What are you reading?

[Canuckish]

Steven Erikson is simply unbelievable..

Never watched multiple story lines of characters get smoked without any attention paid to their deaths and thought to myself... wow.. thats appropriate.

Just cant predict his books, and the last 100 pages are always just packed full of .. well.. awesomesauce.

[Necroscope84]

Oh yeah, I just wanted to throw this out there because it's one of my all time favorite fantasy books. It's the Coldfire Trilogy by C.S. Friedman. The first book is called Black Sun Rising and I have to say that one of the main characters named The Hunter is hands down one of the best villian/heroes ever imagined. The world of the Coldfire Trilogy is very unique and Friedman's writing is mindblowing. Do yourself a favor and check these books out. I promise you won't regret it.

Here's a link to Friedman's site:
http://www.csfriedman.com/frames.htm

P.S.
I wrote her once to tell her how much I loved her works and she responded with a real message and not some automated thing. I have it saved in a folder next to messages from other authors who have replied to me. My all time favorite reply is from Ursula K. Leguin
It was truly an honor to have Ursula K. Leguin reply to me.

[gurgar78]

Steven Erikson is simply unbelievable..

Never watched multiple story lines of characters get smoked without any attention paid to their deaths and thought to myself... wow.. thats appropriate.

Just cant predict his books, and the last 100 pages are always just packed full of .. well.. awesomesauce.

Srsly. Every book starts a little slow and it takes me about 200 pages to get into it. The last 100 pages are indeed chock full of win. Every time.

[Darkrok]

I've been reading books that my kids (especially my 10 year old daughter) can read as well.

Rick Riordan has been really popular lately. We read the entire Percy Jackson series, read the Red Pyramid, and read the continuation of the Percy Jackson books The Lost Hero. Love all of those. We're also reading the Michael Scott books (The Alchemist, The Magician, etc). Finally, one of my 6-year-olds picked out The Magic Thief from Sarah Prineas. I'm still reading the first book to them but my daughter and I were hooked and have both read all three of them.

Before that my daughter, wife and I all read the entire Harry Potter series which for her, like so many other kids, were the books that drew her into reading.

[Luis_Velderve]

Steven Erikson(re-reading0
Brent Weeks(just finished his trilogy)
Brandon Sanderson

The Night Angel Trilogy! I got a character with the longest of Durzo's alias;I hope that he will use Kaylar, Logan and Durzo in future books.

I finished Everis Cale Trilogy from Paul Kemp and now waiting my ebay found Twilight Trilogy from the same author.

[Teldurn]

I finished Everis Cale Trilogy from Paul Kemp and now waiting my ebay found Twilight Trilogy from the same author.

Kemp is a great author, and Cale is a very, very memorable character who underwent some pretty serious character development to end up where he is. Each time I'd read his books, I felt his language and writing style made it seem like I was sitting tableside at a D&D game, watching all these characters make or fail their saves, or watch them cast certain spells.

Prior to reading Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind, Paul Kemp was my #1 favorite author. He only got bumped to #2 because Pat's writing style is so darn easy and entertaining to breeze through!

[hityawithastick]

H.P. Lovecraft...the Necronomicon.

I haven't slept for a week!

[Dulcimerist]

I am illiterate.

[Triepod]

I've been reading books that my kids (especially my 10 year old daughter) can read as well.

Rick Riordan has been really popular lately. We read the entire Percy Jackson series, read the Red Pyramid, and read the continuation of the Percy Jackson books The Lost Hero. Love all of those. We're also reading the Michael Scott books (The Alchemist, The Magician, etc). Finally, one of my 6-year-olds picked out The Magic Thief from Sarah Prineas. I'm still reading the first book to them but my daughter and I were hooked and have both read all three of them.

Before that my daughter, wife and I all read the entire Harry Potter series which for her, like so many other kids, were the books that drew her into reading.

Awesome! While I don't have any kids of my own... that I know of...;p I do encourage my little cousin's to read as much as possible. The older of the two was struggling with reading assignments from school as I think some of the material was a bit fluffy. I talked to her about how much I love reading and that I make time to read every day, and that maybe she should dig deeper in to the reading list to find something she was more in to. We looked at the list were able to find some things that were more in line with her interests. She reads on her own now and doesn't see it as a chore.

Thought I would share as your story reminded me about how important reading is for children and how if you start them early in life it becomes a wonderful thing...

[Pape_27]

Neuromancer and Count Zero Interrupt by William Gibson.

Good books. Dont forget the third in the Sprawl series, Mona Lisa Overdrive.


reading now:

fiction:
as for me, I am currently re-reading the riftwar saga by Raymond E. Fiest. On the last of the originals now, A Darkness at Seth Anon. Good stuffs imo

non-fiction:
K2: The Savage Mountain by Bates and Houston. Its a real life account of a 1953 attempt to summit K2. Its an amazing story.


in the que:
The Jedi Academy Trilogy


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[Lost_Leader]

Started reading all of Brandon Sanderson's books after I read his addition to The Wheel of Time (which I traitorously feel is better than any of Robert Jordan's since The Great Hunt). Sanderson is an excellent author, and the Mistborn trilogy quickly became the favorite books I've ever read.

