[Dec] What are you reading?

[Andrew D. Gable]

Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell. Next up after that will probably be The Three Impostors and Other Stories by Arthur Machen.

 

[Olive]

Either you're thinking of the paperback of Legends, Olive, or you get your books earlier than the US does. Amazon still claims that Legends II won't be published until December 30 in the US, and I haven't seen it in any local stores.

As others have pointed out, the UK release is earlier than the US. And I bought it today. I'll let you know what it's like.

 

[MarauderX]

Got the sequel to the Eyre Affair called Lost in a Good Book. High high high fantasy revolving around time travel and other things, with lame logical excuses to explain why things happen. The literary references that were so prevalent and fun in the first book are few, stretching, and lost in the rest of the storyline. The story is very predictable, as it seems to want to top the first novel with more and more astounding ludicrousness as it seems to target a younger crowd but cites older literature as well as making grandiose introductions of characters from popular fiction.

In a word: Lame.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

I'm re-reading Guards! Guards! and I'll probably go on to Men at Arms next...ahh, the fun of Ankh-Morpork.

 

[Yuan-Ti]

I just finished reading "Deadhouse Gates" by Steven Erikson. Awesome stuff. I'm not sure how he does it but he has a fantastic imagination and is a good enough writer to keep me reading 800-page books -- something Martin, Jordan, Modesitt and others have failed to do. I wrote a review of the first book, "Gardens of the Moon" for RPG.net http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9502.phtml

I am now about 80 pages into "Nameless Cults", a collection of Cthulhu Mythos stories by Robert Howard (the inventor of the one and only real Conan).

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I am now about 80 pages into "Nameless Cults", a collection of Cthulhu Mythos stories by Robert Howard (the inventor of the one and only real Conan).

That's a pretty good book. I was quite impressed with Howard's take on the Cthulhu Mythos. A few of his stories are at the top of my list of Mythos fiction. I especially like "The Black Stone" and "The Thing on the Roof." Unfortunatly, as with most Mythos writers (even the HPL himself), there are a few stories in there that should have been left out they were so bad.

 

[Krug]

Picked up Lord of the Clans (Warcraft novel) and the First Tales of Orfeo novel for about US$4.50 combined. Not sure when I can get to read them though. About 5/8 through PSS.

 

[Krug]

Finished Blankets by Craig Thomson. It's really raised the bar for graphic novels. A humane, well-crafted story of first love and family relationships, with wonderful observations about life and love. Highly reccomended.

 

[Liminal Syzygy]

I'm reading Return to the Whorl by Gene Wolfe. This is the capstone of an amazing series of novels starting with his Book of the New Sun, book 1--The Shadow of the Torturer (available in an omnibus edition together with book 2 titled Shadow and Claw).

Words fail me when I try to describe Wolfe's accomplishments here. They certainly aren't for everyone--they have a definite literary bent and their style and multi-layered plots are challenging to the reader.

 

[Pants]

Just finished A Storm of Swords yet again. Some of the scenes are still as powerful as ever and some are even a bit more heartbreaking than before. God I love this book.

Back to Return of the King!