It can't be July, already? Can it? Oh well, let's hear what you're reading!

[Orionis]

Just finished A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, a entertaining one off about a great galumphing over-educated misfit in 1960s New Orleans. Worth it, though hardwork at times.

Yay for Ignatius J. Reilly. Such a well-developed character.

As for me, I'm about to start The Passage by Justin Cronin. Any book likened to a combination of Stephen King's The Stand and Cormac McCarthy's The Road should hold my attention quite well if it lives up to the reviews.

 

[Urien]

Glad you like Ignatius. I'm a big fan of McCarthy and King, so googling The Passage.

 

[gully_foyle]

I have finished Kraken by Mieville. Not one of his best. Am now having a long overdue re-read of Solaris by Lem.

 

[Hober Mallow]

Finishing up "Man in the High Castle" by PKD. I've been really busy the last few weeks so I'm opting to read something short after this...Possibly "Behold the Man" by Michael Moorcock or "Blood Music" by Greg Bear.

 

[Orionis]

Glad you like Ignatius. I'm a big fan of McCarthy and King, so googling The Passage.

Entertainment Weekly has a good review on the book. I'd post the link for you but I can't do to inadequate post count.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

I'm reading The Spirit Lens by Carol Berg.

Started one of her other books a few years ago and abandoned it -- I don't remember why -- but I'm enjoying this one very much.

It looks like I will have to go back and try some of her others.

 

[soulsinging]

Finished 'River of Doubt' and absolutely loved it. No fantasy quest I've ever read seemed nearly as grueling as this true story of an expedition down a previously unexplored river through the amazon. The dangers of life in that totally untouched jungle put the most fiendish demons in fantasy to shame! Also a very interesting look at Teddy Roosevelt, who led the expedition (and nearly died, along with his son) after losing his last run for president. Who knew a US president could be such an interesting and exciting person?

Now I'm picking up 'Best Served Cold' by Abercrombie. I need a break from the non-fiction and I've been spending so much time discussing his work on here the last few days that I couldn't resist.

 

[Tillane]

Finished When It Changed. No bad. Not fantastic, either. Ken MacLeod's story is good, as is Liz Williams', but the rest are fairly mixed. Anyhoo, started Joe Abercrombie's Best Served Cold this afternoon: if it's anywhere near as good as his First Law trilogy, then I should be in for a treat.

 

[digs]

I'm about 3/4 (almost) through Erikson's Gardens of the Moon. I'm really liking it, even if I have no idea what's going on half the time. I think I'm subconsciously drawing it out to avoid having to choose what to read next...

 

[Hilarious Joke]

I'm about 3/4 (almost) through Erikson's Gardens of the Moon. I'm really liking it, even if I have no idea what's going on half the time. I think I'm subconsciously drawing it out to avoid having to choose what to read next...

Yay!

I finished Hand of Chaos by Margeret Weis & Tracy Hickman and so on to Into the Labyrinth, the second last in the Death Gate septology. It's alright.

 

[GOLLUM]

Yay!

I finished Hand of Chaos by Margeret Weis & Tracy Hickman and so on to Into the Labyrinth, the second last in the Death Gate septology. It's alright.

OH I read that series ages ago HJ. That is probably my favourite series by Weiss and Hickmann, the original Drangonlance trilogy notwithstanding.

I thought it was actually pretty good, so keep at it, I think you will be pleasantly suprised....

 

[Talysia]

Just picked up Mark Chadbourn's The Devil In Green.

 

[elvet]

Just picked up Mark Chadbourn's The Devil In Green.

I've been trying to buy this book. Amazon US keeps postponing the shipment .
I'm onto Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews. I like the series. She manages to keep the romantic tension going even though this is the 4th book.

 

[Connavar]

Im reading Klondike Tales by Jack London along side my current SF book. Im on Son of the Wolf collection.

He is a world lit author for me since from my POV reading realistic stories about Yukon,Alaska of 1890s feels so far away. He is very literary documentary feel in this collection. Feels like im stuck in those cold wilderness and its about survivle reading the stories.

 

[Ian Whates]

Finished Ken MacLeod's The Restoration Game a few days ago -- contains some of Ken's best writing yet, without necessarily being his best novel; very enjoyable all the same.

Now just polished off Sean Williams' Cenotaxis, a novella that's a sort of sidespur to his Astropolis trilogy (a space opera saga spanning hundreds of thousands of years).

 

[Fried Egg]

I've been mostly forced to abandon reading this weekend being too innerbriated to be able to read stories from the Borges collection "Labyrinths" (I find I have to be fully compis mentis to be able to take them in).

 

[CyBeR]

I've started on 'Immortality Inc.' by Sheckley and 'Jhereg' by Brust. I'm enjoying them both terribly...though it's really funny how one is SF set in 2110 and the other is pure fantasy. Great fun.

 

[ravenus]

Read Farewell, My Lovely another wholly engaging effort from Raymond Chandler, a man who appears to casually throw out lines us lesser mortals would slash our wrists to have thought of.

"She hung up, leaving me with a curious feeling of having talked to somebody who didn't exist."

 

[Vertigo]

Finished Feist's Magician a few days ago and now into Hobb's Royal Assassin.

Confess to being a little disappointed with Magician; it was good, but just not as good as I'd been led to expect. As regards Hobb, still not sure if I can put up with Fitz's whining, which is a shame because the world and plot I find quite interesting. I will persist for this novel and then see how it goes. Back to SF after this I think; probably some more of Reynolds' Revelation Space universe or possibly the second of Asher's Cormac books.

 

[Rand]

Re-reading a couple of old ones

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich - P.K. Dick

Jingo - Pratchett

No extra coin to spend on new books right now.