What Are You Reading? (March 2005)

[MonsterMash]

Still digging through Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson

Also for work reading The Unified Modelling Language Reference Manual

 

[Klaus]

Just finished Three Hearts And Three Lions, by Poul Anderson, my very first experience into the D&D-inspiring literature apart from LotR.

Just started City of Towers, by Keith Baker. Seems OK so far, but I only read, like, three chapters.

Apart from that I'm juggling theEberron Campaign Setting, the three published Eberron adventures, Sharn: City of Towers sourcebook and the DC Comics Guide to Coloring and Lettering Comics.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Just started Inheritance: Book One of the Keys of Power by Simon Brown - so far a good read and getting into the story.

 

[Berandor]

Just finished the Farseer trilogy and Daniel Pennac's Reads Like a Novel.

On my slate right now is:
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"The Swarm" by Frank Schätzing (a German Ecothriller)
House of God by Samuel Shem
A Heartbreaking World of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers (in English)

 

[Berandor]

How is that? I've read the first couple of chapters, and it just didn't draw me in as much as I'd like. Maybe I'm just too used to the short, abrut prose of some of my favorite authors...

I liked it fine enough. I enjoyed the portrayal of Victorian Wizardry a lot. If there's one thing I would hold against it, it'd be its moderation. There's no real tension, the funny moments make you smile, not laugh, etc. But very well written, I thought.
8/10 to me.

 

[Macbeth]

I hate to disappoint you all... but Children of the Mind is really not very good at all. No, really. There's some good ideas, and an interesting secondary character, but the plot isn't captivating at all. You'd be better served by reading the Ender's Shadow series.

Demiurge out.

Yeah, I really like the Shadow series, and I think of them as the 'real' sequels to Ender's Game.

 

[Jdvn1]

I hate to disappoint you all... but Children of the Mind is really not very good at all. No, really. There's some good ideas, and an interesting secondary character, but the plot isn't captivating at all. You'd be better served by reading the Ender's Shadow series.

I plan on reading those later, though. I don't really expect Children of the Mind to be that good, because I can kind of guess how everything is going to resolve. Most of the problems laid forth in Speaker of the Dead were resolved in the closing chapters of Xenocide, and the rest seems kind of bleh. Just want to finish the series, though. Then I'll take a break from Card to read the Triangle trilogy, then on to the Shadow books.

 

[ragboy]

Fic: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, Moorcock. It's on hold at the moment. Elric-fatigue.
Nonfic: Nothing...need something. History or political science...anyone?
Comics: Conan 13, Ultimate FF (ug), some other random stuff
Gaming: Grim Tales, Stack of Dungeon magazines for the kids' new campaign.

Waiting: Forbeck's Eberron book. Need to go pick that up tonight.

I really liked Ender's Game, thought the Speaker for the Dead was good, and couldn't finish Xenocide. My wife has read everything he's ever written, but she's a Mormon, so it's probably compulsory.

 

[Jdvn1]

My wife has read everything he's ever written, but she's a Mormon, so it's probably compulsory.

That reasoning is hilarious.

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

Stonehenge by Bernard Cornwell