If you like any sort of SFF, with October up next I would urge those who have not read A Night In The Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny to do so. Maybe his finest book, certainly in line with Halloween. If you have read it, maybe it's time to re-read it.

Haven't read it. I can recommend lots of SFF. If you like humorous SFF, check out the Discworld series. Lots of info out there on which of the series to start with but I started with "Guards! Guards! Guards!" and it was a great starter.

Also wool series (omnibus 1-5) is pretty good although it is light reading.

Not that there's anything wrong with light reading... especially these days.

(09-13-2015 06:57 PM)tiger2000 Wrote:  Haven't read it. I can recommend lots of SFF. If you like humorous SFF, check out the Discworld series. Lots of info out there on which of the series to start with but I started with "Guards! Guards! Guards!" and it was a great starter.

Also wool series (omnibus 1-5) is pretty good although it is light reading.

I got to meet Terry Pratchett at Mid South Con a few years back, good guy. The Zelazny was tied to Halloween, that's why I suggested it. The narrator is Jack the Ripper's dog.

(09-13-2015 07:23 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(09-13-2015 06:57 PM)tiger2000 Wrote:  Haven't read it. I can recommend lots of SFF. If you like humorous SFF, check out the Discworld series. Lots of info out there on which of the series to start with but I started with "Guards! Guards! Guards!" and it was a great starter.

Also wool series (omnibus 1-5) is pretty good although it is light reading.

I got to meet Terry Pratchett at Mid South Con a few years back, good guy. The Zelazny was tied to Halloween, that's why I suggested it. The narrator is Jack the Ripper's dog.

I know the guys that put that on (mid south con). Never met Terry though I'm a fan of his work.

(09-13-2015 07:50 PM)tiger2000 Wrote:  

(09-13-2015 07:23 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(09-13-2015 06:57 PM)tiger2000 Wrote:  Haven't read it. I can recommend lots of SFF. If you like humorous SFF, check out the Discworld series. Lots of info out there on which of the series to start with but I started with "Guards! Guards! Guards!" and it was a great starter.

Also wool series (omnibus 1-5) is pretty good although it is light reading.

I got to meet Terry Pratchett at Mid South Con a few years back, good guy. The Zelazny was tied to Halloween, that's why I suggested it. The narrator is Jack the Ripper's dog.

I know the guys that put that on (mid south con). Never met Terry though I'm a fan of his work.

The line for him to sign was the longest I've ever been in, except for Harlan Ellison. The man looked exhausted, and I only heard a few days later that he was diagnosed with early onset dementia. Damned shame.

I have no idea what SFF is, but I'm in the middle of a pretty good book that I highly recommend. Sounds kinda boring, but has been a great read.

(09-14-2015 10:25 AM)3601 Wrote:  I have no idea what SFF is, but I'm in the middle of a pretty good book that I highly recommend. Sounds kinda boring, but has been a great read.

SFF = Science Fiction Fantasy, or Speculative Fiction Fantasy.

Your recommendation is one that I've heard great things about.

London Falling by Paul Cornell.


You are welcome.

(09-14-2015 10:25 AM)3601 Wrote:  I have no idea what SFF is, but I'm in the middle of a pretty good book that I highly recommend. Sounds kinda boring, but has been a great read.

Flooding along Mississippi River, Memphis TN - Circa 1927

"A typical flood scene, snapped at Memphis, Tenn. Many houses have been carried away by flood waters. Note the improvised fence, made of old bedsprings, to keep stock from running wild."
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(09-14-2015 10:25 AM)3601 Wrote:  I have no idea what SFF is, but I'm in the middle of a pretty good book that I highly recommend. Sounds kinda boring, but has been a great read.

SFF= Science Fiction and Fantasy

Re reading TKAM, before I start Watchman.

If you like Memphis history, there are about four other recent books I can recommend.

TBill - Have you read The Unincorporated Man?

As with many sci-fi series, the initial concept of the universe is far superior to the complete execution of the series.

In particular, the idea that virtual reality causes a complete societal collapse is a frightening and sobering prognostication. Book one is worth the read. The others are also rans.

(09-20-2015 07:51 PM)Claw Wrote:  TBill - Have you read The Unincorporated Man?

As with many sci-fi series, the initial concept of the universe is far superior to the complete execution of the series.

In particular, the idea that virtual reality causes a complete societal collapse is a frightening and sobering prognostication. Book one is worth the read. The others are also rans.

I have not, but is sounds interesting. I once plotted (but did not write) a novel based on people choosing to live in a virtual world instead of the real one, and a man who found a way to do both. Sounds similar?

And I should say that the series I am writing now, while marginally SF, will not suffer from this defect. I have an awesome reader helping me, and I have based a character on her...two characters, actually.

(09-20-2015 07:57 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(09-20-2015 07:51 PM)Claw Wrote:  TBill - Have you read The Unincorporated Man?

As with many sci-fi series, the initial concept of the universe is far superior to the complete execution of the series.

In particular, the idea that virtual reality causes a complete societal collapse is a frightening and sobering prognostication. Book one is worth the read. The others are also rans.

I have not, but is sounds interesting. I once plotted (but did not write) a novel based on people choosing to live in a virtual world instead of the real one, and a man who found a way to do both. Sounds similar?

And I should say that the series I am writing now, while marginally SF, will not suffer from this defect. I have an awesome reader helping me, and I have based a character on her...two characters, actually.

If you like Hielien then you'll like it. Even if you don't, the first book has some real cheesy little bits that make it worth the price of admission.

(09-20-2015 09:10 PM)Claw Wrote:  

(09-20-2015 07:57 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(09-20-2015 07:51 PM)Claw Wrote:  TBill - Have you read The Unincorporated Man?

As with many sci-fi series, the initial concept of the universe is far superior to the complete execution of the series.

In particular, the idea that virtual reality causes a complete societal collapse is a frightening and sobering prognostication. Book one is worth the read. The others are also rans.

I have not, but is sounds interesting. I once plotted (but did not write) a novel based on people choosing to live in a virtual world instead of the real one, and a man who found a way to do both. Sounds similar?

And I should say that the series I am writing now, while marginally SF, will not suffer from this defect. I have an awesome reader helping me, and I have based a character on her...two characters, actually.

If you like Hielien then you'll like it. Even if you don't, the first book has some real cheesy little bits that make it worth the price of admission.

Heinlein was a demi-god. I'll find it, thanks.

Gravity's Rainbow is a 1973 novel by American writer Thomas Pynchon.

A lengthy, complex novel featuring a large cast of characters, its narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military, and, in particular, the quest undertaken by several characters to uncover the secret of a mysterious device named the "Schwarzgerät" ("black device") that is to be installed in a rocket with the serial number "00000".