Jan '09: What Are You Reading?

[Shade]

Finished The Swordsman of Mars by Otis Adelbert Kline.

Started The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson.

 

[el-remmen]

In honour of my upcoming golden anniversary, I am now starting a re-read of War & Peace.

A magnificent book, always.

HA! I was just coming to say I am reading this, but for me it is the first time.

 

[Wombat]

HA! I was just coming to say I am reading this, but for me it is the first time.

Then may you, Pierre, Natasha, Andre and the rest all have an amazing time!

 

[Krug]

Finished Name of the Wind and was quite impressed, though it felt like an overlong prologue. But wonderfullly written; definitely looking forward to the second book.

Decided to finish up my collection of Lone Wolf and Cub books, so re-reading #1-3.

 

[Crothian]

Name of the Wind was really good.

I am in the middle of A Rage for Revenge the third book of the War Against the Chtorr series by David Gerrold. It has been a great series so far, but in the third book I don't get all the dirty lyrics. Thay are really out of place.

 

[AJCarrington]

War Against the Chtorr...wow, I remember reading that series a long time ago... If I recall, I was into Gamma World (or some other post-apocalyptic game) at the time; really enjoyed the series.

Currently reading the Darkblade omnibus; enjoyed the first book a lot more that I was expecting. Things started to get a little stale (once they group headed into the Chaos wastes), but the first two-thirds were a lot of fun. Once that's done, probably going to dive back into Greg Keyes' Kingdom of Thorn and Bones series.

AJC

 

[The Human Target]

Just finished Game Night yesterday.

Nothing amazing really, but good fun nonetheless.

I'm starting Toll the Hounds by Erikson tonight.

 

[Kill Zone]

Currently working on Soul of a People: The WPA Writers' Project Uncovers Depression America.

 

[Croesus]

I just finished World War I: The African Front by Edward Paice. A good, solid, history of a subject that is usally ignored. While it is a bit long in the middle, I learned quite a bit.

I gave up on The Elfish Gene. Supposedly about growing up playing D&D, it's more about a guy blaming D&D for his own obsessions and downright wierdness. Unless you want to read the story of a disfunctional adolescent, avoid this one.

Thinking of starting Dread Empire's Fall series by Walter Jon Williams. Anyone know anything about these?

 

[Shroomy]

In terms of fiction, I finished reading Perdido Street Station (it only took me 14 months of on-and-off reading) and begun reading Scott Westerfield's Uglies after hearing about it on NPR (I'm almost done with it and will be moving on to the second book). Big difference in writing styles to say the least, but I'm enjoying it.