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| Avenging_Angel |  RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
  Member Since: July 2003  RK: 13 MP: 6,289      | Sunday March 29, 2009 1:03 PM Haven't had much time for reading lately, unfortunately.Recently finished Rites by Tad Williams. Collection of short stuff. Most of it was decent, with my two favorites being "The Happiest Dead Boy In The World" and "The Writer's Child". The former was based off his Otherland books, thus a strong bias, though I would have liked to see more of the characters from the books in it. The Writer's Child was a plain great story, and my opinion of it most certainly was not influenced by the presence of Neil Gaiman's Sandman, not at all. In the slightest. Currently reading Mean Streets, a collection of four urban fantasy novellas. Already finish the first two, "The Warrior" by Jim Butcher and "The Difference A Day Can Make" by Simon R. Green. The first one was, of course, the Dresden Files, so I was a pretty easy sell on it. I'm getting a little tired of the focus on Michael and the swords in recent books and stories, though - there's so much else going on in the setting that it's ridiculous, and being beaten over the head with the religious themes is getting old. Though I will submit that the next time someone asks me why I'm so fond of Harry's character, I'll point them to the part where he attempts to submit a bill for services rendered to an archangel. The second one was also great. I keep coming across Green's Nightside stuff in short fiction versions, and I inevitably like it. Damn the library and having none of his novels. I might have to break my policy on buying books I haven't read. His stuff is a bit like a cross between Neil Gaiman and Jim Butcher, with a dose of Constantine and something else altogether. In a good way. In a way that makes a dead guy, a demonic P.I, and a normal middle-class woman fleeing evil cyborgs not only perfectly logical, but extremely entertaining. Yup. Supposedly work on it is starting at some point this year, though I haven't heard anything new about it. I'm still waiting on the George Romero adaption of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon that's also supposed to be in the works... [[Edited by Avenging_Angel on Sunday March 29, 2009 1:09 PM]]  Everywhere I go I repeat: I do not belong here. Who will bring me hemlock in their own hands? - Renee Vivien Reality is an illusion that occurs with a lack of alcohol. |
| TheShadowlord | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
 Member Since: October 2000  RK: 14 MP: 7,187 | Saturday April 4, 2009 6:46 AM "Drinking sapphire wine" by Tanith Lee.Not her best, but passable. But I get really tired of books where people have to make up new words for everything. If you mean to say 'darling' use 'darling' not 'avelle' or whatever. New words are only necessary when the story has an important concept the book's language lacks a word for. I feel happy...I feel happy! "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen Roberts |
| Roslolian | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
| Member Since: March 2009  RK: 1 MP: 4 | Sunday April 5, 2009 10:38 PM I recently finished Atlas Shrugged and was ultimately unimpressed. Rand murders (figuratively) her one good character for the sake of her philosophy, which is in and of itself relatively worthless as stands. I am currently reading selections from Lord Byron. |
| TheShadowlord | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
Member Since: October 2000 RK: 14 MP: 7,187 | Monday April 6, 2009 1:54 AM Never did like Byron much. Nor Shelley, come to think of it.John Polidori's vampire story was decent, though. I feel happy...I feel happy! "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen Roberts |
| DarkDalamar20 | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
 Member Since: April 2002 RK: 13 MP: 6,311 | Monday April 6, 2009 7:36 AM Eh - the book was decent at best. Definitely not something I would read a multitude of times. Currently reading The Stand again. Only a couple chapters into it (again), but I'm giving it a fair chance this time. There's something comforting about carrying around a book that could probably kill a man if thrown at them. Am I a bad person doing good things...or a good person doing bad things... - Dexter |
| Aeramae | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
 Member Since: December 2003  RK: 10 MP: 3,277 | Tuesday April 7, 2009 9:22 AM Yes, it makes for an awesome weapon, doorstop, paperweight, etc. But, it is also a good read. Glad to hear you are giving it a shot. I'm currently bouncing back and forth between a non-fiction book and a fiction book. The two are Cell, by Stephen King (almost done though), and Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain. I need more books.Leader of the Amazonian Army, and fighter for the Female Initiative.
Bitchy since 1999. |
| Avenging_Angel | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
Member Since: July 2003 RK: 13 MP: 6,289 | Saturday April 25, 2009 6:18 PM Little known fact: GRRM's A Clash of Kings can in fact make people bleed if struck in the head with it. No, I'm not going to explain how I know that. Just... trust me. Speaking of huge books, just finished Otherland: Sea of Silver Light by Tad Williams. Absolutely wonderful series, and yet again makes me wonder how his fantasy novels can be so terribly dragging compared to them. About to start New Amsterdam by Elizabeth Bear. Everywhere I go I repeat: I do not belong here. Who will bring me hemlock in their own hands? - Renee Vivien Reality is an illusion that occurs with a lack of alcohol. |
| Silveran | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
    Member Since: May 2000  RK: 12 MP: 5,916 | Monday April 27, 2009 1:16 AM Robin Hobb's The Farseer trilogy.It's meh. Death before Dishonor -- Nothing before Coffee Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione |
| SisqAlpha | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
 Member Since: April 2007  RK: 5 MP: 953 | Monday April 27, 2009 9:23 AM Go DD! Read it if only for no other reason than to understand the Captain Trips jokes.  That wasn't too bad either.... The whole concept still gives me the shivers. Currently reading: The Apocalypse Code. "Tuna and bread. Tuna and bread."----- "Fuck tuna and bread. Star Trek is on." ------------------------------------------------- "If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking." ~George S. Patton |
| TheShadowlord | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
Member Since: October 2000 RK: 14 MP: 7,187 | Tuesday April 28, 2009 2:32 AM I've heard many people wax poetic about its virtues. I just didn't like her Liveship Traders all that much. Have read "Pandora's STar" and recently started "Judas Unchained" by Peter F. Hamilton. SF, fight the alien menace. Hamilton can't make an interesting character to save his life. Well, he couldn't in "The Reality Dysfunction". Here, there's one decent guy. The story and technology are the only interesting things, and he has a little Robert Jordan problem - never writes 10 pages where 100 will do. But all in all it's ok. Will start on Gene Wolfe's "The Knight" later. I have a feeling I will like it. and I have to read it because Neil Gaiman says all the cool people will laugh at me if I don't. I feel happy...I feel happy! "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen Roberts |
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