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twisted moon
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Fighelm
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Racey title!
twisted moon
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it's not an especially racey book, but an easy read. i'll read the last one in the trilogy then move onto a different author.
Fighelm
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Just finished 'the book of swords' by Fred Saberhagen. On with three others now: 'A Canticle for Leibowitz' (1959) by Walter m Miller Jr, 'The Once and Future King' by TH White (1958) and 'The Left Hand of Darkness' (1969) by Ursula K Le Guin. A good literary spread of sword & sorcery fantasy, apocalyptic, dead tech, dystopian, Sci-fi, etc etc. Particularly like Ursula's rant in her intro on writers & extrapolative Sci Fi writing and predicting the future. Of its time I guess...
orkwrangler
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I do like that book a lot. There is a sequel but it's quite different.
Brother Meredith
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Read Simon Roy's collection of sci-fi strips last week: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comi...ollection-of-short-science-fiction-stories-tp
Such cool ideas and (generally) light hearted stories.
Such cool ideas and (generally) light hearted stories.
twisted moon
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i've read all those except a canticle for leibowitz.
Fighelm
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Don't be put off by the cover (well, one of them from t'internet!). It's a well written story, enjoying it thus far...
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Fighelm
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Will have to check that out... Cheers for heads up
twisted moon
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have you read 'mist over pendle'? i can't recall the author off the top of my head.
Fighelm
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No I haven't, but will check it out, ta. We have driven in the 'mist over Pendle' on the occasions to see her granny at Sabden. It's a weird hill (in any weather), walked up it and around many times. Good views...
twisted moon
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Fighelm
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Am guessing the 'not always to hold' reference is King John losing bits of France?
Fighelm
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Finally finished this, taken months. Almost like you need an astrophysics PhD (like the author) to read it!
Thoroughly good book- hard sci-fi genre though - space-opera. You could say it's has themes strongly reminiscent of RT /40K (and/or the 80's Traveller rpg) with assassins, interplanetary travel/'space hulk'-like vessels + with captains, gunnery officer and navigator wired in, 'doomsday' tech, pathogens, ancient xenos +archeology, civil war, etc. Totally unrelated but themes will strike several cords with those versed in RT.
The story has 3 threads unrelated that eventual bind together. Recommend 9/10.
Thoroughly good book- hard sci-fi genre though - space-opera. You could say it's has themes strongly reminiscent of RT /40K (and/or the 80's Traveller rpg) with assassins, interplanetary travel/'space hulk'-like vessels + with captains, gunnery officer and navigator wired in, 'doomsday' tech, pathogens, ancient xenos +archeology, civil war, etc. Totally unrelated but themes will strike several cords with those versed in RT.
The story has 3 threads unrelated that eventual bind together. Recommend 9/10.
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Brother Meredith
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Do like me some SF Masterworks!
Eric
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I love Alastair Reynolds. Although it's been some years since I read one (I was wondering about re-reading some only the other day). I think it's the way his sci-fi nicely borders the plausible - the universes make sense in his books. I should look to see if he's still writing to see how much I've missed. There was a point when I was avidly acquiring the latest hardback. Alas that did lead to me getting rid of some during out previous house move simply due to space limits!Thoroughly good book- hard sci-fi genre though - space-opera. You could say it's has themes strongly reminiscent of RT /40K (and/or the 80's Traveller rpg) with assassins, interplanetary travel/'space hulk'-like vessels + with captains, gunnery officer and navigator wired in, 'doomsday' tech, pathogens, ancient xenos +archeology, civil war, etc. Totally unrelated but themes will strike several cords with those versed in RT.
The story has 3 threads unrelated that eventual bind together. Recommend 9/10.
Fighelm
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Deffo a good writer. Just took me awhile to get going in this particular story (shades of2001:a space odyssey with the archaeological site at start) and where you think it's going(!) but, hell, he weaves time, astrophysics, fate, circumstances, characters and such so far beyond what you started with. My mind hurts! In this story it's plausible as a possible far future= species disruption by knocking back at point of (technical) evolution...
