James Barclay

Alia · Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 246

As for "classics" (so to say, it's 20th century), I am a great fan of Graham Greene. "Brighton Rock", "The Third Man", "The Quiet American" are my favourites.

At the moment I'm not reading much, apart from the books I am currently translating. Hopefully sometime in May I should have a bit more time.
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Deornoth · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446

Finished reading Adam Roberts' 'I Am Scrooge', a cross between 'I Am Legend' and 'Dawn of the Dead' set in Dickensian London. While it doesn't stand up to a more indepth read, I still had a lot of fun reading it and watching Ebeneezer Scrooge fight his way through hordes of zombies. My full review is over Here. I'm now working my way through Kristin Cashore's 'Fire' amongst others...
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Kerela · Joined: 10 Sep 2005 Posts: 372 Location: Germany

Language Myths

The Bible (OK only Joshua and Judges)

Old Testament Survey

Yeah...university started Rolling Eyes

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Alia · Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 246

Language Myths sound quite interesting (OK, I'm a linguist, so my perspective here may be a bit biased).
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Deornoth · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446

Finished reading Dan Abnett's 'Triumff', a swashbuckling romp set in an alternate history where magic has superceded technology in an Anglo-Hispanic Empire. Although the descriptive pieces suffered from 'padding' the rest of the book was a great read, full of dashing swordplay and plenty of humour. My full review is over Here. The plan now is to finish off 'Fire' tonight...
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Mantyluoto · Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 573 Location: Somerset, UK

Currently reading Erikson's Dust of Dreams....

Awesome Smile

Deornoth · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446

I really need to get round to reading that...

Finally finished reading Kristin Kashore's 'Fire', a prequel to last year's 'Graceling'. There's a lot more to this book, than there was to it's predecessor, and this made for an engaging read. It was just a shame that the approach taken, with the leading character, was such that several of the resolutions were signposted far too early... My full review is over Here. I'm now reading Joe Mckinney's 'Quarantined' and plan on starting 'The Sad Tale of the Brother's Grossbart' over the weekend...
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Max Power · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 467 Location: United Kingdom

Mantyluoto · Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 573 Location: Somerset, UK

aye that it is Max but its still a great series.

Cant believe he only has one more to write!

Max Power · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 467 Location: United Kingdom

You could always start on the series that Ian Cameron Esslemont is writing if you haven't already. For those who don't know, co-created the Malazan world.
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Mantyluoto · Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 573 Location: Somerset, UK

yeah read them also!!

For me the next series i'll be starting will be an End of an Era.

Katharine Kerr Deverry series has had me hooked from Day one and today i received the last in the series, The Silver Mage.

May have a few tears in a few months whenn i've finally finished the lot!!

Deornoth · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446

Finished reading 'Nightlight, a parody of 'Twilight' by the Harvard Lampoon. It riffs off the same joke a little too much but it never failed to at least make me smile, if not laugh out loud. My full review is over Here. I'm still working my way through 'The Sad Tale of the Brother's Grossbart', a book that I think I'm enjoying too much to let the pages go quickly. I've got other books on the go as well...
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Lizzy · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:47 am Post subject:

Just finished Hellboy, The Ice Wolves. Great fun action suprenatural ghost story with werewolves too.

Mini review here: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=90710230&blogId=516194893

(not up to the standard of Deornoth though Laughing

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Deornoth · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446

I've got standards? Shocked

Woohoo!!!

Have you read 'The Fire Wolves' yet? Loved that one...

Ended up staying up late last night to finish off 'The Sad Tale of the Brother's Grossbart', the tale of a graverobbing trek across Europe and the mayhem it causes. While I had some issues with the pacing and a story that verged on the repetitive I still enjoyed 'The Sad Tale...' immensely and would recommend it to anyone, really got into it and was sad to see the book end. My full review is over Here. I'm after something a little lighter now so am well into Karen Traviss' '501st' (an 'Imperial Commando' novel)
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Futre4 · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:16 pm Post subject:

6 suspects - Vikas swarup : Its the same author as Q+A aka slumdog millionaires. Im about a 3rd of the way through, its pretty good stuff , although at this point im not seeing how it will all tie together. He paints a good picture and moves at a decent pace in an interesting way. There is one brief mention of Chivas whiskey in the story and it inspired me to buy a bottle, so even if this book does nothing else , its pushed me towards a new found pleasure, cozy nights and a rosey red nose. Interestingly I havent read Q+A so this is my first foray into Vikas' work, maybe it'l allow me to see slumdogs in a new light.
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