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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #90 on: October 06, 2014, 09:45:04 PM »
I'm about a third of the way through Philip K. Dick's Ubik. He's one of the few sci-fi writers I've read who's actually a good prose writer too.

I like these OOP editions by Vintage despite their peculiar covers because they're easy to hold and very well typeset.

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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #91 on: October 07, 2014, 05:33:22 PM »
Quote from: Claritas on October 06, 2014, 09:45:04 PM
I'm about a third of the way through Philip K. Dick's Ubik. He's one of the few sci-fi writers I've read who's actually a good prose writer too.

You're in for a treat, Ubik is my favorite of Dick's works  :)p5
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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #92 on: October 16, 2014, 03:07:42 AM »
Quote from: anetode on October 07, 2014, 05:33:22 PM
You're in for a treat, Ubik is my favorite of Dick's works  :)p5

It was pretty well-written as expected and maybe a little predictable, but only by today's standards. I think he accomplished more in The Man in the High Castle. But in both cases, the endings don't quite feel like endings. I'm sure to pick up another soon . . . otherwise I'll end up starting The Dispossessed for the nth time.

Have you ever read anything by Tim Powers? He writes these "genre-benders." Three Days to Never was more or less okay, and I've been stuck in the middle of Declare for the longest time. That one stands out. The writing isn't on Dick's or LeGuin's level (readable though), but it's fairly imaginative and thoughtful. I only hope it comes together in the end.
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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #93 on: October 16, 2014, 10:22:49 PM »
I drive 108 miles, round trip, every day to work in the metro Atlanta area, then add traffic and well, it can really beat you down, especially when putting in 10 to 12 hour work days for the last 7 years.  I just recently turned to audio books.  I'm not sure why I haven't thought of this before.  Now the drive isn't so bad, seriously.  I've not been a big Stephen King reader but just recently listened to The Dome and am currently finishing up Mr. Mercedes. I've enjoyed his twisted mind and sometimes the readers voices are pretty hilarious.  Anyway, also reading Lee Child's The Affair over lunches and at bedtime.  Huge Jack Reacher fan and the library is saving me huge $$$'s on both audio and printed books.
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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #94 on: March 18, 2015, 11:11:13 PM »
Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle", it is strangely fascinating and brilliant. Things that at first do not make sense somehow make sense later...
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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #95 on: March 18, 2015, 11:32:06 PM »
Just finished All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Great.
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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #96 on: March 21, 2015, 05:19:01 PM »
Just finished The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro.
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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #97 on: March 21, 2015, 09:33:01 PM »
Thomas Pynchon ' s Inherent Vice
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Re: What are you reading at the moment?
« Reply #98 on: March 21, 2015, 09:55:52 PM »
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell. Good so far.
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