Jan 22, 2009, 06:34 AM
I liked the Ender's Game series. I got Ender in Exile for Christmas, and am about 1/4 way into it.
I've read the Dan Brown novels (DaVinci Code, etc.), which were all cut from the same cookie cutter. Nevertheless, they are pretty good, although there was a section of Deception Point where the protagonist nearly dies but lives through some kind of debacle involving a glacier and is rescued by a random submarine. Kinda far fetched.
I had jury duty a couple years ago, and went to the library during a break. I didn't have much time left and didn't want to end up in front of a judge who might send me to county for dereliction of duty, so I grabbed some random sci-fi book off the paperback rack - The Last Mortal Man by Syne Mitchell. I enjoyed it, although it was a little cheesy in parts. The concept was really well done; she had some expert input on nanobiology to flesh out the storyline.
I also bought The Pillars of the Earth to read while on a flight a year or so ago. I couldn't help but nearly fall asleep every time I would try to read it. It is so ridiculously dull, at least in the first few chapters I read, but it got such great reviews.
I've read the Dan Brown novels (DaVinci Code, etc.), which were all cut from the same cookie cutter. Nevertheless, they are pretty good, although there was a section of Deception Point where the protagonist nearly dies but lives through some kind of debacle involving a glacier and is rescued by a random submarine. Kinda far fetched.
I had jury duty a couple years ago, and went to the library during a break. I didn't have much time left and didn't want to end up in front of a judge who might send me to county for dereliction of duty, so I grabbed some random sci-fi book off the paperback rack - The Last Mortal Man by Syne Mitchell. I enjoyed it, although it was a little cheesy in parts. The concept was really well done; she had some expert input on nanobiology to flesh out the storyline.
I also bought The Pillars of the Earth to read while on a flight a year or so ago. I couldn't help but nearly fall asleep every time I would try to read it. It is so ridiculously dull, at least in the first few chapters I read, but it got such great reviews.