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taraswizard wrote:The Difference Engine by Sterling and Gibson. For my bookgroup on Saturday.
That's a fantastic bookgroup!
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Just finished Robin Hobb's The Dragon Keeper. Good stuff, but the original novel being split into two volumes means that this one is just one big introduction, with all the juicy stuff reserved for Dragon Haven.

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Finished a brief writeup of Stranger Things Happen on my blog:
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Esselmont's Return of the Crimson Guard

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During my re-read of Cryptonomicon I realised how much I like Stephenson and ordered the Baroque Cycle.

Started Quicksilver now. The size of the books is daunting, though.
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Spiral Jacobs wrote:During my re-read of Cryptonomicon I realised how much I like Stephenson and ordered the Baroque Cycle.
Been there. Done that.

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Well, I'm just about done with The Dying Earth by Jack Vance.
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Avatar wrote:Esselmont's Return of the Crimson Guard

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Just finished that last week, along with Julian Mays "The many coloured land" reread. (which I picked up for ZAR 5 in a second hand bookshop)

Now on Eriksons "Dust of Dreams".
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Rereading Reapers Gale now.

Should be able to get DoD just as I finish Toll the Hounds, which is next of course.

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Just finished the excellent Subpress double-feature of Alastair Reynolds' Thousandth Night and Minla's Flowers. One of my favorite reads of 2009, no question!

Check the blog for the full review. :)

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Pat, have you ever read a book you haven't liked? ;)

or do you just post the ones you do like?
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Lol. I know this part of the forum is not for Donaldson but I'm in the middle of reading Lord Foul's Bane. You asked what I was reading :-D/ I think its my 6th reread but that might be lower. I have decided for another reread as I have bought the two newer books from the Last Chron's so I am excited to start from the beginning again.
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Well, the whole forum is here because of SRD, so it's perfectly appropriate in this thread. :D

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on my third read through of Robert Jordan's "The Gathering Storm". Wow. Quality in the series peaked with Lord of Chaos, and Path of Daggers just abysmally SUCKED...Crossroads of Twilight was adequate, Knife of Dreams was good....Storm? as good as Fires of Heaven or Eye do the World, in my opinion.

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But I have been reading the Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends trilogies. They have been quite entertaining light reading for me and will look further into the series in the near future.
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Just finished Lev Grossman's unoriginal The Magicians.

Good for the morning commute or the airport, that's about it.

Check out the blog for the full review. . .

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Well, that answers my question....!
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Uh, yeah, I don't think he reads the forum. :lol:

Hey Pat, you got a link to us over there? :lol:

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Avatar wrote:Uh, yeah, I don't think he reads the forum. :lol:

Hey Pat, you got a link to us over there? :lol:

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He does, in his "SFF Message Boards" sidebar.
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