Science Fiction Aficionados discussion

I've never read Harry Potter.

Seen the flicks though. Figure that's enough for me :P

Maggie: Yeah, I think you should throw in a Dresden File. No one beats themselves up more than Harry...but I think that he secretly enjoys all the commotion

I'm reading Oryx and Crake and it's great so far!

I'm ostensibly reading The Trial and Magician: Apprentice. In reality though, my boyfriend gave me Minecraft, so I am spending lots of time rearranging blocks. I am building a gigantic library though!

Gravity Wave by Phoenix MacKenzie. Unique. I like his style of writing.

Just starting Replica - a new author for me but it was very cheap on Kindle and sounded fun so I thought I'd give it a go :)

I'm reading The Hunters: Book Three of Twilight of the Clans, with Degrees of Freedom up next, and then I'll finish up No Better Place to Die: Ste-Mere Eglise, June 1944-The Battle for la Fiere Bridge.

I'm not much of a Sci-Fi reader myself, but it's a genre I am willing to pick up, hence joining this group.

Any suggestions?

Laura, Robert Charles Wilson wasn't my first sci fi read, but he was what made me fall in love with the genre. I highly recommend his book Spin.

Jack McDevitt is also really good.

I started reading The Gates.

Laura wrote: "I'm not much of a Sci-Fi reader myself, but it's a genre I am willing to pick up, hence joining this group.

Any suggestions?"

Laura-I'd recommend joining in one of our reads....We are finishing up Dune right now, which most of us LOVE...next month it is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Oryx and Crake. It will be a good reading month!

I'm not a big fan of Margaret Atwood, and Douglas Adams for me has gone way too mainstream for my liking anymore.

I've got my cope of Oryx and Crake. Now I just have to get through a bunch of other books first...

I was worried I wouldn't be able to read both of them...but I seem to be catching up with 'stuff'...lol

Kevin wrote: "I'm not a big fan of Margaret Atwood, and Douglas Adams for me has gone way too mainstream for my liking anymore."

Soo...because more people like an author's books you like them less?

The scifi book I'm reading right now (although honestly it does have some fantasy in it too) is Time's Edge. I really like it! I'm also reading The Mists of Avalon which I can't read fast enough. In addition I carry Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life around it my purse, but I haven't read much yet.

Denae wrote: "Kevin wrote: "I'm not a big fan of Margaret Atwood, and Douglas Adams for me has gone way too mainstream for my liking anymore."

Soo...because more people like an author's books you like them less?"

No, that is not the case for Atwood.

I love Atwood's work. I've enjoyed everything I've read from her, except for Cat's Eye. I loathed Cat's Eye for some reason.

Maggie wrote: Laura-I'd recommend joining in one of our reads......."

I might just do that :) The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy might be a good place to start. Thank you :) xx

Kevin wrote: "Denae wrote: "Kevin wrote: "I'm not a big fan of Margaret Atwood, and Douglas Adams for me has gone way too mainstream for my liking anymore."

Soo...because more people like an author's books you like them less?"

No, that is not the case for Atwood. "

*rolls eyes* Oh the lengths to which you will go...

I just finished Connie Willis' Blackout and All Clear. Both books are amazing and since I especially like time travel (Caught In Time is my novel) I thought they were great. They really pulled you into the time period and the characters. I look for that in a good book. The other book that I just finished is Windup Girl which is a little more dense with science and took me a bit to get into, but then it was very interesting and hard to put down. The whole genetic thing is going to be my next blog. Not a fan of Douglas and read Atwood already. She gets a bit down.

I am 65% into Forward the Foundation, just love Asimov and his Foundation series.

I am on the last chapters of Second Foundation now, very good, love his writing style.

Finished The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and finishing up Consider Phlebas, both of which i really enjoyed. Now on to Oryx and Crake, Shades of Greyand Royal Assassin, which has been sitting here patiently!

Machavelli wrote: "I am on the last chapters of Second Foundation now, very good, love his writing style."

You really should read his Robot Novel, Caves of Steel and Naked Sun, then read Robot of Dream which will blow your mind.

I will keep that in mind, Kevin.

I finished The Gates this morning.

Then I started Bag of Bones.

How was The Gates, Scott?

Jason wrote: "How was The Gates, Scott?"

I enjoyed it but I thought The Book of Lost Things was better.

He has a sequel to The Gates coming out in October. I'm sure that I'll read that also.

Thanks, Scott!

I am reading George R R Martin's "A Feast For Crows". I absolutely LOVE this author and his "Song Of Ice And Fire" series. I know that it's technically fantasy, but he's a great sci-fi author as well, and his stories are very hard to put down. :-) I'm reading the first four books in this series a second time because I want to be ready when the 5th book, "A Dance With Dragons" comes out July 12! So excited!!!!

Reading

@Christina ah so I guess you have a kindle then. Would live to hear what you think when you finished. I had a couple of things I didn't like in the writing style and wondering if others find the same issues.

I started The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Very entertaining. I was hitting a brick wall with nonfiction. Hitchhiker was what I needed.

Glad you like it Aloha, it is a funny book.

Thanks, Machavelli!

Lee wrote: "@Christina ah so I guess you have a kindle then. Would live to hear what you think when you finished. I had a couple of things I didn't like in the writing style and wondering if others find the sa..."

Yes, I have a nookcolor. I've only read the first chapter but so far I like it.

I started The Snow Queen for some group on here (they blur...) and my re-read of A Clash of Kings.

I'm currently reading the Cassandra Kreshnov series by Joel Shepherd. Just about to start in the 3rd and final book Killswitch.
They're really good imo.

Reading Deeper. Great series so far!

Brick wrote: "Reading Deeper. Great series so far!"

I've only read Tunnels, but I thought it was great - such an original story :)

Definitely!

Finished The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. That was a lot of fun. Now I'm in the middle of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward for Horror Aficionados July read. I am liking it so far. When I'm done with that, it'll be Oryx and Crake next. For paper book, I'm reading Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos, which will probably go at a crawl since I can't stay still and I hate to read paper because of my bad eyesight. I sit too long at the computer as it is. During my leisure time, I like to move around. That's why I'm a fan of audios and eBooks.

Reading Perdido Street Station for a group read, also wading through third Malazan book, Memories of Ice and have Quarter Share on my phone for those moments where the other two get to heavy.

Lee, Memories of Ice is my favorite malazan!

I finished Bag of Bones this morning. I thought it was an excellent ghost story.

I'm going to start The Case of Charles Dexter Ward this afternoon. This will be my first read of any Lovecraft.

This will be my first read of any Lovecraft.

Your life is about to change.

I finished The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. I enjoyed it more than The Call of Cthulhu. Also, instead of reading a typo infested eBook, I listened to it in audio. The narrator was excellent. Now, I'm looking forward to his other stories. But after I get through the forum reads that I want to do this month.

Just started Oryx and Crake for SciFi Aficionados. I am loving it! It's an audio that's narrated by one of my favorite narrator, Campbell Scott.

I have started A Talent For War.

Machavelli wrote: "I am on the last chapters of Second Foundation now, very good, love his writing style."

I love The Foundation Series! I've read Prelude, Foundation, Foundation & Empire, and Second Foundation. I can't wait to continue the series, but there are so many good Group Reads!