[May] What are you reading?

[Halivar]

Lots of King's work ties in together in some ways.
Insomnia also ties in quite a bit with the Dark Tower Books.

Dangit! Now I have to go read Insomnia! I tried several years ago, but man... it was so dry. I only got about 100 pages or so. I guess I'll have to try again.

I also loved the shout-out to Harry Potter in the latest book. Very fun.

 

[Viking Bastard]

So far as I know, only Eyes of the Dragon, The Stand, and in the latest installment, he brings in Salem's Lot. Uberkewl.

Lots of King's work ties in together in some ways.

I know a lot of his books tie into each other, like Cujo and The Dead
Zone etc., I just didn't know that The Dark Tower did. In fact, I didn't
know he had written any fantasy besides TDT.

 

[Liminal Syzygy]

Perdido Street Station by China Mieville. I like it. Kinda a surrealist London. How's his other books?

I liked The Scar as much as PSS (it's set in the same Bas-Lag world). I'm looking forward to Iron Council quite a bit. I think it's supposed to be out in July. I didn't like King Rat as much as the Bas-Lag books -- it's really of a different genre -- but some people enjoyed it.

 

[Crothian]

I'm rereading the Harry Potter books for the who knows how many times. I usually do this when a new book in the series or movie is coming out.

 

[CCamfield]

A History of the Ancient Near East... volume 2! Reading about the Neo-Assyrians now, which is pretty interesting. Nasty bunch.

... I need a good novel. I've been reading some Greek mythology (Robert Graves' Greek Myths, skipping his wacky interpretations) but no novels recently. I really want to get my hands on Midnight Tides, the latest Steven Erikson book, but I'm worried that if I get it, I'll try to re-read the whole series and I really shouldn't spend that much time on that...

 

[Tetsubo]

Linguistics and your Language.

Fascinating introduction to the study of language, especially English.

 

[Abdomens]

I've just finished The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov, and I'm now continuing the read-o-mania with Condemnation by Richard Baker, third installment in the WotSQ - series.

Besides that, I have to read some biology, because final exam is closing in :\

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

Now I've moved onto Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.

I've now reached the point where I've read just about everything by the authors I really like, and am waiting for the next one in the series to come out... so now it's time for me to move on to authors I'm not familiar with, but whose stuff I've heard good things about.

I really liked Perdido Street Station, and will try to pick up Mieville's other stuff. The Weaver was a really nifty critter. And it seems the type of story that could make a pretty cool movie, too, with the varied characters and things.

 

[Tav_Behemoth]

Very cool stuff. So what did you think of the arc as a whole? Is it definitely worth continuing?

Definitely! The advance copy I got from PW didn't mention that it was the start of a trilogy, so I almost wrote a very frustrated review before I realized there was more coming. You gotta see what's next!

And hey, I wouldn't call the Aubrey/Maturin series boring. I read the first 10 myself years ago long before the movie

I know there are some people who find maintopforegallant masts boring, but all I meant is that my answers to "What are you reading" are going to be the same for months to come. Bliss!

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

If the books are M.Y.T.H. INC. how are you going to read them?

I've been concentrating on the Exalted Player's Guide, which I'm almost done with. After that I think I'll focus on Myth-ion Improbable.

My girlfriend read them a while ago, and she's giving the books to me in order. Great books. Though some of them aren't as good as the others...currently, Another Fine Myth is my favorite.