tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post1451523461932933600..comments2023-09-16T15:03:34.579+07:00Comments on Adam Heine: Reasons to ReadAdam Heinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-67965047299946804502009-12-15T15:35:45.300+07:002009-12-15T15:35:45.300+07:00Yeah, it is a dark book, and I now remember you sa...Yeah, it is a dark book, and I now remember you saying you prefer everyone to be intact at the end :-)<br /><br />I agree with you about books that don't really finish, but I didn't get that feeling from <i>The Sparrow</i>. How interesting. I wonder if reading the sequel would make me feel different.Adam Heinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-15572736502371851082009-12-15T15:30:11.919+07:002009-12-15T15:30:11.919+07:00I seem to remember a lot of pain and cruelty in Th...I seem to remember a lot of pain and cruelty in The Sparrow. I like something more upbeat. And that you had to read the sequel to get the whole story. I really hate that.fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-31864390607741461812009-12-15T13:17:35.846+07:002009-12-15T13:17:35.846+07:00With any luck, Matty, that book will be arriving w...With any luck, Matty, that book will be arriving with Emmet tomorrow. So no recommendation needed :-)Adam Heinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-63869293492207988412009-12-15T12:32:29.012+07:002009-12-15T12:32:29.012+07:00I'm reading Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long ...I'm reading Gene Wolfe's <em>Book of the Long Sun</em>, which I'm enjoying as much as (more than?) his Book of the New Sun.<br /> The <em>Anathem</em> recommendation seems to have worked well for me, so let me see if anyone else will join me in recommending <em>Jonathan Norrell and Mr. Strange</em>. Anyone?<br />-MMattyDubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04202037980573994507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-86493771446705098882009-12-15T07:58:44.349+07:002009-12-15T07:58:44.349+07:00Also, fairy, that's the second recommendation ...Also, fairy, that's the second recommendation I've gotten for Anathem, which <a href="http://adamheine.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-i-choose-book.html" rel="nofollow">significantly increases my chances</a> of picking it up.Adam Heinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-85090664029919572532009-12-15T07:57:16.709+07:002009-12-15T07:57:16.709+07:00fairyhedgehog: Just goes to show how subjective th...fairyhedgehog: Just goes to show how subjective this business is :-) Out of curiosity, what did you hate about it?<br /><br />Bane: I've never met anyone who didn't like Good Omens, but I also never met anyone who didn't like Pratchett (until now :-). I guess it depends on what you don't like about his work.Adam Heinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-29106024141596177942009-12-14T23:55:05.250+07:002009-12-14T23:55:05.250+07:00I wonder how I'd like Good Omens -- I'm a ...I wonder how I'd like Good Omens -- I'm a big Gaiman fan, and an anti big fan of Pratchett.Joshua McCunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367262185912463258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-41959724776419346372009-12-14T23:03:53.777+07:002009-12-14T23:03:53.777+07:00I loved Neverwhere and Good Omens but hated The Sp...I loved Neverwhere and Good Omens but hated The Sparrow.<br /><br />One of my favourite reads this year was Anathem by Neal Stephenson. I also enjoyed rereading Valor's Trial by Tanya Huff.fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.com