Kevin's Watch

Just finished Paul Kearney's excellent The Ten Thousand.

Good pace, grim setting, superior characterization, bloody battles -- The Ten Thousand is Paul Kearney writing at the top of his game.

The novel is a brutal and uncompromising tale of warfare and survival written by one of the most underrated talents in the fantasy genre.

Check the blog for the full review.

Patrick
www.fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com

I've finally decided to begin reading the Ender Series and right now I'm on the "Speaker for the Dead" which, so far, is a good follow-up.

Ender's Game was excellent as well. (The first science fiction book I've ever read)

Matthias wrote:I've finally decided to begin reading the Ender Series and right now I'm on the "Speaker for the Dead" which, so far, is a good follow-up.

Ender's Game was excellent as well. (The first science fiction book I've ever read)

Hey, Menolly. Asimov's on my list to read as well--don't worry.

Re-reading Snow Crash.

--A

Just started a few days ago - Artimus Fowl: The Artic Incident by Eoin Colfer
Recently finished The Supernaturals and kind of liked it.
I decided to give Colfer another chance.

In the Middle of Wizard and Glass by Stephan King atm. It's my first time through the tower, and I'm really getting into it.

Check out the Tower threads in the King forum when you're done.

--A

Re-reading LeGuin's Tombs of Atuan, the second in the Earthsea cycle, in preparation for the Hangar group read.

Geez... I read those probably before some of you were born. Maybe I should revisit Earthsea...

Well, visit the Watch's sister-site, Ahira's Hangar, and you can. There's a whole LeGuin Forum, and of course, the ongoing Earthsea group read. There's still chapters availabale for Tombs of Atuan too.

(And to get this back on topic, I too am rereading ToA for the read.)

--A

Deer! Do join us in the group read.

I had just recently been introduced to the entire cycle, Fist dragging me kicking and screaming for over a year at least.

Until I started the first book. Such slim volumes...

...and packed with so much wisdom...

Wow, thanks for reminding me! I have to get my ass to Don's paperback to find a copy of Tombs for the read (I, of course, will be doing the 2 coolest chapters )

I had my favorite chapter to dissect for WoE. I look forward to your dissections of those two, danlo. They definitely are goods ones to chew upon...

As far as the ToA read goes, I'll gladly give up one (or both) of my chapters, if enough readers join in who want to take one on to dissect...

I'm reading Downbelow Station by CJ Cherryh now. It's really good.

Early in Sept. for a book group I'm in I had the misfortune to read Oryx and Crake, and what a horrid piece of steaming crap. NOt written in a style I liked, not telling a story I cared to hear, and if not for the reading group I'd not finished it.

On to a happier read, last weekend I read The Girl That Was Plugged In by James Tiptree Jr. Much better than OaC.

Yesterday I got a craving to re-read Magician, Silverthorn, and Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond Feist, which I intend to do after Toll The Hounds. Must be about 6 years since my last re-read of them. No doubt that'll get me nicely in the mood for an Empire re-read, which happens every 2 or 3 years. Shame that Feist milked the series so much: don't have much time for anything after DaS.

The Gap series and lovin ever minute of it. Very different than the other SRD works.

Lovecraft - The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories.

Just finished "Cthulhu" itself. Loved it. A couple of the stories in this colledtion aren't the strongest, but some (like "Cthulhu", "Picture in the House" and "The Outsider") are fantastic.