[Tsundoku]

Currently halfway through the first Gaunts Ghosts omnibus. Read most of it before, but now I have the first 10 books.
Yeah it's Warhammer 40k, but it's by Dan Abnett so it's actually good.

Next up: The Name of the Wind.

Cheers,

La Sombra, calls the wind Mariah

[Salt-Man Z]

Morgoth, on Feb 13 2009, 02:45 AM, said:

Salt-Man Z, on Feb 12 2009, 08:58 PM, said:

I'm struggling through Gene Wolfe's The Wizard. I loved The Knight, but book two just isn't doing it for me like the first one. It's good, but I'm just not excited to pick it up every night.

I had the same problem. In the Wizard I just didn't find the main character interesting

I'm having the opposite problem, actually. I'm still fascinated with Able, but through the halfway point of The Wizard, most of the story is being told from other characters' perspective.

This post has been edited by Salt-Man Z: 13 February 2009 - 03:56 PM

[Dark Wolf]

I finished "The Company" by K.J. Parker. It is an interesting read, but I believe not to be the typical fantasy novel and it will not appeal to every reader. But I really liked the great in-depth characterization and how the author caught the human psychology. (My full review)

[pat5150]

Just finished A Fantasy Medley, a limited edition anthology featuring short stories by Robin Hobb, Kate Elliott, Kelley Armstrong, and C. E. Murphy.

All in all, an interesting and enjoyable read.

Check the blog for the full review.

Patrick

[Deornoth]

I've finished reading Aaron Allston's 'Outcast', the opening book in the 'Fate of the Jedi' sequence. It was great to be back in familiar surroundings (with familiar characters) but at times it all felt a little too... familiar. There was plenty of action but it featured characters who had done it all before and that I knew would come through ok. Entertaining but not gripping... My full review is over Here.
I ended up picking up loads of books over the weekend and now find myself in the position of finishing off 'Hater' (David Moody), 'The Ninth Circle' (Alex Bell) and 'Knights of Dark Renown' (David Gemmell).

[Salt-Man Z]

Finished The Wizard last night. Thankfully, the second half was much better than the first. Great series, overall.

After the last few months (which included reading The Wizard Knight, The Book of the New Sun, and the entire Black Company series) I feel the need for something short and lightweight, so next I'm reading Alan Dean Foster's prequel to and novelization of 2007's Transformers film. I'm amazed that I own 7 books by Foster (2 TF, 2 Star Wars, and 3 Star Trek) but have yet to read anything by him. That changes today.

[Deornoth]

Just finished reading 'Hater'; a tale of society's collapse in the face of an affliction that strikes randomly, turning people into murderous psychos...
I'm completely in awe of how great this book was, I was hooked right from the start and it will be in my head for days to come. My full review is over Here.
I'm now finishing off Alex Bell's 'The Ninth Circle'...

[Use Of Weapons]

I think Alan Daen Foster may have been the first fantasy I ever read. His Spellsinger series, which I still look back on fondly. Hard to find these days, I believe. One title (book 4 or 5, IIRC) sticks in the mind: _The Paths of the Perambulator_.

The complete original 6 book sequence (courtesy of Wikipedia) is:

* Spellsinger (1983)
* The Hour of the Gate (1984)
* The Day of the Dissonance (1984)
* The Moment of the Magician (1984)
* The Paths of the Perambulator (1985)
* The Time of the Transference (1987)

* Son of Spellsinger (1993)
* Chorus Skating (1994)

The last two were written long after the main sequence, and are not as good (at least, in my estimation).

[QuickTidal]

The Way Of Shadows - Brent Weeks....so far I am digging it.

[Deornoth]

I've finished Alex Bell's 'The Ninth Circle', a tale of missing identity and supernatural goings on in Budapest... I felt the setting took precedence over the plot, on occasion, but on the whole 'The Ninth Circle' had me gripped (and guessing what was going to happen next) the whole way through. My full review is over Here.
I'm now finishing off David Gemmell's 'Knights of Dark Renown'...

[Old Magic]

Halfway through "Lord Foul's Bane" book one of chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Not bad so far, the rape of Lena has been quite tragic, maybe because this Land is a bit more innocent than Malazan culture. Other than that it's been an interesting POV, a bit more relaxing to focus on just one POV as well..

