So what is your August majesty reading?

[bluespider100]

I am now reading, Forever Free and after that Forever Peace ...

 

[Diggler]

Finished Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys, and have to say, what a great little read. I would not be too surprised if Duncan Jones, excellent film Moon, was not partially inspired by this book.

I'm now onto In the Country of Last Things by Paul Auster

 

[Fried Egg]

I don't recall if you've ever read Pangborn, but if not, you should really give some of his work a try....

Is that Edgar Pangborn? No, I've never read any of his work. Anything in particular you would recommend by him?

 

[Diggler]

Is that Edgar Pangborn? No, I've never read any of his work. Anything in particular you would recommend by him?

Not meaning to hijack this post, but I have heard good things about Pangborn's Davy. It's on my to read/track down list

 

[Fried Egg]

Thanks, that one sounds good!

 

[Perpetual Man]

Weeellllll the last time I posted on the 'What we are currently reading thread' I commented that Iw as reading far to slowly. This was in April. April! It's taken me the better part of 5 months to read one book! I haven't read that slowly since I was a little boy!

Sigh, anyway I've now finished GREEN MARS by Kim Stanley Robinson, and despite the time it has taken me to read it I thoroughly enjoyed it and despite warnings from friends am looking forwards to the final part of the series.

Speaking of final parts of series, I'm about to start the third book of the GREEN LION Trilogy by the Chrons very own Teresa Edgeton. Hopefully I'll go a bit quicker through this one. Otherwise I'll be posting in the new year.

 

[bluespider100]

^

So am not the only one who find it hard to read the works of Kim Stanley Robinson.

 

[murphy]

I just finished The Blood King by Gail Z Martin and am currently working on The Blood Heir by Brian Ruckley. Seems to be a theme of Blood here

I am anxiously awaiting The Way of the Kings by Sanderson to come in the mail as well as Brent Weeks new one The Black Prism

I recently finished The Black Prism and while there's nothing new about it, it does tell a very good story with a lot of humor. Now reading Neal Asher's The Brass Man. I enjoyed his Gridlinked very much and this is a continuation of the Cormac series.

 

[Zappster]

I recently finished The Black Prism and while there's nothing new about it, it does tell a very good story with a lot of humor. Now reading Neal Asher's The Brass Man. I enjoyed his Gridlinked very much and this is a continuation of the Cormac series.

Did you read The Line of Polity already? I've read elsewhere that The Line of Polity and Brass Man make up one story arc, and the other story arc which rounds out the Cormac series is comprised of the final two books, Polity Agent and Line War

 

[j d worthington]

Is that Edgar Pangborn? No, I've never read any of his work. Anything in particular you would recommend by him?

I would second Diggler's recommendation of Davy, but even better than that one would be the short story "Angel's Egg" or his novel A Mirror for Observers. The latter is, essentially, a science-fiction retelling of the story of Job, but oh, my, does it pack a punch!

As has been said before, Pangborn is perhaps the most humane of humanitarian writers....

 

[Vertigo]

Did you read The Line of Polity already? I've read elsewhere that The Line of Polity and Brass Man make up one story arc, and the other story arc which rounds out the Cormac series is comprised of the final two books, Polity Agent and Line War

You are quite correct Zappster - the Line Of Polity does come before The Brass Man in the Cormac series. You can see the full Polity book timeline in this thread: http://www.sffchronicles.co.uk/forum/525773-wheres-the-best-place-to-start.html

 

[CyBeR]

Weeellllll the last time I posted on the 'What we are currently reading thread' I commented that Iw as reading far to slowly. This was in April. April! It's taken me the better part of 5 months to read one book! I haven't read that slowly since I was a little boy!

Sigh, anyway I've now finished GREEN MARS by Kim Stanley Robinson, and despite the time it has taken me to read it I thoroughly enjoyed it and despite warnings from friends am looking forwards to the final part of the series.

Speaking of final parts of series, I'm about to start the third book of the GREEN LION Trilogy by the Chrons very own Teresa Edgeton. Hopefully I'll go a bit quicker through this one. Otherwise I'll be posting in the new year.

This kind of thing makes me wonder if it really was a good idea to get the book when I had. 'Red Mars' is waiting in my bookcase for quite a long time now...I can't muster the courage to start on it.

Almost done with 'Metro 2033'...really really enjoyed the book. I love books that present journeys out of which the character really comes out a different person.

 

[elvet]

Have moved onto Issola by Steven Brust. I'm enjoying this series very much.

 

[Nikitta]

39 pages into Narrating People by Svend Aage Madesen, I gave up. Normally, I try to give books I've picked at least 100 pages before giving up on them, but this one is kind of a collection of short stories and not something I can wrap my head around right now.

Now I'll give Winterbirth by Brian Ruckley a try. Partly because it seems somewhat simpler and I need that now, partly because it has been sitting on my shelf for so long, partly because I'm in the mood for some fantasy and partly because it begins with "The solitude of the wild goats" which makes me want to read it. Now. I hope it's as gritty as the cover and the text on the back of it makes me think it is.

 

[Vertigo]

Now I'll give Winterbirth by Brian Ruckley a try. Partly because it seems somewhat simpler and I need that now, partly because it has been sitting on my shelf for so long, partly because I'm in the mood for some fantasy and partly because it begins with "The solitude of the wild goats" which makes me want to read it. Now. I hope it's as gritty as the cover and the text on the back of it makes me think it is.

All three of the books are quite gritty and dark though the first natually takes a little bit of scene setting before ti gets that way. I liked them, particularly the shades of grey; it's not all just simple black and white good and evil.

 

[Lenny]

I'm about 200 pages into China Mieville's Perdido Street Station. It's a wee bit strange, and I'm not entirely sure where it's going, but I'm enjoying it.

I just hope I've got it finished by the time September 2nd rolls around.

 

[AE35Unit]

I just hope I've got it finished by the time September 2nd rolls around.

Why pray tell?

 

[murphy]

Did you read The Line of Polity already? I've read elsewhere that The Line of Polity and Brass Man make up one story arc, and the other story arc which rounds out the Cormac series is comprised of the final two books, Polity Agent and Line War

Thanks for that. I'll have to look up The Line of Polity. I'm sure it's somewhere in my TBR pile.

I did put Brass Man aside for the moment to start reading Naomi Novik's Victory of Eagles. Will get back to Asher in the future when I'm more in the mood.

 

[Perpetual Man]

This kind of thing makes me wonder if it really was a good idea to get the book when I had. 'Red Mars' is waiting in my bookcase for quite a long time now...I can't muster the courage to start on it.

If you like hard SF I'd recommend giving RED MARS a go. It's a lot easier read than it's sequel (and the third book apparently). I have to say that although it has taken me a long time to read, I really, really enjoyed GREEN MARS. Honest.

 

[Lenny]

Why pray tell?

So I'm ready for the new Pratchett!