impartialobserver Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 Just interesting to know what folks read if anything. The last 5 novels (therefore fiction) that I have read are (newest to oldest) 1. The weight of ink - Rachel Kadish 2. Atomic Anna - Rachel Barenbaum 3. Just like Mother - Anne Heltzel 4. The Hacienda - Isabel Canas 5. Ancestry - Simon Mawer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted June 9, 2023 Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 (edited) Robertson Davies - Fifth Business. We will talk of the other four novels later. Edited June 9, 2023 by August1991 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psikeyhackr Posted June 9, 2023 Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 Sorry, I don't keep track that way. Could have been: Wake by Robert J Sawyer oh no, he is Canadian! Daemon & Freedom by Daniel Suarez America strikes back but that is an unAmerican name. LOL Island in the Sea of Time S.M. Stirling Oh no! Americans taking over the world, AGAIN! The Bobiverse Series by Dennis Taylor A CyberAmerican sent out to conquer the galaxy. These Americans must be stopped. Where are Bruce Lee and Sun Tzu when you really need them? Dauntless by Jack Campbell The usual interstellar war with humans and aliens and more aliens. Does it ever end? These aliens need to chill! Is anything other than science fiction entertaining? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 9, 2023 Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 (edited) Last four of the Expanse series by James Corey and Rabbits, by Terry Miles. Science fiction is my favourite fiction genre too. I mix my reading up between fiction and history. Edited June 9, 2023 by bcsapper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psikeyhackr Posted June 10, 2023 Report Share Posted June 10, 2023 10 hours ago, bcsapper said: Science fiction is my favourite fiction genre too. I mix my reading up between fiction and history. History is fiction with delusions of reality about the information that is always missing? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) The Master and Commander, Patrick O'Brian. Apparently there are 20 more. ===== I have a different view of life. https://barbour-site.com/forty-eight-days-adrift/ Edited June 11, 2023 by August1991 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 I am struggling through Master and Commander. ==== No problem with Barbours's book. To me, it was a page-turner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpankyMcFarland Posted June 25, 2023 Report Share Posted June 25, 2023 Old God’s Time, Sebastian Barry, Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan, Independent People, Halldor Laxness, Moby Dick, Herman Melville, The Gathering, Anne Enright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie93 Posted June 25, 2023 Report Share Posted June 25, 2023 On 6/9/2023 at 11:23 AM, bcsapper said: Science fiction is my favourite fiction genre too. best British Science Fiction Alastair Reynolds ( Welsh ) narrated by John Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 On 6/25/2023 at 3:03 PM, SpankyMcFarland said: Old God’s Time, Sebastian Barry, Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan, Independent People, Halldor Laxness, Moby Dick, Herman Melville, The Gathering, Anne Enright. All fake, like Disney now. I used to read fiction. ========= Here's my message to Disney/Hollywood/America: -If you want to send a message, go to Western Union. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 On 6/25/2023 at 2:03 PM, Dougie93 said: best British Science Fiction Alastair Reynolds ( Welsh ) narrated by John Lee I forgot to thank you for this. I looked him up, and I'm definitely going to try a book by him. Hard science fiction is my favourite fiction genre. I'll have to read him though. I can't do audio books. I drift too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie93 Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 17 hours ago, bcsapper said: I forgot to thank you for this. I looked him up, and I'm definitely going to try a book by him. Hard science fiction is my favourite fiction genre. I'll have to read him though. I can't do audio books. I drift too much. Reynolds is the best of both worlds, hard sci-fi, but with epic adventure to rival any space opera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impartialobserver Posted July 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 The last two have been 1. The Thing Between Us - Gus Moreno 2. All Good People Here - Ashley Flowers A horror and a mystery to change things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie93 Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 18 hours ago, bcsapper said: Hard science fiction is my favourite fiction genre. a Revelation Space Lighthugger is the greatest starship idea in all science fiction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie93 Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 18 hours ago, bcsapper said: . Hard science fiction is my favourite fiction genre. you might also enjoy Richard K. Morgan ( Scots ) my favourite is Market Forces it's like Road Warrior meets Blade Runner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie93 Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 18 hours ago, bcsapper said: . Hard science fiction is my favourite fiction genre. if you do fancy some Space Opera Iain M. Banks ( Scots ) is the best of best ( RIP ) Culture Series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Dougie93 said: if you do fancy some Space Opera Iain M. Banks ( Scots ) is the best of best ( RIP ) Culture Series I have a copy of Consider Phlebas in the basement. I've always meant to give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie93 Posted July 11, 2023 Report Share Posted July 11, 2023 8 minutes ago, bcsapper said: I have a copy of Consider Phlebas in the basement. I've always meant to give it a shot. each Culture series novel stands on its own, they are not sequential, so you don't have to read all of them thus I would recommend Excession, The Hydrogen Sonata & Surface Detail, those are the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenmandy85 Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 1. An Old Cold Grave by Iona Whishaw 2. The Fort by Bernard Cornwell 3. Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly 4, War Lord by Bernard Cornwell 5. the Millennium Trilogy (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series) by Stieg Larsson I'm a fan of Cornwell, Connelly, Baldacci, and Crichton. Lately, I've been focusing more on non-fiction (history) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carepov Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 All audio books, and all excellent! The Dutch House - Patchett, Ann (Read by Tom Hanks) The Century Trilogy - Follett, Ken All the Light We Cannot See - Doerr, Anthony 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impartialobserver Posted September 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 last 3 since the first post 1. Daughter of Doctor Moreau - Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2. Genesis of Misery - Neon Yang 3. All Good People Here - Ashley Flowers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aristides Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 On 6/10/2023 at 8:15 PM, August1991 said: The Master and Commander, Patrick O'Brian. Apparently there are 20 more. ===== I have a different view of life. https://barbour-site.com/forty-eight-days-adrift/ I've read all 20 three times. O'Brian creates that historical period like no one since Jane Austin. Every time I have read them, I got something new out of them. The characters, customs, manners, science, prejudices, relationships and humour, recreate a world like I've never encountered in other historical fiction and I read a lot of it. Many of the incidents described, as impossible as they may seem, were actually taken from the exploits of captains like Cochrane and Hoste. Frigate captains were the rock stars of their day. These books have been called the best historical fiction of all time and I have never come across anything to equal them and that includes the likes of Cornwell, Iggulden and Goldsworthy. When it comes to Nelson's navy, not even CS Forrester comes close. The hardest part is getting through the first novel and becoming accustomed to the 18th century English the characters use and all the technical terms. It's a real education. I know a lot of people who say they struggled with the first book. Well worth the effort in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted November 16, 2023 Report Share Posted November 16, 2023 On 10/2/2023 at 9:20 PM, Aristides said: ... The hardest part is getting through the first novel and becoming accustomed to the 18th century English the characters use and all the technical terms. It's a real education. I know a lot of people who say they struggled with the first book. Well worth the effort in my opinion. Balzac - and Dickens - were telling a story (the truth) at the time. But imagine writing Weiner's Mad Men. I, Claudius = imagine writing about centuries. years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted December 28, 2023 Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 Julian Fellowes wrote the dialogue of Gosford Park, and Downton Abbey. Lise Payette -what a nightmare as a person- also wrote such dialogue. How? Balzac, Dickens wrote for money. Fellowes for love of the language. I suspect that Payette and Tolstoi for both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impartialobserver Posted March 5 Author Report Share Posted March 5 Being that this board is about canadian politics, I will mention that I am currently reading Barkskins by Anne Proulx. Being that I am not canadian and have never been to Quebec.. it is fascinating to read about this area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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