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[August] What are you reading?
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RaceBannon42
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Well, as someone who considers himself a serious Fantasy reader, there are a few gaping holes in my library. I thought it would be nice to fill some in, so I just got Tales of a Dying Earth by Jack Vance. Its past time I read those books.
"To Say Nothing of the Dog" by Connie Willis, "Sharpe's Rifles" by Bernard Cornwell, a collection of Howard's Conan stories in their original version and chronological order and his Samuel Kane stories, "Gatherer of Clouds" by Sean Russel... I'm probably forgetting something. Oh yeah, "The Witcher" (Wiedzmin) by Andrzej Sapkowski.
JoeGKushner
Adventurer
I started in late July Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb, finished it, and am now working on Mad Ship (by the same author.) I enjoy the writing but I can 'see' a little too easily where the author is going too often.
There are some things I'll be interested to see though. For example, the woodcarver Amber reminds me so much of the Fool, that I'd be very surprised were she not the Fool. I'm also sure that the Liveships are the memory stores of the sea serpents who are in fact dragons.
Well, time will tell.
There are some things I'll be interested to see though. For example, the woodcarver Amber reminds me so much of the Fool, that I'd be very surprised were she not the Fool. I'm also sure that the Liveships are the memory stores of the sea serpents who are in fact dragons.
Well, time will tell.
Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson --Finally got around to ordering this from out country. Should be here in about a week. Yay!
from the library:
Moonfall by Jack McDevitt. Enh. Not great. Fairly standard disaster book.
Gardens of the Moon and..
Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson (re read before book 5 comes in)
The Butlerian Jihad by Anderson and Herbert (thank God for the library...never would have paid for this book...no doubt Herbert Sr is spinning so fast in his grave that he's powering the entire East Coast).
Pandora's Star by Peter Hamilton
Ilium by Dan Simmons (both book one of dualogies that I didn't know of. Both very excellent books in their own right. I recommend these).
finally...
Marathoning by Hal Higdon (can never know too little about Marathoning even after running a couple).
from the library:
Moonfall by Jack McDevitt. Enh. Not great. Fairly standard disaster book.
Gardens of the Moon and..
Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson (re read before book 5 comes in)
The Butlerian Jihad by Anderson and Herbert (thank God for the library...never would have paid for this book...no doubt Herbert Sr is spinning so fast in his grave that he's powering the entire East Coast).
Pandora's Star by Peter Hamilton
Ilium by Dan Simmons (both book one of dualogies that I didn't know of. Both very excellent books in their own right. I recommend these).
finally...
Marathoning by Hal Higdon (can never know too little about Marathoning even after running a couple).
Barendd Nobeard
Explorer
Stephen King's Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (revised & expanded edition). Just got it, and books 5 & 6 for my birthday. I probably won't get to 5 & 6 for a while, since I'll re-read 2 - 4 before I read the new ones.
Wombat
First Post
I've read the first three Phil Rickman "Merrily Watkins Mysteries" -- Wine of Angels, Midwinter of the Spirit, A Crown of Lights. Fantastic characters!
Also read through Michael Wood's Conquistadors -- highly mediocre, terribly one-sided, not the best place to start on the topic. I need to follow this up with something a bit more balanced.
I'll probably dip into American Gods for a second time, but there is a new Harry Dresden book out calling my name, so...
Also read through Michael Wood's Conquistadors -- highly mediocre, terribly one-sided, not the best place to start on the topic. I need to follow this up with something a bit more balanced.
I'll probably dip into American Gods for a second time, but there is a new Harry Dresden book out calling my name, so...
Viking Bastard
Adventurer
Alternating between 'The History of Time' by Stephen Hawkings and
'The Toys of Boredom' by Guðbergur Bergsson. I don't expect anyone
to know him.
'The Toys of Boredom' by Guðbergur Bergsson. I don't expect anyone
to know him.
Just finished Ringworld, which seemed like it wrapped up kinda fast. Lots of journeying around and exploring, followed by 5 or 10 pages of, oh yeah, I just had a brilliant idea how to wrap this book up real fast. It seemed oddly paced.
Reading a couple books on home-buying.
Going to get back into the new dune series, with House Harkonnen and Corrino probably. When does the third book in the machine war trilogy come out? Have to check that.
I'm desperately behind on my Harry Turtledove, that man writes too many darn books. Spotted a new series on the shelf saturday, a fantasy world civil war series. His fantasy world WWII series was not so good, so maybe I'll give the civil war one a pass and stick to his alternate history stories.
Reading a couple books on home-buying.
Going to get back into the new dune series, with House Harkonnen and Corrino probably. When does the third book in the machine war trilogy come out? Have to check that.
I'm desperately behind on my Harry Turtledove, that man writes too many darn books. Spotted a new series on the shelf saturday, a fantasy world civil war series. His fantasy world WWII series was not so good, so maybe I'll give the civil war one a pass and stick to his alternate history stories.
