What are you reading?

[blade2k5 1,523]

Originally posted by: Barbarossa

From what I recall, aren't the Drizzt monologues rather revealing as to the order the books were written?  It's been a long time, but I seem to remember that the beginning of each section in each book begins with Drizzt reminiscing about anything and everything.  The Menzobarranzan books, I think, revealed "future" events (past books).  Perhaps it was minor enough to outweigh reorganizing, or I am remembering incorrectly.quote>

The Dark Elf trilogy was first published in 1998 and 2 years later in 2000, the Icewind Dale trilogy was first published.  Those are the dates from my hardcover editions.  The Dark Elf trilogy chronicled Drizzt's life from his birth to the time he left the Underdark for the surface and finally arrives in Icewind Dale.  The Icewind Dale trilogy picks several months later I think.

Originally posted by: Easy Bakes

....the latest new paper back i bought was 8.99.quote>

I'm paying only 7.99 a book for all the Dune/Shannara/Star Wars novels I've purchased the past couple of months.  The thickest was around 850 pages.  How many pages was your 8.99 purchase?  And was it a bit oversized?

[Easy Bakes 253]

Originally posted by: blade2k5

Originally posted by: Barbarossa

From what I recall, aren't the Drizzt monologues rather revealing as to the order the books were written?  It's been a long time, but I seem to remember that the beginning of each section in each book begins with Drizzt reminiscing about anything and everything.  The Menzobarranzan books, I think, revealed "future" events (past books).  Perhaps it was minor enough to outweigh reorganizing, or I am remembering incorrectly.quote>

The Dark Elf trilogy was first published in 1998 and 2 years later in 2000, the Icewind Dale trilogy was first published.  Those are the dates from my hardcover editions.  The Dark Elf trilogy chronicled Drizzt's life from his birth to the time he left the Underdark for the surface and finally arrives in Icewind Dale.  The Icewind Dale trilogy picks several months later I think.

Originally posted by: Easy Bakes

....the latest new paper back i bought was 8.99.quote>

I'm paying only 7.99 a book for all the Dune/Shannara/Star Wars novels I've purchased the past couple of months.  The thickest was around 850 pages.  How many pages was your 8.99 purchase?  And was it a bit oversized?quote>

It was The Demolished Man by Al Bester it was a somewhat over sized reprint of a classic, part of a series of republished Sci fi classsics.

Hate to break it too you but the Icewind Dale books were published 1st.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Icewind_Dale_Trilogy

 Mr Salvatore was alrerady doing the Demon Wars  series in 1997-1999. I couldnt find my copy of The Crystal Shard to check the dates but a date from wiki says 1988/89/90 for the series.

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Almost finished 'Exile', which is Book 2 of the Legend of Drizzt. I'll probably start on Book 3, 'Sojourn' shortly.

Book 1 was 'Homeland'.

[blade2k5 1,523]

Originally posted by: Shadow_Assassin

Almost finished 'Exile', which is Book 2 of the Legend of Drizzt. I'll probably start on Book 3, 'Sojourn' shortly.

Book 1 was 'Homeland'.quote>

Ok, those are the Dark Elf Trilogy books.  Those are my three favorite books in the series because of the wealth of info on dark elf society that Dungeons & Dragons RP games never fully explained or bothered to go into any detailed explanantion like they did for all the other races.  But like I said, that's my personal opinion based on my likes and dislikes  All the books in the Drizzt chronicles are great reads and there's at least two more I've yet to purchase, the final two volumes in the Thousand Orcs Trilogy.

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The book series by Joel C. Rosenberg.

These books have to do with the end times, the apocolypse and politics, all wrapped together in one action packed, exhilerating adventure. It has to do with prophecies from Ezekiel 38 and 39, the book of Daniel, and Revelation.

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[Boggy1 45]

I've read three classic science fiction novels in the past four days,

Tau Zero by Poul Anderson

The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick

A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke.

All three books published in the 1960s; so all three have some grossly large scientific inaccuracies; yet excellent reads; and quite a bit better than a lot of the trash they pump out today.

Easy Bakes: The Demolished Man is easy one of my top 10 books. He wrote another, entitled The Stars My Destination which is also excellent, and deals with very similar themes. Both have that wonderful non-standard typography in them.

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LSD: My Problem Child, by research chemist Albert Hoffman.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Originally posted by: Boggy1

I've read three classic science fiction novels in the past four days,

Tau Zero by Poul Anderson

The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick

A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke.

All three books published in the 1960s; so all three have some grossly large scientific inaccuracies; yet excellent reads; and quite a bit better than a lot of the trash they pump out today.

