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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 8983537" data-attributes="member: 70">I was in another reading slump again, then found Children of Memory (Adrian Tchaikovsky), the sequel to Children of Time and Children of Ruin, in a bookstore a couple weeks ago. Read that; happened by another store and got Shards of Earth (same author). Also decided to reread Glen Cook's Dread Empire series; did A Fortress in Shadow (the prequel duology); A Quiet Wind (main trilogy); and Reap the East Wind (vol.1 of the final 3-book duology if I'm understanding it correctly.) Just started An Ill Fate Marshalling (vol.2 of book 1). A Path to Coldness of the Heart (book 2); An Empire Unacquainted With Defeat (Dread Empire short stories) (if I can find where I put it); and Eyes of the Void (back to Tchaikovsky) are on deck in some order. And the usual unread shelves. Going to what should be a pretty big used booksale near Dartmouth NH on Monday, with the GF.Some kind of balance between not reading at all and reading every free moment might be nice occasionally.The symmetries and differences between Dread Empire & Black Company are interesting. Also the magic in Dread Empire is pretty D&D-ish, albeit a near-total lack of religion. It clearly exists, and people mention gods as concrete things, but otherwise gets about no percentage in the books. I'm appreciating Cook's "nobody is fancy" approach; it's kinda hilarious reading about archmagi nervous about approaching a woman, and being outrageously magical when they have a kid (big colorful letters over the castle saying "IT'S A _______!!!"). Also his long-running habit of casually resolving long-running mysteries or concerns in a line or two.I  just printed & had bound MM2 (1e) & Monsters of Myth (OSRIC); and Basic Fantasy Field Guide 2 & 3 and A Hamsterish Hoard of Monsters (all B/X-ish). (I'm not sure about Monsters of Myth but the others aren't available in print or POD).  The ink costs a bit, but coil binding is like $4.30 at staples, and I have cardboard I use as covers so they'll stand on the shelf. I grouped them into two volumes because why not. A little casual refresher reading for in-between times.</blockquote>

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