What book are you reading at the moment? Part 2

[Groakes]

And that's Snow Crash finished then. A reasonable plot idea with a lot of fat. An OK read all-in-all but, had I not been lent it by a friend, I'd have never made it past the first paragraph, so poor was its writing style. It did get better by chapter three or so.

I actually enjoyed the frantic style at the beginning, but yeah, the quality of the writing did get better as he settled into it.

BUT

I have real problems with the way that Neal Stephenson can't write a decent ending - I found it very unsatisfying - though not as bad as the non-ending to Cryptonomicon which has put me off reading anything he has written since.

And I thought that he had created a big setup for Hiro to go through the aircraft carrier, especially as this was released round about the same time as Doom - I sort of imagined it as a description of a Doom session.... and was (perhaps unrealistically) disapointed when it didn't happen.

I did love the motorcycle scene in particular though....

[thingfish]

Just starting an old fashioned sci-fi book(my favourites!)called A Fall of Moondust by A.C Clarke

[Groakes]

Now moved on to 'A Canticle for Leibowitz' by Walter M Miller. First read it years ago and remember virtually nothing of it, so long overdue for re-read.

I'm getting right back in to post-apocalyptic stories, I've read a good few in the past year, still have one or two waiting to be read, and even more I want to get hold of. Again, mostly.

Why, oh why did I get rid of them in the first place?

You may want to check out John Birmingham's "Without Warning" which has just been published. A good rollicking end of the world story...

[dylerpillar]

Finally polished off "The Day Watch" and heading for "The Twilight Watch". Unrelatedly, had a dream with MM in it...

[thingfish]

Do tell more DP!!!

[Governor of Rowe Island]

I'm getting right back in to post-apocalyptic stories, I've read a good few in the past year, still have one or two waiting to be read, and even more I want to get hold of. Again, mostly.

Why, oh why did I get rid of them in the first place?

You may want to check out John Birmingham's "Without Warning" which has just been published. A good rollicking end of the world story...

I'll keep an eye out for it, Groakes, thanks for the tip.

[dylerpillar]

Do tell more DP!!!

The Man was up and walking about and not looking too bad. And "Sonic Attack" was clearly audible, but not the version from Space Ritual, the one that came later and I think immediately precedes "Rocky Paths".

Unfortunately it was just a cameo, but I'm sure he's got places to be and books to write.

[UncleDes]

Just finished Herbert Godfrey's "Time Machine". Still pretty good after all these years!

Des

[Governor of Rowe Island]

I've got a definitive (or somesuch) version of that, Des, published by Penguin. I may just move it up my reading pile now you've reminded me.

[Dead-Air]

I'm currently about half way through Olympos by Dan Simmons.

[Faffin]

Vineland.

Half way through Thomas Pynchon's Vineland. Finished reading his "Against The Day" recently. Interesting how some of the themes from Vineland have carried over. Frenesi, one of the main Characters, is a descendant of two in ATD.

[Kevin McCabe]

Just finished re-reading Watchmen. Starting "A Star Called Henry" by Roddy Doyle (brought to my attention by our very own Gov )

[thingfish]

Just starting Neil Gaimans 'The Graveyard Book'
Looks good!

[Dave Hardy]

Concurrently reading Elric at the End of Time and The Sea Hunters II. [email protected] is a pb and easier to carry than the hardback Sea Hunters. Previously I read The Bounty by Caroline Alexander and The Prophecy Machine by Neal Barrett Jr. Neal Barrett rocks!

[DeepFixer]

Just finished The Voices of Heaven by Frederick Pohl.

Still reading The Avatar by Poul Anderson and just starting The Weapon Shops of Isher by A.E. van Vogt.