[September] What Are You Reading?

[Andrew D. Gable]

Since no one else has put it up, I will.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Vol. 1

That's right NOT Romance of the Three Kingdoms! I finally finished! Yay!

 

[Enforcer]

Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy

The Legends anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg. From this, I've only read New Spring by Robert Jordan, The Hedge Knight is next.

 

[Liminal Syzygy]

The Light Ages, by Ian R. MacLeod.

Next on deck probably On Blue's Waters by Gene Wolfe.

 

[Eternalknight]

Rage of a Demon King by Raymon E Feist.

 

[Kesh]

Haven't started yet, but likely the Moreau Omnibus (really three books in one), followed by Fearful Symmetries, both by S. Andrew Swann. These are the inspiration for d20 Modern's moreaus.

 

[Hand of Evil]

A Dragon at Worlds' End by Christopher Rowley book 4 of Relkin and Bazil Brokentail. Been very happy with the books, lite reads but vry detailed world and very good dialog.

If you have never read them, Relkin is a Dragon boy, who takes care of the battle dragon Bazil as they defend their world from the forces of evil. A battle dragon is a land based dragon trained for war, fighting in the army fighting with sword and shield. Dragon boys make sure they are fed, armor is in shape and in battle prevent them from getting hamstrung.

 

[CCamfield]

It's kind of dull that I just started reading a great big book of Islamic history again (got it out from the library for a second time) that I've mentioned a number of times here.

I did however just finish reading Combat Sports in the Ancient World, by Michael Poliakoff, about boxing, wrestling, pankration ("ultimate fighting") and stick (staff) fighting in the ancient world. Pretty good read, although I wished there'd been more about the Egyptian stick fighting.

I just got out another book which looks like it'll be interesting (in its own right, and as campaign inspiration material): Samarkand and byond: a history of desert caravans, by James Wellard. Looks really neat... it's got maps with the main caravan routes (the Silk Road, the salt caravans across the Sahara, into Arabia for spices, etc).

 

[KnowTheToe]

Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy

Good Book.


I am reading the 3.5 DM Guide and should soon pick up the third Harry Potter book to read during lunches.

 

[JoeBlank]

Dragondoom by Denis L. McKiernan, of course.

It's the current selection in the EN World Book Club (see .sig)

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Dragondoom by Denis L. McKiernan, of course.

It's the current selection in the EN World Book Club

What he said.