May's (Mostly) Marvelous Literary Musings

[Nightmare]

Finished The Black Company by Glen Cook. I very much enjoyed it, and will definitely continue with the series.

Started Messiah by Gore Vidal and promptly gave up on it.

Finished Maelstrom by Peter Watts. Floored me. I wouldn't have thought Starfish would lead to something like this.

In an "it's been too long" return to non-fiction, I just started The Panda's Thumb by Stephen Jay Gould.

[hammerhead]

just started hell's gate by david weber and linda evans

[murphy]

Originally Posted by hammerhead

just started hell's gate by david weber and linda evans

Just finished Hell Hath No Fury by the same authors in the same universe. Now ready for book three of the series.

[sci-fi girl]

I'm reading Children of the mind by Orson Scott Card.

[AvoidingReality]

Just finished The Family Trade by Charles Stross. That was very good, looks like I'll be reading the rest of the series soon; as if I didn't have enough books on my 'to read' pile

Now starting The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe, which looks to be good, though I've only read a few pages so far.

[Talysia]

The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett.

[Connavar]

Elak of Atlanis by Henry Kuttner


Religion by Tim Willocks is the second ringer, the one i read 50% of the time.

Dont see why i must read only one book at the time anymore.

[Rosemary]

Almost finished reading Priestess of the White by Trudi Canavan.

[Amalthea]

I am half-way through Maia by Richard Adams. This is a long novel, but I cannot put it down.
Next will be Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.

[j. d. worthington]

After a false start several months ago, I'm now doing a reread of Sam Moskowitz' (ed.) Under the Moons of Mars: A History and Anthology of the "Scientific Romance" in the Munsey Magazines, 1912-1920. (This in addition to Laing's Haunted Omnibus....)

[Teresa Edgerton]

I'm taking a break from Dorothy Sayers to reread Prince Caspian before I go to see the movie next week.

[Adasunshine]

Finally, Finally, finished War of the Flowers by Tad Williams... really really enjoyed it but it was a bit slow-going sometimes... fabulous premise though and excellently executed.

Now I'll probably start reading Slave by Mende Nazer for my book group.

xx

[tyr]

After halted for several months, I started again to read Olympos (by Dan Simmons) yesterday. Now I am on page 224 (from 824 pages). 600 pages to go!

[ravenus]

Started off on Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill. At a quarter into, it is rather cliched but written in a breezy and likable enough manner to get along.

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by Adasunshine

Finally, Finally, finished War of the Flowers by Tad Williams... really really enjoyed it but it was a bit slow-going sometimes... fabulous premise though and excellently executed.

Now I'll probably start reading Slave by Mende Nazer for my book group.

xx

Glad to you enjoyied it


I also thought it was slow sometimes but that didnt bother at all unlike other slow fantasy i have read. There was there interesting elf,fairy world to make you sail through the slow parts.