In general I liked the weather Warden books I read, however, they seemed to be one of those greater and greater and greater power books . But I'd happily pick up another if I happened on it
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beth b - Feb 28, 2009 4:29:11 pm PST #8481 of 28431
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Polgara - Feb 28, 2009 4:35:55 pm PST #8482 of 28431
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Fay, Kitty Raises Hell just came out this week too (I started it last night). For some reason they released the most recent two books only a month apart.
askye - Feb 28, 2009 5:07:00 pm PST #8483 of 28431
Thrive to spite them
The novels by Karen Chance I'm reading run into that problem. First the character is a clarivyoant who can also see ghosts. But she was raised by a vampire, and then she finds out that she's going to be Pythia, the ultimate seer and oh yeah she's tied to this really powerful vampire.
The vampires in this have a weird heirarchy and it seems like everyone famous is a vampire -- Christopher Marlowe -- vampire (and he was Shakespeare and he's a spy) Man in the Iron Mask -- Vampire (really hot one)! Jack the Ripper - Vampire (totally crazy vampire)! Cleopatra -- Vampire (she wears snakes!).
Except Elvis, Elvis is a zombie.
Oh and Jim Morrison -- he's a ghost.
But I'd rather read this than whatever Anita Blake has turned into.
Polgara - Feb 28, 2009 5:19:05 pm PST #8484 of 28431
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Except Elvis, Elvis is a zombie.
Probably 'cause he was already vamped in the Sookie books.
Consuela - Feb 28, 2009 6:08:08 pm PST #8485 of 28431
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I like the Weather Warden books well enough, but they are kind of like store-bought cookies to me. The pacing is always flat-out, there's very little downtime, and wassname, the lead, always gets more powerful. I want something to get resolved already, and it's not happening.
P.M. Marc - Feb 28, 2009 6:10:37 pm PST #8486 of 28431
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Caine in one of her other books violated the rule of "IT DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY YOU NIMROD!!!" (For something that was pretty obvious. Not niche.)
Therefore, I have stopped reading her stuff.
P.M. Marc - Feb 28, 2009 6:10:38 pm PST #8487 of 28431
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2009 6:16:32 pm PST #8488 of 28431
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Please to explain, miss PMM?
Fay - Feb 28, 2009 6:33:11 pm PST #8489 of 28431
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
What ita said.
meara - Mar 01, 2009 12:14:49 am PST #8490 of 28431
So funny--I just re-read the first three Weather Warden books (which I own--haven't read the rest of them, I got a bit irked at the third book and the increased drama/power/etc)...
...and then went to the library where they'd just got a shipment of new books, and picked up Undone, the spinoff mentioned above (which was interesting, I may try to find the next one of that) and Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand (I read the first Kitty book, enjoyed, HATED the second, didnt' buy it, read the third one in the store, liked it better, skipped the fourth...this one was...meh. Wouldn't have paid for it.)
...I've gotten so terribly picky about my trashy scifi. Good lord.