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Posted By : xiaotien - 1/1/2008 7:57 PM

i ended the year with some very

strong novels to read. (so this is really

2007 reading, so shake a finger at me. =)

picked up ellen kushner's privilege of the

sword. not like any fantasy i've read before,

but well done, in my opinion. really enjoyed

it. has anyone read any of her others?

swordpoint is being shipped to me via amazon

as we speak.

currently reading (first book of the new year)

trading in danger by elizabeth moon.

i loved her deed of paks book, but

found once a hero a bit slow. wondering

how i'll like this one. i'm not a big sci

fi fan at all.

happy new year, fellow readers and writers!

cindy p.

a little sweet, a little sour.

http://xiaotien.blogspot.com

Posted By : Bill Ward - 1/4/2008 3:23 PM

I'm not familiar with any of those.

@Gustavo, how is that New Space Opera? I'm curious about it, worried that it might be too 'self-aware' and post-modern to really be good stuff, not that I've read any reviews or anything.

@Jason: Is that your first Fafhrd & Gray Mouser? What do you think? The stories in the books aren't in the order they were written, by the way, if you were wondering why the style fluctuates a bit. Those two 'intro' openers are some of the later written pieces, while I think 'Ill Met in Lankhmar' was one of the first (if not the first).

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Posted By : von Darkmoor - 1/7/2008 9:28 PM

ah, sorry Bill, just checking this thread for the first time. Yes, that was my first contact with F & GM - or was going to be. I finished Flashing Swords #1 at the end of '07 (still to post my review, tho), so that tale in there was my first for the famous duo. Yes, I do realize the stories have been resorted and I'm playing catchup with these guys compared to everyone else on this board.

HEY - Jack of Shadows! You read all those books in the first week of January?! ! ! Holy cow, you're faster than Bill is! Half your list I've read and most the other half I have here in my TBR stacks.

Let's see if we can get CW to pin these 2 threads atop - are we all cool with letting 2007 drop out of the pinned positions?

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Posted By : PaulMc - 1/16/2008 1:14 AM

von Darkmoor said...
Let's see if we can get CW to pin these 2 threads atop - are we all cool with letting 2007 drop out of the pinned positions?

Sounds good to me.

-- Paul McNamee

My Writings
The Tales of Doran Coyle

Posted By : von Darkmoor - 1/16/2008 1:19 AM

Hi Paul - if I've never read a Warhammer book before, which author and book should I start with?

Posted By : PaulMc - 1/16/2008 11:33 AM

von Darkmoor said...
Hi Paul - if I've never read a Warhammer book before, which author and book should I start with?

Witch Hunter by C. L. Werner

The Burning Shore by Robert Earl

TrollSlayer by William King

Grudge Bearer by Gav Thorpe

If you want to branch out into the Warhammer 40,000 line of bloody soap opera, then I recommend Dan Abnett's Eisenhorn trilogy for a start. (It's reprinted in an omnibus.)

Those have been my favorites so far.

-- Paul McNamee

My Writings
The Tales of Doran Coyle

Posted By : H.P. Lovesauce - 1/16/2008 11:51 AM

Definitely the William King Gotrex & Felix tales. I honestly thought Witch Hunter was a little weak (ditto Vermintide).

Posted By : Gustavo - 1/16/2008 3:56 PM

Bill Ward said:

@Gustavo, how is that New Space Opera? I'm curious about it, worried that it might be too 'self-aware' and post-modern to really be good stuff, not that I've read any reviews or anything.

Bill, sorry to get back just now. I'm about halfway through the book. I'm enjoying it so far, but have only been blown away by a couple of the stories (caveat: this might change, as I have a Reynolds and a Simmons still to read). My main problem is that I'm in a novel reading mood right now and have set it aside.

I did finish, and enjoy Haldeman's Forever War this weekend (reviewed in a little more depth on my LJ)...

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Posted By : Nik - 1/17/2008 12:21 AM

von Darkmoor said...
Hi Paul - if I've never read a Warhammer book before, which author and book should I start with?

Didn't William King have a story in the first ever issue of Flashing Swords? I think that's the case--I never read it, but it would probably be a good sample of his writing before you delve into a book (that is, if you haven't read it already).

Nicholas Ian Hawkins

Forthcoming
"Knowledge and Dust," in Magic & Mechanica, from Ricasso Press, Winter 2008

Published
"Relativity," in FLASHSHOT, September 28, 2007

Visit my website, Trampler of Beautiful Phrases, at nihawkins.wordpress.com

Posted By : Hearthweru - 1/17/2008 10:50 AM

Somebody said...
Didn't William King have a story in the first ever issue of Flashing Swords? I think that's the case--I never read it, but it would probably be a good sample of his writing before you delve into a book (that is, if you haven't read it already).

Yup, he did. It was a good story...

Gaurdian of the Dawn

There's also a review of one of his Warhammer novels here ...

Skavenslayer

'Grimble' at Southern Ocean Review...

http://www.arts.org.nz/grimb.htm

Posted By : PaulMc - 1/17/2008 11:44 AM

Hearthweru said...

Yup, he did. It was a good story...

Gaurdian of the Dawn

There's also a review of one of his Warhammer novels here ...

Skavenslayer

I also reviewed Trollslayer, which I think is a much better effort.

-- Paul McNamee

My Writings
The Tales of Doran Coyle

Posted By : bleacheddecay - 5/19/2008 2:13 AM

Does anyone know where the 2007 reading list for members went? I wanted to check on some books I enjoyed for a buddy of mine.

Help?

bleacheddecay

Posted By : Bill Ward - 5/19/2008 12:04 PM

It was unpinned, so I'd imagine it's a few pages back in the forum by now.

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Posted By : bleacheddecay - 5/19/2008 1:28 PM

I looked several times but couldn't find it. Of course my eyes could be failing me.

bleacheddecay

Posted By : Bill Ward - 5/19/2008 3:11 PM

Here it is, found it with search:

2007 reading list

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Posted By : bleacheddecay - 5/19/2008 5:28 PM

Thank you so much!!!

bleacheddecay

Posted By : bleacheddecay - 7/5/2008 1:41 PM

I'd love to dicuss any of the following books if anyone else would be interested.

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin 4.5/5

From Dead To Worse by Charlaine Harrie 5/5

One Thousand White Women, the Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus 5/5

bleacheddecay

Posted By : bleacheddecay - 7/12/2008 1:41 PM

Has anyone read: Night of Power by Spider Robinson 3/5? I'd love to discuss it a bit.

bleacheddecay

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