Rary the Traitor
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I finished reading The Eyes of the Overworld a few days ago and started Cugel's Saga yesterday. Jack Vance may not be my favorite author, but he's definitely in my top 5.
[April] What you're reading now
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Tsyr
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I just finished reading through "The Tale of Genji", by Murasaki Shikibu, for the second time.
Currently, I'm working on two books at once... One is "The Holy Grail", by Malcolm Goodwin. It's assigned reading for a mythology class, or I wouldn't... It's not, IMO, a very good look at the grail myths. Comprehensive, in a way, but not very good.
I'm also reading "Celtic Mythology" by J. A. MacCulloch, which is a much better book.
After I finish those, I'm gonna start "Wit'ch Fire", by James Clemens.
Currently, I'm working on two books at once... One is "The Holy Grail", by Malcolm Goodwin. It's assigned reading for a mythology class, or I wouldn't... It's not, IMO, a very good look at the grail myths. Comprehensive, in a way, but not very good.
I'm also reading "Celtic Mythology" by J. A. MacCulloch, which is a much better book.
After I finish those, I'm gonna start "Wit'ch Fire", by James Clemens.
Just starte Blood Money by C.L. Werner another Warhammer Fantasy novel.
Liminal Syzygy
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Re: Re: [April] What you're reading now
However, The Scar does take place in the world of Bas-Lag. The events in PSS are referenced.
You know Mieville is/was a gamer?
I have confirmed it online in interviews, but I could tell when the "troubleshooters" showed up in PSS.
"They were immediately and absolutely recognizable as adventurers. They were hardy and dangerous, lawless, stripped of allegiance or morality, living off their wits, stealing and killing, hiring themselves out to whoever and whatever came... They were scum who died violent deaths, hanging on to a certain cachet among the impressionable through their undeniable bravery and their occasionally impressive exploits"
I love that!
King Rat isn't related to PSS, it takes place in the modern world.Olive said:
However, The Scar does take place in the world of Bas-Lag. The events in PSS are referenced.
You know Mieville is/was a gamer?
I have confirmed it online in interviews, but I could tell when the "troubleshooters" showed up in PSS.
"They were immediately and absolutely recognizable as adventurers. They were hardy and dangerous, lawless, stripped of allegiance or morality, living off their wits, stealing and killing, hiring themselves out to whoever and whatever came... They were scum who died violent deaths, hanging on to a certain cachet among the impressionable through their undeniable bravery and their occasionally impressive exploits"
I love that!
Liminal Syzygy
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Oh I guess I should answer. I'm reading a Black Company book as well, the second book of the south.
After that on deck is Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun.
After that on deck is Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun.
Liminal Syzygy
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Waley, Seidensticker or Tyler?Tsyr said:
I read the Seidensticker in the early 90's.
If you read Tyler, what did you think? What about Heike?
CCamfield
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I'm reading... um... crap. Nothing at this very moment.
I just finished re-reading Roger Zelazny's Creatures of Light and Darkness which is a fun and kind of weird novel, which he wrote never intending it to be published. So it's got a lot of experimental stuff in it, like sections in the 3rd person present, and bits of verse, and prose poetry... and it's got characters who are the Egyptian gods, only it's set in the far future, in space!
I also recently finished reading a couple of books which are supposed to feed into my D&D campaign, one about medieval Islamic cities, and the other about violence & revolution in ancient Greece.
I just finished re-reading Roger Zelazny's Creatures of Light and Darkness which is a fun and kind of weird novel, which he wrote never intending it to be published. So it's got a lot of experimental stuff in it, like sections in the 3rd person present, and bits of verse, and prose poetry... and it's got characters who are the Egyptian gods, only it's set in the far future, in space!
I also recently finished reading a couple of books which are supposed to feed into my D&D campaign, one about medieval Islamic cities, and the other about violence & revolution in ancient Greece.
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