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Which book are you reading right now?

Discussion in 'Booktalk' started by Apeman, Dec 4, 2002.

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    Right now i'm reading a book of Toon Tellegen. He's a great dutch writer, who has mostly written short stories with animals as the main characters. It ranges from hilarious to deeply philosophically.

    I'm also reading Chaucer's canterbury tales and Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the kings of britain, for courses at the university.

    I'm about to start in Kalevala a finnish hero epos or something like that. Perhaps some Fin around these boards can tel us more about this work.
     
    aegron, Dec 18, 2002
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    Just picked up Fortress Draconis by Michael Stackpole, an author I find compelling in the Fantasy genre. So far, so good. It's the first book of a trilogy. I also recommend Once a Hero and Talion: Revenant by him.

    {Edit} - Avrahtar is right. The book lists itself as both the first and second of a series, so the publisher has some logic issues apparently. In any event, the Dark Glory War definitely takes place in the same universe. I think I like Once a Hero best of all.

    [ December 19, 2002, 08:08: Message edited by: dmc ]
     
    dmc, Dec 18, 2002
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    Fortress Draconis is the second book in the series. The first is Dark Glory War and I agree that the books are pretty good though I didn't find them as enjoyable as Talion: Revenant.
     
    Avarahtar, Dec 19, 2002
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    LotR: The Two Towers.
     
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    Now I'm reading "Blood and Gold" by Anne Rice
     
    Mauricio Eiji, Dec 19, 2002
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    Servant of the Shard (absolute rubbish)
    A Random Walk Down Wall Street (more rubbish)
    and just waiting to finish those two so I can start the new Douglas Coupland.
     
    JohnnyRTFM, Dec 19, 2002
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    Hamlet by Shakespeare. (No kidding.)
     
    Taluntain, Dec 19, 2002
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    I am currently reading "The Idiot" by Fjodor Dostojevskij
     
    Turambar, Dec 19, 2002
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    Antichrist - Nietzsche

    and no it isn´t a Satanbook or whatsoever
     
    Morgoth, Dec 25, 2002
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    Crucible by Troy Denning (grisly, but what a read!)
     
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    [​IMG] Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins
     
    Vukodlak, Dec 26, 2002
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    [​IMG] Another Catherine Cookson - The Year of the Virgins
     
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    Apeman...i'm reading that also ...LOL good book ...serves Vangerdhast right for following him underground...hehehehehe...lol
     
    sage calam, Dec 28, 2002
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    The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus. Still funny, even after 400 years. :)
     
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    Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody - Michael Gerber.

    Very funny so far.
     
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    I read "the prince" by Machiavel and now i'm reading the witching hour, by anne rice.
     
    Mauricio Eiji, Dec 28, 2002
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    The Neutronium Alchemist, by Peter F. Hamilton. It's not as compelling as the first book in the series
     
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    The Wheel of Time (R. Jordan). Great book, although the main character is way too noble to my tastes and the men too gullible (amusing for a while, but then starts to get annoying). Otherwise :) .

    By the way: has the book #10, the one after "Heart of Winter", been published yet?
     
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    It is out in Britain it seems. It should be available any day now all over the world.
     
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    Great, gotta buy it. Hopefully Jordan has paid more attention to this one than to the Heart of Winter; I got a feeling he was loosing strings from his hands. I still wonder why Al´Thor didn´t do anything to Taim after he heard what the assasins said ("...M´Hael..."), IIRC.

    [ January 06, 2003, 12:36: Message edited by: Virne ]
     
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