----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryon Daly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 7:20 AM Subject: Re: Question about Spoilers
> "Miller, Jeffrey" wrote: > > > :) I'm currently knee-deep in the Black Company series.. pulpy, gratuitous, but for some reason, I can't stop reading 'em.. > > I loved the first 5 or so books in Cook's Black Company Series. I really loved how many of the 'evil' characters were > actually portrayed in different shades of gray with their own motivations and scheme-ings > > After that, the series started to go downhill for me, and the last book especially seemed quite rushed in certain ways I > won't go into because of spoilers. Overall, though, quite fun to read. > > But speaking of pulpy and gratuitous - Anyone here read the Honor Harrington series books by David Weber? I've > read about 6 so far (of 10) before I needed a hiatus. The rest are part of my stack of 20 waiting-to-be-read books > (along with Kiln People and The Transparent Society, to tie this back to the Brin list). > > -bryon On another list, someone told they are worth reading. So "On Basalisk Station" is on the way from Amazon. I'm about 70 pages (of 578) from the end of Stephen's Baxter's "Evolution." Start with a small primate named Purga just prior to the Chicxulub Meteor and follow the evolution of primates/homonids to some point way into the future. Excellent. George A George A _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
