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Dragon Angel
Lord Dragon
      
Date Joined Sep 2004
Total Posts : 1061
| Posted 12/21/2007 12:22 PM (GMT -4) |   | | | |
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Thirdy Lopez
Adept
Date Joined Jul 2007
Total Posts : 692
| Posted 11/14/2007 2:24 AM (GMT -4) | | Late-comer here. Right now, I've got my hands on Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz.
Previously read:
Nightkill by F. Paul Wilson and Steven Spruill
Dead Souls by Michael Laimo
Aurelio Rico Lopez III aka "Thirdy" has had fiction featured in COLD FLESH (Hellbound Books), THE BLACKEST DEATH I, II, and III (Black Death Books), SPORTY SPEC: GAMES OF THE FANTASTIC (Raven Electrick Ink), STAR-SPANGLED ZOMBIE (Maniac Press), RAW MEAT (Sideshow Press), SHADOW BOX (Brimstone Press), TRIP THE LIGHT HORRIFIC (RAGE machine Books), DEAD MEN (AND WOMEN) WALKING (Bards and Sages), and THE BOOK OF SHADOWS VOL. I (Brimstone Press). His poems have appeared in Mythic Delirium, Star*Line, Dark Animus, Goblin Fruit, Scifaikuest, Electric Velocipede, Sybil's Garage, The Horror Express, Down In the Cellar, and elsewhere. | | Back to Top | | |
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H.P. Lovesauce
Necronomicondiment
Date Joined Jul 2007
Total Posts : 558
| Posted 9/5/2007 1:32 PM (GMT -4) | | Her Majesty's Dragon, Naomi Novik
Vermintide (Black Library) | | Back to Top | | |
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nightlamp
Stablehand
Date Joined Aug 2007
Total Posts : 13
| Posted 8/25/2007 1:40 AM (GMT -4) | | My 2007 F&SF reading list, reconstructed from memory, perusal of my bookshelf, and other sources:
Brian Aldiss - Starship
Poul Anderson - The High Crusade
Barrington J. Bayley - The Forest of Peldain
Leigh Brackett - Eric John Stark: Outlaw of Mars
Bernard Cornwell - The Archer's Tale; Vagabond
Lin Carter, ed - Flashing Swords Vols. 1 & 3
L. Sprague deCamp, ed. - The Conan Grimoire
Samuel R. Delany - The Jewel of Aptor
Philip Jose Farmer - World of Tiers, Vol. 1 & 2 (5 novels); To Your Scattered Bodies Go
David Gemmell - The King Beyond the Gate
Gary Gygax - Saga of Old City; Artifact of Evil (Greyhawk/Gord the Rogue)
Harry Harrison - Planet of the Damned
Patricia Kennealy - The Throne of Scone
Tanith Lee - Companions on the Road; The Birthgrave; Cyrion
A. Merritt - The Face in the Abyss
Larry Niven - The Magic Goes Away
Andre Norton - Sargasso of Space; Judgment on Janus; Victory on Janus
Andrew Offutt - Shadowspawn; Swords Against Darkness #1 (ed.)
H. Beam Piper - The Cosmic Computer; Space Viking
Fred Saberhagen - Empire of the East trilogy; The Complete Book of Swords
Michael Shea - In Yana; The A'Rak
E.C. Tubb - The Winds of Gath (Dumarest of Terra #1); Stardeath
Jack Vance - The Last Castle; Galactic Effectuator
Eric Van Lustbader - The Sunset Warrior
Roger Zelazny - Jack of Shadows; The Changing Land; Dilvish, the Damned
Elizabeth Moon - The Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy
Barbara Hambly - The Time of the Dark
Glen Cook - The First Chronicles of the Black Company trilogy; A Shadow of All Night Falling
Michael Moorcock - The War Hound and the World's Pain
Robert E. Howard - The Moon of Skulls
C.L. Moore - Jirel of Joiry
John Bellairs - The Face in the Frost | | Back to Top | | |
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Nik
Adept
Date Joined Feb 2007
Total Posts : 735
| Posted 4/27/2007 3:40 PM (GMT -4) | | Books
Lords of Swords, Daniel Blackston (Ed.)
Sages and Swords, Daniel Blackston (Ed.)
Antiquity, Norman Cantor
The Celts, Peter Berresford Ellis
Imaginary Worlds, Lin Carter
The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, Robert E. Howard
Bran Mak Morn: The Last King, Robert E. Howard
A Feast for Crows, George R. R. Martin
In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Gordon Van Gelder (Ed.)
Swords and Deviltry, Fritz Leiber
Swords Against Death, Fritz Leiber
Flashing Swords! #1, Lin Carter (Ed.)
Swords Against Darkness, Andrew J. Offut (Ed.)
