What Are You Reading? (March 2005)

[Greylock]

About halfway through "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond. Not quite living up to the hype, yet, but enjoyable. I'm about to put this one in high gear. Got a little stack of fantasy books to take a gander at, and I haven't read fantasy in ages. Then probably some Arabian, Crusader history for April.

 

[Insight]

Just finished Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life among the Pirates by David Cordingly, compulsory reading for anyone working on pirates roleplaying supplements (along with Skull & Bones, of course!).

About halfway through Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock. These Elric novels are quite small in terms of page count, so I'm aiming to finish the Elric series by summer.

 

[RichGreen]

Hi,

Currently reading Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett. Before that, I read The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay (which took a while to get into but was worth it in the end!)

I'm also reading the last part of Cerebus the Aardvark "Latter Days"

Cheers


Richard

 

[Pants]

Reading City of Towers by Keith Baker at the moment.

I put aside The Dragonbone Chair a while ago because it's so bloody hard to get into.

I also have The Silver Spike, Slaughterhouse Five, A Brave New World, and Cryptonomicon waiting to be read/finished. Should keep me occupied until either The Bonehunters by Erikson or A Feast for Crows by Martin comes out.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

I'm reading "The Years Best Fantasy Stories 12" from 1986, particularly Harlan Ellison's "Paladin Of The Lost Hour".

 

[GrendelKhan]

Re-reading "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman.

 

[Nighthawk]

What did you think of it? I've got it on order, but haven't received it yet.

Possible Spoilers!








It was an ok read. It is the first time I have read any fictional work by the author (Matt Forbeck). At this time, I have no major complaints or issues as it is the first book in a trilogy (AFAICT).

I like a character (Kandler, flaws and all), dislike a character (Te'oma, who is not a pure villain, IMO), and I am intrigued by the concept of the Mark of Death. I consider the Warforged to be nicely introduced and well handled.

Some of the pacing was off in my eyes, and I cannot understand the "why" of some events, but that is cool. As the books progress, that may change. I can also be quite dense.

I will be purchasing the second book when it is released.

 

[Pants]

Re-reading "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman.

Good book.
I'm looking forward to his Anansi Boys book that is coming out... sometime during the next year.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

"A Short History of Biology" by Issac Asimov.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

"Turbulant Souls" by Stephen Dubner - the book is the story of a young man whose Jewish parents become Catholics before marrying... it is only after he graduates college that he truly comes to understand what Judaism/Jewish is and, eventually, returns to his Jewish roots... a good read, if a bit surreal to read about conversion OUT of your faith.