I'm going to finish Tehanu, Le Guin's 4th Earthsea book. After that, I'll be able to concentrate on Fatal Revenant full-time.
After FR, I'm gonna read The Last Command, the third Thrawn book in the Star Wars expanded universe.
What fantasy/science fiction book are you reading RIGHT NOW?
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"Fatal Revenant." What else would I be reading?!
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After three disappointing books in a row, we're back on track with Joel Shepherd's Killswitch! 
Following in the wake of Crossover and Breakaway, Joel Shepherd's last volume in the Cassandra Kresnov series is yet another intelligent, action-packed and kick-ass scifi thriller!
A remarkable blend of political thriller and thrilling science fiction adventure, Killswitch is an exciting closing chapter to a terrific series. Shepherd brings the story to a satisfying ending, though the door is left open for possible sequels.
Readers who relish strong female characters, complex storylines, and incredible action and battle scenes should give this trilogy a shot. Chances are they won't be disappointed!
Highly recommended. Killswitch is another great read bearing the Pyr logo.
Check the blog for the full review.
Patrick
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Following in the wake of Crossover and Breakaway, Joel Shepherd's last volume in the Cassandra Kresnov series is yet another intelligent, action-packed and kick-ass scifi thriller!
A remarkable blend of political thriller and thrilling science fiction adventure, Killswitch is an exciting closing chapter to a terrific series. Shepherd brings the story to a satisfying ending, though the door is left open for possible sequels.
Readers who relish strong female characters, complex storylines, and incredible action and battle scenes should give this trilogy a shot. Chances are they won't be disappointed!
Highly recommended. Killswitch is another great read bearing the Pyr logo.
Check the blog for the full review.
Patrick
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I need to finish Memory, Sorrow and Thorn (Tad Williams). I'm well over halfway in The Stone of Farewell. AND I'll need to make a third reading of ROTE first, before I move on to FR. Savouring every moment of withdrawal untill my level of expectation is so impossibly high that utter disapointment will be inevitable 
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I just finished the Dark is Rising books--all 5 of them. I thought they were pretty good--good enough to watch the movie, I decided. Now I just have to catch it at the cheap theatre.
I also just finished reading Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody last night. I'm contemplating getting the rest of the series.
I also just finished reading Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody last night. I'm contemplating getting the rest of the series.
Tonight I will be starting Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock.After the nuclear holocaust of the Great White, the surviving humans condemn all Misfits (mutants) to either death by fire or exile to Obernewtyn, a remote mountain institution where mysterious experiments are performed on some exiles. Elspeth Gordie is a Misfit, struggling to hide her mutant mental abilities and earn a Normalcy Certificate. But when her secret is betrayed, she is sent to Obernewtyn, from which no one has ever escaped. At Obernewtyn she finds not only dreadful experiments, but ambitious overlords who seek to use the Misfits' paranormal powers to recover the devastating secrets of nuclear war.
The mystery of Ryhope Wood, Britain's last fragment of primeval forest, consumed George Huxley's entire, and long, life. Now, after his death, his sons have taken up his work. But what they discover is beyond what they could have expected. For the Wood is a realm where myths gain flesh and blood, tapping primal fears and desires subdued through the millennia. A realm where love and beauty haunt your dreams-and may drive you insane. Mythago Wood won the World Fantasy Award on its first publication in 1984, and secured Robert Holdstock's reputation as one of the major fantasy writers of our time.
Just finished K. J. Parker's Devices and Desires.
The premise is interesting enough: An engineer is sentenced to death for a petty transgression of Guild law. After murdering some of his captors to save his life, leaving his wife and daughter behind he is forced into exile.
Devices and Desires is an intelligent read filled with intrigue. Throughout the novel it is evident that the story shows a lot of potential. However, the author doesn't always deliver.
Still, I'm curious to read Evil for Evil and The Escapement. Though it suffers from a number of shortcomings, Devices and Desires was compelling enough to intrigue me in a way that makes me want to discover what happens next. . .
Check out the blog for the full review.
Patrick
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The premise is interesting enough: An engineer is sentenced to death for a petty transgression of Guild law. After murdering some of his captors to save his life, leaving his wife and daughter behind he is forced into exile.
Devices and Desires is an intelligent read filled with intrigue. Throughout the novel it is evident that the story shows a lot of potential. However, the author doesn't always deliver.
Still, I'm curious to read Evil for Evil and The Escapement. Though it suffers from a number of shortcomings, Devices and Desires was compelling enough to intrigue me in a way that makes me want to discover what happens next. . .
Check out the blog for the full review.
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Quite a few recently:
I Am Legend, which i thought was superb.
A few odd 007 novels.
Fatal Revenant - I'll put my opinons in the proper forum sometime.
And i've just begun Mordant's Need.
I Am Legend, which i thought was superb.
A few odd 007 novels.
Fatal Revenant - I'll put my opinons in the proper forum sometime.
And i've just begun Mordant's Need.
But if you're all about the destination, then take a fucking flight.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
Full of the heavens and time.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
Full of the heavens and time.
As a compendium of GRRM's early work, Dreamsongs is a veritable journey through the author's long and celebrated career. Each section begins with an extensive and insightful commentary that permits us to learn quite a lot about the man and his stories. As good as the material is -- and believe me, anthologies don't get much better than this! -- I found Martin's commentary to be at times as fascinating as the tales themselves.
As a matter of course, detractors and haters will bitch and moan about the fact that, once again, this is not A Dance with Dragons, that GRRM is spending too much time working on various other projects instead of focusing on his bestselling series. In all honesty, this might not be the next ASOIAF installment, yet I believe that it's the next best thing. In many ways, I was more impressed by Dreamsongs than by what I've read thus far of the ASOIAF saga. This collection demonstrates just how talented and versatile an author GRRM truly is.
Only rarely does a book make such an impression on me. Truth to tell, I really feel like a dumbass for ever referring to GRRM as the "Wild Cards guy." I've been reading and appreciating speculative fiction for more than two decades, yet I've only just discovered what made Martin the writer he has become today.
Dreamsongs is as engrossing and satisfying as any novel you are likely to read this year.
Check the blog for the full review.
Patrick
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As a matter of course, detractors and haters will bitch and moan about the fact that, once again, this is not A Dance with Dragons, that GRRM is spending too much time working on various other projects instead of focusing on his bestselling series. In all honesty, this might not be the next ASOIAF installment, yet I believe that it's the next best thing. In many ways, I was more impressed by Dreamsongs than by what I've read thus far of the ASOIAF saga. This collection demonstrates just how talented and versatile an author GRRM truly is.
Only rarely does a book make such an impression on me. Truth to tell, I really feel like a dumbass for ever referring to GRRM as the "Wild Cards guy." I've been reading and appreciating speculative fiction for more than two decades, yet I've only just discovered what made Martin the writer he has become today.
Dreamsongs is as engrossing and satisfying as any novel you are likely to read this year.
Check the blog for the full review.
Patrick
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AAAHHH!!!!! Lord Mhoram and I are big fans of Thrawn!!!Lord Foul wrote:I took a break from Fatal Revenant, as I was reading it pretty fast and wanted to make it last. Currently tearing through The Last Command, book three of the Thrawn trilogy.
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And disregards the rest -Paul Simon