What are you reading? What books have you got lined up?
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I've been on a Robert Heinlein kick lately. I'm currently working through "Time Enough for Love". Just finished "I Will Fear No Evil" and my next book is "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" and after that will be "Number of the Beast".
Yeah I kinda like Robert Heinlein. Anyone who is a fan of sci fi and Libertarian(ish) philosophy on all kinds of things would enjoy his works.
Yeah I kinda like Robert Heinlein. Anyone who is a fan of sci fi and Libertarian(ish) philosophy on all kinds of things would enjoy his works.
I'm currently reading the first book in the Warhammer 40,000 book series The Horus Heresy; titled Horus Rising.
It's pretty good. Since this is apparently technically 10,000 years before Warhammer 40,000, it's not very grimdark and shows quite a lot of humanity in the characters. They even mention near the beginning how treating the Emperor like a God is laughable.
However this humanity leaves some amusingly affectionate moments between Space Marines, that one could quite easily jokingly call homoerotic.
Check this out:
"As the sparks of it [vapour flare] rained slowly down onto the waters, the four warriors hugged and whooped, clasping hands and slapping backs. Torgaddon, Aximand and Abaddon took turns to embrace Loken."
If the other books are as interesting I could be reading for a while, but I'm a bit worried about how consistent the writing style will be since the series has many writers, even though I am aware they work together for them.
[small]The only thing I can consider a slight downside so far is they quite rightly feel the need to give you a character glossary for the book that's suprisingly long so you don't worry about forgetting who's who. Despite Horus being the person who's going to be a huge dick at some point, he has my favourite name. Since it's not made up, it has only one word, and is only five letters.[/small]
It's pretty good. Since this is apparently technically 10,000 years before Warhammer 40,000, it's not very grimdark and shows quite a lot of humanity in the characters. They even mention near the beginning how treating the Emperor like a God is laughable.
However this humanity leaves some amusingly affectionate moments between Space Marines, that one could quite easily jokingly call homoerotic.
Check this out:
"As the sparks of it [vapour flare] rained slowly down onto the waters, the four warriors hugged and whooped, clasping hands and slapping backs. Torgaddon, Aximand and Abaddon took turns to embrace Loken."
If the other books are as interesting I could be reading for a while, but I'm a bit worried about how consistent the writing style will be since the series has many writers, even though I am aware they work together for them.
[small]The only thing I can consider a slight downside so far is they quite rightly feel the need to give you a character glossary for the book that's suprisingly long so you don't worry about forgetting who's who. Despite Horus being the person who's going to be a huge dick at some point, he has my favourite name. Since it's not made up, it has only one word, and is only five letters.[/small]
Currently, I'm half way through "The Magician's Apprentice" by Trudi Canavan (a prequel to her "Black Magician" trilogy. Figured it'd be the best place to start and will be reading said trilogy next.)
Also lined up will be "Endlords", or whatever J.V. Jones calls it if she ever gets down to finishing and releasing the damned thing!
It's the 5th, and most likely final, book in her series called "Sword of Shadows".
If she doesn't release it before I get through the Black Magician trilogy, I might go back and re-read the Belgariad and Malloreon quintologies (along with the two additional prequels) by David Eddings while I wait... god knows I'll have time ¬_¬
Also lined up will be "Endlords", or whatever J.V. Jones calls it if she ever gets down to finishing and releasing the damned thing!
It's the 5th, and most likely final, book in her series called "Sword of Shadows".
If she doesn't release it before I get through the Black Magician trilogy, I might go back and re-read the Belgariad and Malloreon quintologies (along with the two additional prequels) by David Eddings while I wait... god knows I'll have time ¬_¬
There's a BBC series? TO NETFLIX!Mayhaps said:
I read the Gently books ages ago, so I'd love to see the show. And maybe it'll lead to me reading the books again.
