Comments on: The Big Idea: C.C. Finlay

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By: Cynthia Armistead

Cynthia Armistead — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:02:30 +0000

FWIW, Adobe has a free PDF reader for Palm devices. I have Patriot Witch on my (old, but it’s MINE!) PDA for reading while waiting in offices, lines, and such.

By: David DeLaney

David DeLaney — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:32:34 +0000

Well, there’s already a subgenre doing what Charles did, I thought – “secret history” books. _Like_ alternate histories, except they try to have the divergent parts be hidden from general history, so that what gets recorded is The Stuff We Learned In School. Of course, the further back you go, the more room there is outside of what actually got recorded and survived this long…

–Dave

By: mensley

mensley — Mon, 25 May 2009 06:00:14 +0000

Just to note the other side, I actually like to read PDFs as I appreciate the professional typesetting. If I’m going to read a book at the computer I’d *much* prefer to read one built to make it easier to read. And I have a comfy computer chair and a nice big monitor. I’m still trying to figure out a way to sprawl out on the bed and read e-books on the big LCD monitor that doesn’t involve moving hardware around.

I’d never buy an e-book reader that didn’t support PDFs, ’cause that’s just silly. I read a lot of academic articles, and many of them are PDFs.

By: Tyson

Tyson — Sun, 24 May 2009 17:50:08 +0000

Orson Scott Card’s Seventh Son series had a similar concept (early American history with magic). The first couple of installments were quite good (“Seventh Son” and “Red Prophet”), though I lost interest in that series after that.

By: Susan D

Susan D — Sun, 24 May 2009 16:38:53 +0000

“File corrupted and cannot be repaired.” Oh woes.

(This probably has more to do with the version of Windows and Adobe on my ancient machine than the file itself, but I just thought I’d let you know.)

By: Pat Bolino

Pat Bolino — Sun, 24 May 2009 08:27:36 +0000

Zoe’s Tale grabbed me the most. It tied the whole of OMW and TGB together, and the move to Roanoke was really tight. The humanity of the story and humor bites played really well. Zoe’s four, Hickery, Dickery, Dock & Zoe’s growth and the main thread were great; the other three threads and the OBIN at the Conclave homeword meet-up -and kick+butt scene, moving. You’re every bit of good as Robert Heinlein, and I read ALL the books! CDF was Science Inventive about immortal troops with a twist. Characters so real, that I lived in the books. Only the best do that for me. The prior is an appreciation for you, your skill and the gifted author you are and the perspective to spin the web of reality in a saga so well told. Truly as if it were a future in which real folks were speaking. Sharp edges,reality,deep personal lives: really three dimensional. From an Ohio guy young for his age, but still up for the future, I really appreciate your work. Thanks. Ad Astra per Aspera.

By: lene

lene — Sun, 24 May 2009 02:44:34 +0000

My son just turned 23, so no worries there. I actually really never set limits on what he read even when he was young. When I was growing up, our house was full of books and the policy was that I could read anything that I chose to grab from the shelves (or piles.) The summer I turned 10 was a memorable one for me, because I read Dracula, which scared the shit right outta me, and Terry Southern’s book, Candy. Both were eye-openers, in their own ways. Since I seem to have turned out reasonably well, despite the mind warping, I figured it was a policy I could follow with my own kid. He’s a great human being, so I guess my lax attitude didn’t screw him up.

By: duchess

duchess — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:53:38 +0000

#31 lene:
Both of my teenaged sons love history in general and love to read fantasy, and I think that both of them will adore these books. As soon as the third one is out in June and I have had a chance to read it, I plan on passing all three along the family reading chain.

While they are set in a war, and therefore have some violence, they are certainly not so over the top with the violence and/or gore that they would be disturbing to most people, and should be OK for teens used to reading about subjects like warfare.

Not sure how old your son is, but I will not hesitate passing these on to my teens.