What fantasy/science fiction book are you reading RIGHT NOW?

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:18 pm

Against All Things Ending

Post by **SerScot** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:54 pm

The Wise Man's Fear. Again.

Post by **Vader** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:59 pm

After finishing Asimov's "Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain" for the second time after 1980something I'm now re-reading "The Robots of Dawn" by the same author.

Post by **Orlion** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:02 pm

Avatar wrote:House of Chains.

--A

Maybe so, but I can (and have) ordered The Crippled God! I may still beat you yet!

Post by **Avatar** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:49 am

I'll be bloody surprised if you don't. I still have 7 books to go, including TCG.

Vader wrote:After finishing Asimov's "Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain" for the second time after 1980something I'm now re-reading "The Robots of Dawn" by the same author.

I hope you read Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun first...

--A

Post by **Cameraman Jenn** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:58 am

Return of the Crimson Guard. Picked it up on Saturday. I'm really enjoying it so far.

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:09 am

Right???

Post by **Orlion** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:01 pm

Murrin wrote:Against All Things Ending

That's a good one

Post by **lucimay** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:53 pm

whaddaya do after TCG is over?

welp...i'm TOTALLY diggin

luckily i waited till wise man's fear was out before i started this series!! woot!

here's the author if you haven't heard of him yet (i just discovered him myself, i realize i may be the only one behind the curve)

isn't he CUTE???!!!! he's really funny too.

here's his web site and blog

Post by **Orlion** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:06 am

I don't know, Luci... the guy's a Joss Whedon fan (what's that? you're all Joss Whedon fans, too? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Though I should be focusing on Malazan, I've also started Endymion by Dan Simmons which will be followed up by The Baroque Cycle by Neal A. Stephenson. Somewhere in there, I'll also be reading The Green Pearl by Jack Vance, Gates of Fire by some guy, and I think Bakker's Prince of Nothing Trilogy is in there somewhere.

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:40 am

Pressfield. Stephen Pressfield is the guy who did Gates of Fire. And Brinn will give you a refund if you don't like it.

(It's pretty good though.)

(200 pages left in HoC.)

--A

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:23 am

Midnight Tides.

--A

Post by **SerScot** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:08 pm

I'll be starting The Dragon's Path By Daniel Abraham (Author of the "Long Price Quartet") tomorrow when my book arrives.

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 8:17 pm

The Third Reich at War

Very great book. But a chilling read.

Felix Landau wrote:Twenty-three had to be shot, amongst them ... two women ... We had to find a suitable spot to shoot and bury them. After a few minutes we found a place. The death candidates assembled with shovels to dig their own graves. Two of them were weeping. The others certainly have incredible courage... Strange, I am completely unmoved. No pity, nothing.

Post by **aliantha** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 8:40 pm

Well, *that's* certainly cheerful.

I'm still working through the stack o' books I got at WFC last fall. The latest is Lord of the Fading Lands by C.L. Wilson. It's categorized on as "paranormal romance," which in this case translates to "bodice ripper plot in a fantasy setting".

I'd be more interested in this book if I hadn't given up reading regular bodice rippers in my 20s....

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:02 pm

Still on Against All Things Ending. Makes me wish they'd got the same guy to write the last book - this one's much better.

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:40 am

I tend to agree. Definitely prefered it to FR.

--A

Post by **aliantha** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:04 pm

So it turns out that the C.L. Wilson book I was reading is book 1 in a 5-book series. The first four of which were released on the same day last September.

Apparently not even romance writers can finish a storyline in one book any more....

Moving on now...to something called The Sword-Edged Blonde by Alex Bledsoe, who I've never heard of. I will keep you posted...

Post by **danlo** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:31 pm

Hanging on to Memories at p. 472 by a thread (I'm liking how it's picking up BTW) but chomping at the bit to read, hmmm...maybe the Chrons again, The Judging Eye, it's new sequel and the two Rothfus books. I wonder if I've lost my interest in Sci-Fi lately, Ananzi Boys and Quicksilver aren't real Sci fi at all are they? Dam I've almost gone a year and a half without Sci Fi (maybe 2012 is terrifying enough without it!

).

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:27 pm

If you've gone through DG and 472 pages of MoI and aren't hopelessly hooked, it's maybe just not your series. There's WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too many pages to go if you're having to struggle during these - the best - books.

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What fantasy/science fiction book are you reading RIGHT NOW?