What book are you reading...

Last was "The Dervish House" by Ian MacDonald, and now I'm re-reading "The Misenchanted Sword by Lawrence Watt-Evans - a book I last read soon after it came out in 1985. Gotta love Paramount Books in Manchester for old out-of-print F&SF.
 
Just started Overlord by Max Hastings. Is quite interesting.

Gonna start something else tonight as well. Not decided what yet though. Maybe start the Lensman books again.
 
Just blitzed my way through The First Law trilogy - thanks to a recommendation in another thread here. A nice gritty fantasy series, all the characters are deeply deeply flawed, story isnt partilarly strong but I like the writing style and the chracter interactions kept me hooked.

Say one thing for Logan Ninefingers, say...
 
Rids said:
Just blitzed my way through The First Law trilogy - thanks to a recommendation in another thread here. A nice gritty fantasy series, all the characters are deeply deeply flawed, story isnt partilarly strong but I like the writing style and the chracter interactions kept me hooked.

Say one thing for Logan Ninefingers, say...
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I'm still alive! lol

Just finished the first book in the trilogy and onto Before They are Hanged. And totally agree with what you said, the characters really keep you hooked.
 
Rich_L said:
Just finished Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson - really enjoyed it but then FFFFFUUUUUUU'd when I realised that it was Book 1 of 10 and we're still waiting on Book 2 :p
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Make sure that your book isn't part 1 of book 1! I fell into this trap myself, still need to get part 2 (Paperback is split up IIRC)
 
TehBluebear said:
Make sure that your book isn't part 1 of book 1! I fell into this trap myself, still need to get part 2 (Paperback is split up IIRC)
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Yeah, this caused me massive confusion. Up until half way through part 2, I thought it was a one off. Now I have to wait ages for the next installments to come out meaning i will have forgotten what has happened already, thus meaning I have to re-read them again. Something which I have to do with SOIAF as well and now I have just found out there's going to be 10 books in the way of kings series! 10!? :eek:
 
Just Finished Raymond E. Feist's 'A Darkness at Sethanon', the final book in the 'Riftwar Saga'.

Not a patch on the first book, 'Magician', but better than 'Silverthorn', which was still a decent book two.

Now on to 'Second Shift: Order' by Hugh Howey. I loved the 'Wool' books and 'First Shift: Legacy' was a great prequel introducing the Silos and what happened to the Earth. I have high hopes!
 
Just finished World War Z by Max Brooks. Quite an interesting take on the whole zombie apocalypse scenario and covers areas which you probably wouldn't have thought about whilst watching the plethora of zombie films that are out there. Not sure how they are making a film on it though as its full of people's accounts leading up to, during and after the outbreak so no continuous story following a couple of main characters.
 
Gooner Leroy said:
Just finished World War Z by Max Brooks. Quite an interesting take on the whole zombie apocalypse scenario and covers areas which you probably wouldn't have thought about whilst watching the plethora of zombie films that are out there. Not sure how they are making a film on it though as its full of people's accounts leading up to, during and after the outbreak so no continuous story following a couple of main characters.
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I really loved the book. I assume the film is just using the name and won't stick too closely to the story, which is a shame.
 
Just finished
Failure is not an option - 10/10
Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, and beyond. He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and the United States seemed to fall further behind the Soviet Union in the space race.
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If you are into space or history or human achivment or technology. This really is a must read, absolutely fascinating. Was surprised how absolutely nothing I knew about the space race, missions etc.


Walk the plank 3/10
Wildcat colonies are illegal, unauthorized, and secret - so when an injured stranger shows up at the wildcat colony New Seattle, the colony leaders are understandably suspicious of who he is and what he represents. His story of how he's come to their colony is shocking, surprising, and might have bigger consequences than anyone could have expected. Walk the Plank is a tale from John Scalzi's The Human Division, a series of self-contained but interrelated short stories.
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Disappointing, really liked the first one. It's like it's written by a different person.

Not sure what's to do next. Got so many to choose from ready to go.
 
Ready Player One

Just finished it, amazing book. 10/10
Found myself watching YouTube as I was reading due to the sheer amount of geeky film and game references from the 80's.

Unsure how it'll work as a film, now Warner Bros have purchased the rights.
 
Tourm said:
Ready Player One

Just finished it, amazing book. 10/10
Found myself watching YouTube as I was reading due to the sheer amount of geeky film and game references from the 80's.

Unsure how it'll work as a film, now Warner Bros have purchased the rights.
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These sorts of things are often bought just so other studios can't buy them. It won't necessarily be made into a film.
 
j.col said:
i read this about 3 months ago, first book was enjoyable, second book was just too way out there for me, gave up 50% through it.
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Embarrassingly I'm only just about to finish this book (about 50 pages left), for whatever reason I found myself staring at a PC screen rather than switching off and chilling in bed with a book. Started back up a couple of days ago and got through the pages pretty quickly. I'm really looking forward to the conclusion.

Once I've read that it's on to A Feast for Crows which i'm really looking forward to. Annoyingly I've got 'The Damage Done' sitting on my bookshelf which I'm quite eager to read, I think I may read this after Feast for Crows then perhaps also read the Daemon's sequel before hitting A Dance with Dragons', we'll see though, I really want to read some of HG Wells' stuff too. So many books :p
 
desires said:
Embarrassingly I'm only just about to finish this book (about 50 pages left), for whatever reason I found myself staring at a PC screen rather than switching off and chilling in bed with a book. Started back up a couple of days ago and got through the pages pretty quickly. I'm really looking forward to the conclusion.

Once I've read that it's on to A Feast for Crows which i'm really looking forward to. Annoyingly I've got 'The Damage Done' sitting on my bookshelf which I'm quite eager to read, I think I may read this after Feast for Crows then perhaps also read the Daemon's sequel before hitting A Dance with Dragons', we'll see though, I really want to read some of HG Wells' stuff too. So many books :p
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A feast for crows was excellent, i just read the whole series of asoiaf in one go.
Daemon was good as i said, but the second book was not for me.

Currently about 70% through The Bat by Jo Nesbo, pretty good so far
 
Just finished Banks' 'The Hydrogen Sonata'. Quite enjoyed it, especially the end climax. I have to say, I think some of the supposed 'main' characters (Vyr) seemed a bit two-dimensional, whereas others such as Bastgenyen and QiRia seemed a bit more deeper. Overall, nowhere near his best, but quite a good read all the same, and it's lovely to find out more about Subliming and the mindset of those in power in Gzilt during the lead up to a Sublime.
 
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