(December) What are you reading?

[ShrinkyLink]

The Call of Cthulu Sixth Edition--a very fun read, a good companion piece to playing Bethesda's 'Call of Cthulu' videogame.

The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks--high octane space opera. Fun stuff.

 

[Aus_Snow]

And on to some historical fantasy: Sailing to Sarantium (by Guy Gavriel Kay).

Gee, these days, if it's not history or fantasy. . .

 

[JoeGKushner]

Just finished the Secret Books of Venus I & II from Tanith Lee. Good writing but a bit thicker than I'm used to as opposed to say David Gemell or Terry Brooks where it's pretty much X, Y, and Z.

 

[WayneLigon]

Started back on Jim Butcher's Academ's Fury, second in the Furies of Calderon series. Pretty darn good, as the politics start to get thick and the knives are whipped out from under cloaks in the capitol.

 

[ShadowDenizen]

Child of Flame, Book 4 of the "Crown of Stars" series by Kate Elliot.
It's frustrating: the books are definitely interesting enough to keep me reading, but I'm not sure if I actually like them or not. It certainly didn't grab me the way Tad Williams "Memory, Sorrow & Thorn", or Martins' "SOng of Fire and Ice", or Jannny Wurts' "Wars of Light and Shadow".

There's so much potential, but A) she seems to fall into the Jordan camp of introducing new characters each book and making them important. They never really overshadow the three (or so) main characters, but it's still annoying. and B) she REALLY seems to focus on the "Alternate History" themes, which, to me, anyway, is kinda annoying. If I wanted to read alterante history, I'd read Harry Turtledove.

When I finish this series (3 more books to go, the last one out in Feb. '06!!), I have "The Historian" waiting on ym bookshelf.

 

[Jay Tomio]

Recenty finished Umberto Eco's Mysterious Flame Queen of Loana and currently reading Jeffrey Ford's Cosmology the Wider World and Paul Auster's Leviathan.

Thus far this month fiinished and was underwhelmed by Tim Lebbon's forthcoming (January) Dusk, the first part of a planned duology; read and enjoyed Martin's A Feast for Crows. and very much enjoyed the first installment of a new series coming out in 2006 kicking off with Temeraire (aka His Majesty's Dragon in the U.S.) a trilogy that will begin and end in 2006 that's getting some good buzz, written by Naomi Novik.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Phillip Dick - A Scanner Darkly

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Keeping to my namesake...

The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett. Going to pick up Thud! whenever its out in softcover.

 

[Ibram]

Just finished reading the "Bloody Crown of Conan" which contains the last Conan stories that REH wrote before his death (Red Nails was finished less then a year before his death I think). I've also reread "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" in prep for the new movie.

I've also been reading "Abraham" by Bruce Fieler. a truely amazing book, I'm going to reread "Walking the Bible" once my brother finishes.

 

[Aus_Snow]

Also reading 'A Secret Country' by John Pilger (non-fiction). Brilliant stuff.