Muphex wrote:Just reading Song Of Stone and very good it is too, I guess it's one of his "culture" books, never read ny of his sci-fi etc but it is post apocalyptic in a sense so might fit if you like his other stuff (as would The Bridge actually).
No, the Culture's another thing entirely.
Nice to know that someone actually likes A Song of Stone, though.
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It's all about trying to work out what the fuck is going on.
Muphex wrote:Just reading Song Of Stone and very good it is too, I guess it's one of his "culture" books, never read ny of his sci-fi etc but it is post apocalyptic in a sense so might fit if you like his other stuff (as would The Bridge actually).
No, the Culture's another thing entirely.
Nice to know that someone actually likes A Song of Stone, though.
Aha for some reason whenever I heard "culture" i though people were differentiating between his sci-fi and non sci-fi, always thought it sounded a bit arrogant, nice to know I've been proven wrong.
Last book - Pratchett: Wings. So that was the whole Bromeliad re-read and enjoyed just as much the second time around.
Now - Louis Barfe: Where Have All The Good Times Gone? Fascinating history of the music biz from the point of the record labels not the artists.
Next - dunno. Depends if I finish the above before we go home as I only brought the one book away with us knowing I probably wouldn't have much time to read anyway. Might get Spook Country though.
I'm reading The Singing Citadel by Michael Moorcock. I picked it up in a charity shop because I liked the look of the front cover, and true to form it's completely hatstand, acid-drenched, early 70s fantasy
Tmuk wrote:I'm reading The Singing Citadel by Michael Moorcock. I picked it up in a charity shop because I liked the look of the front cover, and true to form it's completely hatstand, acid-drenched, early 70s fantasy
Excellent, that's why I love Moorcocks stuff, it's just so flippin' trippy.
The P.Craig Russell graphic novel of Stormbringer is well worth getting hold of, the colours leap out of the page.
Just finished The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven. A great favourite of mine when I was a teenager, but I haven't read it for many years. It's still utterly excellent, and well worth reading if you want something with non-stereotypical aliens in it.
Now reading the sequel, The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye.
"I am a very considerate person. If I want to go out all night on my miniature golf course and shoot lizards, well, no reason to keep the neighbours awake..."
I'm currently reading Snow Crash again. I think this must be 4th re-read and it is easily as enjoyable as the first time I read it. This and Crash by J G Ballard are the only books I've read multiple times (for very different reasons).
