I have finished Jeff VanderMeer's Authority. Read this book. Go on. Drop everything, buy Annihilation, buy Authority, preorder Acceptance, and start reading. Now.
I can't do this series justice by describing it - you have to just trust me on this. It's worth it.
What fantasy/science fiction book are you reading RIGHT NOW?
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Well, I did actually come here looking for a recommendation.I'm Murrin wrote:I have finished Jeff VanderMeer's Authority. Read this book. Go on. Drop everything, buy Annihilation, buy Authority, preorder Acceptance, and start reading. Now.
I can't do this series justice by describing it - you have to just trust me on this. It's worth it.
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Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?
Am now half way through Against All Things Ending. One thing I will say about SRD, is that he has guts for writing such a difficult and complicated and just plain different story to the first two Chronicles. I should get the series done before Elohimfest ... I figure I have the long plane flight to Abq as a last resort if I'm short on reading time. 
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Just finished Book 5 Game of thrones.... Holy crap.... they love to get you invested in main characters and then kill them off......
When did they say book 6 was coming out????
Prince of Nothing is next....but I also ordered a set of short stories by SRD "Reave the Just and Other Tales" .. I may knock those out first.
When did they say book 6 was coming out????
Prince of Nothing is next....but I also ordered a set of short stories by SRD "Reave the Just and Other Tales" .. I may knock those out first.
We miss you Tracie but your Spirit will always shine brightly on the Watch 
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Finished All the Weyrs of Pern. It's a strange one, being set in the more fantasy setting of the 9th Pass, with all of the characters we know, yet being more sf focused than fantasy oriented. I find the story a bit tedious at times, but the ending gets to me every time...
Onward to The Dolphins of Pern.
Onward to The Dolphins of Pern.
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*nod*Avatar wrote:Dolphins was always one of my favourites.
I really do like the Holder and Craft focus of Dolphins. But I feel these last of Anne's Pern novels which were written on her own, read in the order she suggests, are more of an sf feel than fantasy. I prefer the fantasy aspect, as I have stated before. But I can see why they would appeal to you, Av.
I do have several of the Tower and Hive series, which I will start when I finish my Pern reread. That is a series I have never read before. I approach it knowing it is going to be more sf oriented, similar to how I approached the Crystal Singer series. I understand Tower and Hive is your favorite McCaffrey, Av. I'm looking forward to it.
Anyway, finished Dolphins last night. Onward to The Skies of Pern.
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That's good to hear, as my only complaint with the first was that it was waaay too short. I was trying to make it last, but that didn't work - started it last night and finished this morning.I'm Murrin wrote:VanderMeer? I read it in one sitting. The second one's a bit longer and meatier, though - read over a few days. Really great books, in different ways.
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Am finished with The Skies of Pern, and followed with the short story Ever the Twain. I'm saddened that Skies is currently the last novel dealing with the 9th Pass; the Abominators storyline has been left hanging, and while I guess if the story hadn't been written fans would have wondered what the evolution of the Weyrs would be after the Pass, I think I'm with dlb that the series could have ended just fine after All the Weyrs.
I need to pick up the compilation Legends II for the short story Beyond Between, which I believe is the last Pern story Anne wrote on her own. Then I'll begin my reread of the Todd influenced and/or written stories. I hope I will like them better upon reread...
I need to pick up the compilation Legends II for the short story Beyond Between, which I believe is the last Pern story Anne wrote on her own. Then I'll begin my reread of the Todd influenced and/or written stories. I hope I will like them better upon reread...