Thanks! I hope you enjoy it.
Or, at least, aren't inclined to set it on fire.
"Hunters run", by Daniel Abraham, George R. R. Martin, Gardner Dozois. Sci - fi about the problems of identity. (reminds me of late -60s, early 70s sci-fi:).
just finished "pawn of prophecy" by david eddings. it had a decent mystery, but the characters lacked character and some of the dialogue was terrible, so i'm moving on.
up next: "lord of light," by roger zelazny.
up next: "lord of light," by roger zelazny.
Read that one about three or four times now. Great novel.
Having finished John Dies at the End I've moved on to Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America. It's very good so far, but the frequent subject matter (segregationists, for example) is so abhorrent that it can be very hard going.
Just finished up Jane Smiley's The Greenlanders and the six-volume Rex Mundi graphic novels. Moving on to The Great Influenza next, I think, or maybe some technothriller stuff like Ghost Country by Patrick Lee, both on my 'on deck' pile at the moment.
I just finished 'I Don't Want To Kill You' by Dan Wells. The third book in his Serial Killer series which chronicles the coming of age of a sociopath who wants to avoid being a serial killer.
Next up is 'Peter & Max', a Fables novel by Bill Willingham, who also wrote one of my favorite comic series, 'Ironwood', as well as, presumably, the Fables comics.
Next up is 'Peter & Max', a Fables novel by Bill Willingham, who also wrote one of my favorite comic series, 'Ironwood', as well as, presumably, the Fables comics.
I don't know if this is true or not, but I believe I once read that Willingham was an artist for some of the original AD&D manuals.
EDIT: Yup, just checked wikipedia.
I've just read an excellent book: "Stone Junction" by Jim Dodge. Highly recommended.
Sad zombie is sad. Not sure if I'll be reading anything for some time.
What? Being in the hospital is the perfect time to be reading!
Somthing M.Y.T.H Inc; book 12 of the Myth series by Robert Asprin.
Tried to read The Desert of Souls by Howard Andrew Jones. It says on the cover to be in the spirit of Robert E Howard, but I say: not even close. A very ordinary read and not a book I would heartily endorse.
Finished the first book in Michael J Sullivan's Riyria series, The Crown Conspiracy. Thought it a great throwback to Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser and the in the spirit of Lies of Locke Lamora. One of the best fantasy books I have read in a while. Will definitely be following up on this line of books. I recently learned this indie series has been picked up by Orbit, the sixth biggest publishing company in the world. The author wrote and actually painted the cover art on the first 5 books and his wife did the editing and publishing. Good news for them with their new six figure deal!
Currently reading Wolfsangel by M D Lachlan. Not that deep in but enjoying the Viking mythology and werewolves yet to come. Yummy!
Stalled on Plato in ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME SPOT! Weird.
Turned instead to The Great Financial Crisis: Causes and Consequences by John Bellamy Foster and Fred Magdoff. Won't say anything about it other than I found it very informative.
Well, I went back and re-started The Republic. I had originally been reading the Benjamin Jowett translation, but I switched over to the F.M. Cornford translation and it's been much less tedious. Cornford removes all the "I agree"s and "Yes"s that were putting me to sleep in the Jowett edition. Makes it much less of a dialogue, but easier to read.
I think that's odd. I only read the Cornford translation, but I thought that it was overflowing with "I agree"s and "Yes"s.
I never finished it either.
Well, I went back and re-started The Republic. I had originally been reading the Benjamin Jowett translation, but I switched over to the F.M. Cornford translation and it's been much less tedious. Cornford removes all the "I agree"s and "Yes"s that were putting me to sleep in the Jowett edition. Makes it much less of a dialogue, but easier to read.I think that's odd. I only read the Cornford translation, but I thought that it was overflowing with "I agree"s and "Yes"s.
I never finished it either.
Yes. I agree.
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No, of course it does, it's a dialogue.
However, the Jowett translation has them every other sentence, where the Cornford translation every ten sentences or so.
Done with my on-decks, moving over to The High King of Montival which I have been trying to finish for about four months. I have no idea why this one is so hard, maybe I finally got my fill of SM Stirling's world reshaping ...
In the same vein, I am restarting the Simarilion a book that I have yet to completely get through in roughly 30 years of trying. Time to try it once more and see how far I can get!
In the same vein, I am restarting the Simarilion a book that I have yet to completely get through in roughly 30 years of trying. Time to try it once more and see how far I can get!
If it doesn't click this time, I highly recommend giving up on the book and getting the audio recording. Kick-ass.
In the same vein, I am restarting the Simarilion a book that I have yet to completely get through in roughly 30 years of trying. Time to try it once more and see how far I can get!
I've read The Silmarilion twice (? maybe thrice) now. I always enjoy reading it as I read it. But after a week or two after I'm done, I realize that I don't really remember much of it, nor how it all fits together.
Anyway, maybe breaking it up into its component parts and interspersing other reading materials in between the different books might help.
Peter Straub kick: A DARK MATTER, IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW, and SHADOWLAND.
Loved Shadowland.
I'm currently reading How to Drive Your Parents Insane in Less Than 24 Hours, by Charles Henry Abercrombie.
I hear that's a really quick read by a young author who's just found his voice.
Put the finishing touches on Michael Moorcock's The History of the Runestaff Vol. 4, The Runestaff. All I can say is, sob.
