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Finishing Katharine Kerr Polar city Nightmare - only third book this month, it has been slow month - next has to be better :o Book has been moderately entertaining - although I would have liked this to be more abut the mystery and less about the emotional states of the participants. Then again -...

Finished only second book this month :o Stross The Merchants' War - sad is that this book ends when everything is getting interesting. I'll have to get the next book at some point. About one third through Katharine Kerr Polar City Nightmare - which has been pretty decent so far but nothing...

Doesn't seem to be - as Guttenberg had that story I read half of it - the characters and time travelling method are quite different. Seems to be only reusage of the Mastodonia name.

Still reading Charles Stross The Merchants' War - should have finished it a while ago but somehow it's dragging. At the same time started with Clifford Simak Mastodonia - a book which has really classic Simak beginning and characters.

Strange - we seem to have a lot tighter group of SFF fans here - I know about 100+ who like SFF movies and/or books (about 10-20 of them are also writers). We have monthly meetings - where we mostly don't talk about SFF that much but it's still good to know you can talk there with someone about...

Clifford Simak - City - at least some stories in it (Desertion, Paradise)

Congratulations - it seems to be a really fast expanding franchise universe at the moment - at least 5 tie-in books by different authors have been issued in Russia this year.

Reading Scalzi The Android's Dream - really interesting and funny book about sabotage, interplanetary diplomacy and sheep... I really should pick up Scalzis Agent to the Stars and The God Engines - to complete my collection. Also about 1/3 through Pride & Predjustice & Zombies - but put it...

Strange - I would have been sure you like these stories - although they are not classic mystery or detective stories as the main character is the "bad" guy. Still - they should have enough noir feeling, sarcasm and fun dialogue - to appeal to people who enjoy mystery and SFF.

I think they might have been mentioned in mystery-SF threads but he is usually not so well known. My respect to people who can do that - I would have been quite annoyed when the story is jumping from end to begginning to middle etc. I read first 10 books as they should be in timeline - but now...

You don't say... really !? :p Haven't I made enough promo for these books - probably should start 100 +1 threads about this author :D Did you read in chronological or in publishing order ? The story is jumping quite a bit in time - which I was reminded again reading Jhegaala recently I was...

Strange that no-one has mentioned David Brin Uplift books in this thread or Greg Bear Blood Music - when you are talking about increased intelligence :confused:

Gollum - why I didn't appreciate these stories too much - read my second sentence again - the explanation is mostly there ;):D I'm not really a "horror" literature reader, I tend to prefer texts that are more action or dialogue not description or feeling based. I read this book only to get to...

Finished two books: Clifford D Simak Out of Their Minds - build up, characters and feeling pretty much the same as many of his other books - nice point in this story anyway. Collection of stories from Theophile Gautier - translations of course - some of them were historic stories, some with...

So far this month: Second part of early Lukjanenko space-opera - currently finishing the third part. It gets somewhat better but still it's worse than the later books - it was a learning experience for author. Simon Green Just Another Judgement Day - story about Nightside and John Taylor -...

So far this month: Second part of early Lukjanenko space-opera - currently finishing the third part. It gets somewhat better but still it's worse than the later books - it was a learning experience for author. Simon Green Just Another Judgement Day - story about Nightside and John Taylor - more...

This is solid epic fanatsy - with some good chracters, especially the horse - but doesn't surprise in any way. Finished the first Lukjanenko - classic space opera (think E. Hamilton) although ending isn't as epic as you would think. Still readable book although a bit weaker than his later space...

Reading 3 russian novels - One horror novel for the mornings - not really scary, but still not reading this before sleep and 2 space operas - reading one of them in the evening, depending on the mood.

Got another 5/10 from last book order (which makes it 8/10 overall) - John Scalzi - Zoe's Tale John Scalzi - The Android's Dream Jim Butcher - Princeps' Fury Steven Brust - Jhegaala Simon Green - Just Another Judgement Day and some books bought over the weekend Seth Grahame-Smith - Pride...

Finished Reynolds Pushing Ice - comment on finishing - meh !? What was this supposed to be? Still it was fun to read - although the main conflict somewhat made sense and somewhat didn't. Anyway - planning to get more Reynolds books. Now reading ... haven't decided, at least 2 books waiting to...