Skip to content

Just for a little fun...

Jim the old guy wrote:4. Airframe by Michael Crichton. Unbelievable story! He's at the top of my list of fav writers.
I need to get myself back into reading Crichton. He's one of my favorites, too, but unfortunately, I haven't read as much of his stuff as I would like. "Airframe," "Prey," even "Andromeda Strain" (plus others) are all ones I have yet to read. I think I'll have to get on that sometime soon...
Jen wrote:4) Harlan Ellison- I have no mouth I must scream. That was my introduction to one of the most amazing writers I've ever come across. He defies catagorization, and writes in a manner that just knocks the wind out of my sails. It hard, brutally honest, and intelligent. He's got a gift with dialogue and a biting wit. From stories about Kitty Genovese to petty thieves, teenage hoods and madmen in the future, he was way ahead of his time in his heyday, and still is.
I have always been curious about Harlan Ellison, ever since he used to do commentary segments on a show called "Sci Fi Buzz" that used to air on the Sci Fi Channel back in the day. He seemed to share the same "crotchety old man" style of commentary with Andy Rooney. :) (Speaking of "Sci Fi Buzz," there will, at some point, be an old, Tex-related video clip from that show on the new site...). I've never read any of his stories, but I have heard of his involvement in the original Star Trek ("TOS" for all you fellow Trekkies... or Trekkers... whichever you prefer). And I happened to see him in passing briefly one year at the Orlando Megacon... not that I could infer anything about him one way or another through that process. :) (I was on my way to a Q&A panel with Stan "The Man" Lee at the time).

Long story short, I should probably read something by Ellison sometime.
The plot twists of The Zebra-Striped Hearse by John Macdonald had me absolutely enthralled. Throughout the book a case is made for each potential suspect - including those that I never thought could even be a suspect - and it seems he has it all wrapped up a number of times, but the plot twists yet again.
-------------------------------------
Mike
Old SanFrancisco
http://www.rrdevelopments.com/tex
http://www.rrdevelopments.com/mike
- Small gods - by terry pratchett (i was 12, and i nearly cried when i red the end); Stardust - by neil gaiman (make me dream);1984 - George orwell (a visonary book.. with the "big brother" thing) and Blade runner - k.dick (i hate the movie, i love the book)

For the moment, i read "jack the ripper" by patricia cornwell... a great book, and a disturbing true story... Her investigation about the identity of Jack the ripper..
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand: a very interesting paradigm; The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood: I found the premise of this to be similar to 1984, but for some reason I found this book a bit more captivating; The Plague by Camus: this book made me stop and think--I believe it presents some interesting ethical/moral questions.

I'm sure there are others.