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illegible_scribble
Posted 2015-01-02 9:46 PM (#9105 - in reply to #9104)
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gallyangel - 2015-01-03 2:22 PM So, what category would this be? It sounds like Twin Peaks meets The Prisoner but without the paranormal. I'm thinking it's not quite right for the site.

The Booklist Starred Review says:

Fans of Stephen King, Peter Straub and F. Paul Wilson will appreciate this genre-bending, completely riveting thrill ride, which mixes suspense, horror, science fiction and dystopian nightmare all rolled up into one unputdownable book. 

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Posted 2015-01-03 2:54 AM (#9107 - in reply to #9105)
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illegible_scribble - 2015-01-02 7:46 PM

gallyangel - 2015-01-03 2:22 PM So, what category would this be? It sounds like Twin Peaks meets The Prisoner but without the paranormal. I'm thinking it's not quite right for the site.

The Booklist Starred Review says:

Fans of Stephen King, Peter Straub and F. Paul Wilson will appreciate this genre-bending, completely riveting thrill ride, which mixes suspense, horror, science fiction and dystopian nightmare all rolled up into one unputdownable book.



Well, that helps clarify things. Plenty of room for more dystopian nightmares.




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Dlw28
Posted 2015-01-03 5:04 AM (#9108 - in reply to #3662)
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Posted 2015-01-03 11:05 AM (#9114 - in reply to #9108)
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Can someone add Michael Flynn's Firestar series: Firestar, Rogue Star, Lodestar and Falling Star?
Thanks!

http://www.amazon.com/Firestar-Science-Fiction-Twenty-First-Century...
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Allie
Posted 2015-01-03 12:09 PM (#9115 - in reply to #3662)
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Hi, I am adding them in now. Please let me know if you see anything that needs to be fixed on them!
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Posted 2015-01-03 12:09 PM (#9116 - in reply to #3662)
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Edit: double-posted.

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daxxh
Posted 2015-01-03 1:55 PM (#9118 - in reply to #9116)
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Thanks, Allie.

I found another series (or continuation of a series). Can someone put in the following by Larry Niven and Edward Lerner? They go with the Known Space series. Thanks!

Fleet of Worlds
Juggler of Worlds
Destroyer of Worlds
Betrayer of Worlds
Fate of Worlds

http://www.amazon.com/Fleet-Worlds-Known-Space-Larry-ebook/dp/B000U...
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Posted 2015-01-03 3:42 PM (#9120 - in reply to #9107)
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gallyangel - 2015-01-03 7:54 PM

Well, that helps clarify things. Plenty of room for more dystopian nightmares.

Thanks for adding those books. I'm with you, the dystopian thing gets a bit old -- though it's much, much harder to write an interesting story about a utopia. 

David Brin just posted on this topic, on Facebook:

"A brilliant, beautiful paean to the optimism of my friend, Ray Bradbury, who did dystopias very well, but who actually believed in us and in our potential to be better than we are. Read this. It's brief. And Ray would tell you that it is time to rebel against the merchants of hopelessness and fear."

http://www.npr.org/2015/01/02/373248603/for-the-new-year-ray-bradburys-buoyant-vision-of-the-future

"Oh, to see WHY so many directors, producers and authors are churning out lazy, cliched, cookie cutter dystopias, see my explanation here. Once you understand their reason, you may despise them even more than the fear merchants at Fox:"

http://www.davidbrin.com/idiotplot.html    



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gallyangel
Posted 2015-01-03 4:47 PM (#9122 - in reply to #9118)
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daxxh - 2015-01-03 11:55 AM

Thanks, Allie.

I found another series (or continuation of a series). Can someone put in the following by Larry Niven and Edward Lerner? They go with the Known Space series. Thanks!

Fleet of Worlds
Juggler of Worlds
Destroyer of Worlds
Betrayer of Worlds
Fate of Worlds

http://www.amazon.com/Fleet-Worlds-Known-Space-Larry-ebook/dp/B000U...


This series is in. I marked it the Known Worlds II series. Sounds like good solid SF.

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daxxh
Posted 2015-01-04 12:40 AM (#9135 - in reply to #9122)
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Thanks, gallyangel. I read the first three and they were pretty good. I will probably use the last two for the Read More of that Author and Somewhere Out There Challenges.
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Posted 2015-01-05 5:49 PM (#9172 - in reply to #9051)
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@Jontlaw I'm the one who added most of the Wordsworth books. Because of the nature of WWE, I set some rules for myself before I started: (1) the book had to have some supernatural element. All of the books that were strictly mysteries, like Arsene Lupin and Bulldog Drummond, do not belong in WWE. (No matter how much I like them). (2) Avoid duplication. How many versions of H. P. Lovecraft do we really need in WWE? Some works, like Uncle Silas and The Monk were already in WWE. (3) Add single authored collections, not anthologies. This means that I left out Children of the Night (Vampire Stories), The Werewolf Pack, Gothic Short Stories, Irish Ghost Stories, Scottish Ghost Stories, and Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories.