On the topic: Currently just finished Frost Moon by Anthony Francis. It's a decent read, sort of a junk food book. I don't know what I'm reading next, because I downloaded several books to my Kindle thanks to Amazon's sales. Curse you, Amazon!
...actually, most of them seemed really good, so I'm not complaining. The rest seemed merely PRETTY good.
BloatedGuppy said:
I can't recommend Name of the Wind and its sequel Wise Man's Fear, highly enough. Rothfuss is an extremely talented author, and the Kingkiller Chronicles are simply amazing. Every character has a multi-dimensional personality, with all sorts of depth, the mechanic/gimmick of the books works wonderfully, and the world he created is enthralling.Binnsyboy said:
The only real weakness of the books is that it's hard to see the end goal. The books basically play out as a guy (a rather famous/infamous one at that) telling his life story. In most books, the author gives a rough idea of how things will proceed, but KKC simply doesn't have an overarching conflict. There's a couple of things that, if you squint, are hinting at such, but it could just as easily be coincidence.
In essence, it's the same story structure Dragon Age 2 attempted and failed miserably at. The difference is that Rothfuss is rather good at what he does and succeeds quite well IMO.
Edit: As for books I'm reading, I'm currently working my way through the first Gaunt's Ghosts omnibus. Haven't really been pulled into it yet, I'm hoping it gets more engaging as I read more of it.
After that, I've got the original Dragonriders of Pern trilogy to read, followed by the Night Angel trilogy and finally Grimm's Fairytales.
I'm currently reading the essay Aldous Huxley wrote about the effects of Mescaline, a hallucigenous drug. It's called "The Doors of Perception", it's really interesting.
The problem with Dune is it seems to get heavier with every book. God Emperor is just... so much exhausting talk and politics. And I'm not sure on my stance on his way of making you like a character in one book only to really hate the same one in the next. First Paul, then Alia, now Leto... it's kind of bugging me.lovestomooch said:
The Divina Comedia on the other hand is cruel in its style of writing and constant mentioning of people important at that time but now never heard of.
Reading "The Talisman" now after seeing it on my shelf for over 10 years, and then it's the new Dark Tower book, The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole.
Currently I'm half way through the second trilogy of Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghosts. Aren't the best books I've ever read, but then again it's WH40K, you don't immerse yourself in the setting for high quality literature, you do it for 8 foot tall acid-spitting SPEHS MAREENS killing space orks with chainswords. It's enjoyable is what I'm saying.
After I finish that, I'l be looking for some Alternate History stuff, not sure what yet, but I do feel a strong desire to read some AH. The more over the top the better.
After I finish that, I'l be looking for some Alternate History stuff, not sure what yet, but I do feel a strong desire to read some AH. The more over the top the better.
I'm not currently reading anything, although the A Song of Ice and Fire volumes 1 - 5 boxset is out on the 24th of may. When it's out I'll be getting that and reading all those. I have recently been thinking about rereading Mogworld though.
My French teacher is having us read an abridged version of The Count of Monte Cristo (French school so Le comte de Monte Cristo) so I might pick up the whole version when we're done and I'm currently reading Anna Karenina.
Just a typical Canadian teen.
Just a typical Canadian teen.
I'm currently re-reading the Lord of the Rings. I've got a lot of work at the moment and not too much time to read so I need something that I know a fair amount about so I don't forget what is happening after not reading for a month. I'm planning to get back into reading after my work load dies down a bit.
Just finished reading the Stalin epigram by Robert little it was a damn fine book.
Tense with a fair bit of rough humour I would definitly recommend it.
Tense with a fair bit of rough humour I would definitly recommend it.
I'm about halfway through reading The Silmarillion, no idea what I'm going to read next as I have a huge, huge pile of books to read. I have one about the Crusades that I might read, or maybe re-read Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy (as I haven't read the "new" one and want to re-read the series before I read it)
I have far too many books just waiting to be read and not enough time to read them all.
I have far too many books just waiting to be read and not enough time to read them all.