Elfqueen Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 just got A Cruel Wind, Glen Cook actually got 2 weeks ago..reading it now Children Of Hurin Honored Enemy, by I forget who, don't have it in hand right now.heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Honored Enemy, by I forget who, don't have it in hand right now.heh I'm guessing that's the book by Raymond E Feist and William Fortschen. It's a good book, fairly straightforward plot of enemy soldiers having to work together to survive but it's probably the best thing Feist's written in the last decade or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beniowa Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 I have the disease as well. Since the beginning of the month I've bought All of the Dresden Files books Brasyl, Ian McDonald The Gate of Worlds, Robert Silverberg Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Yesterday I decided to catch up on some stuff I should have read long ago. I picked up Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? and Neil Gaiman's American Gods. For those unfamiliar, the Dick novel is the one on which the famous Ridley Scott film Blade Runner is based. I started it today, and am about halfway through it. It's very good and I intend to read more of his stuff -- what else is A-list other than A Scanner Darkly? I haven't been able to get into The Road yet. As Mandy said, it's really depressing and I haven't been in the mood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeric Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 The Modern World - steph Swainston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stilgar Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Inigma- check out "The Man in the High Castle" or "Ubik". TMiHC is an alternate history where the Axis wins WW2, but it's not about Martin Luther King becoming a user-car dealer or anything like that. It focuses on everyday people and the culture that's developed with Japan controlling the country. Ubik is weird and indescribable and great, and you'll just have to take my word for it; it's best to go in with no idea what's going to happen. Among his less well-known books, I liked Dr. Bloodmoney, which is a twisted post-apocalyptic story, and We Can Build You, about a salesman's uncertainty and doubt when his company starts building human-like robots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beniowa Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 My name is Ben and I'm a compulsive book shopper. Got some more books today at the Borders in Davenport. A DL novel. The Gates of Fire, Steven Pressfield Hood, Stephen R. Lawhead Viriconium, M. John Harrison I'm a little ambivalent about the last one since Harrison seems to get mixed feelings on this board, but I thought I'd see what the fuss is about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Just finished Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Quite an experience. Highly recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konstantine Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 I went on a spree and got Heroes Die Lord Foul's Bane A Shadow in Summer King's Dragon Tigana Perdido Street Station Not sure why I got them all at the same time, but I'm set for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Warrior Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 I just finished reading the highly enjoyable-The Blade Itself, starting on the Lies Of Locke Lamora, 40 pages in, and already kicking ass! Anyway, I just bought the Assassin's Apprentice today. I've heard so many good things, I just had to give it a go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driftwood Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 "Children of Hurin" Tolkien "The Picture of Dorian Grey" Wilde "The Satanic Verses" Rushdie All three are pretty good. In Verses Right now. Really beautiful prose and writing style. I really like stream of conciousness/weird 3rd person styles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 welp despite the fact that I haven't even started American Gods, I just bought:Philip K. Dick - The Philip K. Dick Reader (actually went looking for A Scanner Darkly, but they didn't have it)China Miéville - Iron CouncilTad Williams - Otherland: City of Golden Shadow (Book One - I've actually read the first couple, but not for years, and I had no idea where I left off, plus I wanted to add them to my collection)Is the rest of Tad Williams' catalogue (specifically, the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy) worth reading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymeria87 Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 I'm currently waiting for The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie and am finally getting to read the Dune Triology (nice though huge edition of the first three books) and yes my list of books to buy is getting looooooooooong...there's me trying not to buy too many books before moving to the States...eh...yeah, I'm a failure at that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Placed orders tonight for: Abercrombie - The Blade Itself Erikson - Gardens of the Moon Erikson - Deadhouse Gates Morgan - Altered CarbonI think I have a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Placed orders tonight for: Abercrombie - The Blade Itself Erikson - Gardens of the Moon Erikson - Deadhouse Gates Morgan - Altered CarbonI think I have a problem. You may have a problem, but you now have more good books! So, it's not all bad! (I'm 3/4 of the way through Altered Carbon and it is very good - as are the rest on your list) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymeria87 Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Is the rest of Tad Williams' catalogue (specifically, the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy) worth reading? Oh yes. I just started that one at my favorite book shop, but so far it looks great Go for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Is the rest of Tad Williams' catalogue (specifically, the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy) worth reading? M, S & T is very slow and dull to start off with (at least I thought so, opinions do vary on this) but it does become much better later on, particularly after the first book. Overall it is a good series despite some flaws (the slow start, the contrived ending). I quite liked Williams' "War of the Flowers" as well, it was more focused than Otherland or M, S & T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Just received a review copy of Brasyl by Ian McDonald from Gollancz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Warpechowski Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 I´m looking for a good fantasy book to buy right now. What do you recomend? Ive heard good things about Malazan and Lies of Lamora. Which one? Or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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