Thread: What are You Reading?

Originally Posted by JBHoren

Kim Stanley Robinson's Galileo's Dream

Great writer, loved the Mars Series....

Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin.
The first new fiction book in a long while.
If this goes well, I may have more than a dozen additional Inspector Rebus books waiting for me at the library. If it doesn't, I will try Raymond Chandlers' Philip Marlowe novels.

The wife bought me a paperwhite Kindle for Xmas and I have started devouring "The Game of Thrones", so far I am loving both the paperwhite and the new books.

Originally Posted by Lolita1x2

Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin.
The first new fiction book in a long while.
If this goes well, I may have more than a dozen additional Inspector Rebus books waiting for me at the library. If it doesn't, I will try Raymond Chandlers' Philip Marlowe novels.

Rankin is quality. I'm a bit biased because Edinburgh is one of my favourite cities, but he has become one of my favourite authors.

In a similar (I hope) vein, I picked up "Eye for an Eye" by T. Frank Muir today. It is also a crime novel, but set in St Andrews, my home away from home up the coast from Edinburgh where I spent six years as a grad student. I took a quick peek at the preface and was happy to see one of my pubs mentioned already, so it definitely has potential.

Just finished:
THE ETHOS EFFECT
L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Set in the same universe as "The Parafaith War, "--but two centuries later--"The Ethos Factor" is the story of Commander Albert, a brave and resourceful officer who once defeated a larger enemy ship but caused the loss of a civilian liner in the process.
Again a very far future novel, written ten years ahead of, and speaking to our current dilemmas. Ethics!~
~Richard

If this might be your first outing with Raymond Chandler....I recommend skipping Ian Rankin for now (a fine author) and beginning at the beginning....Chandler (or the reverse, Hammett), then to Dashiell Hammett. Great writing is never dated, including noir fiction.

Originally Posted by Lolita1x2

Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin.
The first new fiction book in a long while.
If this goes well, I may have more than a dozen additional Inspector Rebus books waiting for me at the library. If it doesn't, I will try Raymond Chandlers' Philip Marlowe novels.

Just finished a novella by Haruki Murakami: The Strange Library, not a new novella but an extraordinary edition of a book written by one of my favorite authors. Now into Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer...jury is out on this one....

Just started 'Storm Front' by Jim Butcher...Started reading these because of a post here of course. Quite good, though I'm only a few chapters in, I expect it won't get any worse.


Mick

Originally Posted by WW243

Just finished a novella by Haruki Murakami: The Strange Library, not a new novella but an extraordinary edition of a book written by one of my favorite authors. Now into Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer...jury is out on this one....

I haven't read that one. I did read most of his other work though, a fantastic writer! Norwegian Wood, Dance dance dance, A Wild Sheep Chase ... wonderful novels !

Originally Posted by Geezer

Just finished:
THE ETHOS EFFECT
L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Set in the same universe as "The Parafaith War, "--but two centuries later--"The Ethos Factor" is the story of Commander Albert, a brave and resourceful officer who once defeated a larger enemy ship but caused the loss of a civilian liner in the process.
Again a very far future novel, written ten years ahead of, and speaking to our current dilemmas. Ethics!~
~Richard

I didn't know you were an SF fan Richard! Have you read the works of Iain M Banks ? My favourite SF writer, may he rest in peace.