[the_old_crowd] OT: Intro

[Monika Huebner]

"nkafkafi" <nkafkafi at ...> wrote:

>***Current/recent reading:
>Can't find anything good lately. Can someone recommend a recent,
>really good SF?

I don't know how you define "recent", but I would recommend the
Company series by Kage Baker (if you are willing to cope with another
unfinished series ;-)). There are five books so far, the fifth one has
been released in December 2004, book 4 has just been re-released in
trade pb this month. It starts with "In the Garden of Iden", and while
this first one is sometimes mis-shelved with historical fiction
(yuck), it's all about time-travel and immortal cyborgs. Baker has
created a whole cast of them, and trust me, they often seem to be more
human than their masters. I found myself loving this series almost as
much as Harry Potter (and that says something!), I just devoured book
4 which had just gone OOP when I discovered the series, and I am
eagerly looking forward to the next two. What I also love about this
series is that Baker had the big picture in mind when she started
writing (just like JKR), and there's a lot to speculate about what is
really going on in her universe.

There are supposed to be seven books like in the HP series. For more
information you might want to check out Baker's web site:
www.kagebaker.com

Monika