Thieves' World, Robert Asprin (Ed.)
Conan, Howard, DeCamp, & Carter
Swords in the Mist, Fritz Leiber
Swords Against Darkness II, Andrew J. Offut (Ed.)
Swords Against Darkness III, Andrew J. Offut (Ed.)
Swords Against Darkness IV, Andrew J. Offut (Ed.)
Brassey's Book of Body Armor, Woosnam-Savage and Hall
Swords Against Darkness V, Andrew J. Offut (Ed.)
The Blade of Conan, L. Sprague De Camp (Ed.)
Swords Against Wizardry, Fritz Leiber
Swords of Lankhmar, Fritz Leiber
Swords and Ice Magic, Fritz Leiber
The Briar King, Greg Keyes
The Kensington Runestone: Approaching a Research Question Holistically, Alice Beck Kehoe
Magazines I'm Always Reading
Black Gate
Flashing Swords
Paradox
Archaeology
Parabola
Nicholas Ian Hawkins
Forthcoming
"Knowledge and Dust," in Magic & Mechanica, from Ricasso Press, Fall 2007
Published
"Relativity," in FLASHSHOT, September 28, 2007
Visit my website, Trampler of Beautiful Phrases, at nihawkins.wordpress.com | | Back to Top | | |
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STForstner
Acolyte
Date Joined Nov 2005
Total Posts : 384
| Posted 2/21/2007 6:34 PM (GMT -4) | | Stein on Writing-- Sol Stein
Story Structure Architect -- Victoria Lynn Schmidt
Between the Lines--Patricia Morrell
The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes: (And How to Avoid Them) by Jack M. Bickham
Writing the Short Story, a complete course -- Jack M. Bickham
The Art of Fiction -- John Gardner
Fiction Writing Demystified -- Thomas B. Sawyer
Telling Lies for Fun and Profit -- Lawrence Block
Word Painting -- Rebecca McClanahan
The Complete Writers Guide to Heroes & Heroines -- Tami D. Cowden, Caro LaFever and Sue Viders
The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier -- Bonnie Trenga
How to Grow A novel -- Sol Stein
The Elements of Editing-- Arthur Plotnik
Writing Magic--Gail Carson Levine
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Under the Sweetwater Rim -- Louis l'Amour
Flint -- Louis l'Amour
Utah Blaine -- Louis l'Amour
Kilkenny -- Louis l'Amour
The Broken Gun -- Louis l'Amour
Borden Chantry -- Louis l'Amour
The Ferguson Rifle -- Louis l'Amour
The Trouble Shooter -- Loius l'Amour
Westward the Tide -- Louis l'Amour
The Californios -- Louis l'Amour
The Lonesome Gods -- Louis l'Amour
The Haunted Mesa -- Louis l'Amour
The Devil's Dance Floor -- Gordon D. Shirreffs
Southwest Drifter -- Gordon D. Shirreffs
The Walking Sands -- Gordon D. Shirreffs
The Pursuit Of The Mountain Man -- William W. Johnstone
Courage of the Mountain Man -- William W. Johnstone
Trek of the Mountain Man -- William W. Johnstone
Betrayal of the Mountain Man -- William W. Johnstone
Harry Potter and the Death Hallows -- J.K. Rowling
Code of the Mountain Man -- William W. Johnstone
Battle of the Mountain Man -- William W. Johnstone | | Back to Top | | |
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Swashbuckler
One-man sword-and-sorcery machine
Date Joined Mar 2006
Total Posts : 1199
| Posted 2/7/2007 5:18 AM (GMT -4) | | OK, here's my list for 2007. I am excluding short stories (except for collections), although I track those too over on my blog. I also post notes about all these books on my blog. This list is inverted, with the newest reads at the top, just so I won't have to scroll down when I add books:
The Secret Sharer, a novella by Joseph Conrad
Captain Pamphile, a novel by Alexandre Dumas
Mere Anarchy, short stories by Woody Allen
Buddha, a novel by Deepak Chopra
What Makes You Not a Buddhist, non-fiction by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
The Taking of Calais, a novel by Paul Meurice writing under the guidance of Alexandre Dumas and published under Dumas' name.
God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, non-fiction by Christopher Hitchens.
Winners: How Good Baseball Teams Become Great Ones (And It's Not the Way You Think), by Dayn Perry
Gilgamesh, a verse translation by Herbert Mason.
Tros, a novel by Talbot Mundy
The Quotable Atheist, a collection of quotes from noted atheists, noted theists, world leaders, scientists, etc., edited by Jack Huberman.
