[August] What are you reading?

[Starman]

I haven't finished The Devil's Armor, yet, because I left it at work and I'm on vacation, now, and not about to go back and get it. Needing something to read, I've been working through Dangerous Visions, a collection of short stories edited by Harlan Ellison. There's some darn good stories in there.

 

[Welverin]

Captain America: Winter Soldier by Ed Brubaker. Not only is this one of the best comics I have ever read, it's quite simply the best Captain America story ever.

Come on, there's no way it can be beter that that one where Cap was losing his powers getting all weak and had to wear that super nifty keen suit of armor!

and am now halfway through Shattered, an old Dean Koontz novel that I've somehow overlooked reading all this time. This last book reminds me of the movie "Duel," with a crazed psychopath terrorizing a car on the freeway.

Maybe he got an electronic copy of the novel and did a find and replace?

 

[JoeGKushner]

Finally finished off the Dying Earth collection and The World is Flat.

Now I can launch myself into finishing Freakanomics.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

I'm working my way to the end of "System of the World" by Neal Stephenson. The whole Baroque Cycle has been really enjoyable. Gotta like a guy who can work a Monty Python joke into a period novel!

 

[RaceBannon42]

I'm currently reading Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin.
Its ok so far
Recently finished Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link.
Link is an amazing writer, while not all the stories were my cup of tea, she is brilliantly quirky. One of the brightest names in short fiction.

Also finished The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.
I absolutely loved this book. Certainly its not a groundbreaking novel , but it may be the funnest book I've ever read. Witty dialouge, interesting characters, face paced action. Scott will soon be a major name in speculative fiction.

 

[The_lurkeR]

Just finished The Lies of Locke Lamora. I thought it started out a little slow, but turned out to be enjoyable. The world is interesting, and the quickened pace and twists of the second half made it a fun read. You can definitely see why the movie rights were scooped up quickly.

Just started Pickpockets, Beggars and Ratcatchers: Life in the Victorian Underworld, to mine for ideas on an upcoming urban campaign.

 

[kingpaul]

I'm working my way through the Horatio Hornblower series. I got the 8 disc series off of Netflix, liked it so much, that I had to read the books it was based on. They're fairly quick reads, but very entertaining.

 

[Storm Raven]

I finished the Belgariad and Passage, and then I read Cowper's The Road to Corlay, A Dream of Kinship, and A Tapestry of Time, Thomas' The White Hotel, and Mason's Weapon.

Now I am on Forward's Starquake, and then I will read Munn's Merlin's Ring. I'm not sure what I'll read after that.

 

[Eridanis]

I'm working my way through the Horatio Hornblower series. I got the 8 disc series off of Netflix, liked it so much, that I had to read the books it was based on. They're fairly quick reads, but very entertaining.

I'll second that. I read them about six years ago, after seeing one of the movies at a friends' house. To complete the circle, I watched the movies about a month ago when the missus and kids were out of town, and I could veg. Great, entertaining stuff. I hope they make more of them (Robert Lindsay is great as Pellew), but I think A&E has declined their option on more movies.

The books make for some very fun heroic adventure. Made me wish I knew more about sailing and the sea so I could run an ocean-based campaign.

 

[Chaldfont]

Moved on to His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik. Its a fun read. Patrick O'Brien crossed with Anne McCaffrey.

Dragons with like a dozen guys with muskets and bombs on their backs! Sweet!

Also reading Savage Worlds and Deadlands: Reloaded. I'm loving SW.