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Scarab Sages

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Currently reading Worldbinder - on deck is Fatal Revenant the next in the Thomas Covenant series. After that probably Confessor the last of the Sword of Truth Books. I may switch the order of those.

Scarab Sages

I'm currently reading Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen. It's classic Hiaasen... more of the absolute nutjobs that populate the Sunshine State. I'm enjoying it greatly.


I'm currently reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo for school.

I was surprised. The book is very good so far. Compared to other classic novels like the Great Gatsby and Great Expectations, this is proving to be a really great read.

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Les Miserables is a Great Book. I'd skip the chapter on poop in the Paris sewer system, though. It's boring as hell and has nothing to do with the story. My (Penguin) edition moved it to an appendix.

I'm currently reading:

The Hounds of Skaith by Leigh Brackett
Citadel of the Star-Lords by Edmond Hamilton
Who Fears the Devil by Manly Wade Wellman (my current favorite of the year)

I still haven't finished:

The Shores of Death by Michael Moorcock (this is really good, but it keeps slipping down the priority pile for one reason or another).

On the plane home for Thanksgiving I finished "Skeleton Men of Jupiter" by Edgar Rice Burroughs (the final John Carter of Mars story) and a novella by C. L. Moore entitled "Paradise Road." Both were excellent.

--Erik


Recently finished China Mieville's "Iron Council." The second book of his I've read. They were both okay, better in some parts, worse in others. Now I'm less than 100 pages into "Tree of Smoke" by Denis Johnson. It is definitely literature...but I'm enjoying it anyway. I've read a few magazine articles Johnson's written (he did a really great piece for Harper's about Charles Taylor's child soldiers in Liberia--they're called the Small Boys Army) and two novels, "Jesus' Son" and "Angels". I preferred the latter.


Erik Mona wrote:
Les Miserables is a Great Book. I'd skip the chapter on poop in the Paris sewer system, though.

Yet I find myself strangely intrigued...


well, i am reading le morte d'arthur, Sir thomas malory

a brief history of time (stephen hawking)

and the wide window (lemony snicket)

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Jebadiah Utecht wrote:
Recently finished China Mieville's "Iron Council." The second book of his I've read. They were both okay, better in some parts, worse in others. Now I'm less than 100 pages into "Tree of Smoke" by Denis Johnson. It is definitely literature...but I'm enjoying it anyway. I've read a few magazine articles Johnson's written (he did a really great piece for Harper's about Charles Taylor's child soldiers in Liberia--they're called the Small Boys Army) and two novels, "Jesus' Son" and "Angels". I preferred the latter.

I read Jesus' Son in college and thought it was one of the better "modern" books they had us read. What's Angels about?

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The Spiraling Worm by David Conyers and John Sunseri. Very good. Probably the best, modern, non-pastiche man vs. the Mythos stories I've ever read. Nice in this Chaosium collection is something I've never seen them do in past anthologies: each story is interconnected and follows a handful of protagonists. I enjoy all the Chaosium and ESP collections because I'm a sucker for them, but this one is really, really good. Recommended (and don't judge this book by its really, really crappy cover--Chaosium spent about a decade putting out photomontage covers that everyone universally hated, so now they're back to cartoonish, computer-rendered stuff that just looks amateurish. Oh, well.).


Erik Mona wrote:

I'm currently reading:

Who Fears the Devil by Manly Wade Wellman (my current favorite of the year)

Great stuff! I got hooked on his "Silver John" novels and moved on from there. It's almost too bad there are already published collections... MWW would otherwise be a great addition to the "Planet Stories" line.


Erik Mona wrote:
I read Jesus' Son in college and thought it was one of the better "modern" books they had us read. What's Angels about?

It's like Jesus' Son in that it's gritty and depressing, but unlike Jesus' Son in that it's not written in a minimalist style but something much closer to Joan Didion or Robert Stone. The book starts when a single mom gets on a bus in Oakland with her two kids, meets a guy who is clearly homicidal, and for no particularly explicable reason decides to stay with him. It gets worse from there. This guy reappears in Tree of Smoke as a supporting character.


Andrew Turner wrote:


Is that a good 'oh, man' or a bad 'oh, man'

The very best kind.


The 1632 series truly is great. I cannot recommend them enough.
Also, check out the Lord Darcy stories by Randal Garrett. Like Sherlock Holmes in an alternate universe with a "forensic sorceror".


Reading now:
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: Book 1: Lord Foul's Bane.

And preparing to read the 4th book in the Necroscope series.


I am currently reading Splooooorrrtch by Will Upchuck

Spoiler:
Sorry. The idea just popped into my head and I couldn't resist.


Vomit Guy wrote:

I am currently reading Splooooorrrtch by Will Upchuck

** spoiler omitted **

After his work on Ralph!, I'm a bit sceptical about a sequel. The first book had such a definitive ending and it just seems like a play for more money.


James Keegan wrote:
Vomit Guy wrote:

I am currently reading Splooooorrrtch by Will Upchuck

** spoiler omitted **

After his work on Ralph!, I'm a bit sceptical about a sequel. The first book had such a definitive ending and it just seems like a play for more money.

But Splooooorrrtch just sounds like it will have a lot more volume than Ralph!, more meat if you will. A hefty chunk of a book.


Erik Mona wrote:

Les Miserables is a Great Book. I'd skip the chapter on poop in the Paris sewer system, though. It's boring as hell and has nothing to do with the story. My (Penguin) edition moved it to an appendix.

I'm currently reading:

The Hounds of Skaith by Leigh Brackett
Citadel of the Star-Lords by Edmond Hamilton
Who Fears the Devil by Manly Wade Wellman (my current favorite of the year)

I still haven't finished:

The Shores of Death by Michael Moorcock (this is really good, but it keeps slipping down the priority pile for one reason or another).

On the plane home for Thanksgiving I finished "Skeleton Men of Jupiter" by Edgar Rice Burroughs (the final John Carter of Mars story) and a novella by C. L. Moore entitled "Paradise Road." Both were excellent.

--Erik

Any chance of Planet Stories publishing Manly Wade Wellman's Silver John books???? Puh-leasssseeeeee!!!!!!!!

Paizo Employee Chief Creative Officer, Publisher

I'd certainly love to. Wellman is really, really good. Nightshade has a series of complete works in print, but it would be nice to do an affordable edition of "Who Fears the Devil," for example. I am blown away by that book.


Moi: A Soldier in the Great War by Mark Helprin

Gavgoyle wrote:
I'm currently reading Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen. It's classic Hiaasen... more of the absolute nutjobs that populate the Sunshine State. I'm enjoying it greatly.

Man I love Hiaasen, I'll have to check that out.


Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch. Not as good as The Lies of Locke Lamora but still a fun read.


The Diamond Throne; by David Eddings

Scarab Sages

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Valegrim wrote:
The Diamond Throne; by David Eddings

I love that book and series. If I ever play a Paladin (I prefer the term Knight) he will be a bit more like Sparhawk than my DM will probably be comfortable with.

I just finished City of Beast (Planet Stories) and am now reading the Anubis Murders. I will probably read the other book that has been released in the series next by C.L. Lewis.


Valegrim wrote:
The Diamond Throne; by David Eddings

Wow, that takes me back all the way to the early 1990's when Eddings had just finished his Belegarid and Mallorian series.

Currently reading Feast of Souls by C.S. Fridman and then onto Mistborn, the Final Empire.


You know, there's a really cool website called goodreads.com where you can show ratings and reviews of books you like (or hate). It's kind of like MySpace without the innate creepiness.

Sovereign Court

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After finishing all 3 Azzie Elbub books from Zelazny/Sheckley I have started with the first book in a Norwegian series "The Saga of the Icefolk" translated to German (name: Trollbundet / Bewitched / Der Zauberbund).

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"When will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops" by George Carlin.


"The deed of Paksenarrion" by Elizabeth Moon. It's been a loooong time I haven't discovered such a great author. Since Robin Hobb and Georges RR Martin in fact :) Too much FR books clouded my judgement I guess ;o)

BTW "Shadowbred" and "Shadowstorm" by Paul S. Kemp are good readings if you like gritty FR novels.

I'm also reading "Trend Following" by Michael S. Covel. A must-read if you're looking for a robust trading method and a few rules to start trading.

Bran.

Dark Archive

Vampireslayer, Book III of Gotrek and Felix Second Omnibus (Warhammer Fantasy)

Liberty's Edge

I'm viddying a real flip horrorshow biblio called 'A Clockwork Orange' by some starry chelloveck name o' Anthony Burgess. It's full o' the old ultraviolence, O my brothers, as well as no malenky mesto o' the red, red krovvy. O my droogies, 'tis a horrorshow vesch.


Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. Existential and political to boot.


The Eldritch Mr. Shiny wrote:
I'm viddying a real flip horrorshow biblio called 'A Clockwork Orange' by some starry chelloveck name o' Anthony Burgess. It's full o' the old ultraviolence, O my brothers, as well as no malenky mesto o' the red, red krovvy. O my droogies, 'tis a horrorshow vesch.

After we treat these foul eunich jellies real horrorshow-like, we can head down to the Moloko.

I knew a guy in HS (Nicky Scandifio sp?) who actually mocked the Moloko in NYC. He may have even medicated the milk.