However, if you want the last group added, I don't think that anyone would argue with that. And if you know that some of the others that I thought were strictly mysteries have supernatural elements, then I will be happy to add those as well.

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Posted 2015-01-07 8:35 PM (#9212 - in reply to #9172)
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Thanks. This is a really great series, and I enjoy it a lot. I do have one I think we could use.

F. Marion Crawford - The Witch of Prague and Other Stories

Right now though I'm looking at HP Lovecraft tribute anthologies. There are a couple in the database, by Ellen Datlow, but I have several others that it would be nice to see.

The Book of Cthulhu I, ed by Ross E. Lockhart
The Book of Cthulhu II, ed by Ross E. Lockhart
Cthulhu 2000: Stories inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, ed by Jim Turner
H.P. Lovecraft and Others: Shadows Over Innsmouth, ed by Stephen Jones
Tales of the Lovecraft Mythos, ed by Robert Bloch

And a couple of collections of stories that were recommended by Lovecraft himself:

H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales, ed by Douglas A. Anderson
H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror, ed by Stephen Jones and Dave Carson

Thanks again for the help.
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Posted 2015-01-08 8:37 AM (#9215 - in reply to #3662)
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Audible has added some James Blaylock titles that aren't here yet. I'm currently listening to The Ebb Tide. I haven't bought the others yet, so no rush on those. I was amazed though, how many Audible has added in a short time. Some of these are short stories or, as Ebb Tide, a novella. Thanks!!
The Ebb Tide
Land of Dreams
The Elfin Ship
The Disappearing Dwarf
The Stone Giant
The Magic Spectacles
The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs
In for a Penny
The Aylesford Skull
The Knights of the Cornerstone
13 Phantasms
Zeuglodon
Metamorphosis
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Dlw28
Posted 2015-01-11 10:21 PM (#9258 - in reply to #9215)
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Samantha Shannon's The Bone Season seems to be missing in the database. Could you pls add? Thanks.
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gallyangel
Posted 2015-01-12 9:58 PM (#9266 - in reply to #9258)
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Dlw28 - 2015-01-11 8:21 PM

Samantha Shannon's The Bone Season seems to be missing in the database. Could you pls add? Thanks.


Nothing is ever missing, it's just we haven't gotten to it yet. The author, Bone Season and it's sequel are all now in the database. Wiki said she got a six figure advance for this series. Must be nice since it's her first published work.

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Posted 2015-01-12 10:22 PM (#9267 - in reply to #3662)
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Could you please add The Eterna Files by Leanna Renee Hieber to WWE? Thanks!
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Posted 2015-01-13 6:05 AM (#9268 - in reply to #3662)
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Oops- you're right! Thanks for adding it. I had no idea she got that kind of money! I'm not sure what I think of the book so far. Maybe it will improve. Anyone else read it?
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Posted 2015-01-13 1:03 PM (#9269 - in reply to #3662)
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I want to read Cradle of Splendor, by Patricia Anthony, for 2 of my WWE 2015 challenges and cant find it in the database. Could you add it?
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Posted 2015-01-13 1:47 PM (#9270 - in reply to #3662)
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Could someone please add Jack Campbell's The Lost Stars series.
Tarnished Knight
Perilous Shield
Imperfect Sword

Also, books 2 & 3 of Jim C. Hines' Magic Ex Libris series.
Codex Born
Unbound

Thank you.

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valashain
Posted 2015-01-13 2:17 PM (#9271 - in reply to #9269)
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dianazmartins: Cradle of Splendor is in.
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Posted 2015-01-13 2:36 PM (#9273 - in reply to #3662)
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Posted 2015-01-13 2:52 PM (#9274 - in reply to #9273)
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gallyangel
Posted 2015-01-13 9:26 PM (#9280 - in reply to #9267)
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Bookkeeper - 2015-01-12 8:22 PM

Could you please add The Eterna Files by Leanna Renee Hieber to WWE? Thanks!


This one is in. It sounds like a good option for the Gaslamp challenge.

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gallyangel
Posted 2015-01-14 1:30 AM (#9281 - in reply to #9271)
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valashain - 2015-01-13 12:17 PM

ManyMoons: I entered a bunch of Blaylock that should keep you busy for a bit.



The rest of the Blaylock you asked for is now in. More for the reading pile!

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gallyangel
Posted 2015-01-14 5:30 PM (#9291 - in reply to #9212)
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jontlaw - 2015-01-07 6:35 PM

Right now though I'm looking at HP Lovecraft tribute anthologies. There are a couple in the database, by Ellen Datlow, but I have several others that it would be nice to see.

The Book of Cthulhu I, ed by Ross E. Lockhart
The Book of Cthulhu II, ed by Ross E. Lockhart
Cthulhu 2000: Stories inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, ed by Jim Turner
H.P. Lovecraft and Others: Shadows Over Innsmouth, ed by Stephen Jones
Tales of the Lovecraft Mythos, ed by Robert Bloch

H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales, ed by Douglas A. Anderson
H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror, ed by Stephen Jones and Dave Carson

Thanks again for the help.


All of these anthologies have been put in. Horror fans, have at it.


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