[October]What are you reading?

[Dwimmerlied]

I think I'll only go as deep as the main series ey. I find the tortured soul stuff reads like teenage angst and I find it hard to care about the protagonist because of it. I cringe at the moments of self doubt and insecurity. I don't know if that's because it's not well done or I'm not a good audience for it.

 

[Zombie_Babies]

For me it was the start of him going downhill... umm literary wise. He was making money with his books and conferences at that time. So he was always drunk and didn't need to get out of the house much. It affected his writing. Women is still good, but not has punchy has Post Office or Factotum.

I can see that. Something of his charm stems from his having to scramble to get by - and not caring enough to really scramble to get by. Now that he's made it there's less for him to do and less for him to avoid doing.

 

[Kramodlog]

Which bits of Elric are you reading? I ask, because Moorcock actually wrote the end of the story first, and then went back and wrote a whole bunch of prequels.

I've read those first two anthologies, "Stormbringer" and "Stealer of Souls" - the two cited in Appendix N, and I thoroughly enjoyed them. I avoided the prequels, both because I'd heard bad things about them, and also because, well, prequels suck.

An anthology called the Elric Cycle. Stormbringer is in it.

 

[Kramodlog]

I can see that. Something of his charm stems from his having to scramble to get by - and not caring enough to really scramble to get by. Now that he's made it there's less for him to do and less for him to avoid doing.

Exactly.

 

[Hand of Evil]

The Rose & The Thorn: a Riyria Chronicles - this is the second book on how Hadrian and Royce team up.

 

[Nellisir]

This: http://www.cedarbureau.org/installation-and-maintenance/roof-manual/?

 

[Zombie_Babies]

Exactly.

Still, the humor seems to be there. I imagine it'll be good overall but just not as good as Post Office and Factotum.

 

[Kramodlog]

I find it disappears. What becomes worthy after is his poetry. "Today I woke up. Took a dump and picked up the mail. Drank a fifth and went back to sleep."

 

[Zombie_Babies]

Not terribly into poetry but I must admit the thought of his does intrigue me.

 

[Nellisir]

Just finished Shades of Grey, by Jasper Fforde. And...apparently the sequels aren't out yet. ARGH!

Excellent, fascinating book.