Put the finishing touches on Michael Moorcock's The History of the Runestaff Vol. 4, The Runestaff. All I can say is, sob.
d'Averc?
In the same vein, I am restarting the Simarilion a book that I have yet to completely get through in roughly 30 years of trying. Time to try it once more and see how far I can get!If it doesn't click this time, I highly recommend giving up on the book and getting the audio recording. Kick-ass.
Yeah that might be the way to go
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Finished the first book in Michael J Sullivan's Riyria series, The Crown Conspiracy. Thought it a great throwback to Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser and the in the spirit of Lies of Locke Lamora. One of the best fantasy books I have read in a while. Will definitely be following up on this line of books. I recently learned this indie series has been picked up by Orbit, the sixth biggest publishing company in the world. The author wrote and actually painted the cover art on the first 5 books and his wife did the editing and publishing. Good news for them with their new six figure deal!
Currently reading Wolfsangel by M D Lachlan. Not that deep in but enjoying the Viking mythology and werewolves yet to come. Yummy!
I loved The Lies of Locke Lamora! What happened to this Scott Lynch guy? His follow up, Red Seas Under Red Skies, wasn't nearly of the same caliber (still a good book), but I chalked that up to a sophmore slump. His third book, The Republic of Thieves, kept getting pushed back until it was finally removed from release schedules.
I loved The Lies of Locke Lamora! What happened to this Scott Lynch guy? His follow up, Red Seas Under Red Skies, wasn't nearly of the same caliber (still a good book), but I chalked that up to a sophmore slump. His third book, The Republic of Thieves, kept getting pushed back until it was finally removed from release schedules.
Scott Lynch openly admitted he was diagnosed with Clinical Depression and on top of that, his wife left him. In a recent interview, he sounds like he has bounced back nicely and I think his new book, The Republic of Thieves is due out in November of this year.
The interview can be heard here and pressing on the Extras Tab.
He sounds like a pretty sharp guy.
I recently started Jack Vance's The Dying Earth and was simply blown away with some of the stories in it (I am Chun the Unavoidable!) Unfortunately, I wasn't too crazy about the sequel, The Eyes of the Overworld and may have to return to the series at a later date to finish it.
I am now reading Jeff Long's The Descent and am hooked! Great horror story involving a series of tunnels found beneath the earth's surface which may lead to the gates of hell. (I am pretty sure the Neil Marshall movie of the same name is loosely based on it) Fantastic writing, a real page turner and I am zipping through it.
I'm currently reading Confessor from the Sword of Truth series... again.
On my last trip top the library:
The last half of Gene Wolfe's New Urth Cycle Sword and Citadel.
The second Johannes Cabal book: The Detective. Necromancer ended clumisly but I will give him another chance.
The Fall: Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's second book in thier vampire series. Arguably one of the best takes on vampires in a long time, and I liked the Sarah Ash books
Outliers: Malcom Gladwell.
Sadly they didnt have the sequel to Sandman Slim in.
and The Windup Girl which has overtaken them all and dominates my life currently.
My wife wanted something new to read so I found her a copy of
The Worm Oraborous by E R Eddison
and Spider Robinson's Time Travellers Strictly Cash
4th book of the Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher
I loved The Lies of Locke Lamora! What happened to this Scott Lynch guy? His follow up, Red Seas Under Red Skies, wasn't nearly of the same caliber (still a good book), but I chalked that up to a sophmore slump. His third book, The Republic of Thieves, kept getting pushed back until it was finally removed from release schedules.Finished the first book in Michael J Sullivan's Riyria series, The Crown Conspiracy. Thought it a great throwback to Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser and the in the spirit of Lies of Locke Lamora. One of the best fantasy books I have read in a while. Will definitely be following up on this line of books. I recently learned this indie series has been picked up by Orbit, the sixth biggest publishing company in the world. The author wrote and actually painted the cover art on the first 5 books and his wife did the editing and publishing. Good news for them with their new six figure deal!
Currently reading Wolfsangel by M D Lachlan. Not that deep in but enjoying the Viking mythology and werewolves yet to come. Yummy!
Lies was excellent, agree 100% the follow up wasn't as good, but some fantastic characters and inspirational ideas regards rogues and the ilk.
Put the finishing touches on Michael Moorcock's The History of the Runestaff Vol. 4, The Runestaff. All I can say is, sob.d'Averc?
And, for a change of pace, I read Democracy: An American Novel by Henry Brooks Adams. Very good, even though the corruption depicted therein is pretty tame; probably wouldn't make a present-day American Senator think twice (I think it's set in 1872). But, despite it's title, it's more of a novel about relationships than politics.
RPG Superstar 2010 Top 32
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Zero History - William Gibson.
Absolutely fantastically wonderful, full of some of the coolest lines I've read in ages.
After this I'll be rereading Jeff Noon's Vurt, and Pollen. I vaguely remember an ice-cream van scene that's been nagging at the back of my mind to be revisited.
Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines
(And I had never even HEARD of the book until Wicht mentioned it on these forums.)
EDIT: Although... I just did a search, and found that Wicht had mentioned it here as well. And I must have read about it on this thread, but didn't notice. And it was mentioned in this very thread. Color me unobservant!
Just finished book II of the Dark Tower series, The Drawing of the Three, now I'm onto The Waste Lands. Good stuff thus far.