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dustydigger
Posted 2014-03-24 4:12 AM (#6751 - in reply to #6198)
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Location: UK		Some of the books I have read for my challenges.
9. Maggie Stiefvater - Scorpio Races.(R) I thoroughly enjoyed this story of magic horses,vicious and flesh eating,who are tamed to run in the Scorpio race,but who always try to get back to the seaInteresting characters and a vivid setting made this book read for the 2014 YA Challenge an exciting read.The wild island,with its wild weather is almot a character in itself.
10 .Anne McCaffrey - All the Weyrs of Pern . I recently reread the Harper Hall trilogy and couldnt resist a return visit to the culmination of the Dragonriders of Pern seresFor mllenia Thread has been coming from space and the people of Pern,stranded colonists slowly have engineered dragons to fight the menacce.Now when an ancient computer has been uncovered,at last a plan to remove Thread for ever can be put into practice.A delightful and satisfying climax to the core series.Read for the Fantasia challenge
11.William Gibson - Neuromancer.Massively influential and seminal cyberpunk novel about a disparate group of people manipulated by a rather paranoid AI who wants to cast off the restraints imposed by society as to the size and power of AIs and merge with its twin.Under the flash and dazzle of the style and the setting,this is basically a crime caper novel where the group steal a programme that will enable them to slide through the seemingly inpenetrable firewall to remove the lock which prevents the merging of the AIs.Of course the police and the other twin,Neuromancer have issues with this.Flashy fun,somewhat dated by the developments of the last 30 years,but still resonating because of its themes of the over reliance on technology,the isolation of obsessed users,hacking etc.. The first half seems dated because so many followers of Gibson,including Alistair Reynolds,Dan Simmonsand Neal Stephenson made the themes and settings so widespread and ubiquitous.A good fast read,for my SF masterworks challenge.



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