The Reading Corner.

[Buster's Uncle]

I've been re-reading Infinity's Shore be David Brin for about a month, and I'm only halfway through.  That says less about the book -I don't believe in Brin's Uplift Universe, but he spins a good yarn anyway- and more about my sleep cycles lately.  I ain't been getting enough, and I'm passing out before I get more than ten pages into my bedtime reading, usually about two.

I finally wrapped this one up Monday night -suddenly, I'm getting enough sleep, so getting a lot more bedtime reading done before I drift off.  I tried to find the next book, which seems to wrap up the series, for a reread while this was still relatively fresh in my head, but haven't turned it up yet.

Fronterra by Lewis Shiner.  Already halfway through, and pretty sure I'd somehow missed reading this in the years-old cache' it turned up in.  Shiner never disappoints, and it's a Mars novel, though predating the flood of them in the 90s by almost ten years.

...I wouldn't rupture myself trying to track down a copy of that last - not terrible, but not the sort of story that sticks with you.

Brightness Reef by David Brin; it's the book before, that I don't recall reading yet, not the one after that I do...

[Buster's Uncle]

It turns out that all the stories from The Worlds of H. Beam Piper by H. Beam Piper are on Project Gutenberg, and I'm reading that online today.

[gwillybj]

It turns out that all the stories from The Worlds of H. Beam Piper by H. Beam Piper are on Project Gutenberg, and I'm reading that online today.

I've found Project Gutenberg an excellent resource, both for ancient texts and for newer documents.

[Buster's Uncle]

Yeah; I wish I liked reading long stuff online better.

[Valka]

....A woman who likes Niven?  That's a new one by me.  What does your sister look like?  Is she single?...

Why the surprise that Larry Niven has female readers? I've got over a dozen of his books.

[Buster's Uncle]

Niven is not at his strongest with characterization and character interaction like teh wimminz tend to gravitate to, is all.

[Valka]

Ben Bova can't write a credible romantic relationship to save his life, but I still enjoy his books. So I don't see the problem with Niven.

[Buster's Uncle]

It's like you're a unique individual of something...

[Valka]

It's like you're a unique individual of something...

I know other women who like the kind of space opera that takes an interesting scientific idea and builds a good story around it.

True story... I once went to the theatre to see Snow White (the Disney animated one) with a friend and her niece. When the scene came where Snow White is telling the dwarves about the handsome prince she imagines will some day come and Grumpy mutters "ahh, mush!" my friend laughed and said to me, "That's you!". 

[vonbach]

Larry Niven? I've met him. Nice little man.

[Rusty Edge]

Larry Niven? I've met him. Nice little man.

My sister met him at a con. Where did you meet him?

[Buster's Uncle]

I met him at a con, too.

[vonbach]

My sister met him at a con. Where did you meet him?

A tiny literary con in Buffalo I think it was. I've also met the original bridge cast
of star trek.

[Buster's Uncle]

It turns out that all the stories from The Worlds of H. Beam Piper by H. Beam Piper are on Project Gutenberg, and I'm reading that online today.

Read The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper same place yesterday.

[Valka]

I've got a few of his books.

I'm on a C.J. Cherryh binge now, though. Currently reading Downbelow Station, with Rimrunners, Tripoint, and Finity's End next in line.