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Interesting review of William Gibson's Neuromancer.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGW_7HTXuQo

Monica by Daniel Clowes so good so far

Monsters by Barry Windsor-Smith

An Accidental Musican: The Autobiography of Judy Dyble--started out with Fairport Convention, then Giles, Giles and Fripp, the forerunner of King Crimson.

Where The Body Lies by Ed Brubaker/Sean Phillips, graphic novel crime fiction. Their books are addicting.

Thanks for the warning/head's up.

Thanks for the Simmon's recs. I started watching The Terror off the Roku app. I'd seen the first season? part of the series some time back, but didn't know they released a second part to it. It's...

Hyperion--Dan Simmons--so far so good. Wild ride.

Low--Rick Remember story, Tocchini art, dystopian tale, a bit hard to get into the first issue, but picks up. People live underwater as the sun is starting to go nova I guess. Great art, but...

Read two interesting graphic novels--The Twilight Man: Rod Serling by Koren Shadmi. Very good art and story going back to Serlings days growing up, going into WWII, and the early days of TV and his...

FYI: If anyone is interested investing, Amazon has The Bogleheads Guide to Investing for $2.99 for Kindle. It's a no nonsense guide to understand how to go about it.

The other book is also...

Yeah, good one. I thought it shed insight as to how the CDC and the military labs that handled such things.


The Individualist - Digressions, Dreams & Dissertations by Todd Rundgren--bio about...

I always wondered about Kissinger. Back in the day my mom sort of found him respectable, which made me think he was okay. It's funny how opiated we can become by media.

I think this young woman does a good job of reviewing books if you like: SF, horror, or fantasy.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9XAswuEBso

I thought this was a pretty good vlog on The 25 Best SF Books that the vlogger has best enjoyed. I predicted a few of them before he actually said the title (or at least the author), and then there...

I've gotten to where I prefer e-books too. I like BookBub too that offers many reduced e-books for sale in all genres, usually around a buck or two.

I wondered if there were any fans of Alan Dean Foster? He's written a lot of books from franchise stuff like Star Trek and Alien, to fantasy and SF. Here's an interview. I was wondering about the...

I had read where the Cell wasn't one of his better ones. I recently picked up a used copy of Later and Revival. I'll check them out at some point.

Batman: Black and White an anthology with different writers and artist. I found a used cheap copy here, it's pretty fun. Sandman--first volume by Neil Gaiman, etc. I'd read the series before, but...

Re: Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer by Philip Watson, sounds interesting. I've been listening to his first ECM album, In Line, and it's really wonderful.

Re: interbellum--I have a copy of Boy's Life that I'll probably get to after Swan Song. I may have Stinger as well. I didn't know of these Corbett novels though. I'll check on what they are about....

Swan Song by Robert McCammon is over at Amazon for $2. for a Kindle download. If you don't own a Kindle there's also a Kindle app that you can get on your iPhone probably Android too that allows you...

First graphic novel to Descender a space opera series by Jeff Lemire and Nguyen about a little boy robot and a galaxy in revolt and chaos from a giant robot invasion. Free preview over at Amazon. ...

Good Lovin': My Life As A Rascal--bio about Gene Cornish, the guitarist for The (Young) Rascals. I was never a huge fan, although a big enough fan to own a greatest hits by them, and think they were...

If you are into Star Trek or any of the books on the franchise, they've started a vlog-a-thon over at YT.


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Neil Young's Waging Heavy Peace. It's okay so far, sort of diary or blog postings, and a bit self-promotional, but interesting.

PK Dick's Now Wait For Last Year

Elastic Rock: A Survey of Jazz, Tony Adam

Still the Steve Jobs book by Water Isaacson. But I was at a charity shop the other day and found his book on Einstein: His Life and Universe, so bought it as well. His writing style is pretty easy.

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson pretty interesting so far.

Herbie Hancock, Possibilities, co-written with Lisa Dickey. Found a copy at Dollar Tree for a buck. So far so good.

I, Goldstein: My Screwed Life

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1st Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child.

Kim Gordon--Girl In A Band - interesting read about LA in thru 60's 70's and who influenced her art, etc.

Boy's Life--horror title by Robert McCammon which has a nostalgic boyhood feel to it.

Kim Gordon's Girl In A Band

Have you ever read the autobiography that she wrote entitled “Somebody To Love”?

Yep, that's the title of it.

Autobiography on Grace Slick, so far so good. If you're into music oriented books, this guy has some pretty good reviews of some: http://rnrchemist.blogspot.com/

If you have a iPad or Kindle you can download Edgar Allan Poes works for free @ Openculture.

Joni Mitchell--Both Sides Now bio.

Some 2013 books about music: http://www.goldminemag.com/reviews/book-reviews/spin-cycles-best-new-books-2013

Joe Lansdale--he was here in town signing and promoting his newest book at Barnes & Nobles. Sadly I didn't know and missed him. I think he's touring around doing the same, you might check his...

Agree: Unbroken was pretty riveting reading, glad it might be made into a film.

Yes, I like him a lot too.

Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays by Steve Martin

Rick Atkinson's second book of a trilogy, The Day of Battle. It is an historical account of the...

I was curious about this one. How do you like it so far? I was curious about his upbringing.

[QUOTE=Duncan Glenday;2806]I'm also guilty of reading 3 to 4 books simultaneously.

I've done that for a while too. Currently reading Larry McMurtry's Books--about his book collecting, and Ego and...