What are you reading? (April 2005)

[Ghostwind]

Just started reading the Forgotten Realms novel, The Rage. After that, I have The Rite and Realms of Dragons on my list.

 

[Chaldfont]

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell, Susanna Clarke. I have to recommend this book just for it's subtle humor. It's a bit slow, but its worth it for the characters and the many asides that make the setting real.

The Red Star comic series. I've read the compilations out of order! I can't wait for the library to get Nokgorka. This is one of the most imaginative comics I've read.

The Goon comics. Whoa, freaky stuff.

I gotta get a bunch of stuff read before I dive back into Neal Stephenson's books again. The Confusion is up next.

 

[IronWolf]

Getting a solid start on The Thousand Orcs of the Hunter's Blade Trilogy (Forgotten Realms).

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Hi John Q. Mayhem,

I'm sure this has been said before but wouldn't you love to be reading this series for the first time. I'm not too sure from your post whether you've read them all before or whether you have arrived at Madouc. If the latter, I sincerely wish we could trade places.

Yup, it's my first time I found The Green Pearl in my thrift store (go ahead, ask me what else I've found there. Your head will explode with envy). That was years ago, and I've just now gotten around to getting Suldrun]s Garden. Soon I'll get the last.

I'll pop back down to your SH shortly.


I got a bit distracted from the other reading I'm doing by The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane. It was alright, but the insane racism was rather galling

Ah well, Solomon'd make a great IK character.

I recently purchased Tales of the Dying Earth, the four novels in one volume. It's my first with this series, too, and it rocks.

 

[Herremann the Wise]

Yup, it's my first time I found The Green Pearl in my thrift store (go ahead, ask me what else I've found there. Your head will explode with envy). That was years ago, and I've just now gotten around to getting Suldrun]s Garden. Soon I'll get the last.

I'll pop back down to your SH shortly.


I got a bit distracted from the other reading I'm doing by The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane. It was alright, but the insane racism was rather galling

Ah well, Solomon'd make a great IK character.

I recently purchased Tales of the Dying Earth, the four novels in one volume. It's my first with this series, too, and it rocks.

Hello again,

I believe you can get The Green Pearl and Madouc in the same volume too. I envy you incredibly.

Best Regards
Herremann the Wise

PS: Look forward to you popping back in to my SH.

 

[Insight]

I just finished Elric of Melnibone (Book One of the Elric series) by Michael Moorcock and am now started on The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (Book Two of the Elric series). It's tougher sledding than the first book, but I hope to have it done by the end of the month.

I've heard good things about Poul Anderson and his work. Has anyone read his stuff? Can you recommend a title?

 

[Tetsubo]

Reason and Conduct: New Bearings in Moral Philosophy by Henry D. Aiken.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Necromancer by Jonathan Green a Warhammer novel.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Kirsty MacColl: The One & Only by Karen O'Brien
and
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H. P. Lovecraft

 

[Krieg]

I've heard good things about Poul Anderson and his work. Has anyone read his stuff? Can you recommend a title?

The standard response is Three Hearts and Three Lions which is a lot of fun and had some influence on Gygax and D&D in the early days.

However my personal favorites are The Broken Sword

...and Hrolf Kraki's Saga

His "King of Ys" (with wife Karen) and "Hoka" (with Gordon R. Dickson) series are also excellent.