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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:08 am
by Ramen
Tjol wrote:I
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.
Ramen wrote: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
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:44 am
by Tjol
danlo wrote: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.
Ramen wrote: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'
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:46 am
by onewyteduck
Wings to the Kingdom by Cherie Priest.
The dead are walking at Chicamauga. Just don't know why yet.
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:32 am
by Loredoctor
I am reading Dune for the second time. The last time I read it was fourteen years ago.
Catalyst by Nina Hormann
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:54 am
by taraswizard
Just finished Catalyst by Nina Hofmann.
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:23 am
by Avatar
Loremaster wrote: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
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:37 am
by Xar
I currently feel like reading something relatively light-hearted, so I think I'll go for "The Changewinds" by Jack Chalker.
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:52 pm
by Ard Rhys
Reading The Elves of Cintra by Terry Brooks and Wizard & Glass by Stephen King.
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:45 am
by Warden
Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders series
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:14 am
by 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.
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:18 am
by 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
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:04 pm
by 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
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:01 am
by 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
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:35 pm
by 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.
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:19 pm
by storm
gyrehead wrote: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!
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:53 pm
by Lord Mhoram
"This Immortal" - Zelazny
First science fiction I've read in ages.
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:11 am
by Alsem
Finishing the
Citadel Of The Autarch by Gene Wolfe, a marvel indeed.
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:12 am
by Loredoctor
Alsem wrote:Finishing the
Citadel Of The Autarch by Gene Wolfe, a marvel indeed.
It's great.
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:05 am
by Holsety
gyrehead wrote: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.
Spiral Jacobs wrote: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'.
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 1:23 pm
by danlo
The Algebraist--started it after Lore sent it to me. Got sidetracked, but now seriously enjoying it!
