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@ Danfda; YES YES YES !!! I loved it, and also "The Scar" which is set in the same world. Mieville is an incredible writer and gets beyond the usual mainstays of fantasy/scifi. Great characterisations, good plotting and amazing visual imagery to his writing. Highly recommended.
Good to know. Thanks rufus!
It sounded pretty good, and has gotten good reviews, so I thought I'd give it a shot. He's got several in that universe now, I think (well, 2 or 3).
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He's got several in that universe now, I think (well, 2 or 3).
Ahem!
The original
I'm currently reading, The Black Order by James Rollins, The Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan, and of course Sun Tzu's Art of War by just about anyone who can take credit for the translation and not mention the skeptically existing military genius himself as proper.
I've decided to read all of this year's Hugo nominees. Finished His Majesty's Dragon, which was okay, sort of a cross between Patrick O'Brian and Anne McCaffrey, you know, dragons in a Napoleonic setting. Kind of odd, really.
Now I'm reading a much better book, Old Man's War. It's hard-core military SF, but light on the cliches. Somewhere between Starship Troopers and The Forever War, but very original, very well-written.
I think there are five nominees, so I'll be needing to track the other three down.
The Sling and The Stone , T.X. Hammes, retired USMC Colonel, making the case that the West hasn't yet devised a strategy to combat what he dubs '4th generation war'.
Well-written presentation of his position. Sadly, having read half-way through his 300-page tome, I haven't gleaned what his solution might be. Yet. Hope springs eternal. :)
I am reading the Sword of Truth series, on book 3. I have read some books like what the other posters are reading but am currently only in the mood for something less studious.:book:
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I agree that he's got imagination and skill to spare, but there's something about his books ... I don't know, they just don't feel like complete meals. There's something missing, some level of engagement that never works out for me. I've sort of given up on him, even though he's extraordinary. Maybe I should go read his first book, King Rat ...
Presently reading, among other things, a translation of Julius Caesar's Commentaries, specifically The Gallic War as translated by Carolyn Hammond.
Also reading Robert O'Connell's Soul of the Sword, which I've had for a while but never really gotten into before now.
Robert Harris - Imperium
For the time being i'm reading Sun Tzu the Art of War, and as well Sir Isaac Newtons Principia
I'm reading Arnhem, by Hibbert C.
It's 16th september so I kinda got in the mood
Attila trilogy by William Napier. Waiting for the second book, due to be published early October
......Orda
Just started The Assasin's Gate, which looks to be a good, well-researched, utterly depressing read.
I'm re-reading I, Claudius by Robert Graves. I love that book and reccomend it highly.
Currently im reading Sharpe's Trafalgar - by Bernard Cornwell.
I also just finished reading sharpes escape and sharpes havoc. All are excellent books set against the backdrop of the british army fighting in India and against france throughout europe. Wonderful reading.
I also have, bought yesterday, but yet to read Stonehenge, by Bernard Cornwell and Op centre by Tom clancey.
I'm currently reading 2 books: Baudolino by Umberto Ecco and La collezione di smeraldi by Ioan Petru Culianu. They are both set in the middle ages, and so they compliment well this game.
Fate, I think I made the mistake of reading too many Sharpe books in a row. The similarities and formulae became grating by book seven. I think if I had spaced them out more, instead of devouring them like a bag of potato chips, I would have gotten more joy from the series.
"Good as Gold" by Joseph Heller
Vork
Am eagerly awaiting the release of Thomas Harris's new Hannibal book, Hannibal Rising. I loved the others, so here's hoping the new one is as good!
I've just finished 'The Master and Margarita' by Mikhail Bulgakov - which was so odd, about the Devil making trouble in Russia.
Absolutely love the George RR Martin Series, Ice & Fire, Love how you never know who will survive - most fantasy books have heroes who couldn't die regardless. Just waiting for book 5 to arrive on my doorstep; god bless Amazon!
Also waiting for Wintersmith to come out by Terry Pratchett. 30 years old and still reading Pratchett, but I've been reading him for about 10years or more !!!
Oh and Raptor - great choice reading 1984; brilliant film too with John Hurt though abit old now, Just watched V for Vendetta too, same vein but by Wachowski Brothers with John Hurt again.
All good stuff !!
i have begun my annual "lord of the rings" reading. i have read through all 3 books annually since 1974 when i did it the first time. i still love the books.
Frodo lives!
For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway.
As I have to do the crappy English classes this year because now we're studying books I'm going to read this one in advance so that hopefully I can worm my way out of English class.
That said, it is a good book.
None, at the moment. I finished The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove less than a month ago, though.
"concrete technology", re-reading a course i took at university a couple of years ago. :book: :dizzy2:
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I agree with Lemur about Sharpe books too, they got rather formulaic and contrived in the end...
I'm reading Mountains of the Mind, by Robert MacFarlane, a look at humanity's perception of mountains and why people climb them, in my continuing literary quest to find out why these nutters strap on crampons and risk their fingers, toes, reputations and lives messing around at 26,000 feet+ above sea level...
i could have been unconsiously attracted by this time of year to read lord of the rings, but today is frodo and bilbo's birthday under the party tree!
I just started Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa. It's a masterpiece of japanese literature. All Shogun fans should read it. After this one i'm planing on reading Richellieu's memoirs.(i can't wait :book: )