Book Thread Continued

[Esper_Crusader]

I reread 'Memnoch The Devil' again last night. Book 5 of Anne Rice's 'The Vampire Chronicles".  Still as good as ever but a bit preachy. I'm pretty sure she wrote this as she was becoming "born again".

[Killy]

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.  Big doorstopper of a paperback but it was pretty cool.  It has that different POV style & it follows a series of different characters from different times- half the story's in like 1980's-ish with a couple of techie guys, and the other half's set in like Vietnam War-ish times following this average joe-ish soldier.  I get really into good characters and that soldier was awesome.

[Esper_Crusader]

Stephen King - The Eyes of the Dragon.  This is around the 6th or 7th time I've read this. King really should have done more fantasy/fairy tale stuff.

[Tooker]

Stephen King - The Eyes of the Dragon.  This is around the 6th or 7th time I've read this. King really should have done more fantasy/fairy tale stuff.

I agree!  I keep a few extra copies, and when someone says "Ooh, I'd never read Stephen King.  He's all scary demons and stuff," I give them one and say "Here, read this.  I promise it won't be anything like what you're expecting."  (Seriously - my wife picks them up at a local thrift store for 75 cents.)

[CastNuri]

Read the first two tp volumes of "The Runaways" and the second tp of "The Umbrella Academy" (was was vastly entertaining).

Going on to read the compilation of "Persepolis" and then maybe "White Tiger".

[Esper_Crusader]

Soul of the Fire(Book 5 of The Sword of Truth). This series is continuing to impress me but I think there's a dud coming up soon. At least that's what I hear from the friend i'm borrowing them from says.

[Tooker]

I read the first book in that series (it's the one that starts with Magician's First Rule, right?), thought it was OK... and then was told that the series quickly becomes pretty much all about S&M.  Do you think that person was right?

[Esper_Crusader]

^Umm....no. There's something like that for a while with a Mord-Sith but It's brief. I would check it out for yourself. I think it's some of the best fantasy out there.

[Tooker]

Thanks to a local thrift store, I have a bunch of books in the series.  I'll give them a read and judge for myself.  Thanks for the info.

Finished re-reading book 10 or so of the Wheel of Time series and went back to the Alvin Maker books for a break.  Then I'll try to finish up Wheel of Time so I can get the new book, as well as the new Hitchhiker's Guide book.

[Alexander]

I reread 'Memnoch The Devil' again last night. Book 5 of Anne Rice's 'The Vampire Chronicles".  Still as good as ever but a bit preachy. I'm pretty sure she wrote this as she was becoming "born again".

Looked up on her website, it says she returned to the Catholic Church in 1998 and consecrated her work to be for Christ in 2002.  Memnoch was published in '95.  She wasn't officially a Christian at this point, but it's very possible at this point her heart was headed in that direction.

For myself, I just finished Homer's Odyssey and I'm moving on to Virgil's Aeneid.  Go, go action homework.

[LillianRed]

Never was a huge Anne Rice fan. Some of her work was okay, and some of it was atrocious (like, Violen. Her writing prose in that was down-right torture). You would think, with me being from New Orleans, I would like her. Unfortunately, she is kind of a joke from where I come from.

Been re-reading all of the Valdemar books from Mercedes Lackey, lately. Currently finishing up Magic's Price. Vanyel is one of my all-time favorite characters from a book. Cute, gentle, and powerful. Pity he's also gay. Would turn him straight in a heart-beat, if I could.

[Hidoshi]

Been reading The Self-Aware Universe by Amit Goswami. Quantum Physics makes a compelling case for Consciousness.

[Dincrest]

My reading's been sporadic, but I'm reading When True Night Falls by C.S. Friedman (book 2 of Coldfire) and the manuscript for a friend's futuristic fantasy novel. 

[LillianRed]

Coldfire Trilogy... loved that series. Gerald Tarrant was a GREAT anti-hero. If you haven't read the third book, I definitely recommend it. It does not disappoint.

Another good series is Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series. Not surprisingly, King does really good fantasy. Plus, the way he ends it is amazing.

[Esper_Crusader]

I'm halfway through book 5 of "The Sword of Truth" series and it's still enjoyable. The focus has sort of shifted to a new set of characters but the regulars are still there. Great books overall.