Reading in April 2005

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Hobbit

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With apologies for another slight delay (been off meeting Doctor Who's, don't you know!) here's the What are you reading in April thread? in the Fantasy Forum.

Tell us what you're reading - and whether you'd recommend it to others, or whether it was a waste of your precious time.

Tell all!

This month I have been rereading The Deed of Paksenarrion (and enjoying it much more this time around!).... so far.

Hobbit
 
I've decided i'm going to do a long overdue re-read of the Axis Trilogy by Sara Douglass and possibly Wafarer Redemption... if i could be bothered. I'm still reading Grapes of Wrath, haven't made much headway on it, still only in the first quater (naughty me! :D :rolleyes: ), and i'm in the middle of a
re-read of The Gift and The Riddle by Alison Croggon. In short. April will be a month of re-reading for me...
 
Not sure what I will read next, I am reading a bunch of new SF now, but hope to soon get to Glass Dragons by Sean McMullen.
 
I'm still reading The Warrior Prophet and I have officially recognised the fact that I have become a slow reader :(
 
Re-reading Hobbs Liveship trilogy.You would think I had enough in my to read pile without re-reading books.
Hobbit, I'm jealous how did you manage to get to meet the doctor, and you will have to tell us all the juicy gossip.
 
Reading Alta by Lackey : real waste of time, story and characters without surprise.
I am trying to get Erikson's books (hope it will be better!)
 
It's not fantasy (or maybe it is!), but I'm reading Faithful by Stewart O'Nan and Stephen King. It is a chronicle of the magical 2004 Boston Red Sox season. It's really good because there are certain games that they talk about that I remember vividly. Like where I was and who I was with and also if I actually was at the game in question. Very funny in many places, and I sometimes feel the same joy/frustration that the authors do. Great read.

But if you don't love baseball and more importantly the Red Sox, then this book is not for you.
 
I'm still on Memories of Ice, by Steven Erikson. After a few weeks, I'm still only 200 pages in, out of 1100. But so far it's my favorite one, and school's ending next week which leaves more time to read.

Hopefully by the end of the month I'll be moving on the some Guy Gavriel Kay.
 
I know I should probably read something of Kay, but I keep on being distracted by other authors. I've started Tigana about five times now, and each time I find something else that's really interesting. Bad me.

Currently I am reading:
  • Shadomarch by Tad Williams. I work midnight to 6AM on Saturdays and Sundays, and so I left this at my job. I only read one chapter per night I'm there. It's a real fun exercise, and I'm wondering what I should take it next. Probably, it will be some thing I've already read before.
  • Horizion Storms by Kevin J. Anderson. This one's not fantasy, but it has a real fantasy feel about it.
  • Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson. Loving it! Right now, this is the favorite of what I'm reading.
  • Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons. Hyperion just absolutely blew me away, so I went ahead and grabbed this one.

What I will be reading soon:
  • Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy Edited by Al Sarrantonio. I'm interested in seeing what some short fantasy stories look like as opposed to my normal doorstops. :D
  • Dragons of Winter Night by Laura Weis and Tracy Hickman. This series is mildly interesting.
  • Endymion by Dan Simmons. Further adventures in Shrikeland.
  • Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Woodring Stover. I'm so darn looking forward to this one.
  • Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card. I've read the rest of the series, why not?
  • (Hopefully soon) Book of the Short Sun by Gene Wolfe. Absolutely the master!

Yeah, I'm having some trouble keeping my mind on just one story line. It's a bit irritating and a bit fun at the same time.
 
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Hi Avi, good to see another crazy-obsessed reader here. You'll fit in juuuust fiiiine. :D

To all those well-read sf peeps: I've been slowly trying to catch up with a couple of decades of missed reading, so I know that The Golden Age books are a must-read, but also that the Hyperion books (at least the first two) are also.

Which is best?

Heh. :cool:

Okay, what's up with all the avatars wearing head-mask things? (Avi, Evil, and Spears). Baldness issues?
 
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While Golden Age was good, I much prefer Hyperion, all four, not just the first two.

Confession: I still have fifty pages to go on the Golden Age trilogy....have had that many for a month now....I simply quit reading it. You can tell that it was another TOR hack job that they asked him to make some filler for. The end seriously trails off........but the ideas in so much of it are great, anyway.
 
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Okay, what's up with all the avatars wearing head-mask things? (Avi, Evil, and Spears). Baldness issues?
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LOL. Not so much yet, but from the looks of my older relatives, I'll be there soon!!
 
This month I'm going to finish the Mallorian by David Eddings. I got through the First book & then got caught up in Wheel Of Time. (That was over a year ago) Now that I've finally read COT I can finally read through it, so far I'm almost finished book 3 & once again I'm in love with the characters. Eddings is still my favourate writer!! :cool:
 
I've heard such good things about Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders books, I'll be working my way through those once my midterms are over.
 
A western dark fantasy/horror

I've just reread Blood Meridan by Cormac MacCarthy. Ostensibly a western it's more an eerie spectacular almost mythical book, with Fantasy overtones. It reminds me in a way of Gene Wolfe's work. Who is the judge?

So hello folks, first post, Boll Weevil at your service.
 
I've had Blood Meridian on my "Buy this" list for a while but haven't seen it anywhere.

How would you rate it? What would you compare it to?
 
It has a kind of horrible dreamy violence to it. Incredible description....feels like the book of the new sun by wolfe, but a different beautiful but brutal stark writing style.

One of the best and most disturbing books I've ever read 10/10
 
Just finished "Ghosts in the Snow" by Tamara Siler Jones. I really liked this book and am looking forward to the next in the set, due out in Oct.

Now I am reading "Blades of the Tiger" by Chris Pierson. This is the first book set on the continent of Taladas in the Dragonlance world.
 
Recently finished "Ender's Game" by Card, which ranks among the best I've ever read. Also just finished "Paladin of Souls" by Bujold, which pleasantly surprised me: it's well written and a good, light read.

Now starting Gene Wolfe's "The Knight".
 
Welcome, Boll Weevil and BlueDevil99. It's fun to see so many new faces here recently. I look forward to hearing more from both of you. :)

BlueDevil99, I read Ender's Game for the first time within the last year, and I was also blown away by it. I'm glad you enjoyed it too. I just ordered Wolfe's The Knight - I thought it and Wizard would be a good introduction to Wolfe, without having to invest my time in a huge, long series. I've heard only great things about these two books.
 
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