Dave Blewer
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In Britain these were published as three books The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God...
I much prefer three big meaty tomes to six smaller books... Easier on the wallet.
[Feb] What are you reading now?
- Thread starter Krug
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In Britain these were published as three books The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God...
I much prefer three big meaty tomes to six smaller books... Easier on the wallet.
Skarp Hedin
First Post
At present, King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard. I'm also working on a collection of Raymond Chandler's stories. Other than that, still plugging away at my D&D book collection, hah.
I'll also be reading The New Seed-Starters Handbook by Nancy Bubel sometime soonish, but that's for work.
I don't even like to think about the "I should read these books soon" pile I've got downstairs.
I'll also be reading The New Seed-Starters Handbook by Nancy Bubel sometime soonish, but that's for work.
I don't even like to think about the "I should read these books soon" pile I've got downstairs.
Dr Midnight
Explorer
I just got done with about as much RETURN OF THE KING as I'd like to bore myself with, and I think next I'll be picking up something by Orson Scott Card, as I liked his entry in LEGENDS.
Azure Trance
First Post
Dave Blewer said:
In Britain these were published as three books The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God...
I much prefer three big meaty tomes to six smaller books... Easier on the wallet.
I'm pretty sure those came out after the series was published, since I can recall waiting for the next book to come out when I was done reading the current one. Piece by piece ...
AuroraGyps
First Post
Valdemar, Valdemar, Valdemar!
I'm reading Brightly Burning by Mercedes Lackey right now. It's the 14th Valdemar book I'm reading in a row. I read during Jan & Feb (in order) The Oathbound, Oathbreakers, Oathblood, By the Sword, The Heralds of Valdemar Trilogy (Arrows), The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy, & The Magewinds Trilogy. I'm visiting my parents now, and I thought I'd go through withdrawel, but my Mother had Brightly Burning. When I get home next week, it's on to The Magestorms Trilogy and the "Owl" trilogy. After that, maybe some of the new Greyhawk novels... the ones not by Paul Kidd (of which I read and LOVED).
I'm reading Brightly Burning by Mercedes Lackey right now. It's the 14th Valdemar book I'm reading in a row. I read during Jan & Feb (in order) The Oathbound, Oathbreakers, Oathblood, By the Sword, The Heralds of Valdemar Trilogy (Arrows), The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy, & The Magewinds Trilogy. I'm visiting my parents now, and I thought I'd go through withdrawel, but my Mother had Brightly Burning. When I get home next week, it's on to The Magestorms Trilogy and the "Owl" trilogy. After that, maybe some of the new Greyhawk novels... the ones not by Paul Kidd (of which I read and LOVED).
Dave Blewer
First Post
No, in Britain Reality Dysfunction, Neutronium Alchemist and Naked God were each released as one book and not split into two. I know this because I read each of them as they were released.
There were also hardback releases of NA and NG... I am not sure about RD as I read that in paperback.
Anyway, back to the subject in hand... I have finished Ghostworld by Simon R Green and will start Hell world the next in the series sometime today.
Doppleganger
First Post
Just finished:
Storm of Swords (second reading) - It's going to be a while before Feast for Crows, but there's been alot of Westeros talk recently (because of the upcoming Dragon magazine articles & the CC game I see people playing) so I reread my favorite book. This has only re-confirmed that it's still my favorite. Nobody pulls the rug out from beneath you like Martin, the end of almost every chapter leaves you breathless.
Homeland (second reading) - After 10 years, I reread this old Drizzt classic (I was inspired to re-read it after seeing the new Dark Elf Trilogy reprint show up on Amazon's best-seller list). Salvatore is a very poor (*bad*) descriptive writer here, but the storyline is truly unique and very entertaining. The drow take back-stabbing and betrayal to a new level, and I enjoyed the psychological introspection that several characters ruminate over. I also like the fact that this book has a very core "D&D"-ish feel.
