What Are You Reading?

AnCapaillMor

Finished the mistborn, i liked it. From the WOT and mistborn series, i'm liking sandersons style, he mixes it up a lot, does'n't spend a huge section of the book on a character and their feeling etc, the second it seems to get boring he'll change to another scene\character. Seems to have the timing down perfectly.

And typical after the 3rd attempt at the Eriksons malazan i finally get into it and hooked and a dance with dragons comes out.

Sleepy

A Dance With Dragons by George RR Martin.

Damn, it feels good to be able to post that in this thread

Demeyes

I'm reading Foundation by Asimov. Liking it so far, I have the next one ready to read after it.

A Dance With Dragons by George RR Martin.

Damn, it feels good to be able to post that in this thread

I'm probably going to wait a while and re-read the series before getting to the new one. I really hope my friends who are reading ASOIAF now don't spoil it for me as they are likely to get to the new book before me.

Shryke

Starting Dance baby!

(Can't wait 5 years for the next one!)

Zapp Brannigan

Memories of Ice.

I'm still flabbergasted that some people cannot get in to Erikson. Easily my favourite writer of recent times!

TwoShedsJackson

Reading A Dance With Dragons. Normally I would not try and read a book that size on the Luas but some books just demand to be read

Dades

I also am Dancing.

(And likely to be for a very long time.)

JD1763

I wish I was dancing but Amazon only dispatched today

OwaynOTT

Dance with Dragons. On the beach, in the car, in work, bed, in the garden, toilet, shaving, shower, cinema and here there and everywhere.
Damn the size of it though.

Goldstein

Finished Scalzi's The Ghost Brigades, very good sequel though doesn't quite reach the highs of Old Man's War.

Started Robert J. Sawyer's The Terminal Experiment. Hooked. I think it was around 3am when it fell onto the floor. I see why it won the Nebula

mikedone

Just finished Mark Charan Newton's "Nights Of Villjamur" and looking forward to starting the second in the series "City Of Ruin"

Black Sheep

Probably fits in better in the horror subforum, but ... screw it.... I'm reading F. Paul Wilson's 'Midnight Mass'. Not dissimilar to Matheson's 'I am Legend' in concept. Vampires take over jersey shore, hoarding surviving humans as cattle and using 'cowboy' collaborators to protect them during the day. A priest, a nun and a rabbi (sounds like the set-up for a joke, I know) fight back.

Finished the first book of the 'Destroyermen' series there last week - 'Into the Storm'. WW1 era destroyer pressed into service in the Pacific theatre in WW2 finds itself slipping into an alternative dimension where humans have not evolved and intelligence lemur-type monkeys are battling for survival against a vaguely bird-like reptile race. A better alt history book than it sounds, honest. :pac: Probably appeal to fans of SM Stirling (in particular those who liked the 'Island in a sea of time' / Nantucket series).

spookwoman

Finished The man Kzin Wars series started on the fire and ice series. Next Ring world series.

ixoy

And now I too am about to join the dance!

Black Sheep

All done with 'Midnight Mass', starting Guilermo Del Toro's 'The Fall', book 2 of his trilogy with co-author Chuck Hogan.

Interesting series. Not sure it's better because of Del Toro's input (or how extensive that was), but there's some great visual imagery and ideas in there... Wherever they come from..

OwaynOTT

Dont know whether to re read Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy or try Brandon Sanderson's Elantris or finish Roger Zelazny's Amber series, just half way through first book.

What should I do.
Love the Farseer stuff and it has heaps of nostalgia for me. The Amber stuff seems to be a fun if light read. And the premise of Elantris is interesting.

Sl!mCharles

Carrie by big Stevie K.

Johnny Storm

spookwoman wrote: »

Finished The man Kzin Wars series started on the fire and ice series. Next Ring world series.

I enjoyed those Man-Kzin Wars books.
Ringworld is one of the all time great SF books.
Warning: The sequels are sh1te IMHO

pH

Just finished Yellow Blue Tibia, not so much science fiction as a book about a science fiction writer. Set in 1980s USSR, it tries to reconcile the fact that millions claim they've seen UFOs and been abducted with the fact that they don't exist. Strange book in many ways, quite well written and humorous in parts, but hard to recommend.

TwoShedsJackson

pH wrote: »

Just finished Yellow Blue Tibia, not so much science fiction as a book about a science fiction writer. Set in 1980s USSR, it tries to reconcile the fact that millions claim they've seen UFOs and been abducted with the fact that they don't exist. Strange book in many ways, quite well written and humorous in parts, but hard to recommend.

