June - What are you reading?

[Krug]

Packed a copy of Stephen King's The Gunslinger for my trip to France.

 

[jonathan swift]

Tales of the Old World, a short story collection set in the Warhammer Fantasy universe. Some really good stuff.

 

[Voadam]

Merlin, I forget who the author is, though I want to say Stephen R. Donaldson

The rest are rpg books right now

I just finished Dread Codex by Adamant Entertainment

I'm close to finishing Tome of Magic (3e).

Burok Torn City Under Siege by SSS.

I plant to start Mercenaries by AEG next and Monsternomicon 3.5

 

[Steve Jung]

I'm reading The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide. After that I'll probably read Star Trek: Vanguard #3: Reap the Whirlwind.

 

[Raven Crowking]

I just finished Dragonfly by Frederic S. Durbin and am currently reading In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales by Lord Dunsany.

 

[Mallus]

Just finished Superluminal by Tony Daniel. It's the sequel to Metaplanetary and hands-down, the best, most slam-bang entertaining pair of books that no-one but me and my friend Jeff have read. They're a little like Tom Robbins writing Buck Rogers for the post-singularity crowd... what's not to love? They're so much more entertaining than John C. Wright's "Golden Age" trilogy, which was published around the same time.

Next, I try to finish a book I've put down and picked up a few times; C.S. Friedman's This Alien Shore. I've come to realize that, while I like her characters and plots, her bland and slightly... confessional prose style really puts me off.

After that, Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policeman's Union. I can't wait. In fact, the odds are good I put This Alien Shore down yet again.

 

[Asmo]

Next, I try to finish a book I've put down and picked up a few times; C.S. Friedman's This Alien Shore. I've come to realize that, while I like her characters and plots, her bland and slightly... confessional prose style really puts me off.

"confessional prose style" ? Can you expand on that?

Asmo

 

[Mycanid]

I'm finishing off some old Howard Pyle stuff before it has to go back to the library; Otto of the Silver Hand, Twilight Land, and The Wonder Clock.

GREAT STUFF!

 

[Mallus]

"confessional prose style" ? Can you expand on that? Asmo

Her prose often comes off sounding like blog entries written in the 3rd person. Too much free indirect discourse. The POV is situated too close in to the characters, or not close enough.

Like an friend telling you about her exciting day in a really boring manner.

 

[ShadowDenizen]

Put aside the Dresden files (Just finsied Book 3) to read "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss.

Really spectacular debut novel!!