March 2012 Media Thread

RobertLumley

There was a recent discussion considering the idea of a monthly Book (later expanded to movies, links, etc) thread. The poll was pretty unanimous that this was A Good Idea (tm). The past two threads have had a decent amount of activity, so let's keep going.

Post what you're reading, listening to, watching, and your opinion of it. Post recommendations to blogs. Post whatever media you feel like discussing!

Rules:

Please avoid downvoting; this is a thread for sharing subjective experiences, and people should feel comfortable posting their personal opinion without fearing a karma backlash. If you disagree with a person's recommendation, please post a comment to that effect.
If you want to post something that (you know) has been recommended before, but have another recommendation to add, please link to the original, so that the reader has both recommendations.
Please use the comment trees, which I was apparently too dumb to do.

Rules:

Please avoid downvoting; this is a thread for sharing subjective experiences, and people should feel comfortable posting their personal opinion without fearing a karma backlash. If you disagree with a person's recommendation, please post a comment to that effect.
If you want to post something that (you know) has been recommended before, but have another recommendation to add, please link to the original, so that the reader has both recommendations.
Please use the comment trees, which I was apparently too dumb to do.

I've been reading much more fantasy in this last year. Probably because I've already exhausted too much of sci-fi, or perhaps the impending singularity is making good sci-fi harder to write ;)

Anyway, my recent favorites:

The Song of Fire and Ice Series (Thrones): This really may be the best fantasy series of all time. I can't remember enjoying a series this much since first reading Dune when I was young. It really is as good as the hype. Martin's skill is multifaceted: his dozens characters are believable and captivating, the world is vast and deep, and... (read more)

0djcb14y

Just finished Connie Willis' Blackout/All Clear, a story set in WW2 London, around some historians from 2060 that travel back to that era. Overall, I liked the story (though a bit too much melodramatic at times); however, I was not impressed with the time-travelling aspect at all. As if the writer didn't really think it through; in particular, I don't like when the 'the universe doesn't care about you' is broken without some kind of explanation. Anyway, the books have won many awards, so I may hold a minority opinion here...

1Joshua Hobbes14y

The Mote In God's Eye has gotten a tad dull about a third of the way through. Does it get better? Because I've also got The Restaurant and the End of The Universe to finish.

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