What are you reading?

[Connavar]

I just finshed my first western book Boone's Lick which i thought was very good.

Also read recently Ian Rankin's first Rebus book. Knots and Crosses a very interesting take on the police story. Alot better than the second book Hide and Seek.

[Anne Lyle]

Just finished "The Lies of Locke Lamora" - nice world-building and some great ideas, but over-written, IMHO. Not bad for such a young writer, though - I'll be interested to see how the sequel shapes up. 3.5 stars (I'm a harsh critic!)

Next up - an unpublished thriller (for my critique group) and maybe "The Blade Itself".

[tarifa]

The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul Douglas Adams

havent read it in years but its definatley still hitting that minor chord i remember

[urchin]

I'm just finishing R Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing trilogy. Worth checking out.

[manephelien]

Just started JRRT's The Children of Húrin.

[speedingslug]

Just finished The Iron Council, now reading Peter Hamilton's The Reality Dysfunction

[Overread]

Just started reading "Wolf's Blood" by Jane lindskold
speedingslug - reality dysfunctin is a great read - just don't get worried about the opening chapters - once the science is out of the way the story (or stories as it really should be) start comming out.

[speedingslug]

Originally Posted by Overread

Just started reading "Wolf's Blood" by Jane lindskold
speedingslug - reality dysfunctin is a great read - just don't get worried about the opening chapters - once the science is out of the way the story (or stories as it really should be) start comming out.

Cheers, I don't mind the Science it may take a bit to understand, but takes me a while to remember the characters and what they are/are doing at first. I'm 100 and odd pages in.......tis a hefty book.

[clovis-man]

Just started "Pushing Ice" by Alastair Reynolds. I'm a happy boy.

Regards,

Jim

[Redtail]

Have just started Raymond E Feist's Krondor the Betrayal, my first Feist book(I got it for .50cents at the local library discard shop) and Im hooked.

[Ginkus]

Originally Posted by Redtail

Have just started Raymond E Feist's Krondor the Betrayal, my first Feist book(I got it for .50cents at the local library discard shop) and Im hooked.

Feist is good, haven't read him in a bit, but hopefully will get around to him again.

Currently reading Night Watch, and it is a lot better than the movie. But I get the feeling that something is lost in the translation (it's Russian for those not in the know). So overall it's alright.

Last five read where: Beowulf (loved it, awesome epicness). Hogfather by Terry Pratchett (great, as usual for Pratchett). Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (really cool, smart Sci-Fi). Penny Dreadful by Will Christopher Baer (really cool, trippy modern noir). And Casino Royale by Ian Fleming (liked it, but gotta say I prefer the movie, book was sort of uneventful).

Up next is more Pratchett and then I'll finally be diving into George R. R. Martin.

[clovis-man]

Originally Posted by Ginkus

Casino Royale by Ian Fleming (liked it, but gotta say I prefer the movie, book was sort of uneventful).

I know this gets beyond SF & F but: Consider how long ago Casino Royale was written. It was Fleming's first Bond novel, IIRC. I read it circa 1961. Haven't read a Fleming book in ages, but I remember thinking this one was one of the best. I also remember thinking what a shame it was that the Burt Bacharach, David Niven, Peter Sellers movie so deliberately avoided having anything to do with the book.

Now a new Casino Royale movie. And a good Bond flick, at that. Great action. A good new James Bond. But (sigh) still not much like the original, more elegantly paced tale. The thing is, I believe that the time for a Casino Royale film that really follows the book is long past us. Nobody would be interested anymore.

Regards,

Jim

[Aniri]

Just started Mad Ship, by Robin Hobb.

[Overread]

Good luck with the Mad Ship, I am a fan of Hobb, but I found this one a little heavy going and a tad slower than I like, but it is a good book. (that I was listning to the music from Pritate ot Carribbean might also have slowed my reading)

[Aniri]

Originally Posted by Overread

Good luck with the Mad Ship, I am a fan of Hobb, but I found this one a little heavy going and a tad slower than I like, but it is a good book. (that I was listning to the music from Pritate ot Carribbean might also have slowed my reading)

Thank you. I started with the Farseer trilogy...LOVED it. I went to the Liveship series next because I had the volumes waiting patiently on my book shelf (otherwise, I think I might have gone on to the Tawny Man series). Ship of Magic, I have to admit was slow going for me (my guess is that I was still too fresh from the Farseer and still thinking of the Fool and Fitz...etc..)--it did engage me eventually though. I'm NOT a huge fan of the ship/sailing descriptions *yawn* All those terms Then again, it leaves me more in awe of authors who can so beautifully describe something which they have never done themselves, KWIM?