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Entil'Zha
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So, Anyone reading anything interesting at the moment?
I just finished Dan Brown's new novel, it was good, but very preditctable, and am currently anxiously awating the new Stephen King (Under the Dome Nov 2009) and the new Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy book, which my friend who works for a book store was nice enough to let me read some of her preview copy of. (i am jealous as hell that she got a towel with "DON'T PANIC" on it!)
I just finished Dan Brown's new novel, it was good, but very preditctable, and am currently anxiously awating the new Stephen King (Under the Dome Nov 2009) and the new Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy book, which my friend who works for a book store was nice enough to let me read some of her preview copy of. (i am jealous as hell that she got a towel with "DON'T PANIC" on it!)
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
Moribito: Gaurdian of Darkness
Few others, but those are pretty high on the list.
I'll be reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies afterwards. A friend told me about it awhile ago but haven't gotten started yet. Saw it in last weeks episode of Heroes too.
Not sure what I'll read after that.
Worf
The only novels of note that I've read recently have been:
The Last Ship by William Brinkley (pretty good if you're into post-apocolyptic stuff)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (as above)
Seeds of Earth by Michael Cobley (not bad, apparently meant to be space opera, but pretty poor in comparison to Nights Dawn by Peter Hamilton)
Books I want to read:
Ark by Stephen Baxter
Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
Evolutionary Void by Peter Hamilton (not out till next year tho)
Dune (again!)
Currently I'm reading Angel Stations by Gary Gibson. Its not bad, but nothing special either
Lined up is "The Forest Mage" by Robin Hobb (IIRC).
Ed Macy's Apache and Nial Ferguson's War of the world.
as a librarian I dread the german release date of the book. some smart guy decided to launch the german translation for the frankfurter bookfair on october 14th. since noone had access to the actual script before the official release mid september they will be rushing through the translation and the printing (actually, 9 !!! different translators are working on the book). the result will probably most likely be a masterwork of fiction :eek:
as for recommendations: the name of the wind, patrick rothfuss
Worf
Suddenly I realized that [I]I[/I] have not read the books.
If one would be kind enough to give me a quick run-down of the best reading order, or if any books should be avoided? Thanks:)
That said, my least favorite was the psi-corps trilogy...but then I never LIKED the psi-corps. LOL
The one series that really wrapped up the main points in the show for me was defiantly the Centauri Trilagy. It answers all the questions about Centauri Prime, the "gift" londo left for Sheridans son, etc.
The Psi-Corps trilogy answers the questions about Bester adn Garibaldi.
The Technomage books...they add a little depth to the technomages, but other than that It's a mixed bag for me.
I've held on to the Centauri and Psi-Corps series, since they "complete" the show for me.
RedAssAg, here are the canon books:
The Shadow Within, by Jeanne CAvelos
To Dream in the City of Sorrows, by Kathryn Drennan
Psi Corps Trilogy, by J. Gregory Keyes
Centauri Trilogy, by Peter David
Technomage Trilogy, by Jeanne Cavelos
And really, I'd probably recommened reading them in that order. Or maybe To Dream in the City of Sorrows before The Shadow Within. The Shadow Within should definetly be read before the Technomage trilogy though. Also, I put the Centauri trilogy in the middle of the trilogies because I personally wasn't all that impressed with it, so I say, read the great Psi Corps and Technomage books before and after, because it's better to start with one of them, and finish with one of them for a good taste in your mouth, so to say.
Stuff I've read recently:
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Dearly Devoted Dexter
Dexter in the Dark, all three of these by Jeff Lindsay
In the Country of Last Things, by Paul Auster (not as good as his New York Trilogy, but I still liked it. He's great at writing really depressing books)
Right now I'm reading Berke Breathed's Bloom County collections. I'm really enjoying this comic.
I am also semi-reading Shadowmarch (started it, got distracted, need to get back to).
i need to get on that this winter
Oh, and right now, since I recently finished my last unread Clancy Ryan novel (Patriot Games), I have picked up the Han Solo Trilogy again; reading through Paradise Snare right now.
Worf
Hamilton's Commonwealth duology and the follow-on Void trilogy are also definitely well worth a read
I am reading Winds of Dune (I can't get enough of the Dune universe) and Unspeak by Steven Poole about the use of language to subvert its meaning.
B5 books are now back on the radar after reading the first three published.
As for the others, they are worth reading if you have the time, but I will admit that with all the new books the completely different writing style they have compared to the originals makes for a pretty big contrast
@ Entil'Zha I would go back to the Butlerian Jihad books to get used to Herbert and Anderson's style. It also gives you the back-story to all those quotes you see at the beginning of chapters in the original Dune series.
I'm also reading The Star Rover, by Jack London, since it was one of the books that inspired Robert E Howard. I enjoy it, though I prefer Howard's stories much more.
Ive moved on to a swedish fantasy novel called "Svavelvinter" (Sulfurwinter), based on a popular swedish roleplaying game and series of adventures that came out in the 80s. Ive never finished the adventure, so Im looking forward to the parts I know nothing about. So far, its interesting. The writer has a different approach to words than what Im used to (cant seem to narrow down exactly what he does with them though).