What we're reading in June...

[beenorthern]

So far this month I've read a couple of mysteries and

*Eldrie the Healer* -- Claudia J. Edwards -- mediocre, #1 in a series that never continued
*Winter Warriors* -- David Gemmell -- fair, very similar to other Gemmell books
*Signs of Life* -- Cherry Wilder -- good, her books were always understated but I liked them!
*Across the Nightingale Floor* -- Lian Hearn -- very good (wonder if she read *The Paladin* by Cherryh?); will read the rest of this series!
*Cowl* -- Neal Asher -- good, enjoying it almost as much as *The Skinner*

Looks like it'll be another good reading month!

[nixie]

Peter Straub's Hellfire club

[genisis2]

Angels of Death by william Marsden and Julian Sher about the Hells Angels on an iternational level. An excellent read if your into the true crime type of books.

[j. d. worthington]

Just finished Irving's Tales of a Traveller -- a few scattered bits of the supernatural, mostly whimsical, but occasionally hints of something darker, and all very well written; quite enjoyable.

Up next: King Rat -- China Mieville

[I, Brian]

Picked up Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land" - had it a couple of years but never felt like reading it.

Was a little uncertain at first but enjoying it - like the overtones already.

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by I, Brian

Picked up Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land" - had it a couple of years but never felt like reading it.

Was a little uncertain at first but enjoying it - like the overtones already.

Watch that third step -- it's a lulu! Just a warning: the book changes gears down the line; may take some readjustment. But it still asks some very interesting questions. And (if you've read the other) can you spot the connection between this and Heinlein's Beyond This Horizon? (Anybody else up on that one?)

[Culhwch]

After a first abortive attempt a couple months back, I have once more started in on Bakker's much vaunted The Darkness That Comes Before. I've gotten further than last time, so that's a start. Not totally engrossed, but it's not so bad, I guess, if a little confusing. Though that seems par for the course these days....

[Prefx]

Originally Posted by Culhwch

After a first abortive attempt a couple months back, I have once more started in on Bakker's much vaunted The Darkness That Comes Before. I've gotten further than last time, so that's a start. Not totally engrossed, but it's not so bad, I guess, if a little confusing. Though that seems par for the course these days....

I tempted with buying that on Monday, but instead I got Dune. I've heard too much about it to pass up the occasion.

[Quokka]

read P K Dick's maze of death for me a nice ending didnt save it from being a very so-so read.

[iansales]

Today, the postman brought the fifth volume in the Trigan Empire Collection, The Three Princes, by Don Lawrence and Mike Butterworth. These are beautifully produced volumes of Lawrence's Trigan Empire strip from Look & Learn magazine. See http://www.triganempire.co.uk

[elvet]

I'm on the 3rd book of the Temeraire trilogy - Black Powder War.

[Taltos]

Finished Roger Zelazny's "A Dark Travelling" - still pondering about this one, to me it seems a bit pointless story
Tonight finishing (probably) M. John Harrison's "The Pastel City"

[cornelius]

just finished the farseer trilogy; if I get no message from the library for "darkness at sethanon" I might start with ASOIAF

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by sonofstan

I Just finished a book by Janny Wurts called the curse of the mistwraith. To be honest i thought it was a bit boring.

Well it does start a little slow but I've read all of the current 7 books published in Wurt's Wars Of Light and Shadow. I love the prose but it's not everyone's cup of tea.

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by j. d. worthington

Just finished Irving's Tales of a Traveller -- a few scattered bits of the supernatural, mostly whimsical, but occasionally hints of something darker, and all very well written; quite enjoyable.

Up next: King Rat -- China Mieville

Will be interesting to see your take on this mate. Not as good as Perdidio Street Station or the other 2 books in his main series but an interesting take on the pied piper story.

Originally Posted by Snowdog

Just started Knight by Gene Wolfe. The first 50 pages went by very quickly. So far it has a feel similar to Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Ansderson, as in a man from the 20th century snatched out of our world to become a knight in the land of Faery, in order to fight some evil. But this is Wolfe. I don't expect it to be a straightforward good vs evil tale.

With Wolfe it never is, part of what makes him such a great writer. Interesting comparison with Anderson, I've never thought of that comparison before...

Originally Posted by Zadok

I'm currently reading Vandermeer's City of Saints and Madmen, great stuff so far. I'm also waiting for my copy of the Bonehunters to arrive.

You're a very lucky person let me tell you, it doesn't get much better than that....