Easy Bakes: The Demolished Man is easy one of my top 10 books. He wrote another, entitled The Stars My Destination which is also excellent, and deals with very similar themes. Both have that wonderful non-standard typography in them.quote>

The Stars My Destination was very very good too, not sure which i liked better between that and Demolished  Man.

Iv read both recently for the 1st time after looking for used copies for years when finaly I looked for them at  a new book store and found them.

You should try Poul Andersons Dominic Flandery  books sort of  James Bond roams the galaxy.

If you want a good read by  Anderson try Orion Shall Rise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Shall_Rise

[blade2k5 1,523]

I finally finished the Terry Brooks High Druid Of Shannara trilogy, Jarkus Ruus, Tanequil and Straken.  Straken felt a bit rushed to the finale, something I'm not accustomed to with Terry Brooks.  It was still a good read and I enjoyed it quite a bit.

The second book in the Genesis Of Shannara trilogy, 'The Elves Of Cintar' arrived three weeks late and so I've picked up the series there and now roughly 200 pages into now.  The final volume 'The Gypsy Morph' sits in it's place on my bookcase awaiting to be read next

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Easy Bakes: Those Domonic Flandary books look like..a lot of fun, and a good read. I shall be on the look-out for them.

I'm wondering what book I should read next. I wouldn't mind some more classic sci-fi from the 1960s. Something suitable space-opery; with that lovely dash of optimism that so tainted the Golden Age of Science Fiction. In my bookshelf, I've got a choice of books by the authors...Asimov, Clarke, Bester, Dick, Bova, Baxter, Banks, Sagan, Hamilton, Anderson, Reynolds, Egan, Blish, Heinlein, Bradbury, Herbert, Pohl, Silverberg, Verne, Wells, Stapledon, Haldeman, Adams, Bear etc etc etc..

Any recommendations?

[Easy Bakes 253]

Originally posted by: Boggy1

Easy Bakes: Those Domonic Flandary books look like..a lot of fun, and a good read. I shall be on the look-out for them.

I'm wondering what book I should read next. I wouldn't mind some more classic sci-fi from the 1960s. Something suitable space-opery; with that lovely dash of optimism that so tainted the Golden Age of Science Fiction. In my bookshelf, I've got a choice of books by the authors...Asimov, Clarke, Bester, Dick, Bova, Baxter, Banks, Sagan, Hamilton, Anderson, Reynolds, Egan, Blish, Heinlein, Bradbury, Herbert, Pohl, Silverberg, Verne, Wells, Stapledon, Haldeman, Adams, Bear etc etc etc..

Any recommendations?quote>

James Blish's Citys in Flight is a good read. And I mention before Poul Anderson's Orion Shall Rise is a good single  stand alone novel. I also recomend King Davids Spaceship by Fred Phol

Dang i swear Blade2k5 does nothing but read. I thinkits been YEARS since i could get 200 pages a day in.

Blue Mars has picked up a bit story wise, a few of the main charactors went back to earth, about 1/2 way thru it now.

 About the same into Uplift War for lunch time reading its very very good if i do say so, but i was on vacation for a week, and last week was busy so lunch time was eating on the run  so if fallen behind a bit.

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Originally posted by: blade2k5

Originally posted by: Shadow_Assassin

Almost finished 'Exile', which is Book 2 of the Legend of Drizzt. I'll probably start on Book 3, 'Sojourn' shortly.

Book 1 was 'Homeland'.quote>

Ok, those are the Dark Elf Trilogy books.  Those are my three favorite books in the series because of the wealth of info on dark elf society that Dungeons & Dragons RP games never fully explained or bothered to go into any detailed explanantion like they did for all the other races.  But like I said, that's my personal opinion based on my likes and dislikes.  All the books in the Drizzt chronicles are great reads and there's at least two more I've yet to purchase, the final two volumes in the Thousand Orcs Trilogy.

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I'm going to try and pick up Set II soon - that's books 4 to 6 of the series. It's pretty expensive, at $45.00 ($15 per book), but it's worth it... they are excellent reads.

Personally, I like the earlier books since they're not epic in the sense that the characters can just sweep past and kill anything in their path without breaking a sweat.

And well... the themes in the Dark Elf trilogy (it's not actually referred to as such on my box set though) really are quite relevant to me... and that's why I liked those books.

One of the people in my D&D group actually plays a drow... quite entertaining, and there's a lot of good RP possibilites there...

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[blade2k5 1,523]

Originally posted by: Shadow_Assassin

I'm going to try and pick up Set II soon - that's books 4 to 6 of the series. It's pretty expensive, at $45.00 ($15 per book), but it's worth it... they are excellent reads.

