[October] What are you reading?

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

That's what I thought your sentence said as I read through it. Now, THAT would make for an interesting Star Wars novel!

Oh, man that would be great.

 

[Priest_Sidran]

Is it any good? I've been thinking about aqquiring and reading those. The movie was...odd...but it seems like it'd work better in the original form.

I would send you my copy were it free to do so. I am about to call it quits... The concept is unique and very interesting peake fails to uphold his end of the bargain in his style of writing. I initially got a copy because I read the Alan Lee's Castles book and got interested in the Idea of Setting all within the walls of one castle. It turned out to be a disappointment so far. (Almost....shall I say it...Soap Opera-ish in a lot of ways)

I have the whole series of books in one volume so It is also a daunting read ( that is what I meant by the war and peace reference.

An Update finished reading Ill Met by Moonlight

Now reading Lord Valentines Castle by Robert Silversburg
And the Odyssy

 

[Priest_Sidran]

I love War & Peace -- Pierre Bezukhov, Natasha Rostova, Andre Bolkonskii, these are almost friends of mine.

I am glad that one of us likes the book ( I am not a fan of required reading myself, and this falls squarely on that list).

For me the old friends come from Bardic Voices in the form of characters of Rune, Robin and Nightingale and the cast of the Free Bards, Mercedes Lackey quickly jumped to the top of my favorite fantasy author's list following closely after Andre Norton, and Ursula K. Leguin with the newest member being Elizabeth Haydon.

Gorhmenghast? Turgid, yet dull; slow; boring; hints at depths of meaning, but entrapped in viscous prose. Ultimately not very interesting.

Amen to that, Has anyone read the Children of Amarynd by David B. Coe, I love the mixture of science elements and fantasy elements that underscore the series

 

[Tetsubo]

Dear Me by Peter Ustinov

 

[WayneLigon]

Just started on Koontz' Odd Thomas.

 

[Merlion]

I would send you my copy were it free to do so. I am about to call it quits... The concept is unique and very interesting peake fails to uphold his end of the bargain in his style of writing. I initially got a copy because I read the Alan Lee's Castles book and got interested in the Idea of Setting all within the walls of one castle. It turned out to be a disappointment so far. (Almost....shall I say it...Soap Opera-ish in a lot of ways)

I have the whole series of books in one volume so It is also a daunting read ( that is what I meant by the war and peace reference.

An Update finished reading Ill Met by Moonlight

Now reading Lord Valentines Castle by Robert Silversburg
And the Odyssy

Hmmm....well, I often enjoy writting styles that other people dont, and I dont mind a bit of long-windness here and there, so I may still give it a try at some point.

Thanks for responding.

 

[DwelleroftheDeep]

I think I'll be starting A Clockwork Orange soon. I expect to enjoy it.

 

[Ibram]

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and I am eagerly awaiting the new Feilx and Gotrek novel... It has yet to appear in my area.

 

[Justin]

Current Fiction: Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
I'm re-reading his Inhibitor books. When I read it a while back, I remember being displeased with Absolution Gap, but I'm hoping I'll have a different perspective this time.

Current Non-Fiction: The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
He's on tour now promoting this book and even though I live in Colorado, I'm going to Portland, Oregon at the end of the month for his discussion at Powell's. And The Selfish Gene is one of my favorite books.

Next Fiction: Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
Continuing the series.

Next Non-Fiction: Not Even Wrong by Peter Woit
I really enjoy his blog. Ages back when I read Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe it never struck me how pseudo-scientific string theory is. Woit's blog has been an eye-opener.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

Dinosaur Lives, by Jack Horner