dwndrgn

After Furies, I moved on to Wolf Captured by Jane Lindskold which was very good. Now I'm about to read Neil Gaimon's modern fairy tale, Stardust. I've heard good things about it.

Alexa

Ship of Destiny, by Robin Hobb. I bought the e-book version as I couldn't wait for the paper one.

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Leto

Finished :
- Flow my tears, the policeman said by Philip K Dick. Interesting twised story about drugs and reality (as any other K Dick)
- A door into summer by Robert Heinlein: fun novel but with flaws (racism, and clichés female characters as usual), Petronius the Wise character in himself worth the read.
- Dreaming jewels by Theodore Sturgeon. A very very very great book, about humanity, freaks and love. A must-read.

knivesout

I read that book a couple of months and liked it too. There's a passage towards the end where Sturgeon offers his own credo as to what humanity means and I think I can now see the thematic link running through his better-known novels that much better.

The Mathew Hughes book wandered into some metaphysical territory that did not work so well for me. A decent read though.

Also finished: Can you feel anything when I do this? a collection of short stories by Robert Sheckley. They spark and crackle with ideas and sheer fun of invention, much like a more metaphysical Cordwainer Smith, a less gloomy Barry Malzberg, and most of all like sly, wry RA Lafferty. Great stuff. RIP.

Now reading: The Other Log of Phileas Fogg by Philip Jose Farmer, I, Lucifer, a Modesty Blaise novel and Mysterious New England, a collection of tales about real-life weirdness in Puritan America.

Leto

The José Farmer one is a good one. No surprised you like the Robert Sheckley ones. If you're in mood for a bit of fun, try to track down the three novels he wrote with Zelazny.

knivesout

RIght away!

dwndrgn

Just finished Gaiman's Stardust, and while it was definitely well-written and interesting, it just didn't capture my imagination as I expected it to. It may have been the graphic sex scene that didn't seem to fit in. Don't get me wrong, I'm not offended by a little sex (I read bodice-rippers after all :biggrin but it just didn't fit into the fantastical fairy tale he was writing.

Anyway, now I'm on to Master of Dragons which isn't all that great either but I'm interested to see how the story plays out.

knivesout

And everbody knows that sex simply doesn't happen in fairy tales, right? :biggrin:

I finished The Other Log og Phlieas Fogg by Philip Farmer - great fun. It's basically fanfic, but estrememly well-written fanfic.

Now reading Coraline by Neil Gaiman and I, Lucifer, a Modesty Blaise novel.

Also read The Saga of the Swamp Thing, the collection of Alan Moore's initial work on the title, and some old Doctor Strange comics.

Leto

Out of the sci-fi realm and into history.
I finally got my hand on a "History of Italy" by Pierre Mirlza. From the first population before Roman era to the first Berlusconi governement. So far, it's really good and mixed quite well the events and the geopolitical, sociological, economical and religious background at the same time.

Phyllis Sidheuaine

A whole slew of books (besides textbooks). Anyway, here are some of them:

1) Who Killed My Daughter? by Lois Duncan (True Crime)
2) Green River, Running Red by Ann Rule (True Crime)
3) Just Wait Till You Have Children Of Your Own! by Erma Bombeck and Bil Keene (Humor)
4) The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank by Erma Bombeck (Humor)
5) I Wnt to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise (subtitle: Children Surviving Cancer) by Erma Bombeck (Humor)
6) Heart Full of Lies by Ann Rule (True Crime)
7) Full Metal Alchemist 1 by Hiromu Arakawa (Manga)
8.) Tevye's Daughters by Sholom Aleichem, Translated by Frances Butwin [I don't speak/read Yiddish, so I need the translation]
9) Collected Stories: A Friend of Kafka to Passions by Isaac Bashevis Singer
10) Collected Stories: Gimpel the Fool to the Letter Writer by isaac Bashevis Singer
11) The Heretic's Apprentice by Ellis Peters (Mystery)
12) If Life is A Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing In the Pits? by Erma Bombeck (Humor)
13) Forever, Erma by Erma Bombeck (Humor)
14) If You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time To Go Home by Erma Bombeck (Humor)
15) A Marriage Made In Heaven...or Too Tired for an Affair by Erma Bombeck (Humor)

Phyllis Sidheuaine

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