July's Jaw-dropping, occasionally Jargonistic and often Jubilant Stories

[biodroid]

This has been in my TBR for a long time. Interested to hear your thoughts on it.

Will do

 

[Ice fyre]

I am reading the Dark Tower 5, the Wolves of Calla. This is a strange series, I am reading all the novels back to back and the story threads through his other work, places and now people from his earlier novels are appearing.

Its not a bad bit of Fantasy at all, its a slog but an enjoyable slog.

 

[Mangara]

I'm on Downbelow Station by CJ Cherryh.

 

[ratsy]

I finished Magician's End by Feist...the last of the series. It had a really nice touching end. Well done sir.

On to Among Theives by Douglas Hulick

 

[elvet]

I just finished Spin by Robert Charles Wilson. I enjoyed it very much and am pleased to find out that the story continues for 2 more books.

 

[Bugg]

I'm about 400 pages into Blood Song by Anthony Ryan. It's typical heroic fantasy in many ways, but his grasp of character and pacing, and that indefinable 'something', really has me gripped. His style reminds me a lot of David Gemmell, which is no bad thing in my opinion

 

[gully_foyle]

Finished Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. Too short and linear. Now re-reading Gateway by Frederik Pohl, one of my top five, IIRC.

 

[sooC]

Finished The Card by Graham Rawle today. It's the story of a man obsessed with finding a rare bubble gum card. It has some lovely descriptions, and some very funny observations on fame and the royal family.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Finished Mary Hoffman's Stravaganza: City of Masks (Review here)

Now moving onto another Chronicles author: Imperial Assassin by Mark Robson

 

[bluespider100]

Finished reading this july,
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson,
now on to,
Leviathan's Wake by James Corey.

 

[Mouse]

Finally finished The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Thought the ending was a bit abrupt.

Now about to start Anne Lyle's The Merchant of Dreams.

 

[Fried Egg]

I'm just reading "The Boats of Glen Carrig" by William Hope Hodgson. This is an interesting edition that looks like a scan and reprint of a 1940's edition of the book that includes advertisements and is followed by J. S. Bradford's "Even a Worm". Not heard of that author before...

 

[Grunkins]

Finished Heroes Die by Matthew Stover. Hell yeah! Really fun book. It easily lived up to my expectations for it. If anything it was a bit deeper than I thought it would be. I was prepared for it to be a pretty shallow, visceral read that offered me the ultimate ass kicking wish-fulfillment protagonist. In reality it was a very tightly plotted story set in a well developed world (or, worlds), that did indeed offer an ultimate ass kicking protagonist, but one that was faced with odds insurmountable even for him. The finale was well scripted and satisfying.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

About halfway through Consciousness Explained by Daniel C. Dennett. It's written in a clear and lively style, which helps make up for the fact that the book deals with some pretty heavy philosophical and biological questions, as the title implies.

 

[FireDragon-16]

Finished reading Michelle Magorian's Just Henry today. Interesting read, I thoroughly enjoyed it!

About to start on Debbie Viguie's Kiss of Death. I really liked the first one so hopefully this one will be just as good...

 

[Hober Mallow]

Just finished reading The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. Great novel. The subject matter of a world-wide nuclear holocaust reflects the zeitgeist from the time it was written but its still a classic. For a novel written in the 1950's, It doesn't seem terribly out of date. I got the sense the author was criticizing Christian fundamentalism and religious doctrine...being an agnostic, I had no problem with that.

*spoiler*
One of the messages in the novel was confusing...throughout the novel, I thought maybe the author was advocating tolerance of "deviations" but towards the end, the Zealand women broke into a diatribe about change favoring new and superior competing species over the old and that the old must eventually die away.

 

[ratsy]

I finished Among Theives (great, fast paced read)...onto Sandersons Novella, The Emperor's Soul.

 

[Bugg]

Finished Blood Song, read Patrick O'Brian's The Mauritius Command, and have now started on The Thousand Names by Django Wexler (sounds like a Bond villain ).

 

[ratsy]

I finished the Emperor's Soul. It was a good, quick read.

I have started The Daylight War by Peter Brett, which is much anticipated in my own brain, so I am looking forward to it...it has been many books ago that I read the last one so it will take a while to get caught up again.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Have finished the excellent Imperial Assassin by Mark Robson and am moving onto Dragon's Tongue by Laura J Underwood