SF/F Books: Chapter Two - What Are You Reading?

[Roland19]

I'm currently reading the Duma Key by Stephen King.

Its a slow paced book and a slow read, but I really like it. Interesting characters and really well written, imo.

I may or may not go back to Dark Tower after this. Have to wait and see.

I also bought some other books recently at a book sale: Pocket Book of O'Henry,, Cell (by King), Cujo (by King), Tales of Alvin maker 3, and the Two Towers (by Tolkien). Never read the O'Henry, Cujo or Two Towers, so I may read one of those next...

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" Duma Key will take awhile though."

 

[Brian]

In the middle of "Prince Caspian" now.

 

[Mistral]

I'm reading "The Future We Always Wanted"

 

[AdAstra]

Sundiver, the first (I hope, anyway =)) Uplift novel, by David Brin.

 

[Mistral]

Ad Astra-yup, first chronologically. I've read everything he's written. The Uplift War is my fav. Startide Rising is good. The trilogy after gets convoluted.

 

[AdAstra]

^ I've read Startide Rising, a long long time ago, in Dutch.

I remember liking it, which is why I picked up the trilogy for a full read, in English this time.

 

[Valin]

I just finished J.M. Stirling's "The Sky People."
Rereading Leigh Brackett's "The Ginger Star." (Last read that one about 30 years ago.)

 

[Mistral]

Valin said:
I just finished J.M. Stirling's "The Sky People."
Rereading Leigh Brackett's "The Ginger Star." (Last read that one about 30 years ago.)

um, S.M. Stirling. Learn it, know it, love it. try "Island in the Sea of Time" its 1 of his best. I read Sky People recently-not bad-I just hate waiting for the sequels.

 

[Valin]

Mistral said:

Valin said:
I just finished J.M. Stirling's "The Sky People."
Rereading Leigh Brackett's "The Ginger Star." (Last read that one about 30 years ago.)

um, S.M. Stirling. Learn it, know it, love it. try "Island in the Sea of Time" its 1 of his best. I read Sky People recently-not bad-I just hate waiting for the sequels.

I realized later on last night that I had Stirling's first initial wrong; haven't had a chance to login until now.

I'll probably pick up "Island" next time I see it.

The sequel to "Sky People" is coming out in March, I believe.

 

[Mistral]

When U R finished W/Island and the 2 others-catch Dies The Fire-it tells what happened to our time after the events of ISLAND

 

[zakkrusz]

Star Wars-Republic Commando: True Colors by Karen Traviss

 

[Brian]

Still re-reading the Narnia books. I finished "Prince Caspian" on Friday, and am starting "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" today.

I have a question for anyone about the Prince Caspian trailer. It appears for the most part to be faithful to the book, with a couple of exceptions. One deals with the White Witch, which is forgivable I suppose. It's all just talk in the book. For a film it would ramp up the drama to actually do something in that regard. But the thing that I can't find parallel with is the scene with the flying creatures (gryphons?) carrying the kids on some aerial assault. Does anyone know where that fits in? Is it to give the girls something better/more actiony to do than flitting about with Bacchus during the big confrontation?

 

[Defcon]

Star Trek: Klingon Empire - A Burning House by Keith R.A. DeCandido.

 

[PointyHairedJedi]

I'm about to start on Terry Pratchett's Night Watch after having made a rare foray into non-fiction.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I recently started reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

Oh...wait...that's not science fiction. :blush:

Well, I did recently finish Forged in Fire by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels.

 

[Brian]

I recently started reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

I love that book! :thumbsup:

 

[Steve Roby]

Someone gave my wife The Life of Pi as a gift, and she read it out of a sense of duty. She did not enjoy it. I listened to what she said about it, I read reviews that talked about the whole "this is a novel to make you believe in God" business, I read a couple of interviews with Martel, and I thought, this book is really very emphatically definitely not for me.

I've been reading mysteries rather than SF/F lately, though I did read one of the Doctor Who new series books, Stephen Cole's The Art of Destruction. Not challenging or original (except for its setting, a future Africa), and one of the less successful attempts at capturing Tennant's Doctor (all manic, all the time), but a breezy enough way to waste a couple of hours.

 

[Brian]

I really don't think it's a book meant to make you believe in God, it's more a book that makes you think about what you really believe. What you actually believe will determine how you interpret the ending of the book, which is what makes it great, IMO.

 

[Demiurge]

Reading the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Fatal Revenant now.

Not quite up to the first series, but I'd put those as among the best all time for fantasy.

Really enjoying it so far!

 

[Starbreaker]

I'm re-reading Dune now. I've found some very interesting things in this re-read... especially this quote that I thought I had found on the internet first, but it's actually used in the book:

"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced". Herbert tries to pass it off as his own, which is odd.