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

[Ramen]

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Now I'm starting into 'The Hobbit', I don't think I've ever read it, because the last time I visited the story, my uncle read it to us over the course of some months when I was a kid.

Terry Pratchett - Reaper Man
but after Donaldson (and J.R.R:Tolkien) all books are hard to read

I assume you read 'Mort' already? I think the second Rincewind book was my favorite, but every Pratchett I've ever read has provided lots of laughter.

Sure, I read "Mort". This was the case I wished "Reaper Man" as x-mas present.
After that, there were non special books here, so I had to decide between LotR (for the 25th time or so ) or SRD (for the 10th time?). I choose the second chronicle, because it´s the only in original language which is left to me.

Tjol: enjoy the "Hobbit" even if it is´t LotR, something more for children,. But as you know the background of LotR, you may look behind the speech of Bilbo and have a nice introduction to Middle-Earth

[Tjol]

The Velt?

<nod>

Yeah... it's not too long in the future I imagine... parents buying their kids toys that the kids will identify more as parents than their real parents, and then the kids will do anything in order to protect the surrogate's existence.

Tjol: enjoy the "Hobbit" even if it is´t LotR, something more for children,. But as you know the background of LotR, you may look behind the speech of Bilbo and have a nice introduction to Middle-Earth

I hope to move through it pretty quick, I just want to refresh my memory of the details... I'm just taking a break from the non-fiction I'd been reading for a while prior to 'The Illustrated Man'

[onewyteduck]

Wings to the Kingdom by Cherie Priest.

The dead are walking at Chicamauga. Just don't know why yet.

[Loredoctor]

I am reading Dune for the second time. The last time I read it was fourteen years ago.

[taraswizard]

Just finished Catalyst by Nina Hofmann.

[Avatar]

I am reading Dune for the second time. The last time I read it was fourteen years ago.

Why not join us at the Hangar for our Dune dissection then?

--A

[Xar]

I currently feel like reading something relatively light-hearted, so I think I'll go for "The Changewinds" by Jack Chalker.

[Ard Rhys]

Reading The Elves of Cintra by Terry Brooks and Wizard & Glass by Stephen King.

[Warden]

Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders series

[I'm Murrin]

I've started reading Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses. I bought it just over a year ago (yeah, my unread pile is that bad) because, while I had of course heard of the book, I didn't know what it was about. I read the synopsis on the back cover, and just had to get it.

Just before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked jumbo jet blows apart high above the English Channel. Through the debris of limbs, drinks trolleys, memories, blankets, and oxygen masks, two figures fall towards the sea: Gibreel Farishta, India's legendary movie star, and Saladin Chamcha, the man of a thousand voices. Clinging to each other, singing rival songs, they plunge downward, and are finally washed up, alive, on the snow-covered sands of an English beach.

Their survival is a miracle, but an ambiguous one. Gibreel acquires a halo while, to his dismay, Saladin's legs grow hairier, his feet turn into hooves, and hornlike appendages appear at his temples. Gibreel and Saladin have been chosen (by whom?) as opponents in the eternal wrestling match between Good and Evil. But which is which? As the two men tumble through time and space towards their final confrontation, we are witness to a cycle of tales of love and passion, of betrayal and faith.

[Avatar]

Haha, an interesting one, haven't read it for years though.

I have, through the good auspices of a benevolent benefactor, just finished Chaos & Order, book 4 of the Gap series. Starting Bk 5 today.

--A

[pat5150]

I've just finished Hal Duncan's INK, and it's an incredible read! A frontrunner for book of the year, no doubt about it!

Check the blog for the full review!

Patrick
www.fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com

[gyrehead]

Alternating between galleys of Reaper's Gale which I have stored away at work and Shadowplay which I read on my commute and at home. I'm trying to draw out my big reads of the year as much as possible!

Next up is possibly Children of Hurin if I get it as promised. Then it will definitely be Cherryh's much anitcipated Deliverer

[Spiral Jacobs]

Redemption Ark by Alistair Reynolds on paper, and for the first time in my life I'm listening to an audio book: a re-read of A Game Of Thrones by Martin, on my bicycle to and from work.

So far I like listening, althoug I wonder what it will be like when I don't recognize/remember stuff because I read it before.

[storm]

Alternating between galleys of Reaper's Gale which I have stored away at work and Shadowplay which I read on my commute and at home. I'm trying to draw out my big reads of the year as much as possible!

Next up is possibly Children of Hurin if I get it as promised. Then it will definitely be Cherryh's much anitcipated Deliverer

How did you already get a copy of Shadowplay...i'm so jealous!

[Lord Mhoram]

"This Immortal" - Zelazny

First science fiction I've read in ages.

[Alsem]

Finishing the Citadel Of The Autarch by Gene Wolfe, a marvel indeed.

[Loredoctor]

Finishing the Citadel Of The Autarch by Gene Wolfe, a marvel indeed.

It's great.

[Holsety]

Alternating between galleys of Reaper's Gale which I have stored away at work and Shadowplay which I read on my commute and at home. I'm trying to draw out my big reads of the year as much as possible!

Next up is possibly Children of Hurin if I get it as promised. Then it will definitely be Cherryh's much anitcipated Deliverer

HUH? You do mean the one by Steven Erikson, correct? That isn't even available on canadian booksellers! How?

cherryh rocks, though I've only read downbelow.

Redemption Ark by Alistair Reynolds on paper, and for the first time in my life I'm listening to an audio book: a re-read of A Game Of Thrones by Martin, on my bicycle to and from work.

Assuming you read Absolution Gap, tell me what you think. Personally, I thought Redemption Ark was the best of the three in the 'main series'.

[danlo]

The Algebraist--started it after Lore sent it to me. Got sidetracked, but now seriously enjoying it!