General / Off-Topic What are you reading currently?

Shadowdancer

Shadowdancer
Since my previous post:
  • Sam Peters: From Distant Stars (sequel to From Darkest Skies), waiting for the third book (very much a fan)
  • Joanne M Harris, A Pocketful of Crows (it's not her strongest work, but it's so obviously a story she wanted to tell that elegantly touches on several mythological and fairytale elements; it's lovingly illustrated too)
  • Markus Heitz: Die Zwerge (The Dwarves) (wasn't terribly overwhelmed)
  • Terry Carr: Cirque (if you want an esoteric read from the '70s, go for it)
  • Gavin Smith: The <child of questionable descent, thanks censor> Legion book 1 (sometimes listed as The Hangman's Daughter but that conflicts with another title; ISBN-13: 978-1-4732-1725-6) (definitely isn't prime literature, but Gavin has a knack for writing visceral battle scenes that make up for it)
  • Gavin Deas: Elite: Wanted which was very obviously an inspiration for half the author to start with the above series

Currently: Joanne M Harris, The Testament of Loki

On the shelf:
  • Andrzej Sapkowski: Blood of Elves
  • Tom Toner: The Promise of the Child
  • Joanne M. Harris: Runelight
  • T.J. Bass: Half Past Human
 
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BulletTrev

BulletTrev
Gully_Foyle said:
Dragon Riders Of Pern?
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I've read em all my friend, well all the Anne McCaffrey books and tried a few of her son Todd's books.

Crikey back in the day ,decades ago, when they were still being written I would avidly wait for new releases and walk > ferry > walk to Portsmouth Bookshop ta get my lil' mitts on 'em ,

Currently reading Claudia Gray's Star Wars book 'Lost Stars' ( I think is the title ) seems a bit teenagery but still, ones gotta luv a bit o' 'wars !
 
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Jenner

I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
Jenner
I tried to read Brian Herbert's "Butlerian Jihad" again and just can't do it. It's just awful.

The history of the Dune universe is fascinating. Too bad the book is such a mess that I can't even finish it.
 

ZeroAi

ZeroAi
In the last month I've finished the following works of fiction set in space (via Kindle Unlimited)

Hidden Enemies (Book 9 of The Empire of Bones Saga)

This is a very good series about the remnants of an old human empire way out on the fringe of explored space. When they start exploring towards the old core worlds they run into other remnant's of the old empire...

https://amzn.to/2pBWCi4

Deep Dive (Legacy War Book 5)

This is a new series for me which I've been going through pretty quick! Bascially, the series begins as humans begin to explore space using information they have extracted from a large "Orb" they found buried on Earth.

https://amzn.to/2BZyuNC

Invasion (Blood on the Stars Book 9)

A great series, even if it is a little wordy at times. It this book the Alliance and Confederation join forces to try and hold off a much much larger invader.

https://amzn.to/2zVNtXO

Hive War (Galactic Liberation Book 4)

This series is a little different, a little less formal, but still very enjoyable and book four was no exception. Love the ship and foot combat, as well as the new aliens.

https://amzn.to/2zVynBf

Freedom's Fate (Freedom's Fire Book 6)

This series is a little over the top (like the author's other works) but following the human team trying to gain the planet's independence has been worth it.

https://amzn.to/2PeVHPH

Target: Earth (Extinction Wars Book 5)

Another "over the top" series, but this one follow's Creed and his friends as they continually try to protect Earth from all manner of warlike Aliens.

https://amzn.to/2zUrvnJ



I'm now reading:

Omega Force 6: Secrete of the Phoenix.

This is a great series in which the characters have really grown over time. It has a mixed race crew with a Human as ship owner and pilot.

https://amzn.to/2pFew3p



I tried to read

Star Force, but it's mostly about space training of marines, a subject that's been beat to death imo.
 

