Reading in January '03
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Kingslayer
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Still reading The Great Hunt.Will finish it soon.
I'm about halfway through Neil Gaiman's American Gods. I picked this one up after hearing all the praise for it. What do I think? Interesting premise but I find myself somewhat underwhelmed so far. I think my problem is that I generally don't like fiction set in our modern world. Give me a totally fictional setting like Middle Earth, Westeros, Bas-Lag (China Mieville's world) or the Malazan Empire and I find myself more intrested.
I'm tackling Steven Erikson's House of Chains next.
I'm tackling Steven Erikson's House of Chains next.
Daedalusman
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Currently reading Perdido Street Station, not sure what to read after that.
Stor-All
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Currently reading two books, neither one fantasy though. The Earth Dwellers by Erich Hoyt - a nonfiction book about ants. And DreamCatcher by Stephen King. After these, I'm thinking about reading the Illearth War by Donaldson, although I'm not sure yet.
Have just recently finished Ships from the West by Paul Kearney and Assassin's Edge by Juliet McKenna. Am about to start either Sorcery Rising by Jude Fisher or Isle of Battle by Sean Russell - haven't decided which yet! And of course I'll be getting Crossroads of Twilight this weekend with some of my Xmas book tokens, so might just start that instead! 
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Cadfael
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I have finally (after a few abortive attempts) got into Chaz Benchley's Outremer series. I have about 100 pages of book one Tower Of The Kings Daughter still to go.
I thought it was very hard to get into... but the pace has picked up a bit now.
I thought it was very hard to get into... but the pace has picked up a bit now.
I'm re-reading the LotR trilogy to prepare for seeing the movie on the 13th (long story, don't ask)... also just bought 2 non genre books to start in on in the next few days... Fall of the Roman Republic (Plutarch), <u>The Stranger</u> (Camus).
Oh! And I'm about halfway through Michael Chabon's <u>Summerland</u>.
Oh! And I'm about halfway through Michael Chabon's <u>Summerland</u>.
Cygnus
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I have FINALLY graduated with my Master's so I can actually get around to reading for fun again! Yay!
I just finished Abarat by Clive Barker and I really enjoyed it. It is a fantasy aimed at the teenage crowd, so it may not have elements in it that tend to turn off a lot of those who read Barker's adult books. Some very inventive creatures and a world quite unlike anything I've ever read. Certainly worth a read if you're looking for something different and new. Also a good suggestion for those with teenage daughters/sisters/friends etc. A good book for the "loner" kind of girl.
From Stor-All:
You're not kidding, are you?
A book about ants, eh? Is it interesting.. learning anything about these creatures that you didn't know before?
I just finished Abarat by Clive Barker and I really enjoyed it. It is a fantasy aimed at the teenage crowd, so it may not have elements in it that tend to turn off a lot of those who read Barker's adult books. Some very inventive creatures and a world quite unlike anything I've ever read. Certainly worth a read if you're looking for something different and new. Also a good suggestion for those with teenage daughters/sisters/friends etc. A good book for the "loner" kind of girl.
From Stor-All:
You're not kidding, are you?
A book about ants, eh? Is it interesting.. learning anything about these creatures that you didn't know before?
Valada
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Hey Cygnus, congrats on the Masters - quite a feat!
January is when I'm finally getting around to reading Hobb's Liveship Traders series (yes, finally). I'm almost 200 pages into the first book, but my reading will slow down when I return to work on Monday.
So who knows whether this series will also be my February reading!
I'm incredibly involved already... Hobb seems to make the pages fly past, and can impart an enormous amount of information in a short space without resorting to the dreaded authorial information dump. Quite a master!
January is when I'm finally getting around to reading Hobb's Liveship Traders series (yes, finally). I'm almost 200 pages into the first book, but my reading will slow down when I return to work on Monday.
So who knows whether this series will also be my February reading!
I'm incredibly involved already... Hobb seems to make the pages fly past, and can impart an enormous amount of information in a short space without resorting to the dreaded authorial information dump. Quite a master!
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Congrats, Cygnus! They take some doing.
The book about ants reminds me - have you seen the 1970's film Phase IV with low budget but if I remember right, quite scary (and dodgy ending!) Then there's always George RR Martin's short story, Sandkings, which was made into an Outer Limits episode. And THEM! as well of course.
Back to topic. Lately I have been reading..... Robert Jordan!
Trying to read Book 4 (The Shadow Rising) but is rather like wading through treacle, I'm afraid. Has taken me 3 weeks to read about 300 pages. What worries me is that this is still supposed to be one of the 'better' ones...but I'm determined to continue to give the series a go. I started Book1 when it first came out years ago and the series had such promise.... but I am struggling.
Hobbit
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The book about ants reminds me - have you seen the 1970's film Phase IV with low budget but if I remember right, quite scary (and dodgy ending!) Then there's always George RR Martin's short story, Sandkings, which was made into an Outer Limits episode. And THEM! as well of course.
Back to topic. Lately I have been reading..... Robert Jordan!
Trying to read Book 4 (The Shadow Rising) but is rather like wading through treacle, I'm afraid. Has taken me 3 weeks to read about 300 pages. What worries me is that this is still supposed to be one of the 'better' ones...but I'm determined to continue to give the series a go. I started Book1 when it first came out years ago and the series had such promise.... but I am struggling.
Hobbit
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milamber_reborn
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Sandkings, eh. I love Outer Limits, and I think I know the episode. I'll have to track down the story.
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OK Milamber - I cheated a little, as Sandkings isn't actually ants - but the ideas in it of group work/mentalities and competition between opposing colonies are quite scary.
The Outer Limits episode was a season starter if I remember right and was longer than normal - 90 mins rather than 1 hour? Had one of the Bridges in it - Beau Bridges? Read the story years before the TV - thought the story was better though the episode was one of the better ones I have seen.
Hobbit
The Outer Limits episode was a season starter if I remember right and was longer than normal - 90 mins rather than 1 hour? Had one of the Bridges in it - Beau Bridges? Read the story years before the TV - thought the story was better though the episode was one of the better ones I have seen.
Hobbit
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Finished The Dragon Waiting by John M Ford a few days ago. Its an alternative hsitory with magic, vampires and the Byzantium empire still goign strong in the 15th century. I'm now on to Stand on Zanzibar by Johm Brunner which is SF and slightly weird - there's lots of chapters full of random conversation and news cuttings.
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