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Over the Christmas break I finished 'White Gold Wielder' by SRD. Only a couple of months late on my re-read of the Chronicles before 'Runes'. Little pesky things like getting married and having a honeymoon got in the way and delayed things. ;) What an amazing transformation in Covenant, from the fallen 'Golden Boy' of LFB and his Unbelief to the honourable and wise man he has become in WGW.

So now I'm reading 'Runes' :D
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WOOO HOOO! and there you go! :D
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Right now I'm finishing up The Illearth War, which I'll try to have done by new years. Then I'll take a short break from reading for a bit probly cuz I'll be *busy*, and after that I'm hoping to finish up the series. Then I can actually interact in the forum without being spoiled :wink: !
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"Moving Mars" by Greg Bear, for the second time.
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"The Gods in anger" by Adrian Cole
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Right now I am reading Runes

I just finished Eddings The Hidden CIty
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Lord Foul's Bane. I've decided to re-read the Chronicles, this time in English - no translation can be as good as the original.
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Absolutely right, Invain -- especially where Donaldson is the author. -- And welcome!

I just finished ANONYMOUS REX and am rereading PRISONER OF AZKABAN. REX for review and PRISONER because I've been watching my new DVD of it over and over.
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I decided to have another go at getting stuck into The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe.
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Talk to me when you reach "Claw" I'll try to read along with you...I should never have left Superluminal at work--I get way too busy to get any personal work or reading done there... :?
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Currently reading 'New Spring' by Robert Jordan.
It's re-awakned my appetite - next comes a re-read of the Wheel of Time Vols 1 to 10 (Will be third read of them).
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You should go post in the Robert Jordan Forum - down in the Library.
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I finished 'Runes' the other night, and now join so many of you on the long wait for 'Fatal Revenant'. :D

Currently reading 'Drylands' by Thea Astley - I'll be reading some Lit for a while before delving back into fantasy (either Erikson or The Dark Tower...).
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I'm reading "Faithful" by Stephen King and Stewart O'Nan. It's a fantasy about a season where the Boston Red Sox actually win the World Series!

Hold on...Wait a minute....Did it really?....Nah....Must be a fantasy! ;)
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Just finished "The Real Story", just started "Forbidden Knowledge".
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Just finished Children of the Mind by O.S.Card.

Started on The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwall, historical fiction about the Danish invasions of England.

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What I am reading right now is more horror. Along with sci/fi fantasy (which my particular horrors should belong to this genre), I love anything about ghosts. I am reading a British books right now called "The Wyrm." I am not far into it, but it is about this gallows in a town (Shillingham) that has been there for centuries and now the town commitee wants to remove it for construction purposes and renovate it for display elsewhere. Apparently something does not want it moved.
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I am presently reading "Renegades of Pern".
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Equality goes both ways, NOWgirl; you are allowed to real male authors. Still, I'm sure that's a good book you have there.
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I'm currently reading the side of my cereal box. High fantasy fiction indeed.
I'm actually trying to decide to read George R. R. Martin's "A Game of Thrones" but the effort is so taxing I've given up.
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