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

A place for anything *not* Donaldson.

Moderator: I'm Murrin

Post Reply
User avatar
I'm Murrin
Are you?
Posts: 15840
Joined: Tue Apr 08, 2003 1:09 pm
Location: North East, UK
Contact:
Contact I'm Murrin

Post by I'm Murrin »

Goodkind is terrible. Truly, truly awful, and worse as he goes along. Don't even bother starting, IMO.
Top
User avatar
Brinn
S.P.O.W
Posts: 3137
Joined: Mon Jul 01, 2002 2:07 pm
Location: Worcester, MA

Post by Brinn »

I thought Wizard's First Rule was decent enough. Pretty standard fantasy fare with nothing earth-shattering. Easy story to read. The second book "Stone of Tears" was also decent but any books after that are not good.

You're mileage may vary!
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill
Top
User avatar
Avatar
Immanentizing The Eschaton
Posts: 61791
Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:17 am
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Has thanked: 15 times
Been thanked: 22 times

Post by Avatar »

Shuram Gudatetris wrote: I've never read Dune and don't really know what to expect from it.
One of the greatest sci-fi novels of the 20th Century.

Brinn, nice to see you around. :D

I'm reading Iain M Banks, Use Of Weapons, the 3rd Culture novel.

--A
Top
User avatar
Avatar
Immanentizing The Eschaton
Posts: 61791
Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:17 am
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Has thanked: 15 times
Been thanked: 22 times

Post by Avatar »

Excession, Banks.

--A
Top
User avatar
Avatar
Immanentizing The Eschaton
Posts: 61791
Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:17 am
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Has thanked: 15 times
Been thanked: 22 times

Post by Avatar »

Inversions, Banks again. :D

--A
Top
Hiro
Giantfriend
Posts: 256
Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:30 am

Post by Hiro »

The Darkness that Comes Before, R. Scott Bakker
a reread, in preparation for The Unholy Consult...
Top
User avatar
Avatar
Immanentizing The Eschaton
Posts: 61791
Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:17 am
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Has thanked: 15 times
Been thanked: 22 times

Post by Avatar »

Look To Windward...more Banks.

--A
Top
User avatar
Shuram Gudatetris
<i>Haruchai</i>
Posts: 683
Joined: Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:48 pm
Location: Cameron, Missouri
Contact:
Contact Shuram Gudatetris

Post by Shuram Gudatetris »

I've ended up on a re-read of Rendezvous With Rama somehow. I read the whole Rama series years ago and liked it pretty well, but Rendezvous is the only one I actually own.
I also have 2001 on audiobook. I really like Clarke, and need to read more or his work. These two, Rendezvous and 2001, are the only ones I've read, if you don't count Gentry Lee books.

The Dark Is Rising didn't resonate with me the way it did when I was younger, and I abandoned it :oops:
Covenant is Linden Frankenstein's monster.

I maxed-out Tetris!
Top
User avatar
I'm Murrin
Are you?
Posts: 15840
Joined: Tue Apr 08, 2003 1:09 pm
Location: North East, UK
Contact:
Contact I'm Murrin

Post by I'm Murrin »

I've started reading Certain Dark Things, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
Top
Hiro
Giantfriend
Posts: 256
Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:30 am

Post by Hiro »

Reread, continued:

Bakker's The Warrior-Prophet!
Top
User avatar
Avatar
Immanentizing The Eschaton
Posts: 61791
Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:17 am
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Has thanked: 15 times
Been thanked: 22 times

Post by Avatar »

The Algebraist. Had already started it when I realised it wasn't a Culture book. Oh well...will squeeze it in quickly.

--A
Top
User avatar
Avatar
Immanentizing The Eschaton
Posts: 61791
Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:17 am
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Has thanked: 15 times
Been thanked: 22 times

Post by Avatar »

Matter, Banks, again. :D

--A
Top
User avatar
I'm Murrin
Are you?
Posts: 15840
Joined: Tue Apr 08, 2003 1:09 pm
Location: North East, UK
Contact:
Contact I'm Murrin

Post by I'm Murrin »

I'm reading Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor.
Top
Hiro
Giantfriend
Posts: 256
Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:30 am

Post by Hiro »

Bakker's The Thousandfold Thought, reread part 3.
Top
Hiro
Giantfriend
Posts: 256
Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:30 am

Post by Hiro »

And on to The Judging Eye, next installment in the reread.
Top
User avatar
I'm Murrin
Are you?
Posts: 15840
Joined: Tue Apr 08, 2003 1:09 pm
Location: North East, UK
Contact:
Contact I'm Murrin

Post by I'm Murrin »

A few days ago I read All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells. I'm currently reading River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (cowboys riding hippos, what's not to love?).
Top
User avatar
Avatar
Immanentizing The Eschaton
Posts: 61791
Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:17 am
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Has thanked: 15 times
Been thanked: 22 times

Post by Avatar »

Banks, Surface Detail. Only one more Culture book left... *sigh*

--A
Top
User avatar
StevieG
Andelanian
Posts: 5955
Joined: Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:47 pm
Location: Australia
Has thanked: 12 times
Been thanked: 15 times

Post by StevieG »

The Hobbit :D
Hugs and sh!t ~ lucimay

I think you're right ~ TheFallen
Image
Top
User avatar
Brinn
S.P.O.W
Posts: 3137
Joined: Mon Jul 01, 2002 2:07 pm
Location: Worcester, MA

Post by Brinn »

The Unholy Consult...for the second time.
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill
Top
Hiro
Giantfriend
Posts: 256
Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:30 am

Post by Hiro »

Brinn wrote:The Unholy Consult...for the second time.
No way! How did you get an ARC?

Plus, how is it?
Top
Post Reply

Return to “General Fantasy/Sci-Fi Discussion”