[June] What Are You Reading?

[Chairman7w]

Finished "Area 51" (kinda fun) and now I'm reading "Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe"

Man, is this book wonderful. Just fascinating, and even more so because it really happened. Loving it.

 

[ssampier]

I hope comic books and graphic novels count

This month I have been reading a lot of comic books and graphic novels. I bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 tablet and I bought a few new digital comics, including the first few issues of Batman: Hush.

I also started reading the Ultimates, the ultimate version of the Avengers. Since my only exposure to the Avengers is the recent movie Ant Man (Henry Pym) took some getting used to.

Further, I bought Red Sonja v4 vol 1 Digital Omnibus. I haven't finished reading all of it, but I like the action so far.

In addition, I bought and read in print: Astro City: Life in the Big City, Dark Tower:Gunslinger Born, and Astonishing X-Men:Gifted.

 

[Richards]

Graphic novel-wise, I'm reading my way through the compilations of The Boys. I just finished up book four, where they deal with the G-Men ("X-Men" counterparts).

And Story Hour-wise, I'm reading my way through Sagiro's original story hour featuring the adventures of Abernathy's Company. I've been meaning to for ages but have always been intimidated by its massive size (that's what she said!), but then realized that was silly, as I've long been a fan of Sagiro's creativity and knew I would enjoy it. And sure enough: I downloaded the first of several compilations of his campaign (this one is a 405-page PDF that I'm about a fourth of the way through) and it's been a very pleasurable read. (I find the player and DM inputs as fascinating as the adventurers' exploits.)

Johnathan

 

[Mark CMG]

I'm back to some of those 70s Lancer Conan editions by Howard, Carter, and de Camp. Still clear that some are subpar but I like the idea of creating a chronology and filling in some gaps. Plus, I do enjoy some of the situations and characters from even the least of those stories, no matter if they are not told up to Howard's standards, such as they were.

 

[Hand of Evil]

The Bride Wore Black Leather by Simon Green

 

[Nellisir]

Woman with a Birthmark, by Hakan Nesser. Fall of Hyperion, by Dan Simmons. Back issues of Uncanny X-Men. Reading has been light.

 

[Mercutio01]

Currently reading:
Naval Wargaming by Paul Hague
A Clash of Kings by GRRM

the current issue of Poetry Magazine

On the pile:
the next two books by GRRM (don't own the newest one yet) which I will most likely alternate with---
the next two books in the Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey

I'm now 100+ pages into A Storm of Swords and about a third of the way through Kill the Dead.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

I busted through Pellucidar, Thuvia, Maid of Mars, and about half of Pride and Prejudice over the weekend.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

The Elric of Melnibone series by Michael Moorcock. I have an older edition of the series, which starts out with Elric sitting as king of the Ruby Throne, instead of starting with the first stories that Moorcock wrote, which come after. He is very much the anti-Conan, but the story is still a lot of fun.

I am also reading my newly acquired DCC RPG book.

 

[Agamon]

Just started Hyperion by Dan Simmons. I've heard good things and I like how it's started.