May's Meanderings in Fabulous Fiction...

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I'm now done reading The Drawing of the Dark and wish I could remember who it was that recommended The Anubis Gates to me and thus introduced me to Tim Powers, because I want to thank him/her. IOW: I quite enjoyed it and I plan to see if I can get my paws on On Stranger Tides because I really want to read that.

Next up, I think I'll go for Fevre Dream (GRRM), though there's now only 11 days till I get the keys to my new flat, so I don't expect to get much reading done for a while and I can't start on a new book right away, with The Drawing still so strongly on my mind.
 
Nikitta said:
Next up, I think I'll go for Fevre Dream (GRRM), though there's now only 11 days till I get the keys to my new flat, so I don't expect to get much reading done for a while and I can't start on a new book right away, with The Drawing still so strongly on my mind.
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If you thought Drawing was good, Fevre Dream will blow your socks right off....:)
 
DeepThought said:
I'm re-reading 2001: A Space Odyssey by Authur C. Clarke.
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Excellent taste sir! Might I recommend a sequel?
One could just go onto 2010 or go straight to 3001 which follows events that happen part way through 2001. I might try that myself. Re read 2001 and when I get to the episode with Poole jump to the last book!
 
You're welcome. Don't forget 2061,Odyssey 3. Its set in time to coincide with the return of Halley's comet and tho it follows as a sequel to 2010 the great things about the books is they can be read in any order really. Each is like a standalone.
 
I'm well into Bonehunters. The last 2 books semed to have more answers in them. I'm all confused again, especially trying to figure out how the dragons play a role. I still love the books, and am seriously considering a reread when I'm done Toll the Hounds, just while everthing is relatively fresh.
 
Started R Scott Bakker's - Prince of Nothing over the holiday weekend, seems OK so far ... given the reviews and recommendations I've had around it i'm hoping as I progress with it that "OK" improoves quite a bit
 
Well, I finished The Bourne Identity last night, and wow, it was a good read. Quite different from the movie though. I look forward to reading the next two.

Now I'm on to a reread of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
 
soulsinging said:
I read the Hero and the Crown YEARS ago and was just thinking about it the other week for some reason. The two are related, aren't they?
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Yes, The Hero and the Crown is the prequel to The Blue Sword, which was written first.
 
I just finished 'The Blade Itself' by Joe Abercrombie. It was alright. Had some exciting parts, but generally I was a bit underwhelmed. It felt like 500 pages of set up for a story that will take place in the next 2 books. It wasn't bad, just didn't really engage me or leave me itching to know what happens next. I may continue on with the series, but not until I take a crack at a few other things (e.g. finish Hobb's Farseer).

Now, back on to the Preacher graphic novels for me!
 
GOLLUM said:
seeing you like sea adventures, have you looked at Naomi Novak's fantasy series at all?
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I had the book from the library but i didnt have time for cause of other similar books ei fantasy,historical fiction authors like Kearney,Forester whose books i read often now.
When i read many of those i had left to read Novak's first series but i was then in the mood for other type of fiction. I dont like to read 5-10 books of the same genre in a row.

Im reading the newest books in my TBR pile so i can have time for authors i want to try like Naomi Novak.

Speaking about library books i have Fevre Dream at home and the library made a mistake that made the book dissapeared from their catalouge. I coudnt re-loan it. The guy in the information desk said if i wanted i could keep it forever at home since according to their computers i dont have it at home. If i was that sort of a guy i would have got a new book for free.
 
Sounds good Conn....:)

Yes, let us know when you get around to checking out Naomi's series. I met her in '07 at WorldCon when she was just making her way. Nice lady, I got a pic with her and book autographed.

I wished her luck shortly before she went onstage to see if she would win the John W. Campbell award for best newcomer and she did, so I figure she owes me....;)
 
From the rather old to the very new ...

Found a copy of *Magician's Law* by Michael Scott last year -- finally read it and then re-read the other two volumes of his "Tales of the Bard" trilogy.

Then I read Alison Sinclair's *Darkborn* -- urban fantasy with a very different idea!
 
I'm reading Devices and Desires by K. J. Parker, the first thing I've read by this author. Parker does a number of things that should have already annoyed me to the point where there'd be a book-sized hole in the wall opposite my bed ... but somehow I'm enjoying the book anyway. Liking it a lot, as a matter of fact, and I do not know how she is pulling this off.
 
Continuing my reading of Gautier's tales... It's been a heck of a two-week period, so it's going slowly, which is quite frustrating, as I'm enjoying the book considerably.

At this point, have finished: "The Fleece of Gold" -- more of a whimsical tale than anything, though still quite enjoyable; "The Evil Eye" -- not entirely successful attempt to balance between the genuinely supernatural and the naturalistic approach, but nonetheless with some very powerful stuff, even if a bit contrived at some points; "The Mummy's Foot" -- a somewhat eerie, somewhat whimsical, completely bizarre take on love, beauty, and death; "Avatar" -- a piece that, though suffering a slight letdown in tensity toward the end, is nonetheless very strong while still using a very light touch for its terrific effects... and not without a certain grotesque humor à la Hoffmann, and no little beauty to its concepts and writing along the way.

Am currently reading "Spirit Love", which is a very odd blending of a romantic tale and a ghost story (of sorts), reminiscent in some ways of Bulwer, yet very much Gautier's own....
 
I'm reading:

Sick to Death by Hedley Thomas
Medalon by Jennifer Fallon
Guardians of the West by David Eddings
Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson
 
I'm still rereading The Malazan books. Am up to Memories Of Ice so will get the tissues out!

During the rereading, I have found out a lot more about the stories than the first time around.
 
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