It's February Already! What We're Reading...

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I liked Storm Front...anyhoo

I am now onto "Of Fire and Night" 5th book of the Seven Suns Saga by Kevin J Anderson.
 
Now reading A Mankind Witch by Dave Freer. It's the third in the series following The Shadow of the Lion and This Rough Magic, which was by Eric Flint and Dave Freer. It reminds me a little bit of Eddings, but is much better written and doesn't irritate me, as does Eddings. A very enjoyable fantasy.
 
Just finished The Ill-Made Mute, and have started The Lady of The Sorrows. I'm enjoying this series very much.
 
I just finished Von Neumann's War by John Ringo and Travis Taylor. This is a pretty good book about an invasion from Mars, but not the way you would initially think. Too bad it's the first in a series, I'll probably have to wait a year or two just for the next book, and there's no telling how many books there will be.

Just before that, I read The Dark Tower. I started this one back in '93 when The Waste Lands was the most recent book and boy was I pissed when I found out there weren't any more. I basically waited until now, 14 years, for the frikin thing to be finished and I wasn't dissappointed. A great series.

Now I'm reading The Peace War by Vernor Vinge. This guy just doesn't write enough. He would be one of my top favorite authors if he would just write more damn books.

Also, I'm reading The Real Mars by Michael Hanlon. Usually when a new, up to date factual book about Mars is released, I'll snag it. The last one I read was the National Geographic book, Mars - Uncovering the Secrets of the Red Planet.

And when I'm in the bathroom, my reading material lately is divided between two books, the first one being The Martians by Kim Stanley Robinson. This is a great collection of short stories set in his Mars Trilogy universe. My other bathroom book is War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches, which is a collection of short stories describing the Martian invasion of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds as if witnessed by many notable people worldwide, including Mark Twain and Albert Einstein.

Can you tell I'm nuts about Mars?
 
I'm reading/re-reading a heap of Pern books by Anne McCaffrey atm, so far this month i'v read Dragonsinger, The White Dragon, Dragondrums, Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern & i've just started All the Weyrs of Pern ...

Ms McCaffrey may not be the greatest writer ever but she is definately a GREAT storyteller!!! I'v re-fallen in luv with the planet of Pern & think i'll be visiting there for a while :cool:
 
Just finished The Gunslinger by Stephen King, and while I plan to read the rest of this series, I am going to read Hades' Daughter first, for book club.
 
I just finished The Gripping Hand, by David Niven and Jerry Pournelle. It is a combination of hard SF and space opera. This is a sequel to The Mote in God’s Eye, which I thought was good but not great. My expectations may have been too high given Heinlein’s statement about The Mote: “Possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read.”

I only acquired The Gripping Hand because I found a used copy in a bargain bin for a buck. Given the size of my to-be-read pile and my lukewarm feeling about The Mote, I am not sure why I recently decided to read The Gripping Hand. I am glad I did! It was a terrific read. The authors have written several books together, and I think their story-telling skills improved during the 19 years between the two books. Lowered expectations were also probably a factor in my enjoyment. The Gripping Hand can probably stand alone, but it is better if you have read The Mote first.
 
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It's acutetly perceptive and psychologically drawn, the way it's written...

How Charlie suffers though :(
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Oh, I know. It's the last few pages that get me...

But such a beautiful book. It's one of the only books that I have loved from cover to cover, there were no drops throughout, I just constantly admired it throughout.
 
Just finished The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder. One of the best books (and shortest) I've read in a long while.

Currently reading Untold Stories by Alan Bennett. A superb writer, and as he's from my home town, Leeds, it has added interest.
 
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