The Dragon Reborn - I think I'm finished with Jordan. He's an excellent writer and I love his attention to detail, but the story didn't involve much more than a bunch of kids traveling overland from one place to another for vague and weakly-contrived reasons. Also, I expected much more than a 5 page climax after 700 pages of setup, there just wasn't enough "meat" to the story. At book 3 of this series, I'm already thoroughly tired of hearing characters continously say "Light!" and "Burn Me!" before virtually every comment, and Nynaeve gives a few sharp tugs to her braid on almost every page. Does she have obsessive-compulsive disorder or what??
Now reading:
Exile - The weakest link of the Dark Elf Trilogy, but I plan to finsh off all three books before retiring them to my bookshelf for another 10 years. The weakness of Salvatore's writing style is glaringly bright in my eyes after reading talents like Jordan & Martin (though my opinion of Jordan is fading).
The On-Deck circle:
Assassin's Apprentice - The title screams "junior high entertainment" to me, but Robin Hobb comes highly recommended by everybody so I'm going to give it a shot. I'm really looking forward to reading this.
Vector Prime - Most of my gaming group occasionally chats about the New Jedi Order books and so far I've had nothing to contribute to the conversation, so I'm starting with book one to see what this "Vong" talk is all about.
Storm of Swords (second reading) - It's going to be a while before Feast for Crows, but there's been alot of Westeros talk recently (because of the upcoming Dragon magazine articles & the CC game I see people playing) so I reread my favorite book. This has only re-confirmed that it's still my favorite. Nobody pulls the rug out from beneath you like Martin, the end of almost every chapter leaves you breathless.
Homeland (second reading) - After 10 years, I reread this old Drizzt classic (I was inspired to re-read it after seeing the new Dark Elf Trilogy reprint show up on Amazon's best-seller list). Salvatore is a very poor (*bad*) descriptive writer here, but the storyline is truly unique and very entertaining. The drow take back-stabbing and betrayal to a new level, and I enjoyed the psychological introspection that several characters ruminate over. I also like the fact that this book has a very core "D&D"-ish feel.
The Dragon Reborn - I think I'm finished with Jordan. He's an excellent writer and I love his attention to detail, but the story didn't involve much more than a bunch of kids traveling overland from one place to another for vague and weakly-contrived reasons. Also, I expected much more than a 5 page climax after 700 pages of setup, there just wasn't enough "meat" to the story. At book 3 of this series, I'm already thoroughly tired of hearing characters continously say "Light!" and "Burn Me!" before virtually every comment, and Nynaeve gives a few sharp tugs to her braid on almost every page. Does she have obsessive-compulsive disorder or what??
Now reading:
Exile - The weakest link of the Dark Elf Trilogy, but I plan to finsh off all three books before retiring them to my bookshelf for another 10 years. The weakness of Salvatore's writing style is glaringly bright in my eyes after reading talents like Jordan & Martin (though my opinion of Jordan is fading).
The On-Deck circle:
Assassin's Apprentice - The title screams "junior high entertainment" to me, but Robin Hobb comes highly recommended by everybody so I'm going to give it a shot. I'm really looking forward to reading this.
Vector Prime - Most of my gaming group occasionally chats about the New Jedi Order books and so far I've had nothing to contribute to the conversation, so I'm starting with book one to see what this "Vong" talk is all about.
Krug
Newshound
Well just finished The Amber Spyglass, and as has been pointed out, it gets VERY heavy handed. With Blake and Milton cited as sources, you know it's going to be pretty philosophical. I can't say I enjoyed it that much. Some good ideas in the 1st, but the 2nd and 3rd were too dense for my liking. He tries too hard to make a point.
Next up, Steve Erikson.
Next up, Steve Erikson.
Dave Blewer
First Post
Finished Hellworld by Simon R Green... While probably start Sharpe's Fortress by Bernard Cornwell this afternoon.
WayneLigon
Adventurer
Doppleganger said:
It's an extremely good book. It also ties in to her 'Liveship Traders' series, but just by being in the same world. It's a nice series, somewhat bittersweet at times. New series is out now, already on the second book, this time returning to the characters in Assassin's Apprentice.
