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Antony Beevor's Berlin. Good god those Russians were pissed.

Aye, that's a disturbing book.

Currently slogging through I am Providence, the doorstop-sized two volume biography of H. P. Lovecraft by S. T. Joshi, at the rate of about 20 pages/night. It's actually not half bad. I've reached page 200 of vol. 1, and age 24, so there is an excruciating level of detail, which of course might not be for everyone.

Kellri wrote:Antony Beevor's Berlin. Good god those Russians were pissed.

I visited the Red Army Museum in Moscow a few years ago - it showed.

I'm actually reading Princess of Mars for the first time ever and loving it.

I'm about 1/2 way through Servants of the Wankh, the 2nd of Vance's Planet of Adventure stories.

grodog wrote:I'm about 1/2 way through Servants of the Wankh, the 2nd of Vance's Planet of Adventure stories.

Ah, love those. I envy you, if you're reading them for the first time. I'm working my way through the entirety of Vance's SF (and have a few of his mysteries on my reading list as well), and the Tschai novels are some of my favorites.

Nerelas wrote:

grodog wrote:I'm about 1/2 way through Servants of the Wankh, the 2nd of Vance's Planet of Adventure stories.

Ah, love those. I envy you, if you're reading them for the first time. I'm working my way through the entirety of Vance's SF (and have a few of his mysteries on my reading list as well), and the Tschai novels are some of my favorites.

Yes, just finished The Dirdir last night, but I now have to track down a copy of the 4th book, since it's not in any of my used bookstores in Wichita or San Jose (Amazon, here I come ).

The Children of Odin, Padraic Colum. A children's book of Norse myths. Enjoying it thoroughly. (It's no wonder dwarves should be allowed unlimited advancement as thieves, the fact that everyone gets U for thieves notwithstanding.)

I'm re-reading what is perhaps my favorite story by Lord Dunsany: "The Fall of Babbulkund"

Geoffrey wrote:I'm re-reading what is perhaps my favorite story by Lord Dunsany: "The Fall of Babbulkund"

Recently read that myself, really cool stuff.

Menace Under Marswood by Sterling Lanier. Not too bad so far!

Re-reading the Lyonesse trilogy by Jack Vance and loving it!

The Shaman wrote:I put Willa Cather's Shadows on the Rock aside so I could finish Harold Lamb's Wolf of the Steppes; after I finish these two it's on to Mr Lamb's Warrior of the Steppes, the second volume of Khlit the Cossack stories.

After finishing Shadows on the Rock and Wolf of the Steppes, I started Warriors of the Steppes, but after finishing the first story, I put it aside to read Rafael Sabatini's Saint Martin's Summer.

That should not be taken as anything negative about Warriors of the Steppe; Harold Lamb is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. I'm pulling characters from Saint Martin's Summer for my Flashing Blades game.

Use of Weapons, by Iain Banks. I've pretty much dropped fantasy off the list the last couple of years and focused on sci-fi.