[June] What Are You Reading?

[John Q. Mayhem]

Just got Tales of a dying earth by Jack Vance for my birthday and I'm loving it. It's giving me such insight how the D&D wizard mold was cast. These stories are pure D&D before D&D was thought of.

Love Vance! I gotta re-read the Demon Princes... again... And soon.

 

[The Red King]

Love Vance! I gotta re-read the Demon Princes... again... And soon.

How is it???

 

[The Red King]

Hyperion, by Dan Simmons. Before that, Time's Eye, by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter, and The Big Knockover, by Dashiell Hammett.

The Hyperion books were pretty cool. I loved the Shrike.

 

[Nellisir]

The Hyperion books were pretty cool. I loved the Shrike.

Yeah, I'd be a lot frickin' happier right now if it had been clear that Hyperion was just the first half, and the book ends without any kind of resolution whatsoever. I don't have Fall of Hyperion, nor do I currently have even $5 to get a used copy, assuming I could find one.

 

[The Red King]

Yeah, I'd be a lot frickin' happier right now if it had been clear that Hyperion was just the first half, and the book ends without any kind of resolution whatsoever. I don't have Fall of Hyperion, nor do I currently have even $5 to get a used copy, assuming I could find one.

If I still had them I'd send them to you.... I read them about 10 years back I think. When you get the $$$, pick em' up. You wont be dissapointed.

 

[Nellisir]

If I still had them I'd send them to you.... I read them about 10 years back I think. When you get the $$$, pick em' up. You wont be dissapointed.

Yeah, I'll get them. It's just annoying. I'm reading the stories I skipped earlier in The Years Best SF Seventh Annual right now, and then I'll probably try and finish a few other books I started but didn't close out.

Have a serious jones for hard SF right now, though. I suppose I could actually go to the library....

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

How is it???

The Demon Princes series? Flat-out, no-holds-barred AMAZING start to finish. It's a tale of revenge, of one driven man out to avenge the death and enslavement of his family at the hands of the five Demon Princes, interstellar supervillains and diabolical criminals. It's full of Vance's incredible world-building and amazing use of language, obviously. Highly recommended, especially for anyone who ever wants to run/play in a SF game.

They're available in two omnibus editions.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Zombie Slayer by Nathan Long...still.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Pulled out my old anthology of "Thieves' World", Sanctuary.
Really puts me in the mood for some serious old school gaming, where everyone's perception of what's going on is a little skewed.

 

[Krug]

Rereading Bradbury's short stories. The Lake and The Veldt still pack a wallop.