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Post by almuric on Feb 2, 2016 11:09:56 GMT -5
So what are you guys reading right now?
Me, I just re-read John Ringo's Gust Front and When the Devil Dances. I just purchased C. L. Moore's Judgement Night and will be reading that soon as well. |
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Post by Jason Aiken on Feb 2, 2016 12:47:02 GMT -5
Currently reading, Servant of the Jackal God: The Tales of Kamose, Archpriest of Anbubis by Keith Taylor. It collects his Kamose stories from Weird Tales and some new ones. Really enjoying it, I'm three stories in and each has been different from the last.
I'm also listening to Swords against Death by Fritz Leiber. The audio book is making for some enjoyable afternoon walks.
I have George R. R. Martin's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms waiting to be read, but given the news about Winds of Winter, maybe I'll just hold onto it for a while.
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Post by paulmc on Feb 2, 2016 13:34:07 GMT -5
Recently wrapped up P J Farmer's A FEAST UNKNOWN, LORD OF THE TREES and THE MAD GOBLIN. Also finished last year's big horror novel, A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS by Paul Tremblay.
Started on a horror collection, SEEDS OF NIGHTMARES, by my friend Tony Tremblay.
I've been slowly working my way through the Marvel omnibus of the 1970s JOHN CARTER, WARLORD OF MARS. It'll probably take me all year!
Other random comics & short stories.
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Post by KiramidHead on Feb 2, 2016 15:34:42 GMT -5
Right now I'm rereading The Bloody Crown of Conan, but I know I don't need to recommend that one to this crowd.  And if this counts, I'm also reading a rather bizarre script for a Bride of Frankenstein remake for possible podcast material. |
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Post by Jason Aiken on Feb 9, 2016 10:34:10 GMT -5
I started reading H. P. Lovecraft's, The Dream-quest of Unknown Kadath. So far I have no idea why it gets such a bad rap. It's freaking great!
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Post by almuric on Feb 18, 2016 21:26:55 GMT -5
Judgement Night, by C. L. Moore. I've read lots of her short stories, but this is the first novel by Moore I've ever read. She manages to make the collapse of a galactic empire both sweeping and intimate. It's a fascinating fusion of SF and Fantasy, with spaceships and robots alongside mounted horsemen and forbidden forests where the old gods dwell. Highly recommended.
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Post by thedarkman on Feb 19, 2016 7:07:03 GMT -5
The Wicked Blade by Robert Carse, 1958. A young crusader goes on an important mission through Saracen territory to try convincing the Mongols to side with the Crusaders. Sir Jean must escort the Khan's daughter and son to Rome and return to the Outremer to deal with the Saracens at the battle of Acre. Will the Golden Horde be there to help win the day for the Crusaders? I'll find out in 70 pages or so.
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Post by KiramidHead on Feb 19, 2016 21:06:06 GMT -5
Bran Mak Morn: The Last King
Great collection on the whole, but I would have liked to see more of Bran himself. Too bad Howard never wrote anything else about him.
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Post by deuce on Feb 20, 2016 10:36:28 GMT -5
I recently finished The King In The North by Max Adams - the story of Oswald of Northumbria - and I'm about to start his new one In The Land Of Giants - a history of the Dark Ages in Britain. Worth a look if that period interests you.
......Both sound pretty damned cool! |
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Post by andys on Feb 20, 2016 12:15:12 GMT -5
Judgement Night, by C. L. Moore. I've read lots of her short stories, but this is the first novel by Moore I've ever read. She manages to make the collapse of a galactic empire both sweeping and intimate. It's a fascinating fusion of SF and Fantasy, with spaceships and robots alongside mounted horsemen and forbidden forests where the old gods dwell. Highly recommended. Love that book. I just read Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski. I need to read the short story collections, but this held my attention pretty well as an introductory chapter to a longer saga. It helps that I've played the Witcher games, so I know a bit about the world and characters. Right now I'm reading Seven Princes by John Fultz. |
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Post by Jason Aiken on Feb 20, 2016 13:35:06 GMT -5
I just read Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski. I need to read the short story collections, but this held my attention pretty well as an introductory chapter to a longer saga. It helps that I've played the Witcher games, so I know a bit about the world and characters. Right now I'm reading Seven Princes by John Fultz. Did you find playing the games spoiled anything from the book(s)? The Witcher 3 has been getting insanely good reviews, but I hear the games take place after the novels, so I've been hesitant in picking it up. |
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Post by andys on Feb 21, 2016 10:05:07 GMT -5
I just read Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski. I need to read the short story collections, but this held my attention pretty well as an introductory chapter to a longer saga. It helps that I've played the Witcher games, so I know a bit about the world and characters. Right now I'm reading Seven Princes by John Fultz. Did you find playing the games spoiled anything from the book(s)? The Witcher 3 has been getting insanely good reviews, but I hear the games take place after the novels, so I've been hesitant in picking it up. I haven't played Witcher 3 yet (it'll probably be on deck soon...), but from what I understand it does reference the books more than the previous two and likely has spoilers, yeah. And there are certain things that the other games spoil, such as what happens to Geralt at the end, although in those cases it probably couldn't be helped since I think the first game preceded the translation of the books. |
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Post by deuce on Feb 21, 2016 13:46:10 GMT -5
Paul Kingsnorth's The Wake is lookin' pretty good: frontierpartisans.com/6328/6328/An English guerilla fighting William the Bastard's men during the horrific Norman Conquest. Sign me up.  |
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Post by thedarkman on Feb 21, 2016 15:27:26 GMT -5
Paul Kingsnorth's The Wake is lookin' pretty good: frontierpartisans.com/6328/6328/An English guerilla fighting William the Bastard's men during the horrific Norman Conquest. Sign me up. I am looking at a similar series: Hereward, by James Wilde. I have started the first novel, and it is pretty bad-ass. I had read an online review somewhere in which the reviewer said the historical character of Hereward was presented as "too Conan-like". Of course, I immediately tracked it down... |
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Post by thedarkman on Feb 21, 2016 15:34:43 GMT -5
Judgement Night, by C. L. Moore. I've read lots of her short stories, but this is the first novel by Moore I've ever read. She manages to make the collapse of a galactic empire both sweeping and intimate. It's a fascinating fusion of SF and Fantasy, with spaceships and robots alongside mounted horsemen and forbidden forests where the old gods dwell. Highly recommended. Love that book. I just read Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski. I need to read the short story collections, but this held my attention pretty well as an introductory chapter to a longer saga. It helps that I've played the Witcher games, so I know a bit about the world and characters. Right now I'm reading Seven Princes by John Fultz. Let us know what you think of Seven Princes. Fultz is a Howard/CAS fan, from what I have read. A few early reviewers who like epic fantasy complained Fultz's prose was too old-fashioned and "purple". This is one of the few modern fantasy trilogies I might actually consider reading! |
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And if this counts, I'm also reading a rather bizarre script for a Bride of Frankenstein remake for possible podcast material.
