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What's everybody reading right now, and would you recommend it?
I just finished reading "The Year's Best SF 9" edited by David Hartwell and someone else whose name escapes me right now. It was a mixed bag, as I usually find anthologies to be, but some of the stories were very good. The last story, which the editor pegged as "possibly the best SF story of the year", I could not get through. It was far too convoluted. Beautifully-written, I suppose, but darned confusing. Which is why I sometimes despair of writing really good short stories. I just don't seem to "get" the ones that are considered outstanding.
Next up: Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow. But I'm only on page 3, so I can't comment yet. 
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Well, I'm reading, or trying to read my friends's novel, the one in the sig. It's Star Trek fanfic but... boy, this is good. I would recommend it for you, but she can't get published without permission by Paramount, and as it's in German, that permission won't happen. Paramount prefers American authors and will accept only English-language work.
Even so, she's done an extremely good job, inventing her own shape-shifting species and their world. She's written the forth novel about them, and they are deep, very well thought out and written with perfect style. They would make a precious mini-series, much better than the usual trash they are putting out now. They include a half-Cardiassian escapting to the Federation, a Romulan having a love-affair with a Vulcan, a funny look at Earth through foreign eyes, and a run-in with the Dominion. Oh, and AI ship computers with a rather... strong personality.
Don't tell her, but in my spare time, I'm translating her first novel. Shhhhhh....
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I just realized how that might sound. I'm translating it so I can give the English version to her. She deserves to get published.
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I just started reading Clara Callan, so I can't really comment on it yet, I'm barely into it, but the last novel I read was Crow Lake, by Mary Lawson.
I was working in the bookstore over last fall and Christmas, as a second job (it used to be a full time job for me a few years ago), and this woman came up to the counter with two copies of this novel, she said, "I'm the author, would you like me to sign these copies?", of course my coworkers and I were delighted to have her sign and I scooped up a copy for myself.
The story takes place in a small community in Ontario, similar to where she grew up (although she now lives in England), it is a wonderful story, full of depth of character, and touches on the realities and trials of life.
Cheers!
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Hey everyone!
Well, last week I read:
HEX AND THE CITY by Simon R Green, the 4th book in the Nightside series. I really enjoyed it, I love this series... it's dark, interesting and includes just about anything and everything fantastical one could think of.
SAVAGE MEMBRANE by Steve Niles, the 1st book in the Cal McDonal, Monster Hunter series. This was a great book. The story is really engrossing and the main character's a real anti-hero! I really enjoyed it and will definitely be reading the one's that follow.
Well, there you have it. I've been in a bit of a HORROR mood lately, which really isn't surprising! 
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Sometimes it feels like the better question would be 'What am I not reading?' because my list is so long and I can only manage about 10 at once. 
So, at the moment: Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb. Second run through this series, and of course I'd recommend it. I'm a Hobb freak (as those at Scribe's would tell you...).
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. Love this book to bits - second time to read it in a matter of about four weeks. The tagline is: 'Non-religious thoughts on Christian Spirituality'. Brilliant, funny, insightful stuff.
Finding Your Writer's Voice. Don't know the author - picked this one up in the Uni library, and I'm finding it quite helpful (and I'm surprised about that). I'm hoping it will provide the impetus to get my anthology story moving along.
On top of that, I've got some Greek tragedy, some Nietzsche, and a lot of Linguistics readings to get into. Good thing I like reading. Pity I never seem to be able to do it quite fast enough... 
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Reading this thread reminded me to go to the library web site and put holds on some books by Margery Allingham. I went to a reading last night by Elizabeth George; one of the questions she answered was: who is your favourite mystery writer. I'm following up on her answer. Dorothy L. Sayers also got mentioned.
I'm reading the following books:
-The Growth of the Mind (about the connection between emotional and intellectual mental capacity/growth...)
-The Ancient Civilization of Rome (about the ancient civilization of Rome, go figure)
-A Survival Guide for Working with Humans (about working with difficult people)
-Crossfire (by Nancy Kress, because I have her book on writing on hold and then I thought, hmm, is she a writer I would *want* to have telling me what to do? so I am reading a book of hers, just started last night)
And 3 books on doll making. I'm making a cloth doll, of myself as a toddler, just to hang out with (I don't have kids though I've played on in home movies)
I have a stack of books I'm dying to get started on, including on the demise of civilizations by Jared Diamond; I made my way through Guns, Germs, and Steel and loved it.
I always try to prioritize the library books because I have to give them back, that means I end up with a backlog of my owned books hanging out on the shelf waiting for me to stop reserving books at the library.
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I loooooove Nancy Kress and I do think she's a writer who knows her craft. Keep in mind that her advice is from the perspective of a science fiction writer, of course, but she's a very character and emotion oriented science fiction writer, so much of her advice carries across genres. She wrote the "Fiction" column in Writer's Digest magazine for a lot of years. Her short stories are especially strong, often described as "elegant" and "incisive."
Let me know if you like Crossfire. Don't think I've read that one.
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I'm reading The Runes of the Earth by Stephen Donaldson. I'm 200 pages into it and the back story has eased right off, so perhaps it will be OK from this point on.
I loved the first two series and can't see why this last series will be any different.
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I've been reading "The Batman Handbook: The Ultimate Traning Manual"
It's written to be a guide for costumed vigilantes who want to follow in Batman's footsteps. While the author does provide a 'do not try this at home' disclaimer, it is a great book that could be used by a mystery or detective novel writer that deals with criminal investigations.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1594740232/ref=pd_ir_imp/002-9907847-4294425
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