Yeah Adam Roberts is an acquired taste, I loved about four of his books and didn't like three others at all.

I recommend Land of the Headless by the same author, not an easy read either, but one of the best satires of religion, war, and vanity that I've ever read.

spookwoman

Another good sfi writer is Neal Asher. Spatterjay and cormac series.

OwaynOTT

Never did actually pick any of those books from a couple of posts back. Went with Storm Front the first in the Dresden books.
About 100 pages in.

meditraitor

Just finished Legacies by L.E Modesitt jr and starting Darknesses by same, nice read, pick it up

mcgovern

Finished the 4th Saga of the Seven Suns, which was the same as the others, really good story trying to escape but the author's writing style just ruins it.
Now on Justin Cronin's The Passage, which has been surprisingly good so far.
Something in it reminds me of Stephen King's horrors (though its probably 10 years or more since I read any of them).
Also picked up a Kindle for myself

Sarky

I'm in a bit of a pickle- I can't decide whether to get stuck into book two of the Gentlemen Bastards series, or bite the bullet and finally start Dust of Dreams and The Crippled God, and finish off the Malazan series once and for all.

ixoy

Sarky wrote: »

I'm in a bit of a pickle- I can't decide whether to get stuck into book two of the Gentlemen Bastards series, or bite the bullet and finally start Dust of Dreams and The Crippled God, and finish off the Malazan series once and for all.

Finish off the Malazan series. If you read the Gentlemen Bastard's book, you'll just get depressed when you realise there may never be another instalment.

Currently re-reading Wheel of Time in anticipation of the final instalment- book 11 at the moment. It's really been worth reading through again, without three-year waits between books.

Have 'Chronicles of the Black Company' on the go at the moment also (very good), and I've just been given the first two Rothfuss books as well- have heard good things about them.

I think the next R Scott Bakker book is out soon, I'll be getting that, certainly.

I'm up to book four or five (I think) of the Malazan series, but stopped reading for now (got a little bogged down tbh).

Second 'Gentlemen Bastards' book is well worth getting if you enjoyed the first, very much more of the same.

JD1763

Still working through the dance. But had a craving for some bladerunneresque material and picked up william gibsons neuromancer, count zero and mona lisa overdrive. They're a nice diversion from dance and much easier to lug on the commute

AnCapaillMor

Deleted User wrote: »

Currently re-reading Wheel of Time in anticipation of the final instalment- book 11 at the moment. It's really been worth reading through again, without three-year waits between books.

Yeah it makes a whole lot more sense 2nd time round, you spot alot especially with the prophecies that you totally missed 1st time around.

So anyways finished a dance on friday and started my 3rd go at the malazan series. Got further this time, i'm as far as the 2nd part of the book 1, still no idea whats going on though.

OwaynOTT

Just finished the first two Dresden books. Light and easy. Fun too. Harry Dresden versus that guy from Moon over Soho and Rivers of London could make for a good crossover series.
Moving onto The City and The City now.Whats it like?

TwoShedsJackson

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Moving onto The City and The City now.Whats it like?

I really liked this a lot, far more than any of the other Mieville stuff I've read. A really interesting existential read, especially if you haven't been spoiled to the main plot point.

OwaynOTT

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

I really liked this a lot, far more than any of the other Mieville stuff I've read. A really interesting existential read, especially if you haven't been spoiled to the main plot point.

Ive no idea what it is about and I havent even read the jacket to find out.

Zapp Brannigan

I'm now reading House of Chains. Karsa!

Black Sheep

On book two of the 'Destroyermen' alt history series: "Crusade". WWII-era destroyer is shifted into parallel world where lemurs and lizards have evolved to be sentient races.

The author has a worrying fascination with cross-species sex. Lots of references to monkey/lemur hybrid creatures called 'Lemurians' whom his human protagonists can't help but notice are 'stacked'. If I see one more reference to 'furry breasts'....

I'm going to do a re-read of the Malazan books at some stage, but I'm waiting until I break my leg or something.

Dan_Solo

Just started Rides A Dread Legion by Raymond E. Feist. It's shockingly bad, reminiscent of the worst D+D novels. Lots of explosions, bog-standard fantasy characters, terrible writing. Not sure how much longer I'll keep going.
Was the original Riftwar Saga this bad? It was 20 years ago but I'd hate to re-read it now in case it was!

ixoy

Reading "The Gabble and Other Stories" by Neal Asher, a collection of Polity-set short stories. I've read 3 so far and am enjoying the usual mix of action and fiendish creatures.

