November--What are you reading?

[Asmo]

Back to good old Eddings and the Tamuli, "Dooms of Fire". I like his style a lot. Good stuff.


Asmo

 

[Nighthawk]

I finished A Feast For Crows by Martin. I am now reading Ravenor by Dan Abnett.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Well, you're in for a treat. Enjoy and make sure you come back and let us know what you thought about it.

Finished it last night. It was good. Knowing about the

Spoiler

full-page splashes of the dead, the identity of the mastermind (and the fact that there was some sort of mastermind), and his motivation

kinda hurt my enjoyment, but it was still good.

 

[barsoomcore]

Just finished IT. It was okay. About par for the course for most of King's books. Great build-up, weak ending, weird usage of sex. Having read Firestarter, The Shining, The Stand, and now this, I think I'll put King away forever. Maybe I'll read the Green Mile sometime, but I dunno.

Salem's Lot

Salem's Lot

Salem's Lot

Far and away King's scariest, greatest book. Better than The Stand, orders of magnitude better than Firestarter or The Shining, and in a whole different world than It.

Seriously, if I was only going to read one Stephen King book for the rest of my life, it would be Salem's Lot. Everything King does well, he does better than he ever did in that book. It's completely scary. And NOT too long, which is a big deal for a King book.

 

[demiurge1138]

Finished China Mieville's Iron Council a while ago, and unlike the first time I read it, actually enjoyed it. The ending is a huge downer, even compared to his usual endings, but I appreciated it a lot more this time.

Today, I picked up on a total impulse The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island by Weta Workshop. And it's probably the best impulse buy I've ever made. It's a lavishly illustrated field guide to the prehistoric fauna on Skull Island, from the wading birds and dinosaurs to the giant arachnids to Kong himself, Megaprimatus kong. It is incredible beyond my abilities to convey.

Demiurge out.

 

[Aus_Snow]

Phantastes, then Lilith (both by George McDonald) for the time being.

A Feast for Crows (by George R. R. Martin) next.

 

[Endur]

A Feast For Crows George RR Martin
Legacy of the Darksword Weis & Hickman
The Wilding CS Friedman

Various non-fiction (computer science, history, law)

 

[Pants]

Salem's Lot

Salem's Lot

Salem's Lot

Far and away King's scariest, greatest book. Better than The Stand, orders of magnitude better than Firestarter or The Shining, and in a whole different world than It.

Seriously, if I was only going to read one Stephen King book for the rest of my life, it would be Salem's Lot. Everything King does well, he does better than he ever did in that book. It's completely scary. And NOT too long, which is a big deal for a King book.

I concur.

Salem's Lot is.... really good. Reall creepy and just a downright good vampire yarn. I highly recommend it.

Give Eyes of the Dragon a try too.

 

[Testament]

A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin. Only just started reading ASoIaF.

Holy hell, can this man write. Is it normal to find yourself cheering for Daenerys though?

 

[Ibram]

I've been in a dry spell as of late... no new books have realy grabed my attention.

I have been rereading the Gotrek & Felix saga by William King, and its been most enjoyable. After I'm done with that I'm not sure what I'll read next... hopefully something will come out soon that catches my eye.