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

[Ensign_Redshirt]

Re-reading The Forever War by Joe Haldeman.

 

[S. Gomez]

C.S. Lewis' Out of The Silent Planet with my book club.

Also, not strictly fantasy but definitely related, my copy of The Music of 'The Lord of The Rings' Films by Doug Adams, an outline and analysis of Howard Shore's score for the movies. Really beautiful book with tons of great stuff in it.

 

[Saga]

Soulless by Gail Carriger

 

[Mistral]

Reading? My 8 month old has taken up 2 new hobbies-crawling and chewing on my Xbox cords. Who has time to read?

 

[Admiral_Young]

After not having anything to read for a month I suddenly have an influx of books that I've borrowed from my parents and the library. I don't know that it qualifies as sci-fi/fantasy but I am almost finished "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" by Stig Larsson. Also started reading "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame-Smith which is so far a pretty good romp. After that I'll be reading "The Girl Who Plays With Fire" and "The Fall" by Del Toro and Chuck Hogan, their follow up to the excellent "The Strain" vampire trilogy.

 

[AdAstra]

The Reality Dysfunction, by Peter F. Hamilton.

A bit similar to Alastair Reynold's universe - which is a very good thing!

 

[Ensign_Redshirt]

I continue to re-read some of the "classic" books.

Currently A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess.

Horrorshow.

 

[Silvercrest]

The Tale of Krispos series, by Harry Turtledove.

 

[Mistral]

The Reality Dysfunction, by Peter F. Hamilton.

A bit similar to Alastair Reynold's universe - which is a very good thing!

Or not, depending on your tastes.

 

[Python Trek]

I am re-reading "The Silmarillion" and "The Mote in God's Eye". A pair of classics, says I!

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Just finished Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and now I'm reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

 

[Ubik]

I had never read Poul Anderson before. Then, last month, I read Brain Wave, which I thought was very good. So, I picked up book 1 of his Technic History series (it's called The Van Rijn Method), and wow...this stuff is fantastic, in an Asimovian, Heinleinian, Golden Agey sort of way. What unsung gems, these are. So far, I highly recommend them for anyone who's looking for Golden Age style stuff, and they've read all the Clarke's, Van Vogt's, Asimov's, and Heinlein's. Anderson is just as good as those guys.

 

[Ruaidhri]

The Tale of Krispos series, by Harry Turtledove.

That big omnibus? I've got that on my shelf...just haven't gotten to it yet. Turtledove's earlier stuff, like the Videssos and Krispos stories, is better. He's gotten so formulaic.

 

[Ensign_Redshirt]

Re-reading Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg

 

[Admiral_Young]

Will be reading "After America" by John Birmingham and then "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II" after I finish reading Bob Woodward's "Obama Wars".

 

[S. Gomez]

The Making of 'The Empire Strikes Back' by J.W. Rinzler.

 

[Ruaidhri]

Midnight Tides, book 5 in the Malazan Book of the Falen by Steven Erikson.

 

[Australis]

'Surface Detail', the new Culture novel, by Iain M Banks. Good stuff.

 

[stj]

Banks' State of the Art, Bacigalupi's Windup Girl.

 

[Mistral]

I had never read Poul Anderson before. Then, last month, I read Brain Wave, which I thought was very good. So, I picked up book 1 of his Technic History series (it's called The Van Rijn Method), and wow...this stuff is fantastic, in an Asimovian, Heinleinian, Golden Agey sort of way. What unsung gems, these are. So far, I highly recommend them for anyone who's looking for Golden Age style stuff, and they've read all the Clarke's, Van Vogt's, Asimov's, and Heinlein's. Anderson is just as good as those guys.

Might I suggest The Earth Book of Stormgate ? It's a compendium of several stories about the Psolotechnic League(I'm sure I spelled that wrong).

@Admiral Young-teh Birmingham was a lot of fun.