May's (Mostly) Marvelous Literary Musings

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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.
 
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 :rolleyes:

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.
 
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.
 
Almost finished reading Priestess of the White by Trudi Canavan.
 
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.
 
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....)
 
I'm taking a break from Dorothy Sayers to reread Prince Caspian before I go to see the movie next week.
 
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.

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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!
 
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.
 
Adasunshine said:
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.

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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.
 
Finished The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe, and have now started The Claw of the Conciliator, the second in the series. I think I'll wait until I've finished the series to comment on them, since the first seemed really to be an introduction.
 
Just finished the Mist of Avalon. Overall a good read thought i still prefer the Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart
 
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Just finished the Mist of Avalon.
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Gah! Stop stealing the book that I'm just about to finish. I should finish it tonight actually, if I get off the computer and start reading. Only about 30 pages to go, and I've really enjoyed it so far.

After that I'm going to read The Persimmon Tree by Bryce Courtenay. Should be good, just like all of his other books.
 
Finished Capacity by Tony Ballantyne. Now Reading Ian Watson's The Book of the River.
 
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