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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:58 pm
by pat5150
Just finished Jonathan Maberry's thought-provoking and balls-to-the-wall
Patient Zero. Quite an entertaining read, and I'm not usually into zombies.
Check the blog for the full review.
Patrick
www.fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:33 pm
by SoulBiter
drew wrote: A few months a go, I struggled through Russel Kirkpatrick's First book of his Fire of Heaven trilogy, Across the Face of the World.
According to the person who gave me the whole trilogy, the second two are much better than the first. I doubt they could be any worse.
It was one of the most boring and predictable stories I've ever read. THe World, is very well thought up, and described (the Author is a Cartographer by trade) but the story was rife with cliche, and eye rolling dreadfulness.
The *best* scene was when a group of five or six rural villagers, including three children, one of whom only had the use of one leg, took out three deadly warriors, who earlier in the book killed everyone in an entire town looking for one person.
I may give the other two books a try later, but probebly not until AFTER Against All Things Ending comes out.
I read those recently and enjoyed them all. Predictable.. yeah. But most fantasy books are after you have read a few bazillion of them. I usually just put my 'I believe hat' on before I read alot of fantasy books.
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:21 pm
by Shuram Gudatetris
Cradle, by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee.
I picked it up at the thrift store for 50 cents. I read the Rama series a long time ago and liked it. I didn't know they worked on anything else together. It is an okay read so far.
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:32 pm
by lorin
Armageddon's Children - Terry Brooks
Blech...............
Juvenile stuff, good for a 16 year old. Superficial characters, no substance whatsoever. I hate wasting my time so I probably will give up.
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:34 am
by hoobie
"The Jackal of Nar" by John Marco. Quite good.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:06 pm
by Avatar
With nothing new to read, am doing a steady re-read of some old favourites. Just blown through The Amtrak Wars and Dragon Prince series, and a couple of Clive Barker books, now am rereading the Omaran Saga by Adrian Cole. Finished Bk 1, A Place Among The Fallen last night, now on to Bk 2, Throne of Fools.
--A
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:31 pm
by Demondime-a-dozen-spawn
Loremaster wrote:Spiral Jacobs wrote:I started a reread of The Algebraist for my flight to NY (the book weighs a lot less) and even though I know how it ends it's more interesting than that.
I LOVE that book. The Dwellers are superb.
I dropped what I was reading at the time to pick up the
Algebraist on the strength of its intriguing title and your uppercase "LOVE."
A very good book. You're right, the Dwellers are excellent! I got lost every so often in Banks's convoluted and byzantine sentence structure, but enjoyed the book immensely. Thanks for the tip!
Avatar wrote:...a couple of Clive Barker books...
I can't count how many times I've read Barker's
Weaveworld. Among my all-time Top 10. I LOVE that book!
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:04 pm
by Avatar
Not one of my favourite, although I have it...I tend to prefer his short stories and novella's...the ones I just read were Cabal and Hell-bound Heart. His long novels, like the books of the art, I sometimes find a bit impenetrable in the middle.
--A
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:24 pm
by hoobie
John Marco's The Grand Design. Great stuff.
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:09 am
by aliantha
"Winterbirth" by Brian Ruckley. Not bad so far.
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:02 am
by Menolly
At Beorn's insistance...
Philip Pullman: His Dark Materials ~ Book One
The Golden Compass
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:08 am
by danlo
OMG! She's reading!?
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:38 pm
by Menolly
On the rare occasion, yeah.
It just takes me
forever.
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:02 pm
by pat5150
Just finished Brian Ruckley's
Fall of Thanes. Dark, bloody, unforgiving, with what could likely be the largest body count of major characters in the history of the genre, this book is a great conclusion to one of the very best fantasy series of the new millennium.
Check the blog for the full review.
Patrick
www.fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:32 pm
by stonemaybe
Just started China Meiville's 'The City & The City'. Wow that bloke has got some imagination! (Hint - if starting this book, be well rested and mentally alert!)
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:35 am
by Menolly
Ah, the guys are going to be happy.
I just received notice that this has arrived at the library and is ready for pick-up...
Blood follows : a tale of Bauchelain & Korbal Broach / by Steven Erikson.
Hopefully the second tale of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach I requested at the same time will arrive soon-ish.
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:50 am
by stonemaybe
Just finished China Mieville's 'The City and The City'. Wow loved it. Went up to the attic earlier to dig out perdido street station, scar, iron council for re-reads, and couldn't find any of them.
Not happy!
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:20 pm
by aliantha
Finished Brian Ruckley's "Godless World" series. Good stuff.
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:16 pm
by Akasri
Just finished the Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks. The story was pretty decent overall, but the writing was a bit week in places I thought (e.g. a lot of build up to a big battle that was over very quickly).
Starting on the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson now.
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:56 am
by Avatar
Just finished a reread of Gemmel's Troy series, and was in search of something else to read...thanks to Orlion, it's gonna be The Stand.
--A