Scion of Valyria Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Just Finished: The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson, Sound And The Fury, William Faulkner. Right now, I'm doing a re-read of Trinity by Leon Uris. Following it is probably going to be Kite Runner, and after that, I am not to sure. Maybe something by Hemingway. The Rum Diary was an interesting book. No masterpiece by any means, but I loved it nonetheless. I'm still working on getting what I can out of Sound And The Fury. Trinity I've always enjoyed, and it's been awhile since I read it, so I'm really looking forward to it. Lord Stark; The Sunne In Splendour is really good. It covers alot of time in a relatively short amount of pages, so it seems a bit rushed in parts, but the final scenes at Bosworth make up for it. It's very entertaining, and SKP seemed to do pretty good research(I'm not yet earning a degree in it, so I'm not sure if it's all precise), but it is fiction, so she took artistic license quite a bit, especially with some bits regarding Edward IV's mistresses and whatnot (again, this statement is not based on extensive knowledge of the topic). It's a great book, and a must if you enjoy medieval history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddler's Green Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 I'm just finishing up "A Song for Arbonne", the only GGK book I haven't read besides Last Light of the Sun. It's quite good, though a bit behind Tigana and Lions of Al-Rassan for me. Next on tap is Jack Vance's Dying Earth series and East of Eden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crow's Eye Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Just Finished: The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson, Sound And The Fury, William Faulkner. The Rum Diary was an interesting book. No masterpiece by any means, but I loved it nonetheless. I'm still working on getting what I can out of Sound And The Fury. Loved both those books. Especially Sound and the Fury - although that's not even my favorite Faulkner - Sanctuary has that honor. I'm still trying to finish Heart of Darkness - but I just haven't had any time. It upsets me - normally a book that size I'd be done with in a couple of days, but now its been weeks and weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaldBull Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Kate Elliott's Crown of Stars books. Trowbridge and Smith's Exordium series. The Game by Neil Strauss. Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Lady Ashalind Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I just finished reading Memmories of Ice by Erikson. (sp - to lazy to look it up). I haven't gotten around yet to looking for next books on amazon site. I know I can order them from either Canada or Uk just haven't done it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doppelganger Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Just finished Diary by Chuck Palahniuk today. Fantastic book. Very creepy ending. I'm starting Gardens of the Moon tonight. I can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Ent Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Just finished: Anansi Boys. Didn't like it at all in the beginning, but after a few chapters it was fine. I think it is majorly flawed (Gaiman never really finds his voice) but sometimes brilliant. I was disappointed because I didn't connect with the main character at all in the beginning. He was a non-person, much like Shadow in American Gods. Now, for Shadow there was a reason that he was a non-person, and his ghost girlfriend even remarked about that. But Charles Nancy? Well, it turns out Fat Charlie is lacking the characterization department for a reason as well, so Gaiman does this on purpose. It's a feature, not a flaw. Still, it made it hard for me to get into the book. Next book: Vellum by Hal Duncan. My local bookshop happened to order a first, signed edition for me, too! A nice surprise. On the iPod: Feast for Crows. 4th re-read or so, and (still) Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane. Bed-time reading for my children: Harry Potter og fønixordenen by JK Rowling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestrit Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 The Rum Diary was an interesting book. No masterpiece by any means, but I loved it nonetheless. I enjoyed the Rum Diary. I think it's made more interesting by the fact that he was only 22 or something when he wrote it. I love the fact that he tries to copy Hemingway's style but a bit of the HST craziness still seeps in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneeye Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 On book 2 of WOT, first time reading. When does it start sucking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaceBannon42 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Book 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Reading Paul Park's Princess of Roumania. Jeezus H. What an amazing book. Park has such a fresh approach to language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Peter F. Hamilton's: Pandora's Star Stephen Sears': Gettysburg John Keegan's: Fields of Battle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzlebane Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I'm reading Lions of Al-Rassan, my first foray into GGK's work, and I'm enjoying it quite a bit so far. I was a little thrown by the fact his Jaddite knights use the prefix Ser. In any case, it's well written with some memorable characters. I'm also reading a recent translation of the Iliad that I like a lot more than the Lattimore version I read in college and I'll start Erikson later this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luzifer's right hand Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Snow Crash(reread) Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 The Complete Chronicles of Conan (Centenary Edition) by Robert E. Howard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Sun Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 I'm still reading Miéville, Perdido Street Station, and I'm still not sure I like it. Somehow I feel reminded of "Amadeus" and the "too many notes" remark, only that the books has a bit "too many words" for me. (And I hope I can blame the translation that the prose doesn't sound as good as it probably should.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emberling Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 (And I hope I can blame the translation that the prose doesn't sound as good as it probably should.) :sick: The idea of translated Mieville seems a bit distasteful. His weird prose lends a whole lot to the books' feel, even though it ends up being almost corny or silly in a few botched places. I really don't think it would translate well at all - it would either be boring, losing most of the flavor, or seem corny and botched much more often. Reading the entire Miles Vorkosigan series for the second time. Just finished Komarr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Sun Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 :sick: The idea of translated Mieville seems a bit distasteful. His weird prose lends a whole lot to the books' feel, even though it ends up being almost corny or silly in a few botched places. I really don't think it would translate well at all - it would either be boring, losing most of the flavor, or seem corny and botched much more often. Sure, but the local library doesn't have many English science-fiction books, and I can not buy blindly all books I could/might like to read. The worst is that the publishing house is one with the reputation of making "cheap" books. They have already butchered Rankin (and I hate them for it ), so I blame part of my indifference on the translation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. X Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Just finished Charles Stross' "The Hidden Family". Now I'm reading Ken MacLeod's "Cosmonaut Keep". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 I'm reading Scott Westerfield's "Risen Empire". After about 50 pages it is reasonably entertaining so far, although the quality of the prose is a bit mediocre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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