Non-FPW Readings

[Kenji]

Just finished "The Inquisitor" (Japanese edition) by Mark Allen Smith.


On September 6, 1995, Geiger was born an almost full-grown man of indeterminate age when a Greyhound driver shook him by the shoulder as he slept in a seat in the last row of a bus that had just pulled into New York's Port Authority Terminal. Surviving by instinct, and an innate ability to detect truth amongst lies, Geiger established himself as an expert in Information Retrieval. Which is to say: torture. Almost devoid of human emotion, he will stop at nothing to get the job done. His methods range from the psychologically complex to straightforward brutality. His clients are referred to him from international corporations, government agencies and organised crime; his skills are in worldwide demand. Geiger only has one rule: he will never work on a child. So when a client presents Geiger with a twelve-year-old boy his instinct is to walk away. But the alternative - the unknown horror that may await the boy elsewhere - is too awful to contemplate. In accepting this assignment in an attempt to save the boy, he will also uncover his own history, no matter how torturous that proves to be...



Now I'm going back to reading The Shadow Project.

[mad4tunes]

I just finished James A. Owen's latest novel in the Imaginarium Geographica series, "The Winter Dragon". It's the sixth book in the series, and there's only one left to go.

I love the basic premise behind the series.

I'm about to purchase his "Starchild" stuff directly from his web site.

[Dave618]

I downloaded The Inquisitor a few weeks ago to my Kindle. Haven't got around to reading it yet, but the premise sounds interesting. Which is why I bought it in the first place.

Man, purchasing a Kindle has been bad news for my bank account. It's far too easy to impulse-buy as opposed to actually getting your lazy butt off the couch and schlepping to the nearest Barnes and Noble.

[Kenji]

I downloaded The Inquisitor a few weeks ago to my Kindle. Haven't got around to reading it yet, but the premise sounds interesting. Which is why I bought it in the first place.

Man, purchasing a Kindle has been bad news for my bank account. It's far too easy to impulse-buy as opposed to actually getting your lazy butt off the couch and schlepping to the nearest Barnes and Noble.

I liked The Inquisitor .

Also if you liked The Inquisitor, I recommend Ben Hope series. I can't wait for Japanese translated edition, so I'm reading them in English paperbacks.

[Sigokat]

Started Koontz's 77 Shadow Street last night.

[Medusa]

Well, I found out that Kelly's great aunt is a published writer so I had to buy the first book to check it out.
A Penny Found (Detective Joe Denali Series) by Barbara Leachman

I'll have to check it out.

[Alvin Fox]

I've been storing several crates of stuff for a friend and after watching Dredd I dug out all of his Judge Dredd trades. He suggested I start with Judge Dredd vs Judge Death and move onto The Apocalypse War next.

I've also been alternately reading Greg Iles' books and Jim Butcher's Dresden Files. I really liked Spandau Phoenix and Black Cross but Mortal Fear didn't impress me all that much. Maybe it's the dated internet and computer references. People go online using AOL and CompuServe. The Dresden Files are constantly recommended to me (most likely because I like Simon R. Green's Nightside series) and three books in I'm wondering if they get better. Characters are constantly making stupid decisions in order to advance the plot. And Harry is always almost tapped out on magic. "I gathered what little magic I had left and sent it out."

[Sigokat]

Started The Haunting of Maddy Clare. Its a "ghost story" that takes place in England after WWI. So far it is extremely intriguing and very enjoyable, even a bit "creepy" and "scary".

[Srem]

I found this little gem at a Fred Meyers a while back and finally started on it just the other day. So far it's pretty creepy and mysterious.

Here's an excerpt taken from the back of the book:

The Passage:

An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage is the story of Amy—abandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a government experiment of apocalyptic proportions. But Special Agent Brad Wolgast, the lawman sent to track her down, is disarmed by the curiously quiet girl and risks everything to save her. As the experiment goes nightmarishly wrong, Wolgast secures her escape—but he can’t stop society’s collapse. And as Amy walks alone, across miles and decades, into a future dark with violence and despair, she is filled with the mysterious and terrifying knowledge that only she has the power to save the ruined world.

[Dave]

I found this little gem at a Fred Meyers a while back and finally started on it just the other day. So far it's pretty creepy and mysterious.

Here's an excerpt taken from the back of the book:

The Passage:

An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage is the story of Amy—abandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a government experiment of apocalyptic proportions. But Special Agent Brad Wolgast, the lawman sent to track her down, is disarmed by the curiously quiet girl and risks everything to save her. As the experiment goes nightmarishly wrong, Wolgast secures her escape—but he can’t stop society’s collapse. And as Amy walks alone, across miles and decades, into a future dark with violence and despair, she is filled with the mysterious and terrifying knowledge that only she has the power to save the ruined world.

I just finished this book. A terrific read, but does some funky narrative jumps which may not be to everyones taste. At 900+ pages and part 1 of 3, it's a post-apocalyptic epic