Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Mythos, The Greek Myths Retold, by Stephen Fry. Yes, that Stephen Fry. The Audiobook can be found on YouTube read by the man himself. This was clearly a passion project for him and it shows. The audiobook is wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 I haven't finished it yet but I'm reading Jack Vance's dying earth stories. They are oddly disjointed and almost mythical rather than what we currently think of as fantasy writing. Almost nothing is explained, its just assumed and you kind of follow along picking things up as you go. The fire-and=forget spell system is a really obvious, neon sign glowing D&D influence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 17 hours ago, Logan.1179 said: Mythos, The Greek Myths Retold, by Stephen Fry. Yes, that Stephen Fry. The Audiobook can be found on YouTube read by the man himself. This was clearly a passion project for him and it shows. The audiobook is wonderful. Hmm, as I am getting close to end of current audiobook I am listening too (the Damian Vesik series, I am on book 6, picked up in 2 3 book sets), I may have to pick this up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 I just finished rereading Black Easter by James Blish. Interesting exploration of morality in a tale about a modern day magician ushering in the end times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 Dawns Early Light by Ballantyne and Morris. Braun and Books team up with their American allies to fight Thomas Edison's mad scheme to destroy San Francisco. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Shadow Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 I'm rereading Mike Stackpole's Warrior Trilogy. Right now I'm on Warrior: Coupe the last volume. I used to really like BattleTech. Then they introduced the Clans, and I hated what it became. They should have stuck with what worked. Trencher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 3 hours ago, Doc Shadow said: I used to really like BattleTech. Then they introduced the Clans, and I hated what it became. They should have stuck with what worked. You're not wrong there. That was when the game went down the drain too. Trencher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 30, 2018 Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 Marked Cards edited by George R R Martin. The second of the Card Sharks trilogy, the characters from the first book are still at work but now Gregg Hartman is trying to stop them. Unfortunately certain people want more than bringing the Sharks into the light. They want blood. Features the return of the Jumpers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted July 1, 2018 Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 6 hours ago, death tribble said: Marked Cards edited by George R R Martin. The second of the Card Sharks trilogy, the characters from the first book are still at work but now Gregg Hartman is trying to stop them. Unfortunately certain people want more than bringing the Sharks into the light. They want blood. Features the return of the Jumpers. You are further along with "Wild Cards" than I am. Last one I read was "Dealer's Choice", the last piece of The Rox Triad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 I had the book for over a decade and a half and had not read it. I miss some of the characters like Tachyon, Chrysalis and Fortunato. But Croyd is still around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 Just read the first three books of "The Sand Wars" by Charles Ingrid. (In one volume) . I.'d put them in the "not bad" catergory. Not the best military s f i've read. Just started "The Other Side Of Dawn" by John Marsden, the final book in the "Tomorrow, When The War Began" series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 Bound by Benedict Jacka. Alex Verus starts his work as Morden's aide and also has to work for his old master Richard neither of whom he wants anything to do with. The trap is set and watch the mice run. I finished the book after getting it from friends on Saturday. And a new one is available on Monday slikmar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 Leviathan's Wake and Caliban's War. Both are excellent. It reminds me of the Jovian Chronicles game universe except, instead of a giant robots, it has an alien protomolocule and "vomit zombies." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkonduty Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 City of Brass, magic and politics in the fabled city of the djinn. Enjoyable plot and good pacing with interesting characters. A solid 4/5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 14 hours ago, death tribble said: Bound by Benedict Jacka. Alex Verus starts his work as Morden's aide and also has to work for his old master Richard neither of whom he wants anything to do with. The trap is set and watch the mice run. I finished the book after getting it from friends on Saturday. And a new one is available on Monday i have been waiting to see how Verus gets out of the mess with his apprentice basically screwed up. It's obvious now what Richard's power is, and why he covered it up. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 just finished the last book of the "Don't Tell My Parents" series. Very good, enjoyed it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 Finished Jirel of Joiry, another classic fantasy from the dawn of the genre. Its very trippy stuff, lots of atmospheric, odd descriptions and nightmarish locations, psychological struggles, battles of will power and so on. Not so much fighting with swords as Ego battles. Pretty good, although I think if it weren't the first major female fantasy character, probably wouldn't be as praised or known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 On 6/4/2018 at 8:51 PM, Christopher R Taylor said: I haven't finished it yet but I'm reading Jack Vance's dying earth stories. They are oddly disjointed and almost mythical rather than what we currently think of as fantasy writing. Almost nothing is explained, its just assumed and you kind of follow along picking things up as you go. The fire-and=forget spell system is a really obvious, neon sign glowing D&D influence. I read the first one. It was interesting and as a 39-year gamer, satisfying in a "nerdarcheological" sense. But... I decided not to pick up the second one. Christopher R Taylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 Jirel's stories were kind of groundbreaking in the sense of being the first in a lot of ways, such as examinations of alternate dimensions and the psychological trauma that another world could inflict, but they aren't very powerful or great as just stories. But Jack Vance just didn't stick with me, I have tried 3 times to read the Dying Earth stories and they are a bit of a slog. Too many books, too little time. My patience with books wanes over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 Read the Diamond Conspiracy by Ballantine and Morris. The ministry, hunted and disavowed like the IMF, have to fight back against a youthful Queen Victoria under the sway of Dr. Henry Jekyll, assisted by Johnathan Carter and Dr. Wells CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 Wild Cards: The Black Trump last of the Card Shark trilogy. Various of the characters race against time to find and destroy the Black Trump which will kill all the Aces and the Jokers. Things don't turn out that way as the virus will now kill everyone. The end of the trilogy also marks the end of some of the characters who had been in the books previously or had been referenced peripherally. These include Belew, Churchill and Senator Hartmann. Sad in a way but it clears the decks for new characters. But Croyd is still around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 Alternative routes by Tim Powers. A government agency doesnt realize that their section chief is going to use the LA Freeways to destroy LA CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 9 hours ago, death tribble said: Wild Cards: The Black Trump last of the Card Shark trilogy. Various of the characters race against time to find and destroy the Black Trump which will kill all the Aces and the Jokers. Things don't turn out that way as the virus will now kill everyone. The end of the trilogy also marks the end of some of the characters who had been in the books previously or had been referenced peripherally. These include Belew, Churchill and Senator Hartmann. Sad in a way but it clears the decks for new characters. But Croyd is still around. I'm a big fan of Captain Trips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 But he is now stuck as the Radical. Starshine is dead and Moonchild may be gone for good. I have had the trilogy a long time and need to see what happens in the books that have followed. Which I don't have yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 On 7/8/2018 at 10:09 AM, Christopher R Taylor said: Finished Jirel of Joiry, another classic fantasy from the dawn of the genre. Its very trippy stuff, lots of atmospheric, odd descriptions and nightmarish locations, psychological struggles, battles of will power and so on. Not so much fighting with swords as Ego battles. Pretty good, although I think if it weren't the first major female fantasy character, probably wouldn't be as praised or known. I always wished there had been more Jirel stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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