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

Post by **wayfriend** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:38 pm

The Pipe Woman Chronicles. I think it's about a woman named Pipe who has leprosy.

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:53 pm

wayfriend wrote:The Pipe Woman Chronicles. I think it's about a woman named Pipe who has leprosy.

Enjoy! I did.

Post by **Savor Dam** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:30 pm

Yes, a great series from an author who is berry well known to Watchers.

Post by **aliantha** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:03 am

Dunno who you mean.

Thanks, Way! Hope you like it.

Post by **Avatar** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:52 am

Seed Seeker, last of the Earthseed books.

--A

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Jul 11, 2014 5:00 am

The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss. Only just started, but seems pretty promising so far.

--A

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Fri Jul 11, 2014 5:41 pm

Finished Dragongirl. Again, not bad for a Todd only effort.

In this one, his reusing of his mother's themes is a bit more apparent, although with his own twists. Diverse sexuality has always been a theme on Pern, but this one focuses on polygamous relationships, and the feelings and work it entails for them to be successful. A hatchling needing help coming out of the shell, although with a different result, so far. Perhaps Todd is giving us the back story of why only Jaxom helped Ruth hatch, and no one else did.

Moving on to Dragon's Time, one of the last two co-authored by Anne and Todd. One more to go after that, although rumors still persist that After the Fall is Over will one day be completed, and apparently Todd's sister, Gigi, wants to do more Harper Hall stories, starting with Menolly's time as a journeyman.

Post by **Shaun das Schaf** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 2:42 am

American Gods, (mostly in audiobook form), and Peacemaker (#15 in CJ Cherryh's Foreigner series), which is very disappointing so far.

As for what I'm not reading, Dhalgren and the rest of Toll the Hounds.

Post by **duke** » Sun Jul 13, 2014 9:57 am

Finishing off "Ender's Game". I got half way through it last December in Hawaii and put it down to finish the Last Chrons. It's an OK book, but its quite cringeworthy in places too, with the weird sexual references.

Post by **ussusimiel** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:36 pm

duke wrote:Finishing off "Ender's Game". I got half way through it last December in Hawaii and put it down to finish the Last Chrons. It's an OK book, but its quite cringeworthy in places too, with the weird sexual references.

Hi duke, glad you got home safely!

I've read this book a number of time and never picked up on 'weird sexual references'. Can you highlight a few examples? Maybe it's just your pervy Aussie mind!

I read a few books on my travels:

Midshipman's Hope by David Feintuch

Honour Among Enemies by David Weber

Both are sci-fi novels with naval/spaceship based stories. Both were only so, so. I have a bit of a problem with space battles that are played out like sea battles, and the Weber one even has 'broadsides' in it

(he does actual sea battles later on in his Safehold series). I also have a serious problem with 'clean-cut heroes' who somehow manage to to solve all problems they encounter in an overly neat and glib manner. Ick!

u.

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 4:54 am

Haha, yeah, I was trying to think what Duke could have been referring to myself.

--A

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 6:08 am

The Wise Man's Fear, Patrick Rothfuss. Next book in the series, and only other one out so far.

Really enjoyed the first one a lot. I can recommend it.

--A

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 1:40 am

Indeed. Almost unanimously liked very much here.

Post by **Shaun das Schaf** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:44 am

Doomsday Book, Connie Willis.

Be interested to hear what you think of The Wise Man's Fear Av. It copped a bit flak from fans. For that reason, I didn't go in expecting too much and enjoyed it. (Dragged a bit in places but I don't think it deserved the shellacking it got.)

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 12:50 pm

I didn't know it got much negative reaction. There's a couple aspects I think were fairly lame, but the good far outweighed the bad.

Post by **aliantha** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 6:39 pm

Doomsday Book was good.

She's written a few with that same time-travel idea, including the duology that came out a couple of years back.

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 5:16 am

Shaun das Schaf wrote:Be interested to hear what you think of The Wise Man's Fear Av. It copped a bit flak from fans. For that reason, I didn't go in expecting too much and enjoyed it. (Dragged a bit in places but I don't think it deserved the shellacking it got.)

Well, I've only got about 200 pages left, and so far I've really enjoyed it. Dragging here and there doesn't bother me much, what with reading pretty fast, although I'll agree the story could have progressed a bit further in the space.

Very pleasantly surprised by the books, I must say. When's the next one out?

--A

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 5:35 am

Unknown. Annoyingly so.

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 7:16 am

Rothfuss has got a novella about one of the characters coming out this year - The Slow Regard of Silent Things - but no sign of the next book in the series yet. (Apparently he went through 600 revisions on The Name of the Wind before he got published, so that might tell you something.)

Post by **Avatar** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:55 am

Bugger...not anther one.

Oh well, I really did enjoy them.

Nothing new to read at the moment, so gonna do a little Gemmel until my order arrives. White Wolf.

--A

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