[May] What are you reading?

[Liminal Syzygy]

Currently on The Golden Age by John C. Wright. Impressive stuff dripping with ideas on each page -- it's hard at time to wrap your head around what's happening. I did have a bit of trouble getting into it but past pg. 100 or so it's been smoother reading.

 

[Pants]

Just finished Stephen King's Eyes of the Dragon and am starting on Salem's Lot. Yes, I'm on a King binge.

 

[Tav_Behemoth]

The Golden Age is definitely a wild ride, but not one to recommend to your friends who aren't completely steeped in SF. As this link mentions, the author is a descendant of the Wright Brothers! BTW, when that page says Publishers Weekly calls John C. Wright "this fledgling century's most important new SF talent, that's my review they're talking about! Doing capsule reviews for PW is nice because your writing gets to reach a big audience, except that your name isn't on it...

Reading The Curse of Chalion & Paladin of Souls, along with Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series, made me think that most RPG games suffer from an over-abundance of gods; both authors do wonderful things with a very small pantheon.

I'm commenting on other folks' reads because my own are boring and will be for quite some time: Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey and Maturin series. I'm on The Surgeon's Mate and it makes me infinitely happy that I have 13 more to go!

 

[Halivar]

Just finished Stephen King's Eyes of the Dragon

A must read for fantasy fans, even if you don't like horror (which it isn't). It's actually the first fantasy book I ever read (back in '90, I think... I was only 10). Reading EotD made reading the Dark Tower series that much more enjoyable, especially when they made mention in one of the books of Thomas chasing Flagg around Mid-World. Also makes The Stand a must read, since

Spoiler

it's the same bad guy in all three titles

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[Viking Bastard]

Really?

I didn't know The Dark Tower series had ties to any other of King's titles.

 

[Liminal Syzygy]

Weekly calls John C. Wright "this fledgling century's most important new SF talent, that's my review they're talking about! Doing capsule reviews for PW is nice because your writing gets to reach a big audience, except that your name isn't on it...

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

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

 

[Halivar]

Really?

I didn't know The Dark Tower series had ties to any other of King's titles.

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

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

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

Good to know Footprints of God is good too. I was looking at picking that up, maybe.

 

[Pants]

A must read for fantasy fans, even if you don't like horror (which it isn't). It's actually the first fantasy book I ever read (back in '90, I think... I was only 10). Reading EotD made reading the Dark Tower series that much more enjoyable, especially when they made mention in one of the books of Thomas chasing Flagg around Mid-World. Also makes The Stand a must read, since

Spoiler

it's the same bad guy in all three titles

.

It was a very good book, I highly recommend it. It felt like King was trying to write in an almost 'faerie tale' way. I think he succeeded and it really payed off. Excellent book.

Really?

I didn't know The Dark Tower series had ties to any other of King's titles.

Lots of King's work ties in together in some ways.
Insomnia also ties in quite a bit with the Dark Tower Books. I've heard that IT may also tie in (rather vaguely actually), although I have yet to read it.

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

Awesome. You just listed all three King books that I have sitting in my bedroom.

Started Salem's Lot last night and man, King can really build up some damn creepy atmosphere. Already I am enjoying Salem's Lot more than Insomnia and I'm only 100 or so pages in.

 

[Decado]

I am on the 4th Anita Blake novel, The Lunatic Cafe. So far the series has been nothing but enjoyable. I think the setting and background of the novels would be great for an RPG campaign.

Decado