Reading in October 2006

I'm reading The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko. I'm having a blast reading it. Hopefully he'll get the rest of this series translated.

Stick with GoTM. You are completely lost for the first 100 pages or so. It's a bit of a free-fall, but you have to trust that Erikson will catch you. And he does...
 
DrBloodmoney1 said:
I'm reading The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko. I'm having a blast reading it. Hopefully he'll get the rest of this series translated.
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I bought that fairly recently and am unsure of whether to start that or Scar Night next. There's been somemixed reviews around both so I may just toss a coin.
 
Finished Gaiman's Fragile Things. Review HERE.

This is, on balance, a fine collection by Neil. It is clear to me that fans of his earlier work such as Smoke and Mirrors will love this, though the sheer variety of stories and poems inside may mean that they do not love it all. For me, I enjoyed most of it, though the American Gods stuff still leaves me strangely unmoved. I think that, on balance, this may be a stronger collection than his previous one; despite my own personal (and rather mysterious) reservations, that should be enough for many to go and buy.
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Hobbit
 
Eventine said:
I bought that fairly recently and am unsure of whether to start that or Scar Night next. There's been somemixed reviews around both so I may just toss a coin.
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Night Watch is worth reading. It's one of the best modern Russian fantasy. The second book - Day Watch is really bad, mostly because of coauthor. After that the series is gaining momentum again and is a good read, though is not so good as the first book.
 
I just finished Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow. It was a fun book and I'm reading her other Dante Valentine novel (Dead Men Rising) next.
 
Started Guy Gavriel Kay's Summertree yesterday. Took a bit of time to get into but I am 2/3 way through and am enjoying it a lot.
Finished the Raven Chronicles on Saturday, and I blame James Barkley 100% for the fact that I went to bed at 3 in the morning and was wacked yesterday. hee hee :D
 
I just finished The Blade Itself by Abercrombie and loved it. Also this month I read the first in the Gem Quest trilology by Wassner and The Thousand Fold Thought by Bakker.

For my Abercrombie was by far the most enjoyable of the three. I am about to start David Keck's new book. The reviews are ambigious, but I am still eager to read it. I will post more when I am done.
 
Just finished Jeff Vandermeers City of Saints and Madmen ... it gave a crick in my neck from reading it for too long in one place

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Minor grumble aside, this was a collosal book, just attempting to wrap your head around the content, it was mind boggling in places. Very very very clever and witty ... I groaned when I saw the section about the King Squid, and all the stuff that might outwardly seem extraneous and inconsequential to telling the story, but its like amazing, all of it amazingly written, such texture and depth to Ambergris, the gray caps, the history, the history within the history, the stories within stories being written by writers who may or may not be telling the truth. The story is absolutely incredible with the interweaving tales spewing from the mouths of these different people, I loved all the little connections within the sotries too, like how certain people crop up.

Simply put. Amazing.
 
Gildor said:
Just finished Jeff Vandermeers City of Saints and Madmen ... it gave a crick in my neck from reading it for too long in one place

:eek:

Minor grumble aside, this was a collosal book, just attempting to wrap your head around the content, it was mind boggling in places. Very very very clever and witty ... I groaned when I saw the section about the King Squid, and all the stuff that might outwardly seem extraneous and inconsequential to telling the story, but its like amazing, all of it amazingly written, such texture and depth to Ambergris, the gray caps, the history, the history within the history, the stories within stories being written by writers who may or may not be telling the truth. The story is absolutely incredible with the interweaving tales spewing from the mouths of these different people, I loved all the little connections within the sotries too, like how certain people crop up.

Simply put. Amazing.
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Vandermeer really is amazing. If you haven't read Veniss Underground yet, do yourself a favor and pick it up. It's much shorter and easier to grasp then CoSaM, it being a novel. Having said that, you may not want to fully grasp the book, as it is truly, truly horrific. An insane burst of a story that left me reeling when I set it down.

EDIT: post 666 on Halloween. Yikes!
 
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I just read shaman's crossing. It took 1.5 days! I havn't gotten around to reading a good fantasy book in a few months and so I went overboard.

Anwyways, it's great. I can't wait to get the next one in the series. I love the way hobb builds up her characters. I love how they are not infallible, and do fail etc. The emotion she puts there is great!

I am a litlte scared that the story is not going to go into his military career. That's about it though!


Thanks.
 
On Halloween night I finally finished Christopher Priest's The Prestige, a fine novel. I know it's been discussed in the s.f. forum and I'll probably go over and look at some of what's been said there, but I think it's fantasy with an s.f. gloss.

The novel concerns two magicians, Borden and Angier, who are at war with each other, spurring each other to greater illusions, each magician rather like a mirror image of the other.

What interested me was how the s.f. gloss allowed Priest to employ the old motif of doppelgangers, even multiple doppelgangers, and how the novel becomes a sort of mirror illusion, the illusions fading away bit by bit the farther you read. It's quite a ... well, balancing act.


Randy M.
 
Blood Tears by Raven Dane

Korpiklaani said:
Re-reading Ascendants of Estorea by James Barclay before the second and final installment comes out next month. (Awesome read by the way).

Blood Tears by Raven Dane, which i've just started and so far i'm really enjoying it.
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I've finished reading it...wow! So different to anything else in that genre. And so many twists and turns to the plot. I loved it -big time! Can't wait for the next in the series.
 
Reading "Knife of Dreams" by RJ at the moment. Much better than the previous three but still a bit dull when it comes to Elayne. Then again, I amn't a fan of snobby, spoilt royalty(I'd be Mat if I was in WoT ;) ).
Planning to read books 2 and 3 of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn by Tad Williams after this.
Then maybe some Gemmell...
 
That's great! But... you're in the wrong month. It's not October anymore! :)
 
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