[amphibian]

Just bought "101 Uses for a Dead Cat" along with "The Devil and Sonny Liston". And a 1989 edition of "A Fire in the Sun" to replace the one I gave to a friend five years ago and never got back. Think it cost me less than 25 dollars total.

This post has been edited by amphibian: 30 March 2010 - 01:36 AM

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Grief, on 28 March 2010 - 06:05 PM, said:

Working my way through the first black company omnibus.
Finished the black company, and will be starting shadows linger tonight or tommorow.

Enjoyinh it so far.

Is goooooood stuff.

[CortillionsLeftSlipper]

Well I've just finished Iron Elves by Chris Evans. A good read and can't wait for his 2nd book to be released in paper back. Debating what to read next although I think it will be Empress - Godspeaker Book 1 by Karen Miller.

Read her other series, King Maker King Breaker (Innocent Mage and Awakened Mage) which were both excelent reads and have high hopes for this series also.

[Morgoth]

Just finished Glen Cook's Shadowline; the Starfisher Trilogy Volume One.

I've come to realize I enjoy his sci fi much more than his fantasy. This book was cool and when I realized it was in essence Norse mythology in space it got even cooler. The best thing about Cook though, is that you never know what's going to happen. You can't tell in advance if the main character will succeed or not. You can't tell who will die and when they'll die. You can't tell who will win and who will lose. It's delightfully unpredictable, which I've come to appreciate more and more.

[pat5150]

Just reviewed Guy Gavriel Kay's awe-inspiring Under Heaven. Should be the speculative fiction book of the year, and is definitely Kay's best work to date.

Check out the blog for the full review.

Cheers,

Patrick

[champ]

just started reading Desert Spear by Peter Brett

[lobo the wolfman]

Now that l can get my hands on all of them l am re-reading the Tales of the Black Company.

Hoping by the time l am done l will Changes by Jim Butcher to read.

[Morgoth]

Candide by Voltaire. I just finished the Count of Monte Christo, which was an emotional roller coaster like none I have read in a long time. Figured I'd stay within the same area of time (sort of).

[Bauchelain the Evil]

Ah! The Count of Monte Cristo could very well be my favourite book ever. As for Candide, I found it a very fun read.
Anyway, re-reading A Quiet Man and Other Stories by Maurice Welsh. They're all great stories but if I had to choose my favourite I would say A Quiet Man.

[HoosierDaddy]

Finished Perdido Street Station. Quite enjoyed it, and will have to pick up more China Mieville.

Next up is Changes, by one Mr. Jim Butcher, as soon as it comes out on Tuesday. (Reading Turncoat to catch up.)

[MTS]

Suttree by Cormac McCarthy. It's pretty good so far.

[QuickTidal]

Finally settling in to read DUST OF DREAMS and only 100 pages in I find it a WAY better and easier read than TTH was! Yay!

[Traveller]

Reading a book called 'Rifles' by Mark Urban - true account of the 95 regiment of greenjackets during the Peninsular War.

It's brilliant, all accounts from letters and diary entries, along with 'official' records at the time about the battle, casualties, and the fates of those that Urban follows throughout the war.

Interesting that after the siege of Badajoz, the Rifles really got a reputation for being 'first in, last out..' an elite group who'd survived some of the worst battles, the veterans among them being looked up to by the rest of the army. Some of them got sent back to Shorncliffe to train up new recruits; some, by the battle at Waterloo, were so certain that their luck would turn, that they lost their nerve and ran for it.

Good book anyway, like the real life BB's. But without cussers.

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[Jusentantaka]

Traveller, on 02 April 2010 - 04:01 PM, said:

Good book anyway, like the real life BB's. But without cussers.

Hmph, I always kinda pictured cussers being a clay version of the 16th-18th C. hand grenades like this:




Time to return to the Dresdencrack with Dead Beat for me.

[MTS]

Picked this up yesterday, and have read a few pages - Chuck Norris vs. Mr. T: 400 Facts About the Baddest Dudes in the History of Ever .

Believe it or not, 100 Chuck Norris jokes in a row gets old. No, really, it does.

This post has been edited by MTS: 03 April 2010 - 02:59 AM

[Animace]

With a recent spate of spare time I've been going through books at a rate of knots, fast running out of recommendations!

Finished Jim Butchers Codex: Alera series, was rather enjoyable even if it seemed that halfway through each book there was a noticeable point that it became one long rush to the finish line.

Patrick Rothfuss's The Name of the Wind was highly enjoyable, not groundbreaking but very easy to read.

Just started on Alastair Reynolds Terminal World which is going well so far, a very interesting mix of a variety of styles.

Glen Cooks Black Company omnibus is next

[Tuberski]

Ain, on 31 March 2010 - 12:51 AM, said:

Grief, on 28 March 2010 - 06:05 PM, said:

Working my way through the first black company omnibus.
Finished the black company, and will be starting shadows linger tonight or tommorow.

Enjoyinh it so far.

Is goooooood stuff.

i am reading The White Rose now, it's very underwhelming.

[Fist Gamet]

Having now just finished Judas Unchained, which was really very good, I have now started A Magic of Twilight.

[Traveller]

Jusentantaka, on 02 April 2010 - 04:19 PM, said:

Traveller, on 02 April 2010 - 04:01 PM, said:

Good book anyway, like the real life BB's. But without cussers.

Hmph, I always kinda pictured cussers being a clay version of the 16th-18th C. hand grenades like this:




Time to return to the Dresdencrack with Dead Beat for me.

Fair point - the Grenadiers in Empire TW always remind me of malazans throwing sharpers - the command, the throw, then the pause as they all fly throught the air into the enemy ranks... then kaboom!

I haven't read any Dresden for ages.. I wonder where I got up to?

This post has been edited by Traveller: 03 April 2010 - 09:28 PM

[Salt-Man Z]

Tuberski, on 03 April 2010 - 03:36 PM, said:

i am reading The White Rose now, it's very underwhelming.

I was a bit underwhelmed by TWR too. (Shadows Linger was my favorite of the original trilogy.) Most people seem to think the first three books are the best, but I personally preferred the later books.