[Mithfânion]

Perhaps it's nice to share what's on your undoubtedly humongous to read pile, one thing we all seem to have in common.
Shows some general interest areas as well I think.... as such I'm appealing to the mods that any non-fantasy books in the lists will not ensure that this thread is moved. http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

Memory, sorrow & Thorn by T. Williams
War of the Flowers (*)
Golden Fool (*) by Hobb
Liveship trilogy by Hobb
Tigana by Kay
Lions of Al-Rassan by Kay
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy-Adams
Last of the Renshai by Zucker Reichert
Cheysuli chronicles: Shapechanger's song by Roberson

Riddle-Master trilogy (one volume) by Mc Killip

The Last Dragonlord by Bertin
Cavern of Black Ice by Jones
Son of Shadows by Marillier
Magician by Feist
Transformation by Berg
A Fine and private place by Beagle
Book of Atrix Wolfe by Mc Killip
The Lightstone by Zindell
Red Dragon by Zindell (*)
Memories of Ice by Erikson
House of Chains (*)
A Feast for Crows by Martin(*)
Dune by Herbert
American Gods by Gaiman
Neverwhere by Gaiman
Crown of Shadows by Friedman
Something on Leonardo do Vinci
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire-Gibbon
"Socrates" (five individual texts)-Plato
Alexander by Robin Lane Fox
Conquest of Gaul- J. Caesar
Druids- Llywelyn
Gates of Fire- S. Pressfield
Here be dragons by Kay Penman
Harlequin (The Archer's tale) by Cornwell
Merlin chronicles by Ashley
Pendragon cycle by Lawhead
The One kingdom by S. Russell

* means that it will be released later this year

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[This message has been edited by Mithfânion (edited January 21, 2002).]

[fluffy bunny]

That's a lot of books.

[DarthV]

Muahahahah I'd type the titles and authors of all the books sitting in my to-read piles, but I'd like to do other stuff this evening. I figured I'd take my roomate's new $900 (canuck bucks) digital camera out for a spin! The pictures are a little fuzzy since we used the auto exposure setting. Hopefully 4 pictures will be worth a few thousand words :


Here's the top part of my headboard:
http://dopey.hil.unb.ca/craig/books/top.jpg

And a side shot to give a better look:
http://dopey.hil.unb.ca/craig/books/top2.jpg


Here's the bottom row of the headboard:
http://dopey.hil.unb.ca/craig/books/bottom.jpg

and here's the large shelf in my new 72"x36" bookshelf:
http://dopey.hil.unb.ca/craig/books/case.jpg

I won't list the books I intend to buy this year, but I know in the next 2 months the pile will grow by 15-20 more softcovers!

[Lani]

Well, let's see what's lying in my pile...
1. Neil Gaiman 'American Gods'
2. Piers Anothony 'Split Infinity'
3. Orson Scott Card 'Children of the Mind'
4. Robin Hobb 'The Fool's Errand'
5. Robin Hobb 'The Livership Traders'
6. JV Jones 'The Cavern of Black Ice'
7. Stephen King 'The Dark Tower Series'
8. Gordon Dixon hmm... i actually forgot what the book is called.

Well, that's it for me so far though I'm surely it will expand soon enough.

[Warewolf]

HA!! You guys got nothin'!!! Check out my library online...I've marked which ones I've read and which ones I haven't...
http://www.geocities.com/cmdubb/library.htm

And that would be about 500 books that I haven't read http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif


[This message has been edited by Warewolf (edited January 22, 2002).]

[ookey]

Well, these are the ones at the top of my pile:

Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb
Jackal of Nar by John Marco
Hero in the Shadows by David Gemmell
Sunrunner's Fire by Melanie Rawn
A Cavern of Black Ice by J.V. Jones
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
The Illearth War by Stephen R. Donaldson

[estranghero]

Are you really sure you want to open this thread? These are gonna be reallllly long posts. http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/wink.gif

Let's see, not counting my January reads--

The new stuff:

Wayfarer Redemption, Douglass
Redemption of Althalus, Eddings
Grand Conspiracy, Wurts
Blade of Tyshalle, Stover
Company of Glass, Leigh
Gormengast, Peake
Shadow and Claw, Wolfe
bks 2 & 3 of Tyrants and Kings, Marco
3 Dragon books of Rowley
Grand Ellipse, Volskey
Deadhouse Gates, Erikson (which I won't touch until I get the 1st and 3rd books)

Those books bought from used bookstores:

Dreamquest of Kadath, Lovecraft
Furey's bks. 2,3 of Artifacts of Power
Lynn's book 1 of Tornor
Shadow of Ararat,
...

*brain explodes in trying to remember all of 'em* http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/frown.gif

[ChrisW]

umm you people are crazy! Normal people buy one or two books and read them and then buy some more. 700 unread books???

[Fenn628]

Who's to say what is normal? You may have 1 or 2 unread books in your pile. Myself, I ususally hover around 40 unread books. The books span many genres, styles and subject matters b/c I am never sure what I want to read next. That does not make me abnormal. Other things do however.

Mike

[jbcohen]

I would like to ask a question, at this point that might spark a bit of debate, Mifanion - you appear to have a sizeable reading list there. Is it a good idea to have a large reading list mapped out for yourself in advance? Or is it a better idea to have a short reading list, as I do, and add to the list as opportunity allows? Clearly if you find a book sale where the books are 75 % off, then I too would fill out the reading list to this extent but why program yourself this far in advance?

Mifanion - do you have an overall strategy to your reading list? I have a strategy to mine. I am attempting to become familiar with all of the famous fantasy writers available.

Too all - What are the overall goals behind your reading lists? Should there even be an overall goal to your reading list? Or this should be another one of those, let's play it by ear things?