[June] What are you reading?
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Halivar
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I'm on hiatus from the WoT series (see May edition), because I picked up Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. I commented in the May thread that I wanted to read The Baroque Cycle, but wasn't sure if I would like it; some folks said I should read this first to see if I like his writing style (and I do). It is absolutely great. Well, some parts I could do without; but by and large it is a great book.
It's a must read if you like math or cryptography. It's also given me inspriation for a new quest idea.
It's a must read if you like math or cryptography. It's also given me inspriation for a new quest idea.
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Mark Chance
Boingy! Boingy!
On my list for this month:
Imajica by Clive Barker
Lourdes: A Modern Pilgrimage by Patrick Marnham
The Ball and the Cross by G. K. Chesterton
A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis
I still haven't finished The Black Book of Communisn or Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago. I was thinking about trying to finish up Mircea Eliade's Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy.
Imajica by Clive Barker
Lourdes: A Modern Pilgrimage by Patrick Marnham
The Ball and the Cross by G. K. Chesterton
A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis
I still haven't finished The Black Book of Communisn or Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago. I was thinking about trying to finish up Mircea Eliade's Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy.
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Swords of Haven by Simon Green
I need to get by the book store this week.
I need to get by the book store this week.
Mog Elffoe
Explorer
I'll probably finish up The Last Detective by Robert Crais tonight and then I've got a stack of books to choose from. I don't know if I'll jump into some Flashman books by George MacDonald Fraser (I have about six of them just lying around), Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk, or start the Black Company series by Glen Cook next.
cignus_pfaccari
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Currently reading Atlantis in America, which is really annoying. I enjoy Lost Ancient Civilizations and such, but the authors aren't nearly as fun to read as Graham Hancock.
After that, I have the two Garrett, P.I. novels I was missing, Old Tin Sorrows and Deadly Quicksilver Lies. Next, the Tower of Fear (all three by Glen Cook).
Then, John Keegan's Intelligence in War and The Second World War. Then I'll need more books, but hopefully John Ringo's Emerald Sea will be out.
Brad
After that, I have the two Garrett, P.I. novels I was missing, Old Tin Sorrows and Deadly Quicksilver Lies. Next, the Tower of Fear (all three by Glen Cook).
Then, John Keegan's Intelligence in War and The Second World War. Then I'll need more books, but hopefully John Ringo's Emerald Sea will be out.
Brad
Heretic Apostate
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Cincinnatus and the Citizen-Servant Ideal: The Roman Legend's Life, Times, and Legacy [font=verdana,arial,helvetica][size=-1]by Michael J. Hillyard[/size][/font]
I've been trying to find books on Cincinnatus for years, now I finally found one. Unfortunately, it's on its way, so I can't read it yet.
Now, if I could just find a book on Vauban, Napoleon's siege engineer.
I've been trying to find books on Cincinnatus for years, now I finally found one. Unfortunately, it's on its way, so I can't read it yet.
Now, if I could just find a book on Vauban, Napoleon's siege engineer.
Rabelais
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This month's books
The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox by Barry Hughart I can't recomend this enough. It's an exciting adventure story (actually 3 separate novels together in one volume) set in 7th Century CE China. It's brilliant, exciting, funny and romantic. Everything that good Fantasy should be.
The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox by Barry Hughart I can't recomend this enough. It's an exciting adventure story (actually 3 separate novels together in one volume) set in 7th Century CE China. It's brilliant, exciting, funny and romantic. Everything that good Fantasy should be.
Rabelais
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This month's books
The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox by Barry Hughart I can't recomend this enough. It's an exciting adventure story (actually 3 separate novels together in one volume) set in 7th Century CE China. It's brilliant, exciting, funny and romantic. Everything that good Fantasy should be.
The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox by Barry Hughart I can't recomend this enough. It's an exciting adventure story (actually 3 separate novels together in one volume) set in 7th Century CE China. It's brilliant, exciting, funny and romantic. Everything that good Fantasy should be.
