My heart has wi-fi and the password is Drew Carey.
My heart has wi-fi and the password is Drew Carey.
A mighty warrior meets an unusual challenger. The Last Challenge of Jadek Prynn.
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Good book! I just cracked open his latest, Hail Mary. Good, nerdy, hard sci-fi.
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Reading a graphic novel series called Once & Future. Basically, what if King Arthur's return was horror rather than fantasy. Arthur is what we would call a "lich" in D&D, basically an animated skeletal monster commanding a "round table" of similar horrors. Merlin just showed up but seems to be something else entirely. Arrayed against Arthur's evil are Bridgette Macquire, an elderly monster hunter who is supposed to be living in a seniors' home, her grandson Duncan and a historian named Rose (who kind of got sucked into the story by dating Duncan).
The underlying idea seem to be that it is not so much people coming back to life as their stories, with many variations possible on those stories. Beowulf has made an appearance, and the last chapter that I read (I am partway through volume 2) ended with the appearance of his foe Grendel. Beowulf is sent against Duncan and Bridgette by Arthur who describes them as "monster and mother", creating an allegory for Grendel and his mother. Not sure how Grendel is going to fit in, yet, but he is currently outside Bridgette's home. Good stuff. The last volume is up for a Hugo (one of the most prestigious sf and fantasy awards) this year and the series has picked up other awards and nominations as well.
Author is Kieron Gillen, a British comic book writer, and the art is by Dan Mora. Both creators are multiple award-winners.
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That sounds amazing. Not only the Arthurian bit, but the Beowulf/Grendal thing too (I have a soft spot for mothers and monsters ). Have you heard of the book Grendel, by John Nichols? It's the story from Grendel's point of view. Just wonderful. I think it was made into an animated film as well. One of my favorite books.
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I just started it so we shall see.
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That's funny we are all reading it. I feel like he's doing what he does with all his stories. He's setting the chessboard. Slowly introducing you to all the pieces before he begins to wreak havoc on them.
I do love that about him. lol
Sometimes it pays off and other times it doesn't. fingers crossed
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Before he starts to wreak havoc on us, his readers!
Just finished Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw. A grim, hard-hitting and hard-boiled cosmic horror novella.
A mighty warrior meets an unusual challenger. The Last Challenge of Jadek Prynn.
I thoroughly enjoyed Billy Summers, but don't think it's like Stephen King's normal stories because it's not.
I'm currently reading Animal Farm by George Orwell. I haven't read it since I was a teenager, but I've been reading a new book and then a classic so it was next on the list.
Just finished the Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R King . It was pretty good . It's the first book in a series that features Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes .
It will be interesting to see what happens next
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The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw. Transhumanist cyberpunk with an all-female all-queer band of mercenaries in the old "getting the gang back together for one last score" plot
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DIY Satellite Platforms: Building a Space-Ready General Base PicoSatellite
It’s research for the novel, but if I had an extra $10k sitting around I would totally be building my own satellite.
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I thoroughly enjoyed Billy Summers, but don't think it's like Stephen King's normal stories because it's not.
I enjoyed it as well. I am sometimes skeptical when he does a story that doesn't have some sort of supernatural/horror element. I forget that one of his best works had none of those elements. Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption was an excellent novella and had, in my opinion, one of the best adaptations of his works.
I just started Rabid: A Cultural History of the Most Diabolical Virus.
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Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption was an excellent novella
The Body, filmed as Stand By Me, is another King classic that was neither horror nor supernatural. Terrific coming-of-age story.
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
I read this once before when I was younger and everyone told me it was a must-read. I didn't like it. You know what? I still don't. My Lord this book is tragic.