[Fist Gamet]

Neverwhere - Gaiman
Millennium - Tom Holland
Saturn's Children - Stross

Stross, I have never read, but had great reviews, and, tbh, I read the first chapter and thought it was excellent

[Avatar]

Midnight Tides! Some 200 pages to go of HoC

[Thelomen Toblerone]

The Fourth Bear - Jasper Fforde

Second one of the series, as you can probably tell I enjoyed the last one.

[Slum]

Fist Gamet, on Jul 25 2009, 05:24 PM, said:

Neverwhere - Gaiman
Millennium - Tom Holland
Saturn's Children - Stross

Stross, I have never read, but had great reviews, and, tbh, I read the first chapter and thought it was excellent

Neverwhere is a fun read.

[murphy72]

jitsukerr, on Jul 20 2009, 03:41 AM, said:

In my post above, the book I'd forgot I had bought was
_A Darkness Forged In Fire_ by Chris Evans. Started it at the weekend. Dreadful rubbish, gave up after 30 pages or so. Have started _Already Dead_ -- promising, like a dark Dresden without the humour. Annoying typography choices aside, it's a good read so far.

I thought it was a lot darker than Dresden, but I like all four books that are out. That is a Charlie Huston book, isn't it?

[Slow Ben]

Slow Ben, on Jul 24 2009, 02:22 PM, said:

Picked up "Annals of the Black Company" by Cook yesterday at B&N. Good stuff.

Forgot about this till i opened my bag. Also got Dresden's White Night in the bargain bin for 6 bucks. Sweet.

[thewikkidone]

Fist Gamet, on Jul 25 2009, 04:24 PM, said:

Neverwhere - Gaiman
Millennium - Tom Holland
Saturn's Children - Stross

Stross, I have never read, but had great reviews, and, tbh, I read the first chapter and thought it was excellent

I love Neverwhere, I've read it about 10 times, and it's never gotten old.

[Use Of Weapons]

murphy72, on Jul 26 2009, 03:00 PM, said:

jitsukerr, on Jul 20 2009, 03:41 AM, said:

Have started _Already Dead_ -- promising, like a dark Dresden without the humour. Annoying typography choices aside, it's a good read so far.

I thought it was a lot darker than Dresden, but I like all four books that are out. That is a Charlie Huston book, isn't it?

Yep. Great book, really enjoyed it. Still annoyed by the typography (why not just use normal quotation style for dialogue?) but I got over it. Will definitely get the others.

[teholbeddict]

Well actually I bought it Saturday, but as the board's been down I didn't have a chance to post. Picked up Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye, because SS has been raving about it. Also picked up all three books in Abercrombies First Law Trilogy. I've been picking them up and putting them back down at the bookstore for about a year. I decided to finally just buy them and add them to my to read pile.

[Abyss]

jitsukerr, on Jul 27 2009, 06:20 AM, said:

murphy72, on Jul 26 2009, 03:00 PM, said:

jitsukerr, on Jul 20 2009, 03:41 AM, said:

Have started _Already Dead_ -- promising, like a dark Dresden without the humour. Annoying typography choices aside, it's a good read so far.

I thought it was a lot darker than Dresden, but I like all four books that are out. That is a Charlie Huston book, isn't it?

Yep. Great book, really enjoyed it. Still annoyed by the typography (why not just use normal quotation style for dialogue?) but I got over it. Will definitely get the others.

Oh? tell us more? I needs Dresden alternatives and Carey is slow with his Felix Castor series.

- Abyss, addictive personality.

[stone monkey]

Saturns Children is not Stross' best work imo. That's probably either the Bob Howard books (fyi The Atrocity Archives & The Jennifer Morgue which might work, for some people i.e. me, as an amazingly clever and geeky {and wonderfully Lovecraftian} alternative to The Dresden Files) or the, quite frankly, extraordinary Accelerando. I also have a bit of a soft spot for the series which, so far comprises of, Singularity Sky (which is, to date, the only book to ever make me laugh about Nuclear Saltwater Rockets) and Iron Sunrise, which imo has one of the most extraordinary opening chapters in modern sf. His short fiction isn't bad either, the collection Toast has given me a certain amount of amusement recently.

