05-26-2013, 02:45 AM
Had'nt heard of that before, I might have to check it out. From the sounds of it I think I would most likely enjoy it, Is it good?
05-26-2013, 02:45 AM
Had'nt heard of that before, I might have to check it out. From the sounds of it I think I would most likely enjoy it, Is it good?
05-26-2013, 06:27 AM
Zahn is one of my favorite Science Fiction authors. A LOT of his books are military science fiction. He gets most of the credit for the revival of the Star Wars novels. I'm a big fan of mystery novels and he has a series that not only combines science fiction and mystery (not an easy feat), but uses a film noir/Hitchcockian/hardboilded style. Think: Murder On The Orient Express In Space. He has another series that appears to be fantasy - but the dragons is actually a refugee from a war on another planet.
The Green and the Gray is also a mystery novel - but an urban adventure drama, too. It feels like an urban fantasy and is in NYC, which is why you reminded me of it. It puts two (or three) ordinary people in an extraordinary situation. I thought it was a lot of fun with plenty of entertaining twists and turns.
05-26-2013, 03:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-26-2013, 03:24 PM by MuldersGirl.)
OOh that definately sounds like something I would enjoy, think I will download it tonight It does sound quite similar to the mortal instruments, in that an ordinary girl gets thrown into an extraordinary situation - very much like Buffy in a way actually
Also, LOVE Hitchcock films, one of my all time favorite movies is North by Northwest!
05-26-2013, 05:42 PM
MG, where do you download your books from?
I put Mortal Instruments on my "To Read" list. But its about the 5th book down. So it will be a while. You might like Zahn's "Frank Compton" series. Its the science fiction mystery series I was talking about. Frank Compton is the hard boiled detective type. The Quadrail is a super fast train between the stars. the first novel, Night Train to Rigel, borrows shamelessly from "Murder on the Orient Express". Another book, I can't remember which borrows a little bit from Thirty Nine Steps. In a funny little episode, Frank re-watches the 39 steps and uses an idea he gets from it to foil the bad guys.
05-27-2013, 01:28 AM
Haha that sounds like quite a good read, the Thirty Nine Steps is a good book also. I download my books from Amazon onto a Kindle, which has turned out to be better than I expected as it is so much faster to get hold of then paper copies and usually a lot cheaper.
I started reading the Green and the Gray last night and so far so good
05-27-2013, 06:21 AM
I got a Kindle touch for my birthday last year. I read too much to afford to buy my books - I mostly get them from the library. And since my library's ebook collection is small - and their software doesn't work so well, mostly i read hardcover library books still. I have used the Amazons Lending Library a few times - but the period you can take that books out is too limited.
But I'm pretty good at finding cheap and free stuff - so the amount of reading I do on my Kindle has been increasing.
05-28-2013, 01:07 PM
By the way, I started to read the Harry Dresden Files, and I have to say there are really really good. My favorite:the speaking skull.
(05-27-2013, 06:21 AM)Lou Wrote: I got a Kindle touch for my birthday last year. I read too much to afford to buy my books - I mostly get them from the library.Haha I have the same problem. Stupid addiction. Do you find that there is a difference whether you have a book in hand or the reader? I´ll just not warm with the reader thing.
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05-28-2013, 02:31 PM
There are a couple of things that i like about the reader. Foremost is that I have a pocket in my jacket that it fits into. so now i can head out on a walk to the park or the coffee shop without actually carrying the book in my hand. I also will bring it on line at the movie theatre. Also when i'm reading a 1000 page book, its much more comfortable to hold it in my hand. On the other hand, I won't take the reader into the bath or to the beach.
The other plus is that there have been 5 - 6 older books i wanted to read that were not available at the library but their kindle versions were very cheap.
05-29-2013, 01:48 AM
Yeah, i've found the same advantages/ disadvantages with the kindle, it's fantastic if you want to get a hold of books very quickly but you have to be willing to pay the price unfortunately. With the Kindle Fire HD you can now actually stream movies and tv shows from lovefilm and get various apps, games and internet for it, which has turned it more into a cheaper slightly more basic version of the i Pad which is fantastic for the price it cost! I do however go to the beach a lot due to living on an island and it really isn't ideal for that, sand has a nasty habit of getting everywhere including into the kindle.
05-31-2013, 11:09 PM
I have taken my Kindle to the pool. but I'm really careful. But yeah, i won't take it to the beach.
I'm thinking of eventually getting an ipad mini. Mostly, i want to watch video podcasts at the gym. If you're a bit of a geek, download Calibre. Its free software and it is a great ebook management tool. I think it's possible to share books. I have never tried it. but I don't know anyone with a kindle. If you're interested I could try to share the first three books of Michelle Sagara's Chronicles of Elantra with you. |
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