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[QUOTE]daxxh - 2015-05-18  12:36 AM

Full Fathom Five - Max Gladstone  
This book was ok.  I liked the first one (Three Parts Dead) better.  It's kind of fun to try to match the places in this world with their exisiting counter parts.  I'm not sure that I am correct, but I think this one took place in Hawaii or some Pacific island.

The Bone Clocks - David Mitchell  
This book was excellent.  The speculative parts of this book were implied or barely mentioned until the middle of the book.  But, this book was so well written and the characters so well described, that I loved it.  The first and last chapters are told from Holly Sykes' point of view.  All other chapters are told from a different character's point of view, but Holly is always there.  One character (not a main character), I remember from Cloud Atlas.  I need to read more David Mitchell.

Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel  
This book was also excellent.  Civilization has been ravaged by a plague.  This book spends equal time before the plague and after the plague.  Very little takes place during the plague.  All the characters have one acquaintance in common, an actor who died just as the plague was starting.  It's a very character driven book.  It's well worth reading.

The Enchanted - Rene Denfeld  
This was a surprisingly good book.  I picked it from the new in paperback shelf at the library because it had horses on the cover.   I am not sure why this is considered speculative fiction.  Perhaps the delusions of a criminally insane person locked up in isolation too long were considered by someone as fantastical.  Regardless, this book was excellent.  Told from the point of view of a death row inmate, this book illustrates that beauty can be found even in the most awful places.  This is also a character driven book and is well worth reading.

The Long Tomorrow - Leigh Brackett  
This book is one of the better books written in the 1950s.  I suspect this one will stand the test of time (I think it does already.)  It lacks the pulp feeling of Galactic Patrol/Lensman books.  Where those books are action based, The Long Tomorrow is character based.

Coming Home - Jack McDevitt  
There's nothing like starting a series with Book 7.  I have read other Jack McDevitt books, but none were in the Alex Benedict series.  This was an ok book.  But I may have liked it better had I read some of the earlier books and had gotten to know the characters better.  It seems like a transitional book (like a Book 2 in a trilogy).  I plan on reading books 1-6 at some point, since this one was a "mystery in space" type book and I like those.[/QUOTE]

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Posted 2015-05-18 12:36 AM (#10572 - in reply to #9182)
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I have extended this challenge to 20 books. I've been using this challenge for the 2014 books overflow and for books that I get from the library since those don't count for the Clear the Shelves Challenge. Here's what I've read since my last update.

Full Fathom Five - Max Gladstone
This book was ok. I liked the first one (Three Parts Dead) better. It's kind of fun to try to match the places in this world with their exisiting counter parts. I'm not sure that I am correct, but I think this one took place in Hawaii or some Pacific island.

The Bone Clocks - David Mitchell
This book was excellent. The speculative parts of this book were implied or barely mentioned until the middle of the book. But, this book was so well written and the characters so well described, that I loved it. The first and last chapters are told from Holly Sykes' point of view. All other chapters are told from a different character's point of view, but Holly is always there. One character (not a main character), I remember from Cloud Atlas. I need to read more David Mitchell.

Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel
This book was also excellent. Civilization has been ravaged by a plague. This book spends equal time before the plague and after the plague. Very little takes place during the plague. All the characters have one acquaintance in common, an actor who died just as the plague was starting. It's a very character driven book. It's well worth reading.

The Enchanted - Rene Denfeld
This was a surprisingly good book. I picked it from the new in paperback shelf at the library because it had horses on the cover. I am not sure why this is considered speculative fiction. Perhaps the delusions of a criminally insane person locked up in isolation too long were considered by someone as fantastical. Regardless, this book was excellent. Told from the point of view of a death row inmate, this book illustrates that beauty can be found even in the most awful places. This is also a character driven book and is well worth reading.

The Long Tomorrow - Leigh Brackett
This book is one of the better books written in the 1950s. I suspect this one will stand the test of time (I think it does already.) It lacks the pulp feeling of Galactic Patrol/Lensman books. Where those books are action based, The Long Tomorrow is character based.

Coming Home - Jack McDevitt
There's nothing like starting a series with Book 7. I have read other Jack McDevitt books, but none were in the Alex Benedict series. This was an ok book. But I may have liked it better had I read some of the earlier books and had gotten to know the characters better. It seems like a transitional book (like a Book 2 in a trilogy). I plan on reading books 1-6 at some point, since this one was a "mystery in space" type book and I like those.

Edited by daxxh 2015-05-18 12:41 AM

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