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Vraith -- I misspoke; OoOTIM is the *sixth* Thursday Next book. The fifth one was Thursday Next: First Among Sequels.

Reading Embassytown by China Mieville now.
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Rigel wrote:Of course, today I started reading Gardens of the Moon, and I'm thoroughly intrigued. We'll see how this plays out...
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A Place Among The Fallen.

Book 1 of the Omaran Saga, by Adrian Cole.

I know I've mentioned them before, but has anybody else ever read these? :lol:

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The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia. It's a nice change of pace from the dense books I've been reading lately :D
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Avatar wrote:A Place Among The Fallen.

Book 1 of the Omaran Saga, by Adrian Cole.

I know I've mentioned them before, but has anybody else ever read these? :lol:

--A
First I've heard of Adrian Cole.

Have given Trader's World another attempt. Stuck fast in Chapter 3!

I thought I would enter into the spirit of the book, but the third chapter is the first classroom lesson of Trader students. The lesson, which I also tried to do myself, isn't too easy. Will read on when I manage to complete the assignment. Good fun!

This book reminds me of Rite of Passage Alexei Panshin, or the Starship Troopers movie - fingers crossed it continues as it begins!
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Not a book, but a sf-ish/philosophical PLAY. Called "On Ego." [they're going to be performing it next year where my wife is a professor]

But also, I'm once again on a search for something I read a long time ago that probably sucked but I have fond memories of....and can't recall title...the play reminded me cuz it's [in part] about identity. In the book, they discover a way to regrow/remake peeps with the dna/body of other critters...I think I remember the big one is main char. gets turned into the critters who live on Jupiter? Anyway, they're way smarter than us...so he gets smarter than us...anyone know wtf I'm talking about?
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Throne of Fools. Next Omara book.

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Finished Secret History of Moscow. Now moving on to Endymion and Game of Thrones.
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Avatar wrote:Throne of Fools. Next Omara book.

--A
That reminds me of the fool in Game of Thrones who got his head cut off by Joffrey :P

"I'M KING NOW." Or something to that effect, and then the fool is killed. I think it's offscreen. I sure hope so.
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:lol:

The King of Light and Shadows, being the third book of the Omaran Saga.

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on advice of watchers here, will be trying book one of the gap.
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I finished Memories of Ice about midnight last night. Off to the next book when I get a chance.
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Well done! :D Any comments?? Reading it only for lack of anything better to read? Better than average? Loved it?
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And now The Gods in Anger, last book.

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bossk wrote:I'm reading The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers. Supposed to be one of the first so-called Steampunk novels, but I'm not really getting that yet. Just a nice time-travel fantasy, and a page-turner, which is always nice.
Not sure if I'd call it steampunk, but it's certainly one of the best books ever written imho! Always nice when an author does time travel right!

Coming to the end of Patrick Rothfuss's The Wise Man's Fear. The most un-put-down-able book I've read in years!
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Stonemaybe wrote:
bossk wrote:I'm reading The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers. Supposed to be one of the first so-called Steampunk novels, but I'm not really getting that yet. Just a nice time-travel fantasy, and a page-turner, which is always nice.
Not sure if I'd call it steampunk, but it's certainly one of the best books ever written imho! Always nice when an author does time travel right!

Coming to the end of Patrick Rothfuss's The Wise Man's Fear. The most un-put-down-able book I've read in years!
I agree - not steampunk at all. Guess I got that idea from Wikipedia, so I got what I paid for there.
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Ayup All...

Believe it or not, LFB ! Gonna read as much of it as I can before the Last Chrons arrive. Maybe I'd be better off reading WGW ?
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feanor wrote:Ayup All...

Believe it or not, LFB ! Gonna read as much of it as I can before the Last Chrons arrive. Maybe I'd be better off reading WGW ?
I made a decision after the Elohimfest. When the last book comes out, I'm going to revisit and catch up by listening to Scott Brick's audiobook versions. Yes, I'll have to spend some money on it even though I already have the books, but I like the way he reads and am happy to support his efforts.
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feanor wrote:Ayup All...

Believe it or not, LFB ! Gonna read as much of it as I can before the Last Chrons arrive. Maybe I'd be better off reading WGW ?
Ayup Feanor!

I bet you're confusing the hell out of all the USers on here with you're ayups :D
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