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The Admiral · 11-17-2003, 02:00 PM

I'm reading Mostly Harmless, the fifth and final book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. I'm going to read Dune soon after I finish that.

Melter · 11-18-2003, 08:59 AM

Almost halfway through Perdido Street Station by China Mieville. A rather large novel bursting with dark fantasy and bizarre characters.

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Say, for those reading Gaiman's 'Neverwhere' and 'American Gods' - any good? And are you Sandman fans?

Read Stardust, numerous short stories, and all but one of the Sandman series by Neil Gaiman. Excellent writer and if you've not checked out Sandman yet then you don't know what you're missing.

Farror · 11-25-2003, 02:53 PM

Right now I'm reading a series of books by Wilbur Smith. The first is called "River God" and the second "Warlock" I find them rather good, if a bit too... graphic at times.

Sneaky · 11-25-2003, 04:01 PM

The newest sequel to the Deryni Series "In the Kings Service" and Eregion.

claire_marie · 12-08-2003, 10:52 AM

ah im reading isabel allendes "daughter of fortune". very good, teaches a lot about racism and prejudice.

Seth.H · 01-05-2004, 05:26 PM

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... Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time - but in my opinion Jordan's series loses something after Book Threee. He even said so himself that he is only dragging it out so long because TOR Fantasy has him in a contract and is making him pump out new books for the same series...

I'm actually re-reading the series -- I am a Jordan fan, without a doubt. But TOR Fantasy ticks me off with that level of control in the contract. But hey, not like I know the details eh? Might be just as much R. Jordan's fault as anyone elses (he did sign it, after all). Nonetheless, I'm going to be faithful to him and buy/read everything he has published.

Lily · 01-06-2004, 02:22 PM

I just finished Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity. I was very impressed with his descriptions and writing style. The plot I didn't like so much because I'm not a fan of adventure novels . . . but Ludlum is certainly a talented writer!

Now I'm working on Tolkien's Silmarillion and getting horribly confused . . .

Seth.H · 01-06-2004, 06:43 PM

Silmarillion is an interesting read, but yeah... most people that I know find it confusing at least in part. I know I did my first attempt through it, but the second time around it made much more sense to me.

Lily · 01-07-2004, 02:46 PM

I've been told that in order to understand it, one has to draw out all the family trees and take notes while reading! I don't know . . . it seems rather excessive. Maybe I'll do that during my spring holidays ('holidays' sounds so much cooler than 'vacation'- eek! I'm becoming an Anglophile!

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Anyway, now I'm also reading Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things for English class. It's a pretty good book- brilliant as a debut novel, that is, but I can't stand the sentence and time fragments- you'll know what I'm talking about if you've read it.

Farror · 01-07-2004, 08:15 PM

Right now I'm reading the Seeing Stone, by Whatsit Whatshisface. I just finnished a really good Agatha Christy book, "Cat Among the Pigeons".

strangedaze · 01-09-2004, 10:32 AM

In the last few months I've read the following:

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - I'm sure I would have enjoyed it more if I could stand 19th century manners and Regency England. Bah, it was a good read just the same.

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka - Read it for the umpteenth time for an essay I am doing. Loved it the first time, still lovin' it. 'Nuff said.

Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville - Shorter work (twenty-some odd pages). Very ambiguous, but those are the sort of tales I salivate over. A good read if you don't mind scratching your head a lil' bit after reading it.

Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell - My first taste of Orwell's novels. I am familiar with a few of his essays, and I am happy to say that now I am familiar with his novels as well. Wow. I love this guy, can't get enough. 1984 left me with the Clockwork Orange shivers.

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - Enjoyable, to a degree. I find Dickens to be a little tedious to read at times, but overall I am glad I read it.

I read a few people mentioning Dune a while back. I did the trilogy for my American Lit. class last year. Tough read! I loved it, but WOW! You need a Dunese dictionary for those bad boys!

On the chopping block for the future:

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf - Watched The Hours, am intrigued.

Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood - Might as well give a fellow Canadian a try.

Pilgrim by Timothy Findley - I can't get enough of Jungian psychology, and I'm told this one's a real treat.

Life of Pi by Yan Martel - Any book that claims to be able to make you believe in God has to be worth something, right?

Jeez, my posts take up lot of space! Sorry 'bout that...

Lily · 01-09-2004, 02:23 PM

I actually hated Life of Pi . . . but that was mainly because of the way it was written and . . . yeah. I didn't think there was much to it. However, it did get me into religion. Or, at least, interested in it. It's definitely worth a read through, but it's also not the best book in the world. At least in my opinion. A book that's similar to Life of Pi in writing style is Arundahti Roy's The God of Small Things. I still can't decide whether I like that book or hate it.

StoneGarden · 01-19-2004, 08:38 PM

With school just beginning again, I'm back to reading text books...but I have a number of books floating around right now.

I'm currently finishing up Tanya Huff's Valor's Choice

Fantasia · 01-22-2004, 06:48 PM

Right now it's David Baldacci's "Last Man Standing".

Pretty interesting alpha male stuff. ^_^ Makes me wonder whether they shoot women in Quantico just for being there.

Farror · 01-22-2004, 07:06 PM

I'm reading The Spellsong Series by something Modestit Jr. or some such. I also just read I am David by another author whose name I cannot recall.