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[salinea]

Made a short tour at the english book store. I wanted to get Illium for my dad, as a requested gift, but they didn't have it. So instead, I got myself a few books :

Walter Jon William's The Sundering, sequel to the Praxis, which was a nice, well written, classic Space Opera book. And I know my dad will enjoy it too.

George RR Martin's Dying of the Light, because it's been some time I wanted to try out a few of the other things Martin wrote. This one and Fevre Dream. But they actually had this one.

Some kind of urban fantasy called Storm Front, of a Dresden File cycle, recommended by the seller (who's a very nice guy I should invite to play Shadowrun one of these days) to replace my Hamilton, since I'm getting bored quickly of rereading the Anita Blake novels. (Of course I've done a lot of re-reading lately - what have you, they're quick and pleasant to read. Think chocolate.)

And Lois Mc Master Bujold's Young Miles anthology of books. I started reading the Miles book from the bibliotheque, so I do want to collect them, and those omnibus collections are excellent for that. Since I've read those novels already more times than I can remember and still enjoy them, it's sure value and will be fun to read in Original Version.

Couldn't find Kay's Last Light of the Sun either. Well, I better wait for it to come out in paper back anyway.

And lastly, today was Towel Day

Hence the icon - this is not me pretending to be all innocent and naive - for once.

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[darkemagick.livejournal.com]

Aaaah, Douglas Adams. *grin* The Hitchhiker's Guide had me laughing insanely for weeks.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. He's quite good that way. I never could forget the flying trick. Or the whale saying 'hello' to that strange, new, flat, round object called "ground" and wondering if it would be friend with it, or... hum, enough. ^^

[darkemagick.livejournal.com]

I remember the whale's monolouge. Who am I? Why am I here? What is my purpose in life? ^^

Books, books, books

[generalblossom.livejournal.com]

Oh, nice book catch! A warning about Dying of the Light, it´s his first novel and it is definetely bittersweet, I think he is getting more romantic and optimistic as he matures - saying something considering A Storm of Swords. It has some fascinating cultures, about the most repulsive culture I remember reading about, but he makes it understandable. Let me know what you think of it.

About the Jim Butcher books, a friend gave me that first one, but I did not get to it yet. As LKH substitutes, have you read Charlaine Harris? Harris writes more low key, but IMO she writes lots better and the characters are more real, even if they are vampires and werewolves and telepaths and all that.

Re: Books, books, books

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Haha, but I like the bittersweet ! Bring on the angst ! I'm not afraid.

I finished the Harry Dresden novel. It was okay. Not great, but nice and enjoyable to read. A bit too flashy a magic for my usual liking but some few interresting metaphysics.
Thanks for the Charlene Harris rec, I will try it. ^^ LKH does have very unreal characters, doesn't she ? It seems like all her opponant female ones are a same variation of the Slutty Bitch stereotype. :/ But I admit a fondness for Jason. And Larry. I must like short men...