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<blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 3624692" data-attributes="member: 22882"><p>Recently Read:</p><p></p><p><strong>Ringworld's Children, Larry Niven</strong></p><p>The best Ringworld book since the original, IMO.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs</strong></p><p>I don't enjoy the Burroughs's Mars stories as much as a good Robert E. Howard yarn because John Carter is so over-the-top. He IS the high level fighter taking on armies single-handedly. Still, 'don't enjoy as much as a good Robert E. Howard yarn' is praising with faint criticism, and this was still a rip-roaring good read.</p><p></p><p><strong>The City of Towers, Keith Baker</strong></p><p><strong>The Shattered Continent, Keith Baker</strong></p><p>I was very pleasantly surprised by these. Most novels by game designers don't come off too well, but not only does Keith's enthusiasm for the setting shine through, he actually tells a really enjoyable story with solid characterization, too. I'll pick up the third one soon.</p><p></p><p><strong>Perdido Street Station, China Mieville</strong></p><p>Exceedingly well written, and at its peak toward the middle, one of the best horror novels I've ever read. Brilliant buildup of suspense leading to a shocking and terrifying reveal. Especially when I was reading it at 1:00 AM. Only, it's not really intended as horror, it started slow, and the resolution was anticlimatic. Overall, I liked it better than I expected and didn't mind the somewhat odd, if period-appropriate, late-19th/early-20th century socialist agitation nearly as much as I would have thought, but it definitely wasn't as good as I thought it would be for a while.</p><p></p><p></p><p>On Tap:</p><p></p><p>Probably nothing for a while; I've got a lot of work to do (including fiction, and I don't like to read too much during the actual working period of a fiction project), a couple of console games begging to be played, a campaign running. And then there's that whole social life thing...</p><p></p><p>When I get the time, I'll pick up the final Dreaming Dark book and probably another China Mieville, since I did enjoy PSS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoogleEmpMog, post: 3624692, member: 22882"] Recently Read: [B]Ringworld's Children, Larry Niven[/B] The best Ringworld book since the original, IMO. [B]Gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs[/B] I don't enjoy the Burroughs's Mars stories as much as a good Robert E. Howard yarn because John Carter is so over-the-top. He IS the high level fighter taking on armies single-handedly. Still, 'don't enjoy as much as a good Robert E. Howard yarn' is praising with faint criticism, and this was still a rip-roaring good read. [B]The City of Towers, Keith Baker The Shattered Continent, Keith Baker[/B] I was very pleasantly surprised by these. Most novels by game designers don't come off too well, but not only does Keith's enthusiasm for the setting shine through, he actually tells a really enjoyable story with solid characterization, too. I'll pick up the third one soon. [B]Perdido Street Station, China Mieville[/B] Exceedingly well written, and at its peak toward the middle, one of the best horror novels I've ever read. Brilliant buildup of suspense leading to a shocking and terrifying reveal. Especially when I was reading it at 1:00 AM. Only, it's not really intended as horror, it started slow, and the resolution was anticlimatic. Overall, I liked it better than I expected and didn't mind the somewhat odd, if period-appropriate, late-19th/early-20th century socialist agitation nearly as much as I would have thought, but it definitely wasn't as good as I thought it would be for a while. On Tap: Probably nothing for a while; I've got a lot of work to do (including fiction, and I don't like to read too much during the actual working period of a fiction project), a couple of console games begging to be played, a campaign running. And then there's that whole social life thing... When I get the time, I'll pick up the final Dreaming Dark book and probably another China Mieville, since I did enjoy PSS. [/QUOTE]
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