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About 40% through, I've decided Charles Williams: the Third Inkling isn't for me. I would have probably enjoyed a much shorter bio that had more focus on his novels, but I'm not a fan of his poetry, and the rest of his life just seems to have been a bit dull.
I'm sorry about this, seeing as how I recommended it to you. But at least it's no longer lurking on your to-be-read-one-day-list.
I'm reading 2010 Odyssey Two, by Arthur C. Clarke. I haven't read this one before, apparently it starts where the film 2001 finishes.
I'm reading this, because David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens, was just too emotionally challenging too read, and I had read over three hundred and fifty pages. I just didn't realise how emotional Dickens is. So I will have to start looking for a classic that is less emotional. Any ideas?
Excusing the fact that I'm not Rodders... I think the first three are very good and worth reading. I didn't personally feel a need for improvement from book 1, but 2 and 3 are, if anything, stronger I think.@Rodders - Does the Old Man's War series get better? I thought the first book was OK, too lighthearted and it felt generic, like John Scalzi was playing it safe.
Agree with @Bick but I gave up when he began publishing in installments with The Human Division. I didn't like the installment format and found the story weak as well. So haven't gone further. I've just recently read The Collapsing Empire (first in a new series - review when I find time) where I feel he's back on form again.@Rodders - Does the Old Man's War series get better? I thought the first book was OK, too lighthearted and it felt generic, like John Scalzi was playing it safe.
Okay found the time quicker than I thought!!!Agree with @Bick but I gave up when he began publishing in installments with The Human Division. I didn't like the installment format and found the story weak as well. So haven't gone further. I've just recently read The Collapsing Empire (first in a new series - review when I find time) where I feel he's back on form again.
Over the Christmas holidays I read Xenophobia, I have to agree that you got it correct in your review.Okay found the time quicker than I thought!!!
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K Dick - a very good classic PKD story. More here.
Xenophobia by Peter Cawdron - Fairly well written with original(ish) aliens but very trope laden plot. More here.
The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi - For me this is a return to form after a few disappointing books from Scalzi. More here.
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