November--What are you reading?

[Desdichado]

I just picked up a ton of books from Amazon and Abebooks, so I'll probably have them all arrive in a week or two, and then I'll be reading them for the next few months or so.

• Sky Pirates of Callisto by Lin Carter
• Swordsman of Mars by Otis Kline
• Outlaws of Mars by Otis Kline
• Planet of Peril by Otis Kline
• Goddess of Ganymede by Michael Resnick
• Pursuit on Ganymede by Michael Resnick
• Warrior of Llarn by Gardner Fox
• Thief of Llarn by Gardner Fox
• Transit to Scorpio by Alan Burt Akers

I'll probably also buy Almuric by Robert E. Howard off of an ENWorld member here in the next little bit too. Along with my eBooks of older Edgar Rice Burroughs stuff and whatnot, that gives something like 20-25 books on deck.

Also, just got a note from my library--the Flash Gordon reprints of the original Sunday Morning comic strips have come in for me in three volumes. I'll go check those out and read them too. I imagine that'll be very quick reading, though.

 

[Kanegrundar]

Ghost Hunter's Guide by Hans Holzer. He's a bit of an arrogant arse, but there are tons of good "true" ghost stories in this HUGE book. It was an impluse buy the week before Halloween, and I'm very happy with it.

 

[Vraille Darkfang]

Just finished Children of the Rune, a collection of short stories set in the Diamond Throne. some good yarns in there but I felt it was a little bait and switch as many of the stories only had or dealt with Runechildren on the side. It was good enough though to get me to check out the next book, The Dragon's Return. Hopefully that will be more focused while retaining the quality.

Dragon's Return does focus more on the Dragons.

Even if they don't take center stage, their presence (or rumors of) really shape the stories.

I liked it better than Children of the Rune

 

[Taelorn76]

Currantly reading "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova. Just started it and its a little slow, but it seems to have potential.

 

[ragboy]

Feist has got to be my favourite author. Magician is my all-time favourite book; the Serpentwar Saga may favourite series. I'm about half-way through Flight of the Nighthawks - pretty interesting so far.

I had been trying to get my oldest son to read Magician since he was 7 or 8. He finally picked it up a week and a half ago and now he's on Silverthorn. Always loved that series.

For me, I've 'discovered' Martin. Holy creeping crap! That man can write:

Fiction: Clash of Kings
Non-Fiction: The Medieval Japanese Daimyo. The Ouchi Family's Rule of Suo and Nagato.
Comics: Conan (Dark Horse)
Gaming: Savage Worlds and a couple of SW Fantasy toolkits.

 

[Eboe]

Reading this month

First I wanted to respon to this part;

I just finished reading Treasure Island for the first time. Great book! I'm in a class on children's lit, and every week a different student reads a book aloud to the class. Instead of reading a whole picture book, I read a chapter from Treasure Island ("The First Blow," where the action really starts heating up). This class full of mostly 20-year-old girls sat in rapt attention, and several of them told me that it was the first time they understood why the book was a classic. I was all happy and stuff.

Another great book in a chidrens set is Where the red fern grows by Rawley, it will make all the girls in you class cry and hit on you.

As to what Im reading last night I finished off A Knife of Dreams and cant seem to figure out who the Lord of Chaos is yet? But to this month I think Im going for Crows, and maybe our small press authors book A Kings Quest,, why not and Terry Brooks new one as well I have all the time in the world to read.

 

[Starman]

As to what Im reading last night I finished off A Knife of Dreams and cant seem to figure out who the Lord of Chaos is yet?

The Dragon Reborn himself, Rand al'Thor.

 

[amethal]

Just got back from a trip to Cardiff, where I picked up a load of second hand books.

I've finished The Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton; its quite good, if short, and seemed surprisingly different to the film in many places. (The 13th Warrior )

I didn't pick up on any of the Beowulf references in the film, only (slowly) when I read the book. Haven't seen the film in a while, so not sure if that makes me an idiot or not.

I'm also reading Footfall by Niven and Pournelle. I liked their Legacy of Herot (more Beowulf, by a strange coincidence) but I'm finding this one pretty slow going. Anyone out there willing to give me some encouragement to finish it?

Next it'll be their sequal to The Mote in God's Eye (title escapes me at the moment).

Its nice to visit some different second hand book shops for a change, even if my wife insisted on getting The Sword of Shannara despite my lyrical descriptions of how much I hated it.

 

[Aris Dragonborn]

Currently reading:

Fiction: Belgarath the Sorcerer by David Eddings, and Incubus Dreams by Laurell K. Hamilton.
Non-Fiction: Jarhead, by Anthony Swofford.
Gaming: Star Wars d20 Revised Core Rulebook, and various SW supplements in preparation for an upcoming campaign.

 

[AIM-54]

Let's see:

About to finish The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull by Robert Utley. I enjoy delving into the history of the American West periodically. Pretty good book from a well-respected author. After that, I'm looking at Bombs, Bugs, Drugs, and Thugs by Loch Johnson, and depending on how fast I finish that, following up with Strategies of Containment by John Lewis Gaddis. I do love me the Cold War. Also, I will be receiving my copy of the new Calvin and Hobbes three book compilation around Thanksgiving. It's supposed to be beautiful and I am inordinately excited.

Gaming-wise, I'm about to finish off Target: Wastelands and then delve into Loose Alliances to fulfill my Shadowrun needs.

Also, have to concur with above opinions on Treasure Island and Where the Red Fern Grows. Both fantastic books, though I haven't read either in years. I sometimes wonder about kids these days. I read Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Treasure Island, Call of the Wild...many of the classics, and I loved them. I dunno what turns some people off, though I suppose they can be challenging reads.