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Posted on 09/02/2004 2:18:28 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Looking at the forecast track, I'm confused too!!
Well, at least we are not included within the "cone of confusion."
Yes, Four for Tomorrow is a collection of four of his longer short stories, including two of his best. Well worth reading!
Damnation Alley is a straight-ahead, post-apocolyptic SF story. It was originally a novella that he expanded to novel length in order to sell it as a movie. The movie was bad, but as RZ said, the royalties paid for his dream house in New Mexico, so what the hell.
Jack of Shadows is a shortish fantasy novel, set on a world of half-magic and half-technology. The title character is a thief who is one of the few people who can operate in both realms.
Eye of Cat is an SF/fantasy story that is my least favorite Zelazny book. It has an interesting premise, but the ending always leaves me confused. YMMV, however!
Hope you enjoy them!
Thank heaven for small favors.
AMC was showing A Touch of Mink and TBS (I think, wife wuz watchin') was showin' Pillow Talk.
I thot you wuz only takin' forty bucks...
Don't get no steenkin' cable.
Yeah, but I know where I want mine...
I'm thinkin' they're all worth at least a dime apiece! So I'm happy...
I'll let you know when I get around to reading 'em!
Well, someone told me I might need a credit card to get in the door, see...
However if you don't count the impulse buy of all eight "Escaflowne" disks I stayed within budget. I just won't be buying much for the next few months.
By Crichton, yep. It's not a spectacular book by any means, but fast moving and interesting. Nothing too deep or intellectual. Brain candy. I'm enjoying it...almost done.
[shiver]
It was cool-ish here this weekend. But we ~should~ have a few weeks before we get frost.
I noticed yuh didn't ask me...
I read the book, actually enjoyed it quite a bit, agree with you about the writing quality.
Rented the movie a couple weeks ago, though, didn't think much if that at all.
The leaves were all green. The bloom we had so far was yellow with orange spots. I looked today and it looks like we have a couple more that might bloom.
It's just a battered paperback, so I doubt it's worth much!
Probably at least what I paid for it, though.
Did I mention I'm very happy about all the books I scored this weekend? ;-) I'm such a literary glutton, as I said before...just knowing I have stacks of books to read makes me feel sooo satisfied...
Dad had to go and point out that I don't have shelf space and I'll eventually have to either find a new bookshelf or find a way to get rid of some, but I'm choosing to ignore that fact for now. My livingroom is a disaster area, but I don't care!
They know what causes that ya know...
The movie has one VEY good point, but one that doesn't matter much to the average guy, I'd hope...
That being Gerard Butler. Yum...
Eeeeewwww....*laughing*
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