April's Astonishing, Astounding (and Sometimes Overpowering) Adventures in Reading

[murphy]

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Now reading Dave Duncan's The Alchemist's Code. Check link for details.

 

[Switchback]

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hey murphy, what do you think of duncan? i remember reading back in high school a series of his, cutting edge, upland outlaws, another one or maybe two??? i remember enjoying them, but not enough apparently to try any more. i was at the book shop the other day and was reading the back covers of a few of his, king's blades, couple others??? do you enjoy him???

 

[Tillane]

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Currently reading Alastair Reynold's short story collection Zima Blue and Other Stories. Mainly in preparation for House of Suns, which is published next week...

 

[murphy]

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hey murphy, what do you think of duncan? i remember reading back in high school a series of his, cutting edge, upland outlaws, another one or maybe two??? i remember enjoying them, but not enough apparently to try any more. i was at the book shop the other day and was reading the back covers of a few of his, king's blades, couple others??? do you enjoy him???

Yes, like him very much. I have all his books beginning with the Reluctant Swordman trilogy. The books you are talking about are the Man of His Word series. There were 8 books total in that universe.

 

[Switchback]

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Yes, like him very much. I have all his books beginning with the Reluctant Swordman trilogy. The books you are talking about are the Man of His Word series. There were 8 books total in that universe.

8 books? man, i know I didn't read all eight. i'm going to go look for those again. thanks...

 

[murphy]

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8 books? man, i know I didn't read all eight. i'm going to go look for those again. thanks...

Check out his website for the Man of His Word series and A Handful of Men series. The Handful of Men follows the Man of His Word.

 

[jneni]

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Just finished Ted Dekker's Showdown.

Now reading George R.R. Martin's The Game of Thrones (lol first book of the series >< )

 

[Nesacat]

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Just dipping into Cinema Macabre, ed. Mark Morris, which I put somewhere safe last September and have only just found..

Sounds like my mom. She's always putting stuff in places that are so safe no one can find them. They eventually turn up months or even years later.

 

[Call me Gytha]

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After waiting years for JV Jones' A Sword from Red Ice to come out I discovered that it's not a trilogy.... I hope I don't have to wait so long for the next book :? having said that it was a cracking read and I have just started Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

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finished it two days ago, excellant, excellant excellant, I throughly enjoyed it.
it is done differantly then any other fantasy book that i have read.
Iwould recommend this book highly
enjoy

I would have to agree that it is quite different from anything else I have read. I am a little over half way and am enjoying it.

Now reading George R.R. Martin's The Game of Thrones (lol first book of the series >< )

Great book, great series! Enjoy.

 

[murphy]

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After waiting years for JV Jones' A Sword from Red Ice to come out I discovered that it's not a trilogy.... I hope I don't have to wait so long for the next book :? having said that it was a cracking read and I have just started Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie

I felt the same way about the Jones book. It was a shock to realize that it wasn't a trilogy.


Now reading Carpe Demon: Confessions of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom. Light and fluffy reading.

 

[iansales]

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Finished A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell, the first book of his A Dance to the Music of Time 12-volume series. It was good, and I'd like to read the remaining 11 books; but not so good I'm going to dash out and buy them.

Now starting Women of Sand & Myrrh by Hanan al-Shaykh. After that one, it'll be back to sf and fantasy reading...

 

[DeepThought]

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Finished Stranger in a Strange Land. Took a devil of a time gulping it down. Now I know why there is such a polarized/love-hate thing about this novel and of the truth behind its cult status. Obviously a lot of stuff in here I don't agree with Heinlein...(though quite probably I suspect that the said controversial issues do not fully reflect his own ideals ), but nonetheless I enjoyed it, a well written thought-provoking novel which has tempted me to question a lot of things I had initially taken for granted....although I admit to not fully Groking it all.

Now on to a classic Pre-Tolkien Sword & Sorcery; The First Book of Lankhmar (Fantasy Masterworks edition) by Fritz Leiber.

Cheers, DeepThought

 

[Thadlerian]

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Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb.

 

[Ragnar]

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Finished The Voyage of the Sable Keech last night - beginning to wonder if the guy is ever going to write a bad one.

Currently tucking into Chuck Palahnuik's Diary.

 

[Nesacat]

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Finished last night A Dozen Tough Jobs by Howard Waldrop ...

... The ancient world of meddling Gods interfering in the affairs of mortal men in the Mediterranean region is reset in the environs of northern Mississippi, circa 1926.... it reveals much about the corruption and arbitrary justice of that place and time. A tale told by a young negro orphan, it is both a celebration of life and an indictment of a reprehensible social system. The revised Twelve Labours of Hercules are often marvelously humorous in their adapted state, and the events of the story in which they are embedded are no less amusing and remarkable.

Also re-read Orson Scott Card's The Abyss after watching the movie on DVD. For whatever wierd reason I keep thinking Alan Dean Foster wrote this book, when he obviously did not.

 

[UltraCulture]

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That's my fave film Nesa, i've always wondered what the book is like.

Was it written to the film or visa versa?

 

[Reading_fanatic]

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Just started reading Midshipmans Hope by David Feintuch

 

[Yeoman]

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Donitz and the Wolf Packs by Bernard Edwards.

 

[Connavar]

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Fool Moon by Jim Butcher