Aug 2008: What are you reading?

[Krug]

Just finished Murakami's After Dark. It's a short novel, and follows the passage of two sisters over the course of one night. Think it's one of the better works of his I've read.

 

[delericho]

Still catching up on gamebooks. I am currently reading the second (blue-cover) book from the "Castle Whiterock" set. It's a good adventure, but I don't think I would run it as-is (or even close). Also, I prefer the more formalised structure of the Paizo adventures - they might be less enjoyable to read, but they're also easier to use, since things are all clearly labelled and in their places.

At some stage, I'm going to have to pick up a copy of "Forges of Nuln", since my WFRP campaign is about to come to the end of "Spires of Altdorf". I also have "Barony of the Damned" to read, since Amazon sent me the wrong book, and I've decided not to ask for a replacement.

Novel-wise, I have read the first chapter of Conn Iggulden's "Emperor: the Gates of Rome", which is off to quite a good start. However, I'm not making any progress on that in favour of other books. Once I get back to that, the next novel in line will probably be "Twenty Years After" by Dumas.

 

[Tetsubo]

Science on Trial: The Case for Evolution by Douglas J. Futuyma

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I yoinked Plate Tectonics: How It Works from my moms library. Haven't cracked it open yet, but I'm going to start reading it tonight.

 

[Wombat]

Just finished Murakami's After Dark. It's a short novel, and follows the passage of two sisters over the course of one night. Think it's one of the better works of his I've read.

Truly a wonderful book -- it feels like a David Lynch movie on the page.

Having finally gotten through Quincunx -- not bad, but it feels like a Dickens novel written 100+ years too late -- I have taken up Calenture by Storm Constantine. It is highly baroque, there are great words in here, and feels rather like Tanith Lee.

...oh, and I will be avoiding Breaking Dawn...

 

[Mistwell]

Steven Erikson's "[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Bonehunters-Malazan-Book-Fallen/dp/0553813153"]The Bonehunters[/ame]". So far I am finding the pacing of this book to be his best so far.

 

[Krug]

Just finished Fables: The Good Prince. One of the best sequences in an already excellent series.

 

[Rl'Halsinor]

Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock. This is the fifth time I have read it and I always find something new. I think it is by far and away Holdstock's best. His later offerings are no where close to this offering.

 

[Asmo]

The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold.
How is the Sharing Knife if you compare it to Chalion?

Asmo

 

[Shade]

A friend loaned me Master of the Five Magics by Lyndon Hardy.