What fiction book are you currently reading?

[arnisador]

Mostly Harmless, by Douglas Adams

 

[Xequat]

"A Feast for Crows," by George R. R. Martin. Book #4 in "A Song of Ice and Fire," one of the best fantasy series I've ever read because it doesn't rely on dragons and monsters for action; it really does center around the characters first, then the plot. Kind of different because there aren't really many good guys and bad guys; it all seems kind of relative and depends on what type of character you like the best.

 

[Shizen Shigoku]

Eragon.

It's a fun read; a real page turner.

 

[Blindside]

Its been awhile, in no particular order:

A Feast For Crows by George RR Martin
-Definately a different pace/tone than the last book, but still excellent.

American Gods by Neil Gaiman
-Great book, I liked just about everything about it, I'm not sure what category to put it into, Modern Fantasy?

reread of Fortunes Stroke by Drake/Flint

Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card
-I will argue that nothing in this series really can compare with Ender's Game, but that was a classic. This is a solid if a bit dull book.

Requiem and Tributes to the Grandmaster- Heinlein memorial and retrospective. The highlights for me were "This I believe" and Niven's story.

Assignment in Eternity by Heinlein
-Decent, but below average Heinlein

Weapons of Choice by John Birmingham
-What if: A US naval task force from 2025 goes back in time to WWII right before Midway.... Decent Alt History, lots of in-jokes and references to Turtledove's World War series. Very cool description of naval hardware 20 years out, and the clash between future and 1940's American cultures.

Lifehouse by Spider Robinson
-Interesting but not great sci-fi. I really liked Spider's early work, but he seems to be getting a bit repetitive of late.

Oath of Fealty by Larry Niven
Intriguing issues with the culture clash between arcology dwellers and the surrounding city, dry but thought provoking.

Currently reading Cryptonomicon by Neil Stephenson

 

[Navarre]

I had never read any of the Narnia books. When I heard the movie was coming out I read The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe as well as its prequel The Magician's Nephew.

I've enjoyed them so I'm reading the remainder now. I'm still on A Boy and his Horse.

I read Angels and Demons and really enjoyed it. My wife is urging me to read The DaVinci Code as well.

I'm reading selected stories of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. I'm trying to develop my ability to contruct intrigue and mystery so I can use those skills in creating a new D&D game for my wife.

 

[Michael Billings]

I only read one at a time, but very fast.

Steve Perry's new one, The Musashi Flex just hit paperback and it is a prequel to The Man Who Never Missed series. Lots of martial arts in all of them, but more Silat in this one. He has been training for the past 8 years or so I think. You also see Silat in his Cybernation series he did with Tom Clancy.

Peace - Out,
-Michael

 

[Henderson]

J.R.R. Tolkien's

The Silmarillion

 

[Blindside]

I only read one at a time, but very fast.

Steve Perry's new one, The Musashi Flex just hit paperback and it is a prequel to The Man Who Never Missed series. Lots of martial arts in all of them, but more Silat in this one. He has been training for the past 8 years or so I think. You also see Silat in his Cybernation series he did with Tom Clancy.

Peace - Out,
-Michael

I've been pretty disappointed with the last several installments (Black Sword, Omega Cage, 97th Step, Albino Knife) but I loved the original Matador series. How does the Musashi Flex compare?

 

[KenpoTess]

Jennifer Fallon's Hythrun Chronicles.. Medalon is very good and I'm looking forward to the 2nd 'Treason Keep'

 

[OnlyAnEgg]

Chapterhouse Dune. Frank Herbert.

 

[arnisador]

Bored of the Rings (the parody from Harvard Lampoon).

Better than I expected, so far.

 

[shesulsa]

Chronicles of Narnia - the entire series

 

[Touch Of Death]

The Confusion by Neal Stevenson
Sean

 

[Kenpoist]

Martial arts based fiction. I am now reading Hard Rain by Barry Eisler. A 1/2 Japanese-1/2 American contract killer (Judo Expert) living in Japan. The book focus's on the Yakuza and underground fighting.
Good Series of Books.

Also the John Donohue books (Sensei and Deshi) were good.

 

[Wes Tasker]

I just finished Feist & Wurts' "Empire" series. Now onto the third and final collection of Howard's original Conan stories...

-wes tasker

 

[Don Roley]

Martial arts based fiction. I am now reading Hard Rain by Barry Eisler. A 1/2 Japanese-1/2 American contract killer (Judo Expert) living in Japan. The book focus's on the Yakuza and underground fighting.
Good Series of Books.

Barry is also pretty cool in person.

Right now I am reading Infinity's Shore by David Brin. It is the second book in his second uplift trilogy.

I do not reccomend this book or series to anyone who needs to get work done. Brin has the ability to write a great novel about aliens, but not use them as a crutch. It is not all about how weird aliens are, but there is a real plot. At the same time, the aliens are really alien with the way they think and he lets us get into their head. There are things that could not happen in this series if aliens were not involved. It is not a plot of a regular book with a few SF references thrown in to disguise it.

But at the same time, the books stand on the excellence or the plot and not on it being something different for having aliens in it.

Gotta get back to it.......

 

[stone_dragone]

Just finished "Congo" by Michael Crichton and am now working on George Orwell's "1984"

 

[OnlyAnEgg]

Dan Brown's 'Angels And Demons'

 

[shesulsa]

Just finished The DaVinci Code a few weeks ago and Obsidian Butterfly yesterday.

 

[Cryozombie]

am now working on George Orwell's "1984"

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