Recent Reading (Fiction) Volume 1
Submitted by bertie on Fri, 08/06/2004 - 01:27
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- THE COMPLETE ALIEN OMNIBUS Alan Dean Foster - Consists of Foster's excellent novelizations of the movies Alien, Aliens, and Alien3. Recently finished this book for the fourth time. Sick, I know.
- THE DA VINCI CODE Dan Brown - Good read. The 'code' aspect was fun to grapple with; the religious aspect was interesting and mostly convincing.
- EVOLUTION Stephen Baxter - A wonderfully interesting fictional history of the evolution of humankind from 65 million years ago through the present and into the future. The chapters on how our precursors survived the impact that wiped out the dinosaurs are particularly well done.
- CREEPERS David Morrell - One of the best thrillers I've ever read (not that I've read many). Creepers are also known as 'urban explorers'. Their hobby is to 'go where you are not allowed to go'. For example, entering and exploring abandoned buildings. There are creepers all over the world, and (big surprise) they have websites (e.g. Infiltration.org ). In the novel, an investigative reporter joins a group of five creepers for their exploration of The Paragon Hotel, once *the* place to stay in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Chill after chill, and revelation after revelation, this story is merciless on the reader and doesn't quit until it's had its way with you. You won't be sure where this story is going until about three quarters of the way through, and even then you won't have a hope of anticipating the downhill ride to the end. CREEPERS is told in 'real time', and if you start reading at nine p.m. you won't stop until dawn the next morning. You're going to be haunted by your stay at The Paragon Hotel.
- Currently reading: CELL Stephen King
Evolution - check out   Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon   - a fascinating account of the (potential) future history of humankind over the next few billion years, evolution through different species from the first men (us) to the last men when man finally becomes extinct. Written as a history.
Thanks, but I have read several of Stapledon's works, including that one.