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One of my favourite fantasy series is Sword-Dancer by Jennifer Roberson.



......now I have a urge to read the series again.

[Andarthiel_Demigod]

Shadow's Edge(Part 2 of the Night Angel Trilogy) by Brent Weeks
I really enjoyed the first one especially some of the characters and the setting. In some ways it reminds me of Assassin's Creed and Thief especially with the cover art(well the protagonist is a magically talented assassin).

[Alexine]

Just finished reading The Spell of Rosette by Kim Falconer. It was okay, but easily forgettable.

Andarthiel_Demigod wrote...

Shadow's Edge(Part 2 of the Night Angel Trilogy) by Brent Weeks
I really enjoyed the first one especially some of the characters and the setting. In some ways it reminds me of Assassin's Creed and Thief especially with the cover art(well the protagonist is a magically talented assassin).

I liked the first one too! I got the first one on sale and I'm glad I got it, but I'm planning to get Shadow's Edge soon. Apparently, there's a fourth one coming out as well.

[Swordfishtrombone]

I rarely re-read books, but I've started re-reading Neal Stephenson's "Quicksilver" - a book that I remember enjoying very much when I first read it, and one that I feel I could get more out of with another reading.

It's a fictional novel set in historical times, in 15th century England, at the center of the burgeoning scientific societies. It features historical personages like a young Isaac Newton, and other early members of the Royal Society.

It seems to me to be very faithful to historical accuracy, and makes for a fascinating story, detailing experiments and thoughts and the intrigue of early science.

The book's not violent as such, with the exception of one of the most gruesome scenes I've read in literature, more gruesome for the fact that you know it really happened in those times - a vivisection of a live dog.

Vivisection was practiced in those times, and apparently at least  up to the days of Darwin, as Darwin was vehemently opposed to such procedures. Makes you glad that though we may not be moral paragons, we've come some ways from those times.

The book is the first in a series of three books, collectively named "The Baroque Cycle". Haven't read the others, but I think I will, after I'm done with the second reading of the first book.

[Norskatt]

I have started reading, or re-reading I should say, Jane Austen's novels. I am starting with Northanger Abbey.

[Steel Moon]

Kordras wrote...

Re-reading the A Song of Ice and Fire series again. Currently on 'A Storm of Swords'.

I'm also reading Song of Ice and Fire.  It's my first time though.  I'm up to A Feast for Crows now, and hoping against hope that Dance of Dragons will be finished and released very soon!

[Kordras]

Steel Moon wrote...

Kordras wrote...

Re-reading the A Song of Ice and Fire series again. Currently on 'A Storm of Swords'.

I'm also reading Song of Ice and Fire.  It's my first time though.  I'm up to A Feast for Crows now, and hoping against hope that Dance of Dragons will be finished and released very soon!

Yes, me tooooo. I feel bad rushing authors, but I mean it has been like five years or something. >_>

[Loerwyn]

Kordras wrote...
Yes, me tooooo. I feel bad rushing authors, but I mean it has been like five years or something. >_>

He also edits other books (The recently released Warriors, for example) and is working on some of the upcoming A Game of Thrones TV series, including penning an episode himself. Plus Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series had two 6 year gaps

As for me... Finished "Farlander" by Col Buchanan last night. Good read, but nothing special and I did have a few gripes with his writing style and his characters. So I'm now going to be reading "Rhone" by John A. Karr.

[janeym27]

Have just finished the Live Ship Traders trilogy by Robin Hobb. Superb! (well, the beginning too me a while to get into, and the ending felt a bit rushed and anti-climactic, but the middle was pure gold!) I reccommend.



Am about ot begin on the Mass Effect novels. Filling the gap with some Preacher before that, though.

[Lominia]

my last one was World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks. i listened to it as i have it as an audiobook, which i'm finding is the way forward.



my next will either be Arthur C Clarke - Collected Stories or Dean Koontz - Strange Highways

[mousestalker]

Just finished the 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' and am starting 'The Girl Who Played With Fire'. I love these characters!

[knighteffect]

Wow has this thread disappeared.





Just started a Game of Thrones. Addictive, just addictive.

[Sneelonz]

I've been reading "The Tales of Alvin Maker". It's a good series.

[Remmirath]

I haven't been reading as much lately as I'd like. I'm reading Sharra's Exile by Marion Zimmer Bradley and The White Wolf's Son by Michael Moorcock, although I'm not getting through either very quickly.

[Gorthaur the Cruel]

I just finished reading the Children of Húrin and I plan to read Lord of the Rings trilogy.

[thesuperdarkone]

Currently reading Voltaire's Candide and Machiavelli's "The Prince". I need to be a good emperor

[TheSpaceKraken]

I'm currently reading "The Singing Sword", which is the second book of a series called "A Dream of Eagles" or "Camulod Chronicles" and is probably the best version of the King Arthur story I have ever read.  The Author's name is Jack Whyte.

I can definitely recommend the series to anyone who loves historical fiction.

Modifié par TheSpaceKraken, 01 août 2010 - 06:25 .

[Ravenheart of the Wild]

I haven't read in a while, but i've had The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton on my to-read list for a while, so i think i'll start from there.

Modifié par Ravenheart of the Wild, 01 août 2010 - 06:41 .

[Daewan]

Vintage romance novels, military historical fiction, The Calling by David Gaider, and some historical cookbooks.

[Addai]

I should pick up on my long-abandoned thread! Thank you all for your suggestions. I finished the Song of Ice and Fire series and am eagerly awaiting the HBO series. I really recommend the short story "The Hedge Knight" in Dreamsongs Vol. 2. It is a prequel to ASoIaF, set in the time of the Targaryens. I am also pretty absorbed in a teleplay in that volume called "Doorways." I read recently on GRRM's Livejournal site that this might be picked up for filming.

In the wings I have waiting Jim Butcher's Furies of Calderon.

Modifié par Addai67, 01 août 2010 - 07:15 .

[Swordfishtrombone]

Currently reading "Unseen Academicals" - the latest Disc World novel by Terry Pratchett.

[Loerwyn]

The Death of Chaos by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. Not that far into it, though