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I've been off in my reading for awhile, but did read Planetfall by Emma Newman. I have to admit, books that are described with the words "beautiful" and "heartbreaking" are rarely my cup of tea, and this was no different. 2/5 I also read Mountains of Majipoor, by Robert Silverberg. I was struck...

"I feel like Poul Anderson might not get enough credit for his influence on D&D. He's certainly cited, particularly for Three Hearts and Three Lions, but reading this book was about as close as reading a direct transcription of a D&D setting into a novel as I've ever seen." Re Zelazny: For the...

Just a quick note looking at that list: Nine Princes in Amber and The Guns of Avalon are only two books in a 5-book cycle, which is itself the first half of a 10-book series. There's almost no resolution in just reading the first two books; read the whole Corwin Cycle. Compared to modern books...

OK, somehow I completely missed that the movie was based on a book by Koontz. I'm going to the book sale in a month; definitely something I'll look for.

Try The Broken Sword too, also by Anderson. I read both earlier this year. https://www.enworld.org/threads/what-are-you-reading-this-year-2020.669417/post-7997127 https://www.enworld.org/threads/what-are-you-reading-this-year-2020.669417/post-7999247

A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine?

I think that's on my list to get. I'll prioritize it. I just finished Early Riser, by Jasper Fforde. Good, enjoyable, but not as...(dynamic?) as some others. I don't think alternative worlds is really what he dabbles in, more like...nonsense worlds. In Early Riser people hibernate. The world is...

I think Thursday Next The Eyre Affair was his first; he might have softened or refined his technique later...but to be honest, he deals with absurdity by adding more and more. "Thursday Next" is the series, and protagonist. There's just a high degree of ridiculousness to deal with. I was...

I just got Early Riser by Jasper Fforde, and all of my other readings are cancelled until I get through this one. :) I love me some Fforde.

It's very high on my list as well.

I finished Endymion and just...hit a slump. (Endymion is good, btw.) The only thing I've finished in the past few weeks has been The Nowhere Hunt, by Jo Clayton. I'm still sorting out how I feel about this book. On one hand, it's a bog-standard mid-series (The Diadem series) little book that...

Reading Endymion, I'm remembering what it was like reading Hyperion. I don't know how it translates to audiobook, The writing isn't convoluted; the characters are understandable; the story moves along well, with little mysteries popping up and being solved fast enough to keep things moving, and...

I finished Century Rain (good but not great for A. Reynolds, which is still very good; 7/10) a few days ago and started Endymion. I've put off reading this for years because I got sucked into Hyperion so hard, but I probably waited too long - I really can't remember what happened. Oh, well...

I like the Black Company, but Glen Cook is a weird writer and definitely not for everyone. That's cool. There are critically acclaimed and best-selling authors (Rarely the same!) that put me to sleep. Read what you like, it's the best way!

So, I actually just read a Jo Clayton book a month or two ago. In my teens & early twenties I read bits and pieces of several of her series. She tends towards SF more than fantasy, but it's SF seen through a "fantastic" filter, if you will. (Not a lot of technobabble; technology isn't...

Hundred Thousand Kingdoms pushes my buttons like they're broken. And that scene? Where whats-her-face gets seriously pissed off at the thing? :LOL::ROFLMAO::LOL::ROFLMAO::LOL::ROFLMAO::LOL::ROFLMAO: Anyways, Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is a "lighter" read than Broken Earth. More traditional, but...

I gotta say, NK Jemisin has become one of my favorite authors. Broken Earth didn't quite do it for me, but the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms certainly does. And I'm going to reread Broken Earth because I read it as it was released, which always messes with me a bit because of the year-long wait...

Finished Gypsy in Amber/Canto For A Gypsy, by Martin Cruz Smith. They're early books by him (1971/1972 respectively), but still really enjoyable/good reads. (And yes, he deals with the gypsy stuff respectfully and, insofar as I can tell, well.) I really like his stuff. Probably Sister Alice...

Just read War Dogs by Greg Bear. Pretty good. Doesn't break any new ground. Maybe 6/10? Edit: Apparently I forgot to note I finished Artemis. I liked it a lot. 8/10 War Dogs is set (mostly) on Mars. Before War Dogs I read Artemis (set on the Moon), by Andy Weir, who wrote The Martian. War Dogs...

lady fingers they taste just like lady fingers (Read Skeleton Crew. And the story is "Survivor Type", not "Ladyfingers. My error. And...apologies in advance if you can't ever sleep again. Apparently that story even bothers Stephen King....)