Not In Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design Is Wrong For Our Schools, a collection of essays edited by Eugenie C. Scott and Glen Branch of the National Center for Science Education
Bardelys The Magnificent, a novel by Rafael Sabatini
Sit Down and Shut Up!, non-fiction by zen teacher Brad Warner
Galapagos, a novel by Kurt Vonnegut.
My Lord Barbarian, sword-and-sorcery in space by Andrew J. Offutt.
Buddhism: Plain and Simple, by Steve Hagen
The Devil Wives of Li Fong, a novel by E. Hoffman Price
Booby Trap, murder mystery by Rex Stout
Not Quite Dead Enough, murder mystery by Rex Stout
The Companions of Jehu, a novel by Alexandre Dumas
Hornblower During The Crisis, an incomplete novella by C.S. Forester
Rebel Force, number 341 in the "Executioner" action novel series. This one, the first "Executioner" book I've ever read, was written by my online friend Nathan Meyer.
The Big Time, science fiction novel by Fritz Leiber.
Arrogance: Rescuing America From The Media Elite, non-fiction by Bernard Goldberg.
Mr. Bligh’s Bad Language, non-fiction by Greg Dening.
Our Friends From Frolix 8, a science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick.
The Dispossessed, science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Doctor Dogbody’s Leg, a collection of nautical tall tales by James Norman Hall.
Mistress Wilding, historical adventure fiction by Rafael Sabatini.
The God Delusion, non-fiction by British scientist and hardcore atheist Richard Dawkins.
Conservatives Without Conscience, non-fiction by John W. Dean of Watergate fame.
Plot It Yourself, a Nero Wolfe murder mystery by Rex Stout.
Steve Goble
Visit my blog, Swords Against Boredom, for news on published fiction and upcoming stories. | | Back to Top | | |
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che2000
doc caliban
Date Joined Oct 2006
Total Posts : 416
| Posted 2/6/2007 10:16 AM (GMT -4) | | So Far...
Infidels by Andrew Wheatcroft
Innocents Aboard by Gene Wolfe
Dreams in the Witch House H.P Lovecraft
Constantinople: The Last Great Siege, 1453 by Roger Crowley.
The Dark Brand H.A DeRosso | | Back to Top | | |
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xiaotien
Adept
Date Joined Jul 2006
Total Posts : 543
| Posted 2/5/2007 8:23 PM (GMT -4) | | cindy's 2007 list:
january
friday by heinlien (my first sci fi book!)
in cold blood by capote (couldn't put it down. compelling.)
characters and viewpoint by card
splendors of china's forbidden city
february
the virgin's lover by gregory (disappointed. found the writing too distracting.)
how to write science fiction and fantasy
by card (not very helpful)
brave new world by huxley (great read. amazing stuff for being published in 1932.)
march
pride and prejudice by austen (language and references
confusing at times, but enjoyed it)
shadowplay by tad williams
april
an unofficial rose by iris murdoch
amber and iron by margaret weis
this side of paradise by f scott fitzgerald
once a hero by elizabeth moon
may
shadowplay by williams (finished)
dream of the red chamber
book one by cao (still enjoyed it second time around)
the only grammar book you'll ever need
by susan thurman (learned a little)
june
the golden compass
by pullman
the goosegirl by
shannon hale
dream of the red chamber
book two by cao (current)
shapechanger's song
by jennifer roberson (stopped reading) american gods by neil gaiman (loved it!) july
first five pages by lukeman (helpful) neverwhere by gaiman (enjoyed it. but american gods wowed me more.) soul song by liu (read in less than 24 hours. paranormal romance, my first!)
your first novel (current)
the left hand of darkness
by le guin (interesting themes)
confessions of an ugly stepsister
by maguire (i really enjoyed it. great prose,
good storytelling set in a historical city.)
august
a word child
by iris murdoch (not one of my
favorites, but still intriguing.)
the deeds of paks
by elizabeth moon (current reread)
september
stardust by neil gaiman
atonement by ian mc...
(i don't often read literary fiction.
he is a good prose writer. i skipped
and skimmed some parts, however.)
the court of the air by stephen hunt (?)
i returned this book after reading the
first three chapters or so. nothing hooked
me, not the characters presented, not the
world presented, not the writing. ouch.
labyrinth by kate mosse (not bad. just okay.)
tiger eyes by marjorie liu (enjoyed it. great
novel debut.)
the boleyn legacy by phillipa gregory (despite the
triple narrations from first person pov and the
use of both past and present tense in telling the
tale, i really enjoyed this story.)
october
iris murdoch as i knew her
by a.n. wilson
dead witch walking
by kim harrison (couldn't finish)
the dogs of babel
by carolyn parkhurst (ambivalent about
recommending. strong narration and prose,
ludicrous plot toward the end.)
