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

Post by **tallan** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:57 am

<i>Vurt</i> by Jeff Noon. Still have to wait til saera finishes Runes... But that's okay, since she bought it for lots of money and I didn't.

Post by **Alynna Lis Eachann** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 4:15 am

Not keeping a specific eye on the best-seller list, but I did notice that Runes was something like #85 on the amazon.com "top sellers" list. Pretty good, considering the mass-market mess that's taking top honors there. Harry Potter 5 was #83, I think.

What sci-fi am I reading right now? Well, Runes obviously. And sneaking in Harry Potter: OotP, too. Started on Mordant's Need, but so far...

Post by **danlo** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 5:46 am

stick with it babe! AMRT rocks!

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 11:03 am

Make it two weeks. Just saw I could cancel and reorder Shadowmarch and save £1.80, but the release date has changed to Nov 4th.

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 7:42 am

Mission Earth 8: Disaster

Post by **Loredoctor** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:08 am

The Book of the New Sun series. Oh the beauty. I LOVE this series.

Post by **Xar** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:57 am

I just finished my re-read of all six Covenant books, and by the end of this week (hopefully) I should be able to grab a copy of Runes. If I can't for any reason, Elric, Amber and several mythology books are waiting for me...

Post by **Avatar** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:41 am

Mission Earth 9: Villainy Victorious

Post by **duke** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 5:56 am

I've almost finished "100 years of solitude" by Marquez. Although its not strictly "fantasy/sci-fi", it has a lot of magical and supernatural elements to it. About a family and a town in the Carribbean (sp?), and their development from primitive natives to modern (Western) people. A tough read given that so many characters in it have similar names, but worthy of the 'classic' status it has attained.

My fiancee keeps nagging me to read the Death Gate Cyle by Weis and Hickman next ...

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 6:24 am

Mission Earth 10: The Doomed Planet

Death Gate cycle is not bad, chances are though that you'll only really enjoy it if you like their other works.

--A

Post by **Cate** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 9:47 pm

Im reading Mark Jeffrey's book, The Pocket and The Pendant. It is a terrific story, and I can't do it justice right this moment, but will finish it this week.
It is unexpectedly, wonderfully different.

Post by **Avatar** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 5:33 am

The Killing Stroke

Post by **Avatar** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 4:47 am

Horizon Storms, by Kevin J. Anderson. Book 3 of The Saga of Seven Suns.

Dunno if anybody knows these, more Sci-Fi in the epic tradition. Don't know how many there will be, but it seems that more and more people are going for these huge series.

Is it Jordan rubbing off? Or was it started by Hubbard himself with his (groundbreaking?) dekology?

--Avatar

Post by **Byrn** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:28 pm

No, I think publishers are giving these epic stories more of a chance, because they are money makers. It's being turned into an industry, just like everything else.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:54 pm

Re-reading Waylander II by David Gemmell.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:56 pm

Several people have reccomended this new Donaldson book to me, so I'm reading that right now.

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:34 am

This has been a pretty tough month for me and most unusually, I have read virtually nothing lately. I finished Runes of the Earth, and I started The Gunslinger by Stephen King, and greatly enjoyed both (of what I've read of the second one, anyway) but I can't seem to find much time, and when I do I've been too tired to concentrate.

One kid is on round two of a staph infection he developed last month, and the other one just got out of a cast, which he got from tripping and falling down the stairs and getting hurt. **sigh** And then there's work...

Real life can be a bite in the butt sometimes.

Especially when it gets in the way of reading.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 1:56 pm

Funny, Gunslinger is next on my plate, too. I have 3 chapters left of Runes first, though.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 5:39 pm

Now re-reading The Legend of Deathwalker by David Gemmell. When I re-read one Gemmell book, I tend to binge on them.

Post by **[Syl]** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 8:54 pm

I finished The Scar by China Mieville. Like Iron Council, it's a tough read (not like Dickens or Tolstoy, but more like GRRM), but more rewarding.

Currently, I'm reading Gaiman's Smoke and Mirrors, which I've either picked up once before or just read the first couple of stories elsewhere (kind of disappointing when that happens in short collections).

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