Kevin's Watch

Now reading 'Adiamante' by LE Modesitt.

dANdeLION wrote:

drew wrote:I'm reading the Hobbit to my five year old--about a chapter a night (Except the really long chapters-lilke Queer Lodgings--took us two nights)

I skipped that chapter when reading it to my kids. I want them to be adults before I have to tell them about San Francisco.....

Well I guess we're a little more liberal here in This neck of the woods

'A Density Of Souls' by Christopher Rice

duchess, Card's Enchantment was lovely and a little odd--but in a good way. I think you'll enjoy it.

I'm reading Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner, and am enjoying it a lot more than I did when I read it in high school. Don't know why--it's not like it really requires a great leap of maturity or anything--I just like it better now.

Finished The Year of Our War by Steph Swainston - very good, once I got into it it was gard to put down. Can't wait for my copy of No Present Like Time to arrive.
Today I'll start The Etched City by KJ Bishop.

A Darkness at Sethanon by Feist

--A

Started reading The Paper Grail by James Blaylock yesterday.

Finally got a chance to start the second book in Sean Russell's Swans' War Trilogy this morning, The Isle of Battle. I am enjoying it quite a bit.

Just finished 'Boy's Life' by Robert McCammon; it's sort of a whimsical Stephen King. Has the same blend of horror and fantasy, but not as cynical.

Just finished 'The Wizard of Earthsea' and now im moving onto 'The Tombs of Atuan'

Tombs is my favourite Earthsea book

Krondor: The Betrayal Yes, I'm systematically re-reading all my Feist books. And they're still good.

--A

Still the Etched City - a little strange, this book. Apart from the location (which may or may not be a future earth), there are few fantasy elements in the early chapters - I'm almost halfway through, and the only thing that's come close is a strange dreamlike bit (which admittedly happened after the PoV character took drugs). Interested to see where this is going.

Just read an SFBC book that has been kicking around in my collection for just about 20 years now: Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers. Not bad, very strange, made me queasy in spots; didn't buy a word of it, but liked one or two of the characters. Blatantly antireligious, but in a harmless way, as the religion Powers takes his whacks at is such an obvious strawman that it's difficult to take him seriously. Oddly enough, the overall atmosphere reminded me somewhat of the new Doctor Who, but in a darker and more violent vein — definitely not for the kiddies.

I am currently halfway through A Clash of Kings. And I have a pretty good idea of how the series is going to end. I think I need to head over to the GRRM forum and spoiler my guesses.

Spent most of the day reading the 300 remaining pages of The Etched City - weird, interesting, surreal. And pretty good.

Last Guardian of Everness - reall good

reads like a mix between Tim Powers, early Clive Barker and Poul Anderson.


read his sci fi Golden Age trilogy as well which I'd highly recommend - mindblowing.

Just finishing David Brin's 'Startide Rising'.

Have finally made it to the third book of Sean Russell's Swan's War Triology, The Shadow Roads, Still greatly enjoying it.

I have tried to read Mieville again, and I have to say, his writing style is just not to my taste thus far. I can't make it though more than 1-2 chapters at a time. I have never been one to value weirdness just for the sake of weirdness (I've never been a fan of James Joyse and other writers who are pretty far out of the mainstream, either...)

Just wrapped up Russell Kirkpatrick's In the Earth Abides the Flame. Now juggling Flying in Place by Susan Palwick, The Cantilevered Tomb by Rutherford Post and re-reads of Kate Elliott's The King's Lion and Robert Jordan's The Eye of the World in anticipation of the next installments coming out later this year.