young bess
by margaret irwin
twilight
by stephenie meyer (enjoyed it. prose wasn't
great, storytelling was good. def a ya novel
setting. romance, tension, angst.)
november
bridge of birds
by barry hughart
(entertaining, took me over
three weeks to read, tho.)
the meaning of night
by michael cox (best book i've read this year)
the blood of flowers
by anita amirrezvani (fantastic debut novel.
one of my top five this year.)
anne boleyn
by norah lofts (interesting take
on anne boleyn. the fotos and illustrations
are the best part of the book.)
december
peony in love
by lisa see (managed to finish
it, had some issues. the second
part where she is in the underworld
drew me more than the first--when
our heroine was alive.)
the privelige of the sword
by ellen kushner (different than any
other fantasy i've read. really
enjoyed it.)
through a glass darkly
by karleen koen (well written
historic romance novel. i really
enjoyed it and stayed up till 2am
to finish the book.)
cindy p.a little sweet, a little sour.
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Nicholas
Adept
Date Joined Jun 2006
Total Posts : 905
| Posted 1/15/2007 5:50 AM (GMT -4) | | Oct
- The Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson (3rd time)
- Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories Chuck Palahniuk
- Why Buffy Matters Rhonda V. Wilcox
Sep
- Daredevil: The Murdock Papers Bendis & Maleev (graphic novel)
- Daredevil: Decalogue Bendis & Maleev (graphic novel)
- Daredevil: Golden Age Bendis & Maleev (graphic novel)
- My Year of Meats Ruth L. Ozeki
- Daredevil: The Widow Bendis & Maleev (graphic novel)
- Daredevil: King of Hell's Kitchen J. Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev (graphic novel)
- Reading the Vampire Slayer The New, Updated Unofficial Guide to ANGEL and BUFFY
- Profoundly Disturbing: Shocking Movies that Changed History! Joe Bob Briggs
Aug
- Profoundly Erotic: Sexy Movies that Changed History Joe Bob Briggs
- Gods of Riverworld Riverworld Saga Book V Philip Jose Farmer
July
- The Dark Design Riverworld Saga Book IV Philip Jose Farmer
- Black Rednecks and White Liberals Thomas Sowell (audio)
- The Fantastic Four (527-532) J Michael Straczynski (graphic novel)
- Richard Blade #30: Dimension of Horror Jeffrey Lord (ghostwritten by Ray Nelson)
- A Handbook of American Prayer Lucius Shepard (don't let the title fool you--this is a marvelous spec fic novel)
- The Dark Design Riverworld Saga Book III Philip Jose Farmer
June
- Kiowa Trail Louis L'Amour (audio)
- Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior Temple Grandin & Catherine Johnson (audio)
May
- Louisiana Breakdown Lucius Shepard
- In Cold Blood Truman Capote (audio)
- The Fabulous Riverboat Riverworld Saga Book II Philip Jose Farmer
- Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2007
April
- Riders of the Dawn Louis L'Amour (audio)
- World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War Max Brooks
- To Your Scattered Bodies Go Riverworld Saga Book I Philip Jose Farmer
March
- The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology Simon Winchester (audio)
- A Man Called Trent Louis L'Amour (audio)
February
- Hondo Louis L'Amour (audio)
January
- The Book of Skulls Robert Silverberg
- Daredevil Vol. 7 Hardcore J. Michael Bendis (graphic novel)
- Sin City Vol. 1 The Hard Goodbye Frank Miller (graphic novel)
- SMAX Alan Moore (graphic novel)
- Sin City Vol. 2 A Dame to Kill For Frank Miller (graphic novel)
- Studies in Fantasy Literature Issue #3 (journal)
http://ozment.livejournal.com
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Jeff Stehman
Sage
Date Joined Mar 2005
Total Posts : 1224
| Posted 1/14/2007 8:29 PM (GMT -4) | | January
Hex and the City, Simon R Green
Paths Not Taken, Simon R Green
Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth, Simon R Green
Nightside City, Lawrence Watt-Evans
Hell to Pay, Simon R Green
February
The White Plague, Frank Herbert
Black Brillion, Matthew Hughes
The Sure Death of a Mouse, Dan Crawford
Ingwe, Ingwe (nf)
Clash of Steel: Demon, ed. Armand Rosamilia
America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy, Francis Fukuyama (nf)
March
Whatchagot Stew: A Memoir of an Idaho Childhood, with Recipes and Commentaries, Patrick F McManus & Patricia McManus Gass (nf)
The Vondish Ambassador, Lawrence Watt-Evans
The Deer on a Bicycle: Excursions into the Writing of Humor, Patrick F McManus (nf)
Ithanalin's Restoration, Lawrence Watt-Evans
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, Diana Wynne Jones
The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli | |
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