What Scifi/Fantasy book Are You Just Reading?

[BeardofPants]

I'd class it as young adult.

[Midge]

Back to good old Perelandra again. I love that book so very much.

[GrayMouser]

Originally Posted by Midge

Back to good old Perelandra again. I love that book so very much.

My least favorite of the Space Trilogy- though still good! Too much description and talking about theology- all well in its place, but a trifle didactic.

Two points-

The first- in A.N. Wilson's biography, there's a horrendous scene where Jane Moore's brother collapses on Lewis's floor, being driven insane (by syphillis IIRC- he died shortly after), where he describes what he is feeling in terms remarkably similar to Weston's - sinking down through the skin of life to Hell, begging for more life to postpone it- though Wilson doesn't make the connection.

The second- in "The Problem of Pain" Lewis attempts to justify natural evil by saying it is inherent in our world, using the example of banging into a corner of a table- tables must be hard, corners must be sharp, our bodies need warnings of damage- that led me to wonder if he created Perelandra precisely as a place where there were no hard edges- and no earthquakes, volcanoes, fires etc.

I can't remember- there certainly were natural evils in Malacandra; were there any in Perelandra?

[GrayMouser]

Being largely cut off from science fiction ( small non-English-speaking town, even bookstores in big cities here are crap, shipping costs are horrendous) I was delighted when, asked to take over some classes for the summer, I found an entire shelf of SF. The guy I was substituting for explained they were left behind by some Americans who had been working here.


As it turned out, they were ex-US Air Force/Navy types working as contractors on radar installations at the local Air Force base.

Nice guys- I knew most of them- but unfortunately their taste ran to the "mil-sf" of Jerry Pournelle and his followers, so the blurbs were like

"While the ever-ravaging Grakshnickzzx hordes swallowed system after system, the spineless bureaucrats on Earth tried haplessly to appease them- it took Dreck Dranigan and his battle-hardened crew of space mercenaries to show the only way to negotiate with a Grak was with the business end of a blaster!!!"


Still, got some Larry Niven and Anne McCaffrey out of it, so it's better than nothing

[Earniel]

Recently went on a small book-buying spree on the internet and bought a couple of books from the Redwall series by Brian Jacques. His death earlier this year reminded me that I had one of his books for years and had enjoyed it much but hadn't been able to find any other books of the series. Since then I discovered the internetbook market so I went for it.

I bought and read Martin the Warrior, Mossflower and Salamandastron. I'm loving them as much as I did the first book. I suspect that before the year is out, there will be even more Redwall finding a new home on my bookshelf.

[Varnafindë]

I'm reading "The Hunger Games" now - I'm about half way through the first one, and I like it so far. I need to go to the library to find the other two.

I'm also planning to see the movie when it comes out.

[GrayMouser]

Interesting article about the marketing of "The Hunger Games" before it was even published, showing that 'marketing' is not necessarily a bad word.

http://www.salon.com/2012/03/18/the_...a_blockbuster/

[Varnafindë]

What worried me most about the movie, was that they might make it into a gore-fest and disregard the author's message. But now I've read that the author is heavily involved in the script-writing and even other parts of the production, so now my hopes are up for a good movie.

[Empress_Flynn]

Originally Posted by Varnafindë

What worried me most about the movie, was that they might make it into a gore-fest and disregard the author's message. But now I've read that the author is heavily involved in the script-writing and even other parts of the production, so now my hopes are up for a good movie.

Yeah... in terms of the gore represented in the movie.. it was actually mild. (Though maybe I'm just desensitized to gore by now?) Anyway... I thought the amount of gore was appropriate. I had some other issues with the movie, but in general the message was intact!

[Logkhya]

I want to read Dragonlance when I am free

[Mark of Cenla]

I am reading the second book of the Stormlord trilogy by Glenda Larke. It is quite good. Check it out. Peace and goodwill.

[Lalaith]

I'm reading The Nightrunner Series by Lynn Flewelling. The style is very different from LotR but I love it nonetheless, the characters and the story are very enthralling.

As a matter of fact I already read the complete series already but the books are very addictive, so I started with book 1 again right after finishing book 6.
I also want to read Flewelling's other series, the Tamir Triad but I can't seem to bring myself to say goodbye to the characters of the Nightrunner Series yet.

[katya]

I recently finished the Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. OMG I loved it. It was, in my opinion, very intelligently written, cheesy plot-driven fantasy. Awesome characters, very believable with lots of strong women role models (strong in lots of ways, not just Eowyn-type strength).

[Lalaith]

Originally Posted by katya

I recently finished the Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. OMG I loved it. It was, in my opinion, very intelligently written, cheesy plot-driven fantasy. Awesome characters, very believable with lots of strong women role models (strong in lots of ways, not just Eowyn-type strength).

That sounds really interessting! Having just finished two series of books (both playing in the same universere) where women rule the most important country, I think I have to continue reading books with good fimel role models!

[katya]

Pick up the first book, Way of Shadows, when you feel up to it. My bf pestered me into it, but I'm so glad he did. I picked up the first book and intended only to read the first page to see how it was, but I ended up reading the first few chapters before putting it down! It is about assassins but it gets more into magic as it goes on.

[Lalaith]

Originally Posted by katya

Pick up the first book, Way of Shadows, when you feel up to it. My bf pestered me into it, but I'm so glad he did. I picked up the first book and intended only to read the first page to see how it was, but I ended up reading the first few chapters before putting it down! It is about assassins but it gets more into magic as it goes on.

My reading list is still pretty long, but I might just see if I like those books as well. One can never read too much.

Currently I am reading "The Fall of Kings" by Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman. I haven't read much until now, just started a few days ago after finishing "Swordspoint" and "The Privilege of the Sword", which both play in the same universe.

[BeardofPants]

I am struggling through book 4 of WoT. I don't know why I bother. This is the third reading attempt.

[Grey_Wolf]

I thought WoT longwinded and hard to get into.

[b.banner]

I just finished the last WoT book. I was an epic ending to what is in my opinion the greatest fantasy series ever!

[tolkienfan]

I have finally started Game of Thrones. I couldn't decide between starting that series or Wheel of Time... I decided that with a busy semester coming up, GoT was less of a commitment! I will have much more time for reading in only six months