What book are you reading at the moment ?

[saor]

Contact - Carl Sagan

Loving it. The film misses a lot of really good stuff.

I can't believe Amazon don't have this on kindle.
Unless I'm missing it.

 

[Gazbal]

"The Wrong Side of Goodbye" - Michael Connelly's latest Harry Bosch novel.

 

[Nerfherder]

The book is amazing, film was decent though. I'm actually keen to read it again now

I didn't realize it was the anniversary of his death the other day I think it was 20 years or something.

 

[satanboy]

The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo - Amy Schumer

So far a hoot.

 

[Cius]

Still doing my David Eddings binge. Finished up Belgariad and Mallorean + Belgarath and Polgara books. Just started the Ellenium.

The first set I read a few times as a kid so it was like going back to a familiar place. The Elenium and Tumali I only read once and a long time ago so I have almost no recollection of the basic story besides a few disconnected events. Will be interesting to read them again.

 

[ponder]

2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson

 

[Readsalot]

Still doing my David Eddings binge. Finished up Belgariad and Mallorean + Belgarath and Polgara books. Just started the Ellenium.

The first set I read a few times as a kid so it was like going back to a familiar place. The Elenium and Tumali I only read once and a long time ago so I have almost no recollection of the basic story besides a few disconnected events. Will be interesting to read them again.

Loved the Belgarion books, then ended up preferring the Sparhawk books. Such a great character.

 

[Emjay]

I just finished Night Without Stars (Chronicle of the Fallers Book 2) by Peter Hamilton. I am a huge Hamilton fan because he manages to mix politics and sci-fi in such a realistic and believable way. I have loved all of the books based in the Commonwealth, but this book was slightly above average for me. We didn't really get to experience many of the loved characters. The story was interesting, and gripping in some parts, but I generally didn't have any sense of urgency when reading this book. Worth a read, but nothing to really write home about.

I am now tucking into Leviathan Wakes, which is part of the Expanse series.

 

[faniebraai]

I just finished Night Without Stars (Chronicle of the Fallers Book 2) by Peter Hamilton. I am a huge Hamilton fan because he manages to mix politics and sci-fi in such a realistic and believable way. I have loved all of the books based in the Commonwealth, but this book was slightly above average for me. We didn't really get to experience many of the loved characters. The story was interesting, and gripping in some parts, but I generally didn't have any sense of urgency when reading this book. Worth a read, but nothing to really write home about.

I am now tucking into Leviathan Wakes, which is part of the Expanse series.

Have you done Night's Dawn?

 

[Emjay]

Have you done Night's Dawn?

Yes - and it is hands down in my top 5 series. I have read every piece of Hamilton writing (except his children's books). This is mandatory reading for any sci-fi lover.

 

[Nerfherder]

Still doing my David Eddings binge. Finished up Belgariad and Mallorean + Belgarath and Polgara books. Just started the Ellenium.

The first set I read a few times as a kid so it was like going back to a familiar place. The Elenium and Tumali I only read once and a long time ago so I have almost no recollection of the basic story besides a few disconnected events. Will be interesting to read them again.

Do you find that you missed a lot of the story as a kid.

I re-read a book from my childhood the other day and realized i must have been skimming it.

 

[Thor]

The new Harry Potter book

 

[mak2000]

Creativity Inc

 

[Cius]

Do you find that you missed a lot of the story as a kid.

I re-read a book from my childhood the other day and realized i must have been skimming it.

Not so much with Eddings as he generally wrote for a younger audience. There is not a lot of depth to his writing I find. However I had that experience with Tad William. Read Memory Thorn and Sorrow series as a kid and found it Meh. Read it again as an adult and I found I was blown away by the depth of some of the characters and the story. The other thing I noticed is what an incredible wordsmith Tad Williams was. He couples adjectives that do not normally get grouped with specific nouns in very creative and enriching ways.

 

[MjK]

Kharkanas trilogy - Fall of light - Steven Erikson

Dancers Lament

 

[faniebraai]

So I'm very close to finishing book 2 of Night's Dawn.... so I've started an audiobook to keep me occupied while walking until the new expanse novel hits in about 2 weeks.

Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch

 

[Readsalot]

Busy with the Barsoom Project, book two of the Dream Park series by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes. Read one of these books when I was much younger and you still required imagination to play an RPG, so when I saw these books recently I grabbed them. Not quite stood the test of time but a good trip back into memory and the 80s.

 

[R13...]

Kharkanas trilogy - Fall of light - Steven Erikson

Dancers Lament

How's Dancer's Lament - I have tried ICE's books of the Malazan universe. I found his writing really poor, I tried return of the crimson guard and found it a slog. But I hear he's got better on subsequent reads and Dancer's lament is rated a bit better but I'm worried it's just die hard fans skewing the ratings.

 

[satanboy]

The new Harry Potter book

You're kidding right?

 

[C4Cat]

Currently enjoying this one: