What are you currently reading?

[Martin]

Just finished McCammon's BLUE WORLD, which was a complete miss for me, and starting Clive Barker's THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN SPECIAL DEFINITIVE EDITION and Joe Hill's KING SORROW.

I am assuming you have an ARC of King Sorrow. I am on the lookout for one, Congratulations! Please post your thoughts after you read it!

[RonClinton]

Just finished McCammon's BLUE WORLD, which was a complete miss for me, and starting Clive Barker's THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN SPECIAL DEFINITIVE EDITION and Joe Hill's KING SORROW.

Will be very interested to hear your thoughts on the new Joe Hill book. Until I read the plot synopsis, I was really looking forward to it…after reading it, I’m not too sure what to think, especially after the disappointing read that was THE FIREMAN. That said, other than that last novel, his other fine work has built up an awful lot of goodwill with me.

[dannyboy121070]

Ron and Martin- I'm about 7% of the way through the KING SORROW review copy (According to my Kindle, it is nearly 1000 pages!), and I'm really enjoying it so far. Aside from what appears to be a dragon on the cover and in the frontispiece, I really have no idea what it is supposed to be about, so...I'm still in the character introduction phase. Plot hasn't really developed much yet.

That said, I'm enjoying it very much so far, aside from Hill's penchant for using his Father's old trope of "Scummy locals becoming pawns of evil", as seen in IT, 'SALEM'S LOT, etc. (I assume they will become pawns of evil, otherwise why spend so much time on them?) There's also a nice little update on some characters from THE DEAD ZONE, which I got a kick out of.

[brlesh]

Finished up The Third Rule of Time Travel by Philip Fracassi, which was a mixed bag for me.

The first half was a quick and entertaining read, as the story was allowed to just flow along.

I felt the second half bogged down, as the narrative felt forced into the science of the time travel.

IMO, a simpler story would have been more effective.

After The Third Rule, I started None of You Shall be Spared, a short story collection by Brian Evenson.

I found the first story to be too surreal for my tastes.

The next two stories were better.

In general, I’ve found Evenson to be more miss than hit in the past.

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