[Nov] What are you reading?

[drnuncheon]

Okay, so I finished Dragons of a Lost Star monday and Dragons of a Vanished Moon Tuesday.

Urm... maybe I'll start on that Moreau Omnibus I picked up...

Hey! Someone else is reading it.

Did they credit Swann's books in the recent Polyhedron minigame/d20 Modern setting? Was it licensed, and I just didn't notice it? IIRC it had "moreaus" and "franks" and sounded pretty similar to these books...

J

 

[Kesh]

Hey! Someone else is reading it.

Did they credit Swann's books in the recent Polyhedron minigame/d20 Modern setting? Was it licensed, and I just didn't notice it? IIRC it had "moreaus" and "franks" and sounded pretty similar to these books...

J

I'll have to dig out that issue (not exactly recent), but I don't recall them mentioning it there. The writers did mention it on the Wizards' boards shortly after d20M came out, though.

 

[DMScott]

Read one novel so far: Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear. Pretty decent book. I also have Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay on the go, but that one hasn't really gripped me.

Most recent non-fiction was started in late October but finished in November: Lost Christianities by Bart D. Ehrman. Darned interesting read, it's about the early history of Christianity (1st to 4th centuries).

Not sure what'll be next on the hit parade.

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

Right now, finishing up on The Anubis Gates.

After this, I think I'm gonna reread Solomon Kane.

 

[morrolan]

Robert Rankin's Brentford Trilogy
Rereading Martin's Song of Ice and Fire
Translating Ceasar's Bellum Helveticum for Latin.

In gaming related works, the Midnight Campaign sourcebook.

Cheers,
Morrolan

 

[jonesy]

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. Oh my oh my oh my. Brilliant.

 

[Nighthawk]

I am also going through the Song of Fire & Ice books by George R.R. Martin again. The other book I am currently reading is The Last Temptation by Val McDermid (mystery).

 

[DanMcS]

Re-reading Debt of Honor (Tom Clancy), it's the last book in the Ryanverse series I can read anymore without being bludgeoned unconscious by Clancy's political views. And even this one is pretty racist, though at least it doesn't degenerate into the soft porn he started writing later on. Hunt for Red October was such a fun technothriller, what happened to you, Tom? Why do I keep reading these? I guess I keep hoping he'll turn it around.

I've got some serial killer mysteries my brother lent me, one is the sequel to The Alienist, gotta read those before he gets back from studying abroad.

 

[TiQuinn]

Trying like mad to get into "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman, but I'm having a tough time so far. It's a quick read, but it hasn't really engaged me. Maybe I'm a bit jaded or have read too many fantasy books, but the whole "outsider in a strange world" story is a tad old. Especially since most of these stories always seem to patronize the outsider because he's a newcomer.

 

[nikolai]

I'm reading The Dumas Club by Arturo Perez-Reverte. It's a bit hard to classify, a sort of mystery-adventure-thriller which follows a book dealer hired to authenticate a 17th century satanic text.

I picked it up yesturday and I'm about a third of the way through, and am totally hooked. It reads absolutely beautifully and I really can't recommend it enough. I've also read Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow recently, which I also thought was great. It's another sort of "thrillerish" novel, but a bit more literary than the usual stuff you come across. If anyone knows of other books, in a similar style, please let me know.

nikolai.