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PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,604 posts)
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 08:18 PM Nov 2022

John E. Stith

He's a writer, and I just finished Manhattan Transfer by him. Aliens take Manhattan Island and put it on a huge spaceship, along with other cities from other planets. New Yorkers are not about to take that unchallenged, and so things happen. It's excellent.

What I like best is that Stith doesn't write to a formula, as so many seem to do.

His Redshift Rendezvous is also amazing, and I highly recommend it.

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John E. Stith (Original Post) PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2022 OP
Sounds intriguing! SheltieLover Nov 2022 #1
Good advice. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2022 #2
Sounds fascinating. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #3
Yes! PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2022 #4
I love mysteries. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #5
Thanks. He sounds interesting yonder Nov 2022 #6
The Audible performance is... Pluvious Nov 2022 #7
Ohhh, nice. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2022 #8
I find them perfect for... Pluvious Nov 2022 #9
My sister is a quilter, and she listens while PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2022 #10
Looks like Manhattan Transfer is about to become a TV series. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2023 #11

Irish_Dem

(55,974 posts)
3. Sounds fascinating.
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 08:48 PM
Nov 2022

Earthlings interact with inhabitants from other planets as well as the alien abductors on one spaceship.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,604 posts)
4. Yes!
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 08:55 PM
Nov 2022

I have only read four of his books, and have liked them all.

I will warn you that his most recent, Pushback, is a straightforward mystery. When I read it, I kept on waiting for something science-fictional to happen, but it never does. However, it's an incredible read. Man goes to his ten year high school reunion at the small town in Colorado he grew up in, but he does not know or recognize a single person there. Why? That's the starting point, and it's a wonderful book.

Irish_Dem

(55,974 posts)
5. I love mysteries.
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 08:59 PM
Nov 2022

That sounds really good.

This author really grabs your attention right from the beginning.
Heck he is grabbing my attention just from a one sentence plot line.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,604 posts)
8. Ohhh, nice.
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 11:07 PM
Nov 2022

I rarely listen to audio books, but it's great to have this recommendation.

I have listened to relatively few, so I don't know the readers. I do recall that several years ago I listened to an audio book (on CD, listened while on a long drive, if that matters) and I REALLY did not like the narrator.

I know any number of people who mostly listen to books, some because of poor vision, others because it's convenient while they are doing other things. Me, I only listen while in the car on long drives. Which I don't do as much of as I did pre-Covid, alas.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,604 posts)
10. My sister is a quilter, and she listens while
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 11:29 PM
Nov 2022

she is sewing or quilting.

Alas, I spend almost no time doing such things. I do spend hours reading.

For me, a small down side of audio books is that I can read at least twice as fast as someone can read the text. So while I'm okay listening while driving, I really prefer reading to listening.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,604 posts)
11. Looks like Manhattan Transfer is about to become a TV series.
Sun Dec 17, 2023, 01:23 AM
Dec 2023

Hooray! I loved the novel, and I think the series will be amazing.

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