What are you reading?

[orcane]

I'm going to get me a Jeeves omnibus I think. Does anyone read P.G. Wodehouse stuff?

[Constantinus]

"Magic and Divination in the Ancient world."

Hittite oracles can be quite lulzy.

[Varcaus]

Think im going to try the wise mans fear this weekend. (again)

[Hel OWeen]

In pretty much that order. Honor Harrington seems cool, but it seems like the longest series by far, so I think I'll keep that for last.

Good decision, Honor Harrington is pretty addictive! I'm at "At all costs" now and recommend to also read the spin-offs (see "Honorverse"), as they provide additional background information.

BTW, you can get the first couple of books from that series as free ebooks from Baen Books.

[balistic void]

Finished all the HH books recently, waiting for the author to release the next one. Series currently ends just as massive war is about to properly kick off. The however many (13+?) books before this are basically just a prelude to the main event

[phoenix]

re-read Singularity Sky, as prelude to Iron Sunrise which i got new, now into Accelerando which i had lying around for ages but never read. (all Charles Stross)

[ArchVonBaron]

I've been reading the Riyria Revelations and really been enjoying them. I'm currently half way through the second Omnibus.

[balistic void]

Anyone have any decent action military sci-fi suggestions?

I'd recommend the Honor Harrington series and the Posleen War series. Both are fun, solidly written series.

-O

Just "acquired" the Posleen series and plonked on my tablet. Very much enjoying it, thanks for brightening up my business trip

[NoirAvlaa]

Just finished all of Peter F. Hamilton's Commonwealth Saga. Wanting similar stuff, maybe that I can put on my phone. Any suggestions?

[balistic void]

Hamilton's "Night's Dawn" series, different universe.

Also the Commonwealth saga has a sequel trilogy, starts with "The Dreaming Void" I think. Or did you read all those too?

[Calks]

Think im going to try the wise mans fear this weekend. (again)

Just finished it this morning. Not sure how I feel about it, very similar to the first one and the events/tales are interesting but seemed to lack something and feel samey after a while.

[Alisanos]

Finished "The Heroes" by Joe Ambercrombie
http://www.joeabercrombie.com/books/the-heroes/
Started a little slow, but picks up.

I liked the series as you couldn't really predict what would happen, yet bloody and enjoyable.
Start with First Law Trilogy

[Rodj Blake]

I'm going to get me a Jeeves omnibus I think. Does anyone read P.G. Wodehouse stuff?

You can't go wrong with Wodehouse basically.

[NoirAvlaa]

Read all of them ... commonwealth saga is all 5 imo, read all of his books barring the latest short stories one so far

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[Sacul]

Reading Robert A. Heinlein 'Stranger in a strange land'. Book is from 1961 and it reads as an odd mixture between sci-fi and Madmen (the tv series). 80 (of 436) pages in its p. good.

[Hel OWeen]

I love Jubal Harshaw. His witty and insightful explanation of the world is pretty much the way I see it. Brilliant character in a brilliant book.

[Redmoore]

Reading Robert A. Heinlein 'Stranger in a strange land'. Book is from 1961 and it reads as an odd mixture between sci-fi and Madmen (the tv series). 80 (of 436) pages in its p. good.

Heinlein is a great writer

just read windup girl as recommended in this thread, really good

[Sacul]

I love Jubal Harshaw. His witty and insightful explanation of the world is pretty much the way I see it. Brilliant character in a brilliant book.

Jubal is indeed a character lmao. His explanation about the circles around a president are brilliant and apply 1on1 to todays lobby circus. Lots of gem oneliners.

[Tarminic]

So, the wife got me Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter for my birthday a few months ago, and it sat on my shelf until a couple weeks ago when I thought "Well, I should read the book before I see the movie."

Book ended up being far better than I expected. I was expecting an action-adventure starring a protagonist who happened to be named Abraham Lincoln. What I got was actually far better - the author is really good at portraying Lincoln's personality and demeanor accurately (aside from the vampire hunting, obviously) and weaves the narrative into existing history very well. Honestly, I give it a 9/10.

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Reading Robert A. Heinlein 'Stranger in a strange land'. Book is from 1961 and it reads as an odd mixture between sci-fi and Madmen (the tv series). 80 (of 436) pages in its p. good.

Heinlein is a great writer

just read windup girl as recommended in this thread, really good

I looked at Windup Girl today, but decided against buying it even though it sounded good. Bought The Stranger by Max Frei instead. The book have a lot of potential.

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