it's gonna be a long slog with lots of quince paste and croissants...
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges …
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Once, she …
The Ghost Brigades is a science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi, the second book set in his Old …
John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about a future Earth engaged in …
Not long from now, a virus will sweep the globe. Most will suffer no worse than flu-like symptoms, but an …
Young Lerris is dissatisfied with his life and trade, and yearns to find a place in the world better suited …
This was a fast read, and an entertaining one. Dunn has some interesting commentary on the nature of blind faith, scientific ignorance, and the cult of personality here, as well as endurance and tolerance, that is needed at most times of history. It's, at the end, an upbeat story, and one that should give hope to the reader, provided they can make it through to the end.
This was a fast read, and an entertaining one. Dunn has some interesting commentary on the nature of blind faith, scientific ignorance, and the cult of personality here, as well as endurance and tolerance, that is needed at most times of history. It's, at the end, an upbeat story, and one that should give hope to the reader, provided they can make it through to the end.
In for a penny, in for a pound -- I started reading this, and while it moves slow, it's not unreadable like some others.
In for a penny, in for a pound -- I started reading this, and while it moves slow, it's not unreadable like some others.