OwaynOTT

Dan_Solo wrote: »

Just started Rides A Dread Legion by Raymond E. Feist. It's shockingly bad, reminiscent of the worst D+D novels. Lots of explosions, bog-standard fantasy characters, terrible writing. Not sure how much longer I'll keep going.
Was the original Riftwar Saga this bad? It was 20 years ago but I'd hate to re-read it now in case it was!

I read some of the riftwar stuff when I was younger and thought it was great but never the original couple of books, which seem to garner better reviews and respect online.
After hearing so much about The Magician I went out and got it. Read about half the book only because I kept telling myself 'it has to get better', it didn't and I stopped.
I taught it was bland and standard fantasy material.
So I think it probably was that bad.

Johnny Storm

Black Sheep wrote: »

...The author has a worrying fascination with cross-species sex. Lots of references to monkey/lemur hybrid creatures called 'Lemurians' whom his human protagonists can't help but notice are 'stacked'. If I see one more reference to 'furry breasts'....
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LOL - Fritz Lieber's "The Wanderer" had similar pervy descriptions of some kind of cat-woman. Somehow won the Hugo way back.

Trojan

The Noise Within - 3/5
The Noise Revealed - 3/5

Not mad about them but worth a read if you're looking for a quick fix and you're all out of Hamilton.

eVeNtInE

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Sleepy

Finally, finally getting around to starting the His Dark Materials trilogy...

BlaasForRafa

Johnny Storm wrote: »

LOL - Fritz Lieber's "The Wanderer" had similar pervy descriptions of some kind of cat-woman. Somehow won the Hugo way back.

I was thinking of starting reading the Destroyermen series soon but after hearing about the monkey sex I might think again lol.

If anyones interested in good military sci-fi you could do worse than read the Helforts War saga by Graham Sharpe Paul, http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Battle-at-Moons-Hell-Graham-Sharp-Paul/9780345495716

As for what I'm reading at the moment, I wanted something lighter so I'm going through DragonQuest by Anne McCaffrey. To paraphrase Father Ted its like Chewing gum for the mind

Black Sheep

John Dalmas' 'Soldiers' A little like a cross between Heinlein's 'Starship Troopers' and John Ringo's 'A hymn before battle' and its sequels.

DarkDusk

Just finished A Game of Thrones last night and watched the final episode today, EPIC! (I did the read some chapters - watch episode - repeat approach). I'm moving onto A Clash Of Kings now.. I got the first 4 in the series in a bundle for my kindle for dirt cheap!

ixoy

Currently reading "The Diary of a Dr. Who Addict" by Paul Magrs. Picked something enjoyable and light after the behemoth that was GRRM's latest.

OwaynOTT

Starting Prince of Thorns. Burned out on Dresden after reading the first 6 within a couple of weeks.

Bits_n_Bobs

Dan Simmons Flashback. I have read most of his books and without doubt the guy is talented, but he seriously needs to bottle his politcal/economic/religious/racist and bigoted rantings. They come to the fore so much I suspect the whole premise of the book is to give him a stage for his weird views. Serious disappointment and I found it disturbing that someone of his obvious intelligence can hold such warped opinions.

5live

ixoy wrote: »

Currently reading "The Diary of a Dr. Who Addict" by Paul Magrs. Picked something enjoyable and light after the behemoth that was GRRM's latest.

Getting to the end of 'A feast for crows' now. Is Dances with dragons a good follow on or should i wait for paperback If not then finally get onto Paul Hoffmans 'the last 4 things'

ixoy

5live wrote: »

Getting to the end of 'A feast for crows' now. Is Dances with dragons a good follow on or should i wait for paperback

I reckon it's a good enough follow on. As you're probably aware it features, for the most part, the other half of the cast who weren't in "A Feast for Crows". This means, for example, we get to see some events partially from the other side.
More to the point, later on in the book we jump back to the story lines of some of the characters from "A Feast for Crows" so you'll be continuing on their stories too.

5live

Dammit. Only 200 pages to go after reading from game of thrones and not only 25 yoyos for a hardback but its not even the last in the series:eek::eek:.

I feel the opposite of the guy wanting GRRM to pull the typewriter from his ass and finish the series.

Decisions decisions. To eat or to dance....hmmmmm.

Thanks anyway ixoy

Edit. And in case you are feeling sorry for me its my chocolate (and the kids, pesky recession)allowance thats taking the hit for 6 months or so:P