[Riot]

two thirds through the red wolf conspiracy by robert vs redick, and am quite enjoying it. strong ideas and good vision

[kcf]

Last week I finished The Two Pearls of Wisdom by Alison Goodman. It's a decent YA crossover novel that I mostly enjoyed (full review). In what I consider a rather stupid move, it was pubished under the uninspired title of Eon: Dragoneye Reborn in the US and the only slightly better title Eon: Rise of the Dragoneye in the UK. I think Australia is the only place the published it under the decent title (though the UK may have that version as well).

Now I'm reading Twelve by Jasper Kent, which is proving to be quite good.

[masan's saddle]

Just finishing "Look to Windward" (for the second time !) by Iain M Banks. His Culture novels are like the MBotF novels, they get better when you re-read them. LtW is excellent however, you do not have to read them in order of publication as they are all pretty much stand alone classics. Personal faves are " Use of Weapons", "The Player of Games" and "Excession". The names Bank's gives to his characters, particularly the ships, are worth studying just by themselves !

I read "Empire in Black and Gold" by Adrian Tchaikovsky about 6 months ago after buying it in an airport. Good concept based around a world of city states/regions where the inhabitants have characteristics based on different insect species, (ants=warrior caste, Beetles=intellectuals/engineers, wasps=empire building mo fo's, spiders=duellists/sneaky bastards, Mantis'=full on Toblakai type badass !, etc etc ).

The follow up " Dragonfly Falling" has just come out and i'm gonna start it shortly. The series is called Shadows of The Apt and I think a third novel called " Blood of the Mantis" is out sometime this year. Definatley worth a go.

Does anybody know when George R R Martin is bringing out the next Song of Ice and Fire novel ? I think it's called "A Dance of Dragons " or summit'. I've been told 3 different dates, one of which has already passed ! Chop chop Georgeyboy my patience wears thin.

[Slow Ben]

Join the club.
Who knows when, I'll believe a date when its in my hands

Just started Lost Light by Michael Connely. not a big crime novel guy, but love the Harry Bosch novels.

This post has been edited by Slow Ben: 19 February 2009 - 01:26 AM

[Mentalist]

despite all the books I've bought today, not reading a single one of them.
happened to finally start reading Vadim Panov's "the Moscow club'--vol. 1 of the "Enclaves" series--a group of cyberpunk novels written in a Shadowrun-esque setting.

just started it today, but it should be interesting.

[Zanth13]

I am reading "The Steal remains" also "Last arguments of Kings", and bought "vellum" and "Mean Streats"

I have way to many alcoholic beverages and females to meet to read regularly right now but at least i am still in the game...

[Tarcanus]

Old Magic, on Feb 18 2009, 12:23 PM, said:

Halfway through "Lord Foul's Bane" book one of chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Not bad so far, the rape of Lena has been quite tragic, maybe because this Land is a bit more innocent than Malazan culture. Other than that it's been an interesting POV, a bit more relaxing to focus on just one POV as well..

I'm surprised anyone could find the rape tragic. It just happens, and Covenant, at least for me, wasn't a very great character yet. I thought the whole thing just happened too quickly and then faded into the background randomly because Donaldson had to have it that way for the plot to continue.



Anyway, I'm currently picking up The Sword of Angels by John Marco. This trilogy has been surprisingly enjoyable despite his lackluster prose. He's decent at leading me to guess the plot is going one way and then jerking me around. It's great. I'm hoping this last volume is even better than the last two.

[Deornoth]

I've just finished reading David Gemmell's 'Knights of Dark Renown'. While I did enjoy it I couldn't help feeling that his trying to get inside the heads of too many characters diluted proceedings a little too much (especially as the book wasn't long enough to cope). My full review is over Here. I'm now well into Adrian Tchaikovsky's 'Dragonfly Falling' and will probably start on 'Thicker Than Water' (Mike Carey) over the weekend...

[Dark Wolf]

I finished Tim Lebbon's novella, "The Reach of Children". Basically is a horror story, but I believe that this novella is much more than this. It is a wonderful read and one of a best I had this year. The only thing I regret is that "The Reach of Children" is a limited edition and sadly its publisher is no more. I really hope that this novella will be re-published soon, because it deserves to be read and deserves to have a wider audience. (my full review).