[September] What are you Reading?

[drothgery]

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.

That won't be a problem in Soldiers Live. I'm currently re-reading The Black Company in advance of the release of Green Ronin's d20 game, and to kill time before re-reading King's Dark Tower books before the final volume is released next week [released on the 21st, then a few days for Amazon to ship it to my place, so finishing a reread of the first 6 shouldn't be a problem.] Also this month: Bujold's Paladin of Souls; the Chalion books are showing that she's almost as good with fantasy as the Vorkosigan books showed she is with sci-fi.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

I'm currently reading "Heretic" by Bernard Cornwell, the third part of his "Grail Quest" trilogy. It's a story about an English archer during the Hundred Years' War. Very good stuff, a nice change from the Sharpe books (which I love, but tend to get a bit formulaic after a bit, though the last couple of "prequels" were very good.)

 

[talinthas]

Just finished Robin Hobb's Assassin Trilogy, the third young adult Dragonlance novel _The Dragon Well_, and just started _Flight of the Fallen_, another Dragonlance novel.

I've currently got Gibson's Neuromancer in the queue, and am always looking for more suggestions =)

 

[Liminal Syzygy]

Just finishing up Iron Council. Afterwards I'll be moving on to The Year of Our War or The Etched City. Any recommendations which way to go?

 

[Cthulhudrew]

I've currently got Gibson's Neuromancer in the queue, and am always looking for more suggestions =)

I actually liked Mona Lisa Overdrive and Count Zero better than Neuromancer, but since they're sequels (essentially), you'll probably get there after you finish Neuromancer.

 

[diaglo]

so i started the Alabaster Staff... but after 28 pages i put it aside. i'll wait until i have more time to start the Rogue series again.

instead i've decided to reread the Return of the Archwizards series. 3/4 of the way thru The Summoning and will probably start The Siege tonight. and finish the series this weekend with The Sorcerer

 

[WayneLigon]

Right now, I'm reading Point of Dreams by Mellissa Scott. Normally I don't read the third in a series before the others but finding the others has been somewhat difficult. I'm going to try buying them used through Amazon and see what happens. Most of the backstory mentioned is in the first few pages and so far I don't feel very overwhelmed by stuff detailed in the previous books. My only wish is for a map of the city and an explanation (which I assume will be in one of the previous books) as to why all the city districts are called 'Points'. The Point of Dreams is the theater district, that much is clear, while Point of Hearts is the Red-light area and Point of Knives is one of the seedy sections.

The time period is a kind of pre-Victorian era. Manners and the cut of one's clothes are extremely important. Social status is strictly defined. It's a kind of 'detective story of manners'-type of story. Magic does exist there, along with ghosts and such; people know about such things, but magic is very subtle.

I'm just getting into the meat of the detective story; the second murder has occurred with the first one (and how do you drown a man indoors on dry land without use of a bucket?) still unsolved.

After that, it's back to Conqueror's Moon I think, or perhaps I'll feel up to starting in on Tales of the Otori.

 

[Klaus]

Jack London's trilogy:

Bâtard (London's first dog story, and the dog was EEEEEVILLLL!!!!)
Call of the Wild
White Fang

 

[Desdichado]

I didn't ever think of that as a trilogy. Although it's been many years since I've read Call of the Wild or White Fang...

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

After a new year long hunt now, I finally managed to get my hands on 2010: Odyssey Two. It seems like the other three books are easy to find, but I couldn't EVER find 2010. Halfway through it now...I read this series about four years ago, and am glad to be re-reading it again.

Wow, I'd forgotten how much I loved these books. Though I remembered a good amount from both 2001 and 2010, I have forgotten most all about the last two...so once I get to those it'll be a nice surprise again.