'Destiny'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
What have you read besides Glasshouse?
That's it. I didn't like it so I wasn't interested in reading more.
I've read several books by both Stross and Banks, and it would never occur to me to compare them. They're really not very similar at all.
Stross invited the comparison by saying he specifically tried to write a Banks-like book.
That's it. I didn't like it so I wasn't interested in reading more.
Ah, ok. It felt like your broader comments were based on having read Halting State, some of his short stories, Accelerando, or the Laundry Series.
I'm a fan of both Stross and Banks, for many different reasons, but it took me a couple books written by each before I could say more about their style beyond a single novel.
That said, your dislike is very clear and I'll remember not to suggest any of the books above to you in the future!
I enjoyed (and own) the first few Family Trade books he wrote, but then they veered off and I wasn't such a fan. And Glasshouse I recall really irritating and annoying me.
But I haven't read any Banks, so can't compare.
That said, your dislike is very clear and I'll remember not to suggest any of the books above to you in the future!
That's right! Keep that nasty ol' Stross away from me.
But I do like to hear about the stuff that piques your interest, Sox.
I recently read Glasshouse and was iffy on it at the beginning, but got into it as it went on. There was a lovely bit of prose about use being fragile beings trailing strings of memories behind us.
Oh, awesome! Please let me know if that happens so I can tell Seanan.
P-C, looks like it will be happening :) two classes, one grad, one undergrad. hee.
I totally earned my bookpusher badge.
Tell her she looked great at the Hugos.
Oh, awesome! Please let me know if that happens so I can tell Seanan.
P-C, looks like it will be happening :) two classes, one grad, one undergrad. hee.
So cool!!
Tell her she looked great at the Hugos.
I shall.
A book about fonts - is this guy a buffista?
Is 11 and up - YA or still children's?
I just discovered that Jane Smiley has been writing a series of horsy books for that age group. (The 3rd one is coming out next month.)
They are:
The Georges and the Jewels
A Good Horse
True Blue
I have to say that I love when Smiley writes horses - she is very good at it. (And it's so cool to have such a talented writer writing about something that I so much enjoy.)
Given the subject matter, they're probably middle grade books. I hadn't heard of them, though! I need to go look them up.