What fantasy/science fiction book are you reading RIGHT NOW?

[Hiro]

I finally started Robert Jackson Bennett's City of Blades.

I liked that one.

Currently reading 'Rhetorics of Fantasy', by Farah Mendlesohn. Has anyone hear read it?

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Nah, never heard of it.

Finished The Thousandfold Thought on the weekend, busy with The Judging Eye, the first book of Bakker's Aspect-Emperor series. (and my least favourite of the bunch so far.)

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[Hiro]

Nah, never heard of it.

Finished The Thousandfold Thought on the weekend, busy with The Judging Eye, the first book of Bakker's Aspect-Emperor series. (and my least favourite of the bunch so far.)

--A

It is quite interesting. A taxonomy of fantasy, dividing it in four categories, portal/quest, immersive, intrusive, and liminal fantasy.

Yeah, The Judging Eye was my least favorite as well.

[I'm Murrin]

I've just finished reading The Obelisk Gate by N K Jemisin. It's very good, but has some of the usual issues of a middle book of a trilogy. This book is about telling us what the main conflict is, and introducing the various players on the various sides, so we're set up ready for the final volume.

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Yeah, The Judging Eye was my least favorite as well.

About half-way through. Nearly ready for The Great Ordeal.

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The White Luck Warrior, book 2 of the Aspect-Emperor.

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The Great Ordeal, the new book in the Aspect-Emperor series.

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So, despite swearing off Feist after the Serpent War series, I picked up all 3 volumes of his "Darkwar" trilogy since it was a price I couldn't refuse for a matched set...

Just started book 1, Flight of the Nighthawks.

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Book 2, Into A Dark Realm

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Wrath of a Mad God, last of Feist's DarkWar series.

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[Fist and Faith]

I just read Nightwise, by R.S. Belcher. I enjoyed it. I don't usually read urban fantasy, so not sure how it stacks up, but I thought it was good.

[kevinswatch]

Finally finished Morning Star last night, the last book in the Red Rising trilogy. Very fun read.

Now it's time to start my great... GAP CYCLE REREAD

Dun dun dun.

-jay

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Nice, we'll expect you in the Gap forum anon then shall we?

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Dancer's Lament, the first book of the new Esselmont trilogy, "The Path To Ascendancy."

Tell you one thing, it'll be easier to read than Kharkanas.

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[Fist and Faith]

Yes it will!

[Fist and Faith]

I just finished Sisterland, by Curtis Sittenfeld. I was on a big psionic kick for a while, and still read some now and then. Twin sisters who are psychic. Mainly they see things, via various methods/routes (dreams; spirits; etc) that are going to happen, not often in great detail. Only barely scifi/fantasy, it's set in the real world. Sort of like if the psychic at your local New Age shop was the real thing. First person from one of the sisters. (After I finished, I read the About the Author, and learned that Curtis is a woman. Lol. I had been wondering why a guy wrote about a woman in such ways.) A good read, where you want to see what happens next, whether it's how the psychic visions will turn out, or the emotionally draining soap-opera stuff. There's more of the soap-opera than the psychic, but I didn't know that going in. (Probably would have expected it if I'd known Curtis is a woman. )

[StevieG]

Just finished my grand Gap reread - it is still a standout as far as I'm concerned!

On to The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, a recommendation by Murrin...

[Hiro]

The Baron in the Trees
Italo Calvino

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So...finished Dancer's Lament. I actually really enjoyed it. Maybe my favourite Esselmont to date.

Only thing is, it might have kicked off a whole new Malazan re-read.

On Night of Knives now, will see how I feel...

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[Fist and Faith]

I know how you feel. I can't read nearly as fast as you, so I won't be doing an entire reread any time soon. But I'm in the middle of RotCG at the moment.