December's Delights in Reading

[Lord Soth]

I'm still steadily ploughing my way through Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb - its slow going and some of the characters need a kick up the ass but its not bad, a little too glacial in pace for me though and I doubt I'll be buying any more of Ms Hobb's work (by all accounts this pace is typical of here work).

I made the mistake of picking up Prador Moon by Neal Asher (Christmas present yay!) and now will have to finish that before I go back to Hobb's novel, only problem with this one of Ashers is that its far too short! Santa has brought me a few books this Christmas (from the list i 'suggested' to him) so I should be happy for the next month or so!

 

[Nikitta]

I gave up. Both on getting into Blindsight, but also on tearing myself away from the Dresden files, so I'm on to Grave Peril. I meant to read something else between the second and the third book in the series, but - I'm weak! I'm weak!

 

[Lobolover]

finaly finished "[FONT=&quot]The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes" by Rudyard Kipling.Alot of potential.
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[Quokka]

I finished The Mote in God's Eye which was ok, the plotlines and aliens were good but the human characters kind of lost me and now I'm reading The Stars My Destination which has so far been a great read.

 

[AE35Unit]

Reading a curiously titled story by Aldiss from The Saliva Tree. Its called Legends of Smith's Burst

 

[elvet]

Just finished Gene Wolfe's The Knight. This is a book that reads like a fable, and to be honest, I keep feeling like I'm missing the big picture. It's probably full of metaphors and deeper meanings that I'm not astute enough to pick up. I'm going to continue with the second book (The Wizard) because I want to see how everything ties together. It is well written and interesting, but not light entertainment.

 

[GOLLUM]

Just finished Gene Wolfe's The Knight. This is a book that reads like a fable, and to be honest, I keep feeling like I'm missing the big picture. It's probably full of metaphors and deeper meanings that I'm not astute enough to pick up. I'm going to continue with the second book (The Wizard) because I want to see how everything ties together. It is well written and interesting, but not light entertainment.

As I indicated Wolfe is anything but light but can also be enjoyed on several different levels. There's certainly deeper meanings in the text but wait until you've read Wizard before tackling a full analysis of the story.

I think you would enjoy his Soldier series namely Latro In The Mist if you wanted to try another work by this author. All about a guy in ancient times who forgets what he's done each day and has to write it down in order to have a record of his daily adventures and who also communes with the gods. Relates to memory and consciousness of the self amongst other themes. Arguably up there with Gene's most famous work Book Of The New Sun.

Finishing up a revisit of China Mieville's The Scar before going on to newer stuff.

 

[Quokka]

The Stars My Destination was awesome and I enjoyed every twist and turn of it, planning on starting Tau Zero tonight.

 

[elvet]

I think you would enjoy his Soldier series namely Latro In The Mist if you wanted to try another work by this author. All about a guy in ancient times who forgets what he's done each day and has to write it down in order to have a record of his daily adventures and who also communes with the gods. Relates to memory and consciousness of the self amongst other themes. Arguably up there with Gene's most famous work Book Of The New Sun.

Thanks for the suggestions, Gollum.

 

[Nikitta]

Done reading Grave Peril and finding that the series just gets better and better. No cash for book shopping before Tuesday, so I'll have to wait with the sequel until then *pout*

 

[tangaloomababe]

Originally posted by sloweye

Been really trying to get in to it,its just not catching me yet. its one hell of a size though, you could clobber an elephant to death with it,i think thats part of it. I'm dyslexic so its quite a hefty book for me and i have to have it back on the 6th of Jan. (about 1/4 way at the mo)

Gee sloweye I admire your persistence being dyslexic and tacking a book of this size. You should see its follow up, World without End, its just as big and I have the hardcover version, if the first book only knocks out the elephant, this one will finish him off!!!!!!!

 

[Lord Soth]

Finished Asher's Prador Moon - very good as per usual for my tastes but way too short. Have now started on Ian C Esslemonts - Night of Knives which is his first contribution to Erikson's Malazan world.

First impression is thats its ok, not up to Eriksons standard (although im honest enough to admit im probably biased as I love Erikson's works) although I do have one pet hate: At first glance the book is of a decent length (450 odd pages in my PB copy) but the font is very large, almost childlike in its size. I dont know if this was done on purpose to pad out the size of the book or not, but on a 'nornal' sized font the book would be half as big....

 

[UltraCulture]

Recently started The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg and it's shaping up nicely.

 

[gully_foyle]

Finished The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons over the xmas break. It was a pretty good book and I enjoyed it much more than Hyperion, which I also thought was pretty good, except for the ending. I'm not sure I either understand the role of The Shrike, or am satisfied with the explanation. Anyone wishing to help me out should PM me cause I don't want to post spoilers.

Now reading Asimov's The Caves of Steel.

 

[Tillane]

Anyone wishing to help me out should PM me cause I don't want to post spoilers.

PM is on its way...

 

[Connavar]

I finished Summer Knight by Butcher and have started reading again The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson.

Some high quality writing there but im also enjoying the world full of elfs,gods,trolls,goblins,dwarfs.

 

[ravenus]

finaly finished "[FONT=&quot]The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes" by Rudyard Kipling.Alot of potential.[/FONT]

Oh I quite like this one, and thought it was one of the best of his weird tales "from the Raj". The ending's rather tame but good going for a lot of the way. Am currently reading the FM edition of his stories

 

[hikari-sa]

i got a giftie to borders what should i get any suggestions?
i am rereading steven erikson i need a refresher on the malazans

 

[tangaloomababe]

I am reading the final book in the Twilight series "Breaking Dawn, now whilst I enjoyed Twilight, I found book two "Full Moon" pretty average. I liked Eclipse alot but am finding the final book more frustrating and just plain boring at times. I realise that they are probably directed more at young adults but really even they would have to find this last novel a bit of a let down. I am debating if I want to reading Stephanie Meyer's new book The Host - has anyone read it yet ?- any recommendations..........

 

[j d worthington]

Have begun Joshi's The Rise and Fall of the Cthulhu Mythos and, true to prediction, it has already proved both thought-provoking and at times downright provoking....

At the moment, I'm only up to the third chapter dealing with HPL's own work, and already he has brought out some interesting angles on things I've not seen before, as well as some fresh thoughts on others I have. It's also quite an entertaining and lively book. Definitely one which will see a fair amount of usage over the years....