tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post5515339114885587700..comments2023-07-08T08:33:50.710+01:00Comments on Speculative Horizons: Book review: Shadow of the ScorpionJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07763695390241432518noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-60170699457584155432009-07-17T12:26:01.930+01:002009-07-17T12:26:01.930+01:00Gav is quite right about Scalzi. I read Old Man...Gav is quite right about Scalzi. I read Old Man's War earlier this year and it is one of my reads of the year so far.<br /><br />You should look out for Gridlinked, the first Cormac novel, and Line of Polity, its sequel.Iainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02071546979497176969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-32055798560071032772009-07-16T23:24:05.740+01:002009-07-16T23:24:05.740+01:00Glad I inspired you to pick it up.
I got into Ne...Glad I inspired you to pick it up. <br /><br />I got into Neal Asher via The Gabble and Other Stories - the best short story collection I've read as it showed so many aspects of his Polity Universe - not many collections hang together like that. <br /><br />I've been told that Orbus is also a good jump on to that series as it's episodic and you don't have to have read the others.<br /><br />I'm reading The Last Colony by John Scalzi - he's another good and accessible sci-fi writer. <br /><br />Maybe you'll be expanding into more scifi? ;)gav (NextRead.co.uk)http://www.nextread.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-56657041271853382232009-07-16T19:21:15.243+01:002009-07-16T19:21:15.243+01:00I am quite fond of Neal Asher's Cormac novels....I am quite fond of Neal Asher's Cormac novels. They are fast, uncomplicated reads full of action and in Dragon and Mr Crane the author has given us two fantastic characters.<br /><br />One of my problems with Sci-fi is the science bit. Sometimes the hard science of the plot is beyond my feeble, artistic brain and I end up hurling the unreadable tosh in the corner. I read a book called The Execution Channel last year and while some reviewers were orgasmic in their praise of the novel and its 'jaw-dropping' denouement, I found it plain daft and said book ended up in the aforementioned corner.<br /><br />The last Cormac novel that I read was Brass Man which I enjoyed very much. I will have to get onto Polity Agent and Shadow of the Scorpion. As well as James Barclay's new book.Iainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02071546979497176969noreply@blogger.com