Boneshaker by Cherie Priest.
Historical science fiction/fantasy set in 1880 Seattle on an alternate Earth. Zeppelins and zombies, always a yummy combo.
As for Palimpest (which I have finally finished), my mind has subtitled the book .
| Ahira's Hangar https://ahirashangar.ihugny.com/phpBB3/ |
|
| what science fiction are you reading right now? https://ahirashangar.ihugny.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2657 |
Page 7 of 13 |
| Author: | Avatar [ Thu May 13, 2010 4:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: what science fiction are you reading right now? |
| Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Mon May 17, 2010 3:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: what science fiction are you reading right now? |
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest. Historical science fiction/fantasy set in 1880 Seattle on an alternate Earth. Zeppelins and zombies, always a yummy combo. As for Palimpest (which I have finally finished), my mind has subtitled the book . |
|
| Author: | Endy9 [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: what science fiction are you reading right now? |
About 60% through listening to Stephen King's "Under the Dome" as an audiobook. Excellent so far. As good as Duma Key and Cell. |
|
| Author: | Avatar [ Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: what science fiction are you reading right now? |
Enjoyed Cell, haven't read Duma Key yet. Been very disappointed with most of his recent stuff. (Is it sci-fi?) --A |
|
| Author: | Endy9 [ Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: what science fiction are you reading right now? |
Yes. Very Twilight Zone-ish. A town is suddenly cut off from the outside world by an invisible dome is the premise. |
|
| Author: | Avatar [ Fri Jun 18, 2010 5:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: what science fiction are you reading right now? |
Will keep an eye out for it. --A |
|
| Author: | Endy9 [ Sat Jun 26, 2010 2:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: what science fiction are you reading right now? |
Finished Under the Dome (Stephen King) as an audiobook. I give it **** out of five stars. Lots of action, good characters. Not the greatest ending, but then I don't expect those anymore after finishing the Dark Tower series. Enjoyed the ride and the ending wasn't horrible. |
|
| Author: | danlo [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: what science fiction are you reading right now? |
Not sure if Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver is Sci-Fi, Fantasy or historical fiction, but I'm 300 pages into it and hooked. Probably should have read Cryptonomicon first as I hear the Baroque Cycle is tough to stick with after the second book...anyway, Daniel Waterhouse is a very engaging character. |
|
| Author: | Endy9 [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: what science fiction are you reading right now? |
I tried Cryptonomicon but couldn't hang with it. The 3-10 page info dumps just distracted me too much to be able to follow the main story. But I was liking the main story until I gave up about 300 pages in. EDIT: Had to go check the discription of what I'm now reading to see if it's SF or Fantasy. I'm just starting China Mieville's Kraken. Since it's in the same setting as Perdido Street Station, I assume it is SF. Gave up on the Alienist (general fiction) for now. It's not a bad book, but just found there were genre books I wanted to get to more. |
|
| Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: what science fiction are you reading right now? |
| Author: | Avatar [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: what science fiction are you reading right now? |
I've only read Snow Crash, but loved it. Very reminscent of Gibson to me. --A |
|
| Author: | danlo [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: what science fiction are you reading right now? |
Just looked at Cryptonomicon in the bookstore---no relation to the Cryptonomicon that Rev. Wilkins has written prior to Quicksilver... thought it was... Off to read, take meds and have a nap. |
|
| Author: | FarmUrTed [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: what science fiction are you reading right now? |
I like Snow Crash, but The Diamond Age didn't do it for me. There's no way I could commit to the Baroque Cycle. |
|
| Author: | Endy9 [ Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: what science fiction are you reading right now? |
| Author: | danlo [ Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: what science fiction are you reading right now? |
I'm rereading (I don't know-I thought I had read this book-weird...) Bruce Sterling's Islands in the Net, a book I've recommended in the past to cyber-punk junkies along with such classics as Gibson's Nueromancer, Shepard's Green Eyes and Williams' Hard Wired. Man, if I read this before I sure must have read it fast because it's not that familiar at all. I know I've read Heavy Weather before and that it was kickass. Sterling is already a techno-prophet in the first 20 pages: This book was written in 1987 and set in 2023 and he's using Skype phones, satellite TV, fiber optic channels, etc...It's, locally, a very ecological friendly outlook set in the Gulf of Mexico after major hurricane disasters, unfortunately it misses the mark on oil assuming we've conquered our dependency on it, and now look what happened. Still highly interesting-I'll press on. |
|
| Page 7 of 13 | All times are UTC |
| Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|