Old Man's War by John Scalzi was a humdinger SciFi. In some far/near (?) future the human race has gone into far reaches of outer space and encountered an alien species. The elderly are given the opportunity to extend their life with a brand new super-duper body, but they can never return to earth or contact anyone from earth. Once they sign up - well let's just say that the new body is way beyond their experience and they will view outer space in the same fashion again - they are the supreme fighting - humans/machines? Great book, reminded me somewhat of the Ender series by Orson Scott Card.
Liam - Scalzi actually put a whole novel on his blog. Or as he put, "Interested in stuff from me, but not entirely sure you want to lay down vast sums of cash just yet? Fair enough. What you’ll find here is writing, audio versions of stories. . . ." His blog sounds a lot like his writing. He's got a wacky sense of humor.
I did read another of his books "The Android's Dream" and that first line in his book brought it all back. Truly skewed - with a touch of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, the unabridged version, not the cutsy one for the kids.
I'm finishing up David Copperfield for my Town and Gown book group. It is really a great book. It was a very long book but at a few chapters every few days or so, I finished it in six weeks. It's a worthwhile experience to go back and read some classics. Sara Rodgers
I just read March by Geraldine Brooks. I am really enjoying People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. It's kind of a mystery set in three different historic periods.
Read with a book group in Somers - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest GAines (THE BIG READ). That was a good book and I listened to the audiobook version, read by Jay Long, which made it really come to life. Its a book that speaks both of the black experience during Jim Crow years in the south, but also speaks to a universality of finding out who you are and not who people think you are and should be. Read last year's BIG READ - Their Eyes were Watching God by Hurston and that was one book that keep me glued to it until I finished it. Good book, no matter if its about blacks, whites or chartreuse. Gaines book is very good, but Hurston's was fantastic. Anyone read any of her other books? - Pat H/KAT
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Hi Pat,
I'm in the middle of reading "The Scent of Sake" by Joyce Lebra and am enjoying it so far.
Old Man's War by John Scalzi was a humdinger SciFi. In some far/near (?) future the human race has gone into far reaches of outer space and encountered an alien species. The elderly are given the opportunity to extend their life with a brand new super-duper body, but they can never return to earth or contact anyone from earth. Once they sign up - well let's just say that the new body is way beyond their experience and they will view outer space in the same fashion again - they are the supreme fighting - humans/machines?
Great book, reminded me somewhat of the Ender series by Orson Scott Card.
I like John Scalzi too. His blog, Whatever (http://whatever.scalzi.com/) is pretty amusing too.
Liam - Scalzi actually put a whole novel on his blog. Or as he put, "Interested in stuff from me, but not entirely sure you want to lay down vast sums of cash just yet? Fair enough. What you’ll find here is writing, audio versions of stories. . . ." His blog sounds a lot like his writing. He's got a wacky sense of humor.
I did read another of his books "The Android's Dream" and that first line in his book brought it all back. Truly skewed - with a touch of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, the unabridged version, not the cutsy one for the kids.
I'm finishing up David Copperfield for my Town and Gown book group. It is really a great book. It was a very long book but at a few chapters every few days or so, I finished it in six weeks. It's a worthwhile experience to go back and read some classics. Sara Rodgers
I just read March by Geraldine Brooks. I am really enjoying People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. It's kind of a mystery set in three different historic periods.
Read with a book group in Somers - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest GAines (THE BIG READ). That was a good book and I listened to the audiobook version, read by Jay Long, which made it really come to life. Its a book that speaks both of the black experience during Jim Crow years in the south, but also speaks to a universality of finding out who you are and not who people think you are and should be. Read last year's BIG READ - Their Eyes were Watching God by Hurston and that was one book that keep me glued to it until I finished it. Good book, no matter if its about blacks, whites or chartreuse. Gaines book is very good, but Hurston's was fantastic. Anyone read any of her other books? - Pat H/KAT
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