Personally, I like the earlier books since they're not epic in the sense that the characters can just sweep past and kill anything in their path without breaking a sweat.

And well... the themes in the Dark Elf trilogy (it's not actually referred to as such on my box set though) really are quite relevant to me... and that's why I liked those books.

One of the people in my D&D group actually plays a drow... quite entertaining, and there's a lot of good RP possibilites there...quote>

As I was saying in an earlier post.  There is so much info on drow society that I use those 3 books as my source books when running a drow.  The female drows make for powerful clerics, which is what I run them as

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[astronelson 339]

I'm not quite sure a thread about books is the right place for a discussion about drugs.

Anyway, I'm currently reading The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett. I'm working my way through the Discworld series following a rather random path.

[blade2k5 1,523]

Originally posted by: Barbarossa

Have now moved to reading A Darkness at Sethanon, the 4th and final book of The Riftwar Saga.

Barbarossaquote>

Is 'The King's Bucaneer' one of the Riftwar books?

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astronelso: I wholeheartedly agree, but unfortunately your_address_here only really gave a synopsys of the novel; so I am going to have to go ahead and take no action in case I am accused of "Moderator abuse" or "Discrimination" or something.

In any case, I saw Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke on my bookshelf, which is another of my top-five novels. Am reading it (for around the 20th time), and enjoying every minute.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Finished The Uplift War last night. Just a great read that one,Still have to go buy the next 3 uplift books to finish those.

But am going to start on AE Van Vogt's "Voyage of The Space Beagle" for my lunch reading monday.

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Armored Cav: A Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment - Tom Clancy. This is absolutely fascinating stuff. For instance, did you know that in 1991 a M1 Abrams survived three direct hits from Iraqi T-72s at ranges of under 500 meters?

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I'm reading one of the abriged versions of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

[blade2k5 1,523]

I finished the Genesis Of Shannara trilogy and am now reading the second to last book in the New Jedi Order series called The Final Prophecy and now 61 pages into i this afternoon. 

Up next is The Unifying Force, then I'm moving back into the Dune series to finish the House trilogy, House Atreides, House Harkonnen and House Corrino.  Once I get through those, I have about 4 or 5 Robert Ludlum book I've yet to read.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Originally posted by: blade2k5

I finished the Genesis Of Shannara trilogy and am now reading the second to last book in the New Jedi Order series called The Final Prophecy and now 61 pages into i this afternoon. 

Up next is The Unifying Force, then I'm moving back into the Dune series to finish the House trilogy, House Atreides, House Harkonnen and House Corrino.  Once I get through those, I have about 4 or 5 Robert Ludlum book I've yet to read.

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I liked that New Jedi Order series.

[blade2k5 1,523]

Originally posted by: Easy Bakes

Originally posted by: blade2k5

I finished the Genesis Of Shannara trilogy and am now reading the second to last book in the New Jedi Order series called The Final Prophecy and now 61 pages into i this afternoon. 

Up next is The Unifying Force, then I'm moving back into the Dune series to finish the House trilogy, House Atreides, House Harkonnen and House Corrino.  Once I get through those, I have about 4 or 5 Robert Ludlum book I've yet to read.

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I liked that New Jedi Order series.quote>

Actually, I'm looking forward to it's ending.  It's one series of books [18 in all] that just seemed to go on and on with no ending in sight.  It's the series afterwards I'm most interested in, Legacy Of The Force, a nine book series [9 that I know of so far].

[Easy Bakes 253]

Originally posted by: blade2k5

Originally posted by: Easy Bakes

Originally posted by: blade2k5

I finished the Genesis Of Shannara trilogy and am now reading the second to last book in the New Jedi Order series called The Final Prophecy and now 61 pages into i this afternoon. 

Up next is The Unifying Force, then I'm moving back into the Dune series to finish the House trilogy, House Atreides, House Harkonnen and House Corrino.  Once I get through those, I have about 4 or 5 Robert Ludlum book I've yet to read.

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I liked that New Jedi Order series.quote>

Actually, I'm looking forward to it's ending.  It's one series of books [18 in all] that just seemed to go on and on with no ending in sight.  It's the series afterwards I'm most interested in, Legacy Of The Force, a nine book series [9 that I know of so far].

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Oh I Did too, sometime you need to end a series and wrap it up.

[blade2k5 1,523]

Originally posted by: Easy Bakes

Oh I Did too, sometime you need to end a series and wrap it up.quote>

Is the ending [if you recall], a satisfactory ending to the 18-book series?

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From what i remember it was wraped up pretty well, I wont spoil it for you though.

I havent read any  of  the legacy of the force books  so im not sure what part of the story line  Han and Leias and Luke and Maras kids continue.