Oliver von Spreckelsen wrote:
After finishing all 3 Azzie Elbub books from Zelazny/Sheckley I have started with the first book in a Norwegian series "The Saga of the Icefolk" translated to German (name: Trollbundet / Bewitched / Der Zauberbund).

1 down , 46 to go:).

Reading "The Buddenbrooks" by T. Mann, just because i found it in "the most boring book" thread, not the quickest of reads but interesting.
"The Electric church" by Jeff Somers, methinks the author has been playing to much Shadowrun ...
"Baltimore blues" Laura Lippman, crime and rowing.
Finished "Midshipman's hope" by David Feintuch, it's Hornblower in space, with a bit too much corporal punishment for my taste .

Sovereign Court

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game, Starfinder Society Subscriber
Jit wrote:
Oliver von Spreckelsen wrote:
After finishing all 3 Azzie Elbub books from Zelazny/Sheckley I have started with the first book in a Norwegian series "The Saga of the Icefolk" translated to German (name: Trollbundet / Bewitched / Der Zauberbund).

1 down , 46 to go:).

There are only 9 available in German (I did not choose Scandinavian languages with my bonus languages for Int - German, English + Latin for me, with a teensy bit of French thrown in). But as they are currently reissued, there is a chance that the new publisher may not stop with Book 9...

Scarab Sages

TwilightKing wrote:

Reading now:

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: Book 1: Lord Foul's Bane.

Oh, these are some of my favorite books! I'm eagerly anticipating the completion of The Final Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. But, I guess I shouldn't get too eager because the last book isn't due out unitl 2013.

I recently finished reading Hood by Stephen Lawhead. I hope I get Scarlet for Christmas.


Forever by Pete Hamill.

Anyone else know this book? I'm about 250 pages into it and I like it. Old Ireland, Celts, swords, a little old magic, revenge, old New York, a little American revolution. . .

I'm only halfway through it, but so far I would recommend it.


Dont Know Much About History
by
Kenneth Davis

like to keep my hand in and brush up on American History.


Just finished up Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. Fixing to start Glory Road by Heinlein.


oooh; Tegan; you so rock! Glory Road is one of my favorites. Have read it many times; have you read it before?


'The Conquering Sword of Conan' by Robert E. Howard.


Wintersmith, by Terry Pratchett


Satainc Verses

As ever,
ACE


Just finshed 'Hero' (Superhero prose fiction by Perry Moore; I give it an average C for a first novel; at least he didn't go with the two egregious cliches I thought he would use - 'Soon I Will Be Invincible' by Austin Grossman is a much better superhero novel), and started on 'Money' by Terry Prachett (which features Mr Lipwick from 'Going Postal').


recently finished:
Rising - Brian Keene
It's a decent apocalyptic zombie novel. It's got a different take than most zombie novels I've read. The zombies are created by demons that inhabit the bodies of the dead (including nonhuman animals).

Currently reading:
The House of Morgan - Ron Chernow
It's about the history of the Morgan banking empire.

Taxing Ourselves - Joel Slemrod and Jon Bakija
A non-technical look at various tax systems. A really good explanation of the different tax systems that have been proposed without taking sides for a particular approach.

Dark Archive

Seeing Red by Frank Beddor, the 2nd of the Looking Glass Wars trilogy


Currently about 1/3 of the way through The Well of Ascension, the second book in the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. The first book in the series was incredible and while this one is suffering slightly from a case of "middle book"-itus, I still highly recommend it. The magic system he has developed for this is one of the most original ones I've seen in years.

BTW, in case no one else has bothered to mention this somewhere else on here, Brandon Sanderson has been hired to complete the final book in Jordan's Wheel of Time series.

Paizo Employee Chief Creative Officer, Publisher

I recently finished "Citadel of the Star-Lords" by Edmond Hamilton and "Skeleton-Men of Jupiter" by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

I'm about to finish a novella called "Battle in the Dawn" by Manly Wade Wellman, from a 1938 issue of Amazing Stories. The early human warrior Hok and his tribe encounter the brutal Neanderthals in the danger-filled plains of ancient Europe. It's pretty incredible, and Wellman remains my favorite discovery of 2007.

I hope to get a chance to republish this story in a Planet Stories anthology some time in the next year or so. It's wonderful.

--Erik


The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. It is the 1974 printing, which I think is the original printing. A good catch at the local GoodWill for under $2.00.

Also, I am reading QUE's Upgrading and Reparing PCs.

Edit - Ok. It is the 2nd edition. The first edition was a hardcover.


Sharoth wrote:

The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. It is the 1974 printing, which I think is the original printing. A good catch at the local GoodWill for under $2.00.

I have the first printing harcover.

Great book.

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