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I will look for that, Surtac! And Nighthawk- a new Connie Willis? I really love her work. So back to the bookstore I go. What riches.
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Finished Hopeland. It is just wonderful. Highly recommended. By far my favorite of his books.
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Surtac, I now think I have read those Liz Williams books. They sound familiar….
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Kokipy wrote:
Surtac, I now think I have read those Liz Williams books. They sound familiar….
It's entirely possible I may have raved about them hereabouts sometime in the last couple of years ... 
I've just received my copy of the fourth (and final?) one, as it happens.
I'm pleased you enjoyed Hopeland. That one is next up on my reading plan when I have finished the latest Rebus mystery.
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Just finished Road to Roswell- LOVED IT! Classic Willis. Now to dual memory. I am holding the new Goddards in reserve because I really hate it when I have finished one of hers and there is so long to wait for the next one.
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I finished Ian Rankin's most recent Rebus so am now up to date with those. When's the next due, Ian? Hmmnn?
Have moved on to Hopeland. I'm about 10% done and loving it so far, First impressions: it is reminding me a lot of his Planesrunner sequence from a few years back, but also a little of Sarah Pinborough's Dog-faced Gods sequence for some reason.
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Would you recommend Sarah Pinborough, Surtac? I don’t know her.
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Would you recommend Sarah Pinborough, Surtac? I don’t know her.
Based on what I have read of her work so far, yes I would. My only caveat would be that the most recent one I have read is 2017s Behind Her Eyes before she temporarily diverted into writing for television, I believe. But I was particularly impressed by earlier books such as The Language of Dying, The Death House, Mayhem, Murder (her take on Jack the Ripper iirc) and the afore mentioned Dog Faced Gods trilogy.
I'm pretty sure I discovered her work at about the same time as I did that of Dave Hutchison.
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Just got "Divergence" for my b-day from my niece.
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Just catching up with this thread. Hearing about the Palmer and Sanderson reminds of one of my favorite quotes from Samuel Johnson, which may be timely:
A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
(Archaically gendered, but I’m quoting)
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