[Use Of Weapons]

stone monkey, on Jul 29 2009, 12:00 AM, said:

Saturns Children is not Stross' best work imo. That's probably either the Bob Howard books (fyi The Atrocity Archives & The Jennifer Morgue which might work, for some people i.e. me, as an amazingly clever and geeky {and wonderfully Lovecraftian} alternative to The Dresden Files) or the, quite frankly, extraordinary Accelerando. I also have a bit of a soft spot for the series which, so far comprises of, Singularity Sky (which is, to date, the only book to ever make me laugh about Nuclear Saltwater Rockets) and Iron Sunrise, which imo has one of the most extraordinary opening chapters in modern sf. His short fiction isn't bad either, the collection Toast has given me a certain amount of amusement recently.

Agree that the Bob Howard books are excellent. Would have to put the Family Trade books right up there with Accelerando as Stross's best, though -- they are just untouchable. And even below-par Stross is better than the best some other authors can do. He is on my buy-at-sight list.

[Fist Gamet]

jitsukerr, on Jul 29 2009, 11:05 AM, said:

stone monkey, on Jul 29 2009, 12:00 AM, said:

Saturns Children is not Stross' best work imo. That's probably either the Bob Howard books (fyi The Atrocity Archives & The Jennifer Morgue which might work, for some people i.e. me, as an amazingly clever and geeky {and wonderfully Lovecraftian} alternative to The Dresden Files) or the, quite frankly, extraordinary Accelerando. I also have a bit of a soft spot for the series which, so far comprises of, Singularity Sky (which is, to date, the only book to ever make me laugh about Nuclear Saltwater Rockets) and Iron Sunrise, which imo has one of the most extraordinary opening chapters in modern sf. His short fiction isn't bad either, the collection Toast has given me a certain amount of amusement recently.

Agree that the Bob Howard books are excellent. Would have to put the Family Trade books right up there with Accelerando as Stross's best, though -- they are just untouchable. And even below-par Stross is better than the best some other authors can do. He is on my buy-at-sight list.

Thanks for that, I will be honest and say I had not considered Stross until very recently and don't know much about his work. I think I shall seek out more

[murphy72]

Just bought:

New Tricks by David Rosenfelt (a mystery with a man and his dog as the main characters)
Promise of Wolves by Dorothy Hearst
Precious Dragon by Liz Williams
Grunts by Mary Gentle

[Grief]

Was in a bookshop yesterday-so picked up The Steel Remains, which i'm looking forward to reading at some point in the future.

[stone monkey]

I bought Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas over the weekend. It's hilarious. On my commute to work this morning I had to put my hand over my mouth to muffle my laughter. I still got some odd looks...

[Skywalker]

So I traded a number of books (NoK, TtH, Mistborn trilogy included) with a friend and got in return:

Roger Zelazny - Lord of Light
Gene Wolfe - The Book of the New Sun (four volumes)
Guy Gavriel Kay - The Fionavar Tapestry (all three)

Also I bought Empire and Colossus by Niall Fergusson because I liked his "Ascent of Money"

What do you guys reckon I should read first? (be advised that any recommendations made will be blown away by the arrival of DoD toward the end of the month)

[Use Of Weapons]

You should have time to finish all of the Fionavar Tapestry, so I'd go with that.

[Use Of Weapons]

And I just finished this morning James H. Schmitz's _Telzey Amberdon_ Vol. 1 (edited by Eric Flint). Pulpy trash, can't see what all the fuss is about.

[Skywalker]

jitsukerr, on Aug 4 2009, 06:48 PM, said:

You should have time to finish all of the Fionavar Tapestry, so I'd go with that.

Yeah, what I was thinking was I'll start on Lord of Light because it is a standalone - if I can finish over a weekend, maybe read one book out of Fionavar and then it should be in time for DoD (I don't get much time to read on weekdays)...

This post has been edited by Skywalker: 05 August 2009 - 05:51 AM