16 posts tagged “books”
Where do you get recommendations for new books to read?
I try and read a good chunk of the (novel) nominees from the Arthur C Clarke award, the BSFA awards and the Hugo awards. I also read stuff by authors I have liked in the past. And of course I read stuff that people are talking about on blogs.
A new book case for my office arrived yesterday. It's standing behind me in a box.
I'm excited about getting a new bookcase, now I won't have to stack my books.
I'll do a full review on Big Dumb Object, but the short version is that I loved it. Near future SF-thriller-espionage, with in-game MMORPG fantasy fights, speculatve predictions so good that some came true last week, twists and turns, characters that mean more to you as the book progresses and probably the best two page explanation of what it's like to be a software developer that I have read anywhere.
Not only one for the Slashdot crowd but also the SF crowd and the thriller crowd.
It's due out in January in the UK and October in the US.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
The order deadline for release date delivery (21st July 2007) is now past,
UPDATE
That was Amazon, however TESCO to the rescue.
Books: Show us the longest book you've ever read. (All the way through.)
Well, let's say the longest story. In which case maybe:
The Baroque Cycle
or
The Night's Dawn Trilogy
Show us what's on your mind.
Book: Show us a book that has helped or inspired your writing.
Books: Show us a great beach read.
What modern book do you think will be read in high school by the next generation of kids?
Submitted by Tom.
None of them. They'll probably still be reading Shakespeare. (Henry IV Part One?!?! Nothing happens!)
