Currently reading Forged in Fire by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels. I'm only 50 pages in and I already can tell this is going to be epic.
SF/F Books: Chapter Two - What Are You Reading?
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I'm working my way through an anthology entitled Farewell Fantasic Venus! (you can guess what it covers, I think). I also just finished my first ever copy of Anaglog magazine, which I'm entirely surprised I was able to purchase in the first place. This is a great place to live if you like magazines about classic tractors or angling, but otherwise...
From what I recall, the door is left open for more adventures, but it's also a good conclusion. Have fun reading it.
I'm reading Kim Stanely Robinson's Fifty Degrees Below.
I really enjoy his attention to detail.
I really enjoy his attention to detail.
I am reading "Dr Bloodmoney" by Philip K. Dick - post atomic war bay area so far... interesting enough.
Just finished reading "The Terror" by Dan Simmons, which was a terrific novel about the failed arctic expedition in the 1840s, right up until the end it had me riveted.
Just finished reading "The Terror" by Dan Simmons, which was a terrific novel about the failed arctic expedition in the 1840s, right up until the end it had me riveted.
Star Wars: Darth Bane: Path of Destruction.
Fitzpatrick's War
and I just bought Connan
and I just bought Connan
How did you like God Emperor? I found it quite boring, I much preferred Heretics and Chapterhouse, which moved the series in a new direction, imo. Sandworms of Dune is sitting somewhere in my to-read pile?
Currently reading Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds. Loving his books!
I put Odyssey on hold for the moment, in favour of some library books.
Neil Gaiman's Coraline is up first, followed by a book on the myth of the Amazons (if that isn't fantasy, I don't know what is). Then it's Fatherland, from the recommendation upthread. And then, hopefully, back to Homer.
Neil Gaiman's Coraline is up first, followed by a book on the myth of the Amazons (if that isn't fantasy, I don't know what is). Then it's Fatherland, from the recommendation upthread. And then, hopefully, back to Homer.
serdogthehound said:
and I just bought Connan
If you mean Conan, what did you buy? One of the recent collections of the original Robert E. Howard stories, or something else? I went through a big REH/Conan phase many years ago, buying not just the REH stuff but anything else associated with his creations, until I got burned out on too many Conan pastiches by people like Robert Jordan using exactly the same formula book after book. I've actually started getting back into it a bit, with the Del Rey editions and some of the comics. But the only essential Conan stuff is Howard's.
Finished that, and boy did I throw the book across the room when I hit page 352...
When the lead characters get mortally wounded, but a Golden Retriever jumps on them so their wounds heal up and they come back to life! Fuck RIGHT off!
And I say that as a 20-year Koontz fan and devotee who has all his books...
Jumping back and forth between Mainspring by Jay Lake and Star Trek Excelsior: Forged In Fire.
I HIGHLY recommend Mainspring!
I HIGHLY recommend Mainspring!
A fairly random choice here - Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. No idea what to expect, but I've heard vaguely good things.
Not too shabby, not too shabby at all. Enjoyable, but not especially deep. The thing I've got lined up next is an anothology of short stories by Poul Anderson, which includes my favourite short story ever of any genre, No Truce with Kings (though Frederik Pohl's The Wizards of Pung's Corners comes a pretty damn close second).
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