Agony_Aunt

Agony_Aunt
DoctorDanny said:
Good reading, with the added bonus of it being a blunt weapon in case anyone tries to invade my home.
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Tad Williams is good for that as well.

My current book.

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Its quite a cool fantasy world and the story/writing is decent.

Basically there are parallel worlds that are joined back to back, all different in quite distinctive ways, but the geography is the same. Cities, languages, countries, all different, except the city of London, whose name is common to all, even though the cities themselves are different.

The worlds we are presented with in the book (early on, not really a spoiler) are:

Grey London (basically our world, barely any magic)
Red London (magic is everywhere and people live in harmony with it)
White London (a world where magic is in short supply and people try and dominate the scraps that exist, a terrible world of hunger and need)
Black London (a myth to many, where apparently magic went wild and took over).

Definitely worth a read.
 

Rustnsawdust

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Jenner said:
I tried to read Brian Herbert's "Butlerian Jihad" again and just can't do it.
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I was on holiday a couple of weeks ago, and re-read Dune for the first time in more than 30 years. Loved it all over again. However, I've never been tempted to read either the sequels, nor any of the 'extras' from other writers.

Next up on my re-read list is Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous With Rama, another all-time favourite.
 

Agony_Aunt

Agony_Aunt
Rustnsawdust said:
I was on holiday a couple of weeks ago, and re-read Dune for the first time in more than 30 years. Loved it all over again. However, I've never been tempted to read either the sequels, nor any of the 'extras' from other writers.
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Yeah, i'd recommend against it, it isn't bad for some of the lore but what he did with other bits of the lore.... ugh, its a travesty. I'm sure what Brian had in mind for what Daniel and Marty were was quite different from what his son did to them.
 

Jonny Shiloh

Jonny Shiloh
Agony_Aunt said:
Yeah, i'd recommend against it, it isn't bad for some of the lore but what he did with other bits of the lore.... ugh, its a travesty. I'm sure what Brian had in mind for what Daniel and Marty were was quite different from what his son did to them.
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Re-read Frank Herbert's Dune books after a very long time recently-ish, surprised at how much I'd forgotten, or remembered incorrectly. Fallibility of memory I guess... Also recently re-read Asimov's Foundation series - really enjoyed it, hadn't read it since I was a youngster. What else... let's see, Arthur C Clarke's The City and the Stars (another re-read), and I'm currently on Book 5 of The Expanse series, which I'm enjoying, if not quite as much as the fourth one. Oh yeah, and I'm doing my annual re-read of Gene Wolfe's Severian books, currently halfway through The Sword of the Lictor. Wolfe is a particular favourite of mine, has been since I first read The Shadow of the Torturer back in secondary school in the early eighties.

Non-scifi - The German War by Nicholas Stargardt; Bomber Command by Max Hastings (prompted by finishing Len Deighton's Bomber); and D-Day by Anthony Beevor.

Lots of stuff on the go, basically.
 

Arkadi

Arkadi
I am thinking of revisiting Alan Dean Foster. I know I have read plenty of good sci-fi from him in my childhood: The I inside, Darkstar, and some others - and also loved the Spellsinger series. There was also a book of a near future where aliens lived among us.. can't really remember the name of that book.

And he also wrote some Star-trek.
 

Leadfoot

Leadfoot
Currently plowing through the "Legend of Drizzt" series. Found books 1-4 (3 to 4 stories in each book). Just finished book one. Starting book two this Friday night (I'm SO glad I work nights with nothing else to do).

Damned thing reads like a soap opera. I'm surprised there's no anime series of it yet.
 

SMcA

SMcA
Millennium by John Varley. It is a pretty good, convoluted, Time Travel story.
I can’t understand why I did not read it when it was published.
 

samuelb

samuelb
Moved on to

What Does This Look Like in the Classroom?

and

Powershell 6.0

whilst reading The Dark Tower Series again (Currently The Waste Lands)

o7 CMDRs
 
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