Another good read, if you want some dark, gritty fantasy, is George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series, starting with A Game of Thrones, which is being made into an HBO series sometime next year.

[QuantumEntanglement]

Last year, when I learned that the first new book in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series was coming out after years with nothing, I began to reread the whole series. I remember thinking the series was never going to be resolved when he died and discovering that plans to do just that through his notes and Brandon Sanderson's help were a surprise discovery for me. It was later on at work when I noticed some of the cover of a hardcover book a customer was reading and realized it must be The Gathering Storm that I found out it had just then been released. As Christmas was ahead and I hadn't gotten through all the books, I restrained myself from buying it and "let it slip" to my mother that it would sure be a surprise to get that!

The timing worked out perfectly. I hadn't finished the 11th book by the time Christmas came. Finally, I read the first new Wheel of Time book (for me) in a long time. I was so distraught at the whole year to await the Towers of Midnight (I so thought from plot hints that Mat and Thom would rescue Moiraine, I just hoped it would happen in that book) that I decided the best way to occupy the time between was to start over. Again. So I did. I mostly read as I walk to work, back home, or on bus rides, so doing it that way, it makes the long novels Jordan wrote take a good deal of time to get through. I'm about to finish book seven, and according to an online wiki, they pushed the publish date of Towers of Midnight back from October 26 to November 2. Looks like it'll be a cool Christmas season read again. I can't wait.

Incidentally, for all you Jordan fans, they are supposedly making a movie from the first book, The Eye of the World. And a proposed MMO. That last might actually have the power to pull me away from DDO. Sorry Turbine, but if this happens and you wanna keep me, you're gonna have to let me roll an Asha'man.

[Pape_27]

<snip>... after I read his addition to The Wheel of Time ...<snip>

You got ahold of Towers of Midnight? How????? The book isnt due out till 11/2. Inquiring minds want to know!

[QuantumEntanglement]

Well, I think he meant the last one, although the prologue is available now as an Ebook and chapter 8 is up on Brandon Sanderson's blog.

http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/Towers_of_Midnight

[Pape_27]

Oh, the Gathering Storm.

Still think of that as being by Jordan. Had my hopes up that there was a early release of the next book available.

[Ratnix]

Im not going to go into everything I have read lately. But I currently just started the dl chronicles again this week. About to finish book 2. I will finish the 3 chronicles then legends and the 4th chronicle. After that im not too sure what I will go to next. We don't have a bookstore anymore so I am left with mail order and I would rather browse a bookstore until I see something I like.

I would like to re-read the vampire chronicles but I gave those to my niece to read and she lives too far away to get them back.

[Yellfor]

Finished reading Terry Pratchetts "I Shall Wear Midnight" the final in the Tiffany Aching series Saturday.
Read Mercedes Lackey's "Intrigues" book 2 of the Collegium Chronicles on Sunday.

Now rereading Lisa Randall's "Warped Passages" (science / Phsics) as I'm found something was just not quite right with some of the concepts.

After that reading a book I have been looking for from Charles deLint called "Moonheart."

[Mockduck]

Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie, it's brutal like George R.R. Martin's stuff. IMO, not as well written, but interesting enough to warrant an enjoyable read. Essentially "Kill Bill" in a fantasy setting.

[nerdychaz]

I too have read the Mistborn series and would recommend it to anyone.

Fiction:
Mistborn series, brandon sanderson (made me cry)
Mars Trilogy, Kim Stanley Robinson
Eaters of the Dead, Michael Chrichton

Non-Fiction:
Failed States, Noam Chomsky (AK Press)
Evasion, anonymous (crimethinc)
The Novelist's Boot Camp

[testing1234]

last couple of weeks ive been checking out the doctor who audio books, so far ive read
-doctor who and the abominable snowmen, 3 out of 5 stars. 2ond doctor. still feels readable even though its from 74. well worth reading.
-doctor who, judment of the judoon. 11th doctor 3 out of 5 stars could have been lot worse but hardly good.
-doctor who and the happiness patrol. dont remember what doctor this was 6 or 3, 1 out of 5 stars definitely a low for doctor who. offers lot of action but so horrible stupid it falls flat since cant ignore it.
-doctor who and the ghosts of india 10th doctor, 2 of 5 never really takes off.
-doctor who. shining darkness 10th doctor. 1 of 5, the story has flaws in its logic and is not fastpaced enough to hide em. the first 1/9th is pretty good in its defense.
-doctor who. beatiful chaos 10th doctor. 1 of 5, seriously evil mastermind super-intelligent aliens who act stupid *sigh
-doctor who. the eyeless 10th doctor 4 of 5, highly engrossing and dont have to many logic flaws in its story.
-doctor who. night of the humans 10th doctor, 3 of 5, very entertaining premise sadly ending dont quite survive my evaluation.
-doctor who. pirate loop 10th doctor, 5 of 5 for some reason i found this excellent not quite sure why.

before went on my doctor who odyssey read "makers" by cory doctorow a sci fi book id not reccomend highly average without any type of page-turner in it nor anyting that makes you intrested in its main characters.