General: Nothing much happening

Evening all,

Not much happening. I've spent the last few days doing nothing more than working on my car. (Stupid Hyundai!!!) Haven't had a chance to do any writing, unfortunantly.

A few authors people should check out if they like science fiction literature. Alastair Reynolds published his debut novel, Revelation Space, in 2000. He had been writing short stories and Novellas since the late eighties. He has released five novels, and his sixth is due out soon. The first four (Revelation Space, Chasm City, Redemption Ark and Absolution Gap) are all set in the same universe, a dark, gothic vision of humanities future. His fifth (Century Rain) and sixth (Pushing Ice) are both stand alone novels set in different universes. The Revelation Space universe is one of the most exciting and dramatic and well planned settings for any novel (sci-fi or otherwise) that I have ever read. My own stories take a lot of inspiration from AR's writing, although I think both of my universe's are very diffenerent. Many of his short stories take place in the same universe as Revelation Space, and I have just finished reading one called Galactic North, which in a way, explains humanities outcome after the events of the novels (event though it was written before the last two). The Story was set over almost 40,000 years, and in my opinion should have been written as a novel, as the storyline feels rushed over the thirty or so pages. Still fantastic, though. In my opinion, his first two novels (Revelation Space and Chasm city) were the best. All were great, though. Alastair Reynolds has won several presigious awards for his work. He has a website (Although he doesn't update it much) http://www.alastairreynolds.com

Another favorite series of mine is called the Mars Trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars) by author Kim Stanley Robinson. The trilogy (Red Mars was released in the early nineties) is considered one of the best science fiction series ever, and has won many praises. One reviewer called it "the future history of Mars", another "required reading for the colonists of the twenty-first century". The series is about the colonisation of Mars, and its gradual terraforming. The novels mostly follow the "first hundred", the first group of colonists.
The stories are fantastic, although there is a lot of detail in places, along with a lot of technical jargon. He has many other novels, although I haven't read them yet. One of his novels (Titled "The year of Rice and Salt") is an alternate history story, one that sounds very intreguing, and I hope I get around to reading it. Don't know any specific websites, but just type his name in at Google.

Other authors I have taken inspiration from include Dale Brown (His early work is his best), Dan Brown (Specifically The Davinci Code, Duh), Tom Clancy (Specifically Red Storm Rising), Laurel K. Hamilton (Specifically the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series) and Daniel Eastermann (Specifically The Seventh Sanctuary). There are many others, but these are my favorites. I am very picky with what I read, so there is a lot of stuff that I have read that are critically acclaimed, but I really don't like.

Anyway, on to other stuff. Yes, I DO check my comments, I just don't respond to mean comments, or comments where the spelling is AWFUL (Although I am now). Just kidding. You know who I'm talking about - the only person who has left any comment so far.

Anyhow, I'm currently working on a blurb for Echoes of Absicon and hopefully it will be up later tonight.

I'm going now. See ya.