Terry Coombs wrote:
....
> Â* Isn't that the one where the guy designs a plague that kills only
> women ? FWIW I've read (several times) all the Dune novels that FH wrote
> , but haven't read the later ones by his son . Got 'em , just haven't
> read them .

> Whada y'all think about Niven/Pournelle's Known Universe ?

not sure i've read those.


> And The Wheel of Time ...

i've read it a few times. it's better than GOT
but pretty much like many long series the writing
gets worse as it goes on and you lose too much some-
where and too bad it had to be finished by someone
else.

i like complexity and details and well written
characters. Guy G Kay (read his books in order
of writing ) is perhaps my favorite living author
JRRT definitely my favorite past author (GGK helped
JRRT's son finish _the Silmarillion_).

i'm currently waiting for Patrick Rothfuss to
finish the series of books he started. the
first two and the side-show novelette he wrote
were worth the read, but it's been a long time
to wait.

i'm always looking for good reads tho. having
worked in a library was great because it did give
me a chance to read some other things i wouldn't
have normally found. i got into history and
biographies from that.


songbird