PhelanArcetus Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 Just finished Fevre Dream, and in my briefcase now is... The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted May 1, 2006 Author Share Posted May 1, 2006 Whatever happenned to Pinto, anyway? His second book ended on a cliffhanger -- years ago. Pinto's house was damaged by fire at some point, according to Wikipedia, which meant some time was lost. Also, apparently a third of the second volume was chopped out for space reasons and has had to have been fitted to the third volume and some problems arose because of that. His website: http://www.ricardopinto.com/ indicates that from his last update (November 2005) he expected it would take 7 more months to finish the book, meaning the first draft should be done in a few weeks. As for publication, I'd expect it in a year or so. I was pondering reading this series but decided to wait until it was finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 Wert, It's better, imo, than has been stated in this thread. I especially found it brave in its original setting and homosexual lead characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted May 1, 2006 Author Share Posted May 1, 2006 Sounds interesting. With my current pile and the fact that a closer inspection of this guy's progress reports suggests his release dates should be taken with a pinch of salt, I'll have to hold off on it for a while though. Cheers for the rec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 Halfway through Stackpole's When Dragons Rage and will follow up with his The Grand Crusade and then it's onto Novik's Jade Empire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 It's better, imo, than has been stated in this thread. I especially found it brave in its original setting and homosexual lead characters. To be fair, it was original and the world-building is impressively detailed. I won't say anything else good about it, but I will admit it does have those points in its favour. I did get the impression Pinto had the potential (and the writing talent) to write a good book but unfortauntely he didn't. I know some people like it, but I thought it was one of the worst fantasy books I'd ever read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebenstone Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 Finishing Animal Farm with my 10th graders and Fences by August Wilson with my 9th graders.... Moving onto Farenheit 451 and Romeo and Juliet....personally I am reading The Eye of Heaven (which I won on pat5150's site) at home and plodding through The Cry of the Icemark on the elliptical trainer at the gym. Busy month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. X Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Henry IV, Part I, Shakespeare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aergern Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Just finished Prince of Nothing and I'm about half done with Warrior Prophet... and after the PoN series then it's off to read the first six Malazan books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageGuy Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Just finished Throne of Jade and The Amber Wizard. Throne of Jade was good, and I look forward to the next book. The "my dears" still grate, but that's the only problem. The Amber Wizard is a little heavy on exposition, and the magic system seems a little undeveloped for playing such a big role, but it's a solid first book. No idea what to start next. Maybe Anubis Gates. But exams come first :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jak O Shadows Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 I'm about 250 pages into gardens of the Moon. Its fairly complicated but i am enjoying it. Could be one for the long haul, another epic series to occupy my time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cteresa Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Finally reading the Heaven Tree Trilogy by Edith Pargeter. Been interested on this for years, and this copy sat TBR for quite a bit. It´s historicalk, set in the England-Wales border round 1210 or so, still on the first volume. You know what this reminds me of? Guy Gavriel Kay more than anybody else - the series is older than any GGK book and it seems to have no fantasy elements. But the theme, the characters, it seems a lot like GGK to me. I know GGK is supposed to have Dunnett as an inspiration, but this seems to me closer to GGK than any Dunnett. I like it a lot so far, despite maybe characters a little too modern or too perfect. Ran, Linda, have you ever tried this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Render Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Just finished Spin by Robert Charles Wilson. I haven't got the existential heebie-jeebies this good since I read Childhood's End by Clarke Now I am reading Inside the Third Reich by Albert Speer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bentley Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 I have never read the Heaven Tree trilogy (but definately intend to some day), but if you enjoy this series, I recommend Pargeter's Gwynedd quartet. It's one of my favorite series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sword of DuLath Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Midnight Tides- Steven Erikson Fantastic so far, another Erikson masterclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 kamasutra. master lao. master k'ong-fu. hemacandra's yogasastra. some miscellaneous lawyer books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
add-on Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Couple of classics this month: Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky and As I Lay Dying by Faulkner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhelanArcetus Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Just finished The Demolished Man last night, so First Man in Rome is up next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Baelish Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 I've just started The Broken Crown by Michelle West. I'm about 70 pages in, and it is rather confusing. I got the sense of being thrown in at the deep end, just like with Erikson. But there is also plenty of interesting stuff to keep me going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Solstice Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Currently I am reading book 2 of the Sovereign Stone trilogy by Weis/Hickman. This is about a magical stone granted by the gods that was divided into four parts. These parts are given to four races of the world to enable the stone keepers to create dominion lords that have a magical armor and battle evil. I am a little bit disappointed though. The first book takes an interesting approach, because the authors concentrate on the storyline of the evil characters - one who dabbles in forbidden magic, the other who covets to become a dominion lord and king and wants to have the Sovereign Stone by all means, even with the help of this forbidden magic. The second volume is more or less your standard quest. But I like the world and the races the authors created. Let's see what the third volume will have in store... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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