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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 4:22 pm
by duchess of malfi
They are science fiction, Murrin. Have you read anything by Feist? Some of his earlier books in his Midkemia series were pretty good, though some of the later ones are not...his first trilogy (which in paperback is four books) is some of his best -- Magician Apprentice, Magician Master, Silverthorn, and A Darkness at Sethanon.
Also, have you tried Tad Williams's Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy? (again, in paperback it is spilt into four books). Some people find his books a bit slowly-paced, but I think his writing, and his use of words, to be very beautiful and enjoyable.
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 4:38 pm
by danlo
Neverness is more than just Sci-Fi, and it's not your usual Sci-Fi by any means. (thanks for dissuading him in on fell swoop duchy!
Sorry still pissy-edgy from a certian general discussion and didn't mean to take it out on you!
)
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:33 pm
by duchess of malfi
The
Neverness books are quite wonderful, and not at all in your general run of science fiction. I would heartily recommend them to anyone who does like to read science fiction, as I would also recommend Dan Simmons's Hyperion/Endymion books and his new
Ilium. And anything by David Brin.
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:23 am
by I'm Murrin
After looking about, having a bit of trouble working out which order all those Feist books are meant to be in - there are too many of them... Think I like the look of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn, though - gonna take a look at that series next. Thanks for the tip, Duchess!
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 5:36 pm
by duchess of malfi
There are a lot of Feist books, and they really vary in quality, too. Some of his earlier books, especially, are pretty good, but some of his later ones are basicly novelizations of computer games.
I am currently reading Ursula K. LeGuin's
The Furthest Shore and Greg Keyes's
The Briar King.
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 3:21 am
by californiababy
The last one I can remember reading was a Star Wars book called Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter.
Darth Maul kicks ass.
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 4:51 pm
by moleary
I'm re-reading the Dark Tower series by SK, in preparation for the release of the next one. Which is really soon, right?? (I'm an optimist - what can I say? -lol)
-Michelle
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:51 pm
by Furls Fire
moleary, The Wolves of Calla comes out next month!! I have it on pre-order from amazon.
Can't wait.
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 10:31 pm
by duchess of malfi
Liriel by Aussie writer Garth Nix, and about to start a book by horror master Lovecraft...Danlo introduced me to him...
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 1:12 am
by Blue_Spawn
I'm currently reading "Harp of Winds" by Maggie Furey (sequal to "Aurien").
Its really cool!
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 1:22 am
by birdandbear
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 3:01 am
by Dragonlily
I'm halfway through George Martin's A STORM OF SWORDS, otherwise known as A TIDE OF ATTRITION.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 5:32 am
by Furls Fire
How is it?? My copy hasn't come yet
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 7:35 pm
by birdandbear
It's great so far!
I'm about 200 pages into it, and it's soooo great to be travelling along the path of the beam again. Not that I didn't love the last book, of course, but it was kind of a time-out from the quest. I'm very worried about Susannah though. That's not a spoiler of any kind, just issues from the previous books. I have a bad feeling about this book.
But I'm deliberately writing it off as holdover anxiety from HP5, where we
knew something awful was going to happen.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 7:50 pm
by Furls Fire
ohhh..I can't wait to get started on it
Not liking this news about susannah tho
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 8:06 pm
by birdandbear
Well, it's not really news. I've been worried about her since River Crossing, but all of Wizard and Glass took place over like 36 hours or something, so this is really the first chance to see what lasting effects, if any, the speaking ring demon had on her.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 8:17 pm
by Furls Fire
I know what you mean. Alot of the story was put on a kind of hold when we went back into Roland's past. Which I thought was awesome...and very sad
I had forgotten about the speaking ring demon..and that Susannah may be carrying it's offspring. I can't remember if she actually revealed to Eddie that she was preggers or not tho. I've only read them once and checked them out from the library, so I don't have my own copies
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 10:02 pm
by [Syl]
If that was a spoiler (about Susannah), one of youse is in trouble.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 12:31 am
by birdandbear
Nope. Just morbid speculation.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 1:56 am
by Furls Fire
Oh you don't scare me Syl
