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Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Sat Dec 17, 2011 4:47 am ] |
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I am continuing in my Anne McCaffrey tribute reread. So far I have read the three Crystal Singer books and have read four Pern books (Dragonflight, Dragonquest, Dragonsong, and Dragonsinger) and in the middle of a fifth (Dragondrums). When I think about how many years ago she wrote some of these books (such as the upcoming Ship Who Sang)) or of the genetic engineering of the dragons of Pern - the woman was decades ahead of her time in her ideas! |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:32 pm ] |
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I have finished Dragondrums and The White Dragon and am now finishing up the Tower and the Hive series. I had recently reread the first two books before the author's death, so am now rereading Damia's Children, Lyon's Pride, and The Tower and the Hive. Will probably read a bit more Pern - probably Moreta and Nerilka. Maybe the Masterharper. Thing is, there are so many books in that series I am having problems remembering which are the better ones of the later ones...hopefully Menolly will pop in here and advise. |
Author: | Menolly [ Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:40 am ] |
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Well... Anything before Todd, IMO. However, you can't really argue with dlb's POV. Something along the lines of: "None of the books are worth reading after All the Weyr's." But, even with the debacle Todd makes of the series, I like the setting too much to not read anything Pern. Even Todd's stuff. |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:26 am ] |
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I have reread many of the Pern books now - am skipping any and all by Todd. The problem is I can only find some of the books, the others are somewhere here in my house, but not sure where. (If I ever win the lottery one of the first things I do will be hiring someone to sort out my books. ). So for the Pern books I have so far reread: Dragonflight Dragonquest Dragon Song Dragon Singer The White Dragon Dragon Drums Renegades of Pern All the Weys of Pern and am in the middle of The Dolphins of Pern. (Man, Aramina is the most irritating character McCaffrey ever created. No wonder I never reread Renegades or Dolphins before. ) I have also found: Nerilka's Story Rescue Run Dragonseye Masterharper of Pern And Nerilka must be read with the still MIA Moreta, Rescue Run must be read with MIA Dragon'sDawn, etc. etc. I will keep looking. In the meantime, I have read the three Crystal Singer books, the five Tower and the Hive books, and the two Brain Ship books which I like best (The Ship Who Sang and The Ship Who Searched. If I can find them in my messy multitude of bookshelves, I also want to reread the first Acorna book (like the first better than the others in that series) and the three Petaybe books. |
Author: | FarmUrTed [ Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:02 am ] |
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Just starting Foundation and Empire, by Asimov. Liked Foundation, but didn't love it. I didn't realize it was basically a collection of short stories. Had I known that, I probably would've passed on it. |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:03 pm ] |
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Probability Moon, first book in a trilogy by Nancy Kress. |
Author: | Cleburne [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:14 pm ] |
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Been book less for over a month now ,getting book withdrawal |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:08 am ] |
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Author: | Endy9 [ Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:54 am ] |
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I kept seeing many of my FB friends raving about The Hunger Games and when I saw the movie was coming out, decided to grab the trilogy. I'm just starting book 3 and am highly enjoying it. Reminds me of watching and reading the Tripods Trilogy. |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:14 pm ] |
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Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:36 pm ] |
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Embasseytown by China Mieville. Very good so far. |
Author: | Cleburne [ Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:31 pm ] |
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Dust of Dreams by Erikson |
Author: | MsMary [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:26 am ] |
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I finished reading Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey last weekend. Wow, what an interesting story! |
Author: | Cleburne [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:06 pm ] |
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Author: | MsMary [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 9:20 pm ] |
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It's good, you should look it up. Also available on Kindle, if you're into that. It was nominated for a 2012 Hugo award. |
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