[September] What are you Reading?

[mmadsen]

I had to jump though all sorts of hoops to get my hands on copy of this book.

For anyone interested, you can get a copy of Scaramouche from Amazon easily enough.

 

[ragboy]

You sir, have excellent taste.

I'm reading Philip K Dick's A Scanner Darkly, but I've almost finished. Then I'll get into Slaughterhouse-5, one of those books I've always meant to read but never have.

Both great books! Scanner is my favorite PKD book. One of the few where he finally got off the drugs, then wrote about them.

Fiction: Grass for His Pillow by Lian Hearn
Non-Fiction: Anti-Spam Toolkit
Gaming: d20 Future and d20 Modern
Comics: No comics! Too poor.
Work: Another darn technical document...ug.

 

[mmadsen]

Up next on my plate is Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Get ready for a wild ride. The original Tarzan goes waaayyy over the top, and in ways you wouldn't expect.

 

[ragboy]

Get ready for a wild ride. The original Tarzan goes waaayyy over the top, and in ways you wouldn't expect.

And read the series! They get much better. The one with the movie crew is my favorite. Very tongue-in-cheek. Can't remember the title, but its in the teens.

 

[mmadsen]

After that, Catch-22, one of the few high school classics that I have never read.

Catch-22 was one of the few classics I missed too, and I was really looking forward to reading it. It ended up being one of the few books I absolutely could not stand. I never finished it.

 

[Lord Foul]

just reread: The Magehound, The Floodgate, The WizardWar by Elaine Cunningham

also Dissolution, Insurrection, and Condemnation in paperback (i hate hardbacks) by various authors.

and finally finished the paperback version of The Lone Drow by RA Salvatore

starting on the Rogue Series tomorrow night.

I liked the Rogues sreies. They were quick reads and they showed a different side of the rogue character.

 

[diaglo]

I liked the Rogues sreies. They were quick reads and they showed a different side of the rogue character.

read Hand of Fire by Ed Greenwood last night.

bad... very bad... probably the worst FR story i've ever read. i guess he couldn't recapture the story from the first book Spellfire. truthfully, it should have ended after the first book. the second book Crown of Fire was only okay but at least it had some things to keep you reading.

 

[Lord Foul]

read Hand of Fire by Ed Greenwood last night.

bad... very bad... probably the worst FR story i've ever read. i guess he couldn't recapture the story from the first book Spellfire. truthfully, it should have ended after the first book. the second book Crown of Fire was only okay but at least it had some things to keep you reading.

You're the third person I have heard say that. I'm going to start reading it this weekend for two reasons.
1. My wife said that I couldn't buy any more books until I read the ones that I alredy have.
2. Hand of Fire is the last book I have on the shelf that I have not read.

After I finish this one its back to the book store to reload.

 

[GSHamster]

I'm currently going through The Black Company series by Glen Cook. I've finished the first 2 series (and The Silver Spike) and am now working on Water Sleeps in the Glittering Stone series.

They are really good books, actually. Though they are a bit predictable and people not dying is beginning to bother me.

 

[Waylander the Slayer]

Just finished the following

Currently reading "The paper conspiracy" which seems quite good - based in 1700 England - sort of a Conan Doyilish book.

Finished "The lies my teacher told me" great book on American History or the lack there of.

Finished "The Liveship trader trilogy" - not a fan of ocean based adventures, but Robin Hobb blew me away with this one (i had finished the subsequent series - "The Golden Fool" prior to this) where i had to steal the plot contents and insert it into my campaign.

Juts finished the recent Discworld book - quite fun as always.