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Tim Powers?

#1 - 11th Jan 2008 08:20:00

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Me too. Reading it right now.

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Brad

Expiration date is also worth a read. Drawing of the dark.. is an unheralded classic. And about the same sort of standard as you have just read.. got read it mate you won't regret it.

#3 - 3rd Sep 2002 01:30:00

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Anyone every read Tim Powers? Just curious. I recently picked up Anubis Gates to give it a read.

Brad.

#4 - 3rd Sep 2002 13:49:00

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No Havent read him... please let me know what you guys think... I could put him on my 1000 year reading list

#5 - 4th Sep 2002 20:33:00

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I have this book on my shelves, but haven't read it yet. Let me know if I should put it up to my immediate reading list...

#6 - 5th Sep 2002 20:44:00

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Well, I'm only through about 50 pages, but I'm really starting to dig his style. Fairly complex prose, but quite readable. The story itself is complex, too, but it's not overwhelming.

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#7 - 5th Sep 2002 22:15:00

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Would it be my kind of book?

#8 - 6th Sep 2002 22:11:00

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Well, I think it would be. It's hard to classify this one. It's half fantasy and half scifi. There's some time travel (very early so I'm not ruining anything) and there's Victorian London and magic. It won the Philip K. Dick award. I think it's worth a read.

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#9 - 11th Sep 2002 19:07:00

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Going to by this tomorrow.

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#10 - 12th Sep 2002 17:23:00

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I have just been to shop and bought expiration date... and saw another Tim Powers book... Drawing of the Dark... which i read blinking years ago... very spooky and moving but did not recall the author... what a great read...

So, I am now only starting to read my second Tim Powers book...but if it is half as good as Drawing of the Dark... then I will be happy.

Thanks for bringing me back to this writer.

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#11 - 13th Sep 2002 16:46:00

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I saw Drawing of the Dark at a store recently, and was really close to getting it. If you like it that much, I'll have to pick it up some time. I'm really enjoying Powers' righting style.

Brad.

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#12 - 25th Sep 2002 17:22:00

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OK, I finished Anubis Gates last weekend. I can officially say that it rocks. Highly recommended, IMO. The book has great imagination, plenty of twists, a nice mix of magic and science, plenty of oogy antags. Really, lots of impressive things about it.

Cheers,

Brad.

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