so what's new in the ebook sector?

[dMores]

anyone read any good books lately?

i've just started the final part of the HHGG pentology.

what should i get next?

[dh]

If you like fantasy, I would really suggest the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R R Martin and the Assassin and Tawney Man series by Robin Hobb.

Both these writers are great, but very different. Martin's are very much the adult version of fantasy. He is certainly not afraid to call a body part a body part.

All three series had some good deals at Fictionwise with the first two volumes for the price of one. Hopefully this is still the case.

Right now I'm reading T E Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom. I've always thought Lawrence one of the more interesting people of the last century and his observations on the Arabs and how they see the world has relevence today.

[dMores]

what i liked about the hhgg was the humor, actually. it was pretty peculiar. on one hand he was all serious, and detailed, but then he popped in some really funny things that made me crack up more than once.

i'm checking out george r r martin right now. any "test reads" anywhere?
(fictionwise should put up like 5 page samples)

but thanks for the tip. i like series, i think i'll take the plunge and go for it.

[ChristopherTD]

An oldie but a goodie that I just finished was "Empire of the East" by Fred Saberhagen. It popped up on Fictionwise last week.

I have just started "Sabriel" by Garth Nix, which is marketed as a childrens book, but I am enjoying it.

I can second the Robin Hobb recommendation, the final book in the Fool series is available as a hardcover here now, but it is enormous, so I am looking forward to the ebook release.

You could also look at Neal Stephenson (Crypotonomicon) or Margaret Atwood (Oryx and Crake).

[Jereboam]

Another thumbs up for the Fire and Ice series. Utterly brilliant.

Other than that I've mainly been feeding off the free MS ebooks recently (albeit in Mobipocket...).

J'bm

[xendula]

OK, here is a W E I R D free lit-book: The One That Got Away (http://esspc-ebooks.com/books/The%20One%20That%20Got%20Away.lit) by Magdvin Cszgarna. Has anyone here read it?

"...The One That Got Away was written in 1981 and 1982 long before Forrest Gump or The Silence of the Lambs. It was revised slightly in 1989 to reflect the collapse of the Soviet Union. What is interesting about attempts to publish it is not that it was rejected by every major publisher but the nature of the rejection letters it received. Typical of these was one by Bob Guccioni of Penthouse who wrote, "This is really well written, but it's too weird for me. I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole."
It really does seem to violate a lot of boundaries."

You can also download it from here (http://esspc-ebooks.com/adult.asp). Since it's free, you might want to give it a try. Not a good read for conservative people, though.

[Thox]

"The One That Got Away" works fine on my PC but appears as 7000+ blank pages on my PPC. Interesting :?:

[xendula]

Hmm, strange, I can view it perfectly on both, pc and ppc. But I have an older reader version on the ppc. I think that the newest reader version does not let you read esspc books any more. Maybe that's the reason?

[dh]

Hmm, strange, I can view it perfectly on both, pc and ppc. But I have an older reader version on the ppc. I think that the newest reader version does not let you read esspc books any more. Maybe that's the reason?
I downloaded it and converted to Mobipocket format. Everything seems fine with the file. Let's see what it's all about. :D

[xendula]

Let me know what you thought of it - would like to know a different opinion. I thought it was interesting, sometimes sick and very strange, but good in its own special way.

[dh]

Let me know what you thought of it - would like to know a different opinion. I thought it was interesting, sometimes sick and very strange, but good in its own special way.
Yes indeed, interesting. When I started to read it, I almost gave up a couple of times and was ready to delete it.
However I kept going to the end. The book does become a better read as you get deeper into it. Just about every bad thing is included somewhere, certainly not a book for a sensitive person. It's odd that James became a rather likeable character by the end. I wonder how many small scale versions of him are hidden away in parts of the US?

[xendula]

:D exactly what I am wondering about. Glad you liked it.

[senfeng]

If you like fantasy, I would really suggest the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R R Martin and the Assassin and Tawney Man series by Robin Hobb.

Both these writers are great, but very different. Martin's are very much the adult version of fantasy. He is certainly not afraid to call a body part a body part.

All three series had some good deals at Fictionwise with the first two volumes for the price of one. Hopefully this is still the case.

Right now I'm reading T E Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom. I've always thought Lawrence one of the more interesting people of the last century and his observations on the Arabs and how they see the world has relevence today.I actually have Martin's hardcover books. They're some of my Favorite Fantasy books! I downloaded the first two recently. Hopefully but the time I'm done re-reading the first three, the fourth book (I think its "A Feast for Crows") will be out!

I've also downloading the Phillip Pullman trilogy- Definitely for the Harry Potter fans. Excellent Read!

[bibap]

How did you convert it to Mobipocket format?

[dh]

How did you convert it to Mobipocket format?
I used Convert Lit and Mobipocket Publisher. You can use Convert Lit on unsecure books as well as the DRM ones. Some free books give me an error in MP Publisher, but this one compiled OK.

You can get Mobipocket Publisher at www.mobipocket.com and do a Google search for Convert Lit. Both apps are free. :)