Posted by shaun
on 10/27/2009, 7:34 pm, in reply to "Re: interesting review"
simplyscott
05:31 PM
i, too, have a love/hate relationship with these book reviews. they always sound so spectacular, and now i have yet another pile of unread books growing in the parlor. i have to admit i liked and yet didn't like The City & The City, but i'm not holding that against you. we'll see; we'll see. i busy wrapping up my novel, which i hope i will get to read about on here one day soon. :) #johnshirley Reply
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Grey_Area
06:49 PM
@simplyscott: This reviewing stuff is very subjective. F'rinstance, Chaim liked Bleak History way more than I did. The heavy Slavic Crime Novel stuff in The City & The City that got me excited was exactly the reason a few of my friends couldn't finish the book. When you read a very enthusiastic review on i09, that's the honest, considered opinion of only one person. No more and no less. #johnshirley Reply
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LittleDragon
03:31 PM
This has to stop. I already bought 6 books and checked another 10 out of the library in the past two weeks. No more reviews of really interesting sounding books. And that goes for Grey_Area as well. For the next month you are all on a literature diet of plumping do-it-yourself manuals. #johnshirley Reply
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Grey_Area
03:46 PM
@LittleDragon: Now, now Hsiao-Loong. We're just here to provide a little more information than you'd get from a typical book jacket blurb and have some fun writing about Speculative Fiction. Also, reading (and writing) book reviews is a great way to develop critical thinking and get more out of the books you already love. Here's a recent article from our ol' pal Braak on that: [threatquality.com]
Nobody's making you buy anything, silly. #johnshirley Reply
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Eridani
04:21 PM
@Grey_Area: You're darn right nobody's making me buy anything! I've got my tinfoil hat on to thwart your brainwaves. Also, this book is on the Kindle, yay! Not buying it, though. Nope....
Damnit! :( #johnshirley Reply
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zhalfim
04:41 PM
@LittleDragon: I agree! You guys are pointing out too many good books and my wallet and library card can't take the strain no more (nor my back due to carrying them!) #johnshirley Reply
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LittleDragon
05:06 PM
@Grey_Area: See you just recommended more reading (and I went and read the whole thing). I'm just teasing you guys. I like reading what you and others here at I09 recommend because I don't know any other readers, and you introduce me to new material. I discovered World War Z, the Road, and Blindness here. You mean I don't have to listen to the little man in the pumpkin who is telling me to go buy more copies of Good Omens to give way to friends and family? #johnshirley Reply
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LittleDragon
05:08 PM
@Grey_Area: By the way, thank you for translating my name. I kept meaning to look up the translated version, but I was reading. #johnshirley Reply
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Grey_Area
05:08 PM
@LittleDragon: Never piss off a midget in a gourd of any type. Trust me you don't want that kinda trouble. #johnshirley Reply
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LittleDragon
05:20 PM
@Eridani: O_O You have a Kindle? I'll trade you my brother's kids. According to something I read my nephew would get you about $4,000 in china.
I keep debating about getting one because I actually like having a real book in my hands. On the other hand, it would make it easier to take books with me. To Kindle or not to Kindle. #johnshirley Reply
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LittleDragon
05:24 PM
@Grey_Area: Are you in liege with the gourd guard in a plot to spread Good Omens across the world and get a copy for your self or are you after some other book? Speak honestly, or you shan't have pie. #johnshirley Reply
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Grey_Area
05:28 PM
@LittleDragon: I'm going to breakdown and get one of those gadgets someday, but never a Kindle. All that DRM stuff creeps me out.The I've heard Sony's e-reader is the way to go. The upcoming Apple Tablet looks promising, if it ever comes out. #johnshirley Reply
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LittleDragon
05:50 PM
@Grey_Area: From the bits of research I have done, the Kindle has a lot more memory and more options (like high lighting stuff and some other features), but the Sony looks like it can download from more sources. With the Kindle amazon can erase things from your unit without you knowing about it and if you get a new Kindle you have to re-buy some books. #johnshirley Reply
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Grey_Area
03:07 PM
John Shirley writes the best lowlife scumbags. Also, he wrote the screenplay for The Crow. #johnshirley Reply
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Jeremy Tapsell
04:08 PM
@Grey_Area: AND some eps of DS9!!!! AND lyrics for Blue Oyster Cult!!! ... (awed look)
William Gibson cites him!!!!
wow {0_0}
(goes away to read more) Reply
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Aidan_
06:25 PM
@Grey_Area: Boom. Sold. And I know what I'm getting my girlfriend for Christmas. #johnshirley Reply
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SuperTuna
03:04 PM
Geez - I saw the cover and I thought it was a Smallville/Supernatural mashup. #johnshirley Reply
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doggo
02:52 PM
Holy crap! Chaim Bertman's review of this book is a work of art! #johnshirley Reply
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