morning
I'm about halfway through Gateway (I think). Thanks for the recommendation I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

gave me weird dreams last night though.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 17 May 2010, 11:47, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Glad you're enjoying it
I've probably mentioned it before, but the computer code pages are the first example of a made-up machine code in literature :)

What did you dream of?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 17 May 2010, 11:48, Reply)

you had mentioned it, but I'd forgotten
it's surprisingly modern. I love the fact that they haven't got a clue how the technology works, and that the future is pretty grubby.

Basically being on one of the ships on the way somewhere, with the crampedness and the dread. Woke up a couple of times and fell right back into it after
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 17 May 2010, 11:51, Reply)

The only thing that dates it a bit
is the overreliance on Freud.

That doesn't sound a pleasant dream at all. Oh, meant to ask, how did you get on with the Robin Hobb/ J.V. Jones?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 17 May 2010, 11:54, Reply)

really enjoyed the soldier son stuff
not quite as much as the farseer ones or the liveships, but still good. not what I was expecting either, with the massive fatness etc.

Not read any of the newer JV Jones, but I intend to check them out.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 17 May 2010, 11:56, Reply)

That book made me want to go on an immediate strict diet
But yes the Farseer ones are better- have you read the Fool's Trilogy yet?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 17 May 2010, 11:58, Reply)

the tawny man stuff?
if so, yes
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 17 May 2010, 12:03, Reply)

was so sad
that that was the end. I loved the trilogy hugely, but the ending was wrong and a bit shit
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 17 May 2010, 12:04, Reply)

I need to reread them I think
thoroughly enjoyable

have you read the Rainwild Chronicles?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 17 May 2010, 12:07, Reply)

I haven't
I bought myself some books while in London (only I wander into Camden and come out not with clothes or anything useful, but with four books and a t-shirt.) However they only had it in hardback for about £20, so I opted for some cheaper stuff
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 17 May 2010, 12:10, Reply)