really enjoyed Altered carbon. sort of sci fi Ray Chandler. personally I didn't find the violence overly gratuitous - that's what the critics said (presumably to excite the young male readers), but it's really not that bad. Not a huge fan of violence meself.

will be reading broken angels soonish

Last Guardian of Everness - reall good

reads like a mix between Tim Powers, early Clive Barker and Poul Anderson.


read his sci fi Golden Age trilogy as well which I'd highly recommend - mindblowing.

that's in the U.K. at any rate (Book 6 The Bonehunters). Dunno where the U.S. is up to.

Warmark Jay

Yep, you're onto a good'un with Erikson - great stuff. And he just keeps getting better!!!

Can't believe I have to wait till Feb 06 now till the next book - Booooooo

Ainuindale (hope that's right) Couldn't stomach GRR Martin - I seem to be one of the few who thinks he's very overrated - superficial, poor quality world building. I found his handling of heraldry inept. Sounds a bit petty I know, but things like this just make the whole scenario seem artificial and...

read half of Curse of the Mistwraith - then gave up.

Awful - derivative and lacking any depth. I was quite surprised how bad it was after Steve Donaldson's positive comments - he's enetitled to his opinion of course, but this author's not in the same league.

I'm about to start ship of magic. I've been trying to figure out what to read during my winter holiday in St Ives, Cornwall. Nothing too heavy going as I do a lot of holiday reading semi-inebriated in the pub :D just some straight forward good old fashioned High fantasy I remembered reading the Fars...

wow - high praise indeed Danlo.

I will read with interest!!

picked some books up at the library. what do you think of these books (and the authors in general!!)?

Sean McMullen - Voyage of the Shadowmoon

Ken MacLeod - Cosmonaut Keep

David Zindell - Neverness

cheers

(apologies -off thread)

Murrin - I notice your in York. Fine city.

The Maltings and the Three Legged Mare are two of my all-time Favourite pubs. great ale

I'd recommend the following:

Perdido Street Station by China Mieville

The Year of our War by Steph Swainston

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson

Stone by Adam Roberts

absolutely anything by Michael Moorcock

finished Altered Carbon. Very good, but I'm more a Space Op rather than "cyberpunk" type of guy. Still, I'd recommend it.

Now reading the Eternal Champion by Michael Moorcock. Dated but a darn good yarn!!

No disrespect intended to anyone, but I think many of the films mentioned are pure cr*p. My point is not to denigrate anyone's opinions, but to highlight the lack of good quality fanasy films. Maybe LOTR will change all that. It's also a budget thing, I know, but true nonetheless. Rumours are that t...

Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan.

Very good, but i'm more a Space Opera fan than "cyberpunk".

still, enjoying it.

I tried to read Shadow of the Torturer a couple of years back and gave it up. I think I was in shock at seeming to understand so little. However, I know I'm missing out and should give the books another go. But frankly, I'm scared 8O. This is heavyweight "speculative fiction". Does anyone ...

Animal

very difficult to say, but....favourite of all time...(in no particular order)

1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2. Nick Drake

3. Sebadoh

4. Beatles

5. Tom Waits

this is tough - so many good'uns

1. Dear Prudence

2. A day in the Life

3. Hey Jude

4. Across the Universe

5. Strawberry fields forever

Murrin 'scuse me (I'm a bit slow), but are you saying that the publishers are ditching the Youll cack for the USA? I don't blame Youll- a professional who was comissioned to design a particular type of cover. I blame the publishers for shamelessly trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator. I...

keep getting logged out for some reason . that's me above if amyone's interested.