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I said before that I was re-reading The Wheel Of Time epic, because I realized that two new book of the series came out after the sad departure of Robert Jordan. The final books are co-authored by Brandon Sanderson, supposedly following the last notes of Mr. Jordan (of which there are 2000 some pages, so it is said). The 11th book of the series is very close in style to Jordan, the 12th Towerrs of Midnight seems a little bit rushed. It is clear that Mr. Sanderson has to tie up a lot of loose ends to bring the book to the logical conclusion. Going back to the topic of the post. I remembered couple of days ago that I haven't re-read one of my all time favorite series - the original Dune novels by Frank Herbert. As I thought of them, and remebered the contents, similarities between the two epic struck me. I understand that most books and movies are based somewhat on old Greek and Roman dramas, which are based on something humans don't even remember anymore, and there are rarely ne...

There is a list at Byzantium Shores of books all SciFi fans should read. Since I have nothing else to blog about, I'll do it. Bold denotes read books, red denotes books I'm thinking of reading. I will also put some comments here and there. The Postman – David Brin The Uplift War – David Brin Neuromancer – William Gibson Foundation – Isaac Asimov Foundation and Empire – Isaac Asimov Second Foundation – Isaac Asimov I, Robot – Isaac Asimov (to comment on all of them ,Azimov is the staple of Sci-Fi and all of his books should be read IMHO) The Long Tomorrow – Leigh Brackett Rogue Moon – Algis Budrys The Martian Chronicles – Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury (too young when I read it to have any significant effect, maybe I should revisit) Something Wicked This Way Comes – Ray Bradbury Childhood’s End – Arthur C. Clarke The City and the Stars – Arthur C. Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey – Arthur C. Clarke (I remember reading it, and that's it) Armor – John Steakley Imperia...

I am ashamed to admit it, but I have just finished a book i started to read about 3 months ago. I usually burn through books. This time however, I spent more time playing video games than reading, something about the state of mind. The book I finished was by Alistair Reinolds called The Prefect. An excellent Cop story set in the distant human future. I like the book a lot, not sure why I didn't read it faster. Any, the question that has risen after me finishing it is this. Why is there a tendency in recent books to kill off the bad guys in on-attention grabbing way. Just as a passing thought: "Oh, yeah. I passed him/her on a way down the dungeon/base/spaceship, or whatever was left of him." I want my dead guys to die a horrible gory death with the principles of irony, karma, payback, and comeuppance burning into my retinas and leaving brain scarred with the lessons. Just a thought.

In my usual fashion I am currently reading two books at the same time. While on vacation I almost finished Steve Erickson's Gardens of The Moon. You know something, I think I like this book. I still can't make all the connections (yay for surprizes, should any come). I like the pace. I like the world and the magiks involved(although still not overly explained yet). I like the flawed characters all over the place, with agends that are not clear to be good or bad. Some of the agendas even fall in the category of simply being agendas, for selfish (good/bad/unknown yet reasons). I hope I won't be dissapointed by the ending.

Hey, fellow loyal readers. I am going on vacation in 3 days. The copy of Quicksilver that I have is too big to carry with me. I need something sci-fi-y or fantasy-y to read. Not too big, not too small. Something that would last me a week. Help!

You know what sucks. I really have nothing to write about. Maybe i should close this post right here. Nope. The school is going from Microeconomics to Macroeconomics in a week. The final presentation went great, and we have one final quiz to finish. I am trying to finish the damn book by Russell Kirkpatrick. It's very long. Me being the glutton for punishment I WILL finish it. Then, i'll get the other two books. The problem with erading the series is that i have to finish them. I like Kirkpatrick's work. The only problem I have is that so far there's very little action and a lot of scenery description. great description, but man does the book go slowly. He actually have to say in some places that weeks are passing by. Weird. And that my friends is all there's to it. If something interesting comes up, I'll do an update.