November--What are you reading?

[Desdichado]

I didn't see a thread on the first page anywhere for this, and since it's November 1^st, it seems the time to bring it up!

I just barely finished reading She by H. Rider Haggard, less than an hour ago, as a Project Gutenberg ebook. Next from Project Gutenberg, I'll be re-reading Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. In real books, I'm reading The Secret of Sinharat by Leigh Brackett. The version I have also has the book People of the Talisman included (both are fairly short) so I expect I'll read that too, while I'm at it. Then, I should have Sky Pirates of Callisto by Lin Carter in my hands by the time I'm done with that--it's the third book in the Callisto series, which I'm enjoying more than I thought I would.

Hmm... anything else this month? I'm not sure. Assuming I finish Thuvia, Maid of Mars, I'll probably read ERB's Lost on Venus next, but I doubt I'll get both of those read within the month. We'll see, though. I've also requested Leigh Brackett's The Book of Skaith from my ILL--it's been many, many years since I've read that and I actually have very little memory of it. If combines three earlier (and shorter) books in one; The Ginger Star, The Hounds of Skaith and The Reavers of Skaith.

And finally, I'm filling up some of my reading corners by pulling out my now two-year old copy of The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian and reading some of those stories again. I just read "Xuthal of the Dusk" the other day, for instance.

 

[Tetsubo]

The Anatomy Of Motive by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker

 

[DanMcS]

Just finished The Colour of Magic by Pratchett, which seemed really familiar all they way through, and I eventually figured out I read it 10 or 15 years ago. I've got The Light Fantastic next on my list.

Currently reading Inkspell, and will probably hit the sequel (Inkheart?) soon.

Before Colour, I read Eragon and its sequel, Eldest; that author has to be a gamer.

I've got Fingerprints of the Gods (Graham Hancock) on my stack because I think it will be good for whacky conspiracy theory gaming, or maybe I can use the ancient civilization he talks about in an RPG.

 

[EricNoah]

I'm in the middle of several books.

The Year's Best Sci Fi (#22)
As Told at the Explorers Club: More Than Fifty Gripping Tales of Adventure (not sure I'll dig much further into this one)
The Bloody Crown of Conan

But all will make way for A Feast for Crows when it comes out next week.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester

I loved Demolished Man so I thought I'd give another one of his classics a shot. So far so good!

 

[Chaldfont]

Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond.

I'm currently reading the section where he runs down the reasons why certain large mammals were domesticated and others weren't and how this affected different populations' uptake of sedentary food production. Sounds exciting, doesn't it?

Actually this stuff is great. It got me thinking about using his criteria to list the creatures in the MM most likely to be domesticated. It might be interesting fodder for a homebrew campaign.

 

[Wombat]

Just finished Going Postal and started in on the new(er) translation of The Mysterious Island.

Also completed my usual Hallowe'en ritual of reading October Country and a bunch of Poe & Lovecraft.

Next up? Probably some Charles de Lint.

 

[rom90125]

The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin by Gordon Wood. A very interesting and enlightening read thus far. Next on the stack is Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke.

 

[Eternalknight]

Flight of the Nighthawks by Raymond E. Feist, the first in his new trilogy.

 

[danbuter]

A Game of Thrones, which will be followed by the rest of the series. I haven't read it in years, and I've forgotten a lot of stuff.