Comments on: The Sick-In-Bed Reading List http://tleaves.com/2006/07/11/the-sick-in-bed-reading-list/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amos the Poker Cat http://tleaves.com/2006/07/11/the-sick-in-bed-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-3078 Amos the Poker Cat Sat, 15 Jul 2006 05:13:57 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=650#comment-3078 I cranked through Lois McMaster Bujold's latest trilogy, _The Curse of Chalion_, _Paladin of Souls_, and _The Hallowed Hunt_. They are more fantasy than cheesy space opera, and were all "pretty good". Not great, but all three books were equally interesting. Too many times a trilogy has either a middle "filler" book, or it just goes straight down hill from the first book in a trilogy. I made the mistake of reading one Cory Doctrow (sanctimonious prick) book, _Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom_. A interesting, clever, and compelling idea at the start of the book quickly ends up sucked dry. Turning the reading of the second half of the book into a literary death march task. I cranked through Lois McMaster Bujold’s latest trilogy, _The Curse of Chalion_, _Paladin of Souls_, and _The Hallowed Hunt_. They are more fantasy than cheesy space opera, and were all “pretty good”. Not great, but all three books were equally interesting. Too many times a trilogy has either a middle “filler” book, or it just goes straight down hill from the first book in a trilogy.

I made the mistake of reading one Cory Doctrow (sanctimonious prick) book, _Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom_. A interesting, clever, and compelling idea at the start of the book quickly ends up sucked dry. Turning the reading of the second half of the book into a literary death march task.

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By: Nat http://tleaves.com/2006/07/11/the-sick-in-bed-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-3077 Nat Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:41:50 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=650#comment-3077 True, _A Civil Campaign_ was a pretty great comedy of manners. _Diplomatic Immunity_ was boring enough to drag the average down, though, and the short story after it was also not particularly good. Bujold's new fantasy series is about as good as the early Vorkosigan books were, though, so I'm not overly cranky. True, _A Civil Campaign_ was a pretty great comedy of manners. _Diplomatic Immunity_ was boring enough to drag the average down, though, and the short story after it was also not particularly good.

Bujold’s new fantasy series is about as good as the early Vorkosigan books were, though, so I’m not overly cranky.

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By: Alex Groce http://tleaves.com/2006/07/11/the-sick-in-bed-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-3076 Alex Groce Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:32:22 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=650#comment-3076 Wait. Nat: the last couple of Vorkosigan books? I thought _Diplomatic Immunity_ was a waste of paper, to be sure, but wasn't the one before that _A Civil Campaign_ which is really very fine stuff, the high point of the comedic and (biological) sf side of the series? Wait. Nat: the last couple of Vorkosigan books? I thought _Diplomatic Immunity_ was a waste of paper, to be sure, but wasn’t the one before that _A Civil Campaign_ which is really very fine stuff, the high point of the comedic and (biological) sf side of the series?

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By: Andrew Plotkin http://tleaves.com/2006/07/11/the-sick-in-bed-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-3075 Andrew Plotkin Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:57:02 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=650#comment-3075 I haven't read _Peeps_, but I read Westerfeld's _Midnighters_ trilogy, which is a take on teenagers with superpowers. It was zingy, without being pure fluff. I haven’t read _Peeps_, but I read Westerfeld’s _Midnighters_ trilogy, which is a take on teenagers with superpowers. It was zingy, without being pure fluff.

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By: Stewart Clamen http://tleaves.com/2006/07/11/the-sick-in-bed-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-3074 Stewart Clamen Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:43:18 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=650#comment-3074 For how long do you expect to be sick? If you have scarlet fever let me prescribe Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey Maturin Series. Took me three or four books to get into it, but the other eighteen were sheer delight! For how long do you expect to be sick? If you have scarlet fever let me prescribe Patrick O’Brien’s Aubrey Maturin Series. Took me three or four books to get into it, but the other eighteen were sheer delight!

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By: Nat http://tleaves.com/2006/07/11/the-sick-in-bed-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-3073 Nat Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:58:37 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=650#comment-3073 Yeah, I liked pretty much all of the Vorkosigan books. The last couple aren't quite as good as the first, but they're all still worth reading. Yeah, I liked pretty much all of the Vorkosigan books. The last couple aren’t quite as good as the first, but they’re all still worth reading.

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By: peterb http://tleaves.com/2006/07/11/the-sick-in-bed-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-3072 peterb Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:51:29 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=650#comment-3072 I couldn't get past the first 10 pages of Little, Big. It was too precious. I couldn’t get past the first 10 pages of Little, Big. It was too precious.

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By: JonF http://tleaves.com/2006/07/11/the-sick-in-bed-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-3071 JonF Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:37:09 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=650#comment-3071 Best fantasy novel ever: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060937939 Best fantasy novel ever:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060937939

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By: Julie http://tleaves.com/2006/07/11/the-sick-in-bed-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-3070 Julie Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:13:33 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=650#comment-3070 If you liked Warrior's Apprentice, you should try some of Bujold's other books. They're all cheesy sci-fi, but the entire Vorkosigan series is pretty good. If you liked Warrior’s Apprentice, you should try some of Bujold’s other books. They’re all cheesy sci-fi, but the entire Vorkosigan series is pretty good.

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By: Thomas http://tleaves.com/2006/07/11/the-sick-in-bed-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-3069 Thomas Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:10:11 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=650#comment-3069 The wireless subplot of Someone Comes to Town makes a lot more sense if you remember that Alan's real talent--compared to his more supernatural family--is networking and inspiring others. But yeah, it's still pretty lame. The wireless subplot of Someone Comes to Town makes a lot more sense if you remember that Alan’s real talent–compared to his more supernatural family–is networking and inspiring others.

But yeah, it’s still pretty lame.

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