What are you reading?

[LanWarder]

Now reading some Burroughs, the Mars series, again

[austinjimm]

The original Elric series By Michael Moorcock.

Back when all my friends were reading Elric (in the 80's), I never got into it. I couldn't identify with Elric the way I could with Howard's Conan or Leiber's Gray Mouser. Something about a sickly, self-tormented albino that I just can't connect with. I still have that "problem." But... I'm forcing myself to read through the original Elric books, and they're lending quite a bit to the Law/Chaos cosmology of my current campaign world. (Good v. Evil is not allowed!)

[Philotomy Jurament]

The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

[TRP]

Type II double post.

[TRP]

Alright, I'm ready to don the sack cloth and provide the requisite mea culpa. Cugel is now second only to Gray Mouser, in my book, of slippery characters. Mouser gets the nod for retaining most of a conscience.

As previously stated, l just had to get past the initial stories in the volume. IMO, Vance was just trying too hard to be clever and impressively wordsmith-y in those original tales for them to do much for me. He led you to the water, proceeded to dunk you under and then held you there. With the Cugel stories, he mostly just gives you directions to the watering hole just up around the next bend.

[rredmond]

Now "Roadside Picnic".

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[Chainsaw]

Alright, I'm ready to don the sack cloth and provide the requisite mea culpa. Cugel is now second only to Gray Mouser, in my book, of slippery characters. Mouser gets the nod for retaining most of a conscience.

Cugel's such a basterd. I love that about him, heh. Now I have to reread Eyes of the Overworld.

Read Lovecraft's Dunwich Horror yesterday (with Electric Wizard's Dunwich playing on repeat). Cool story, plus the music on repeat made the experience much stranger. Slight Spoiler: Am I weird for being sad/disappointed when Wilbur ate it?? He was such a great character. The accent/erudition contrast was cool (this is coming from a recovering North Florida redneck, of course).

[T. Foster]

Just finished up Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby. I like all his books, and this was no exception. Though I must admit the depiction of obsessive nerdy fans endlessly dissecting and debating minutiae on internet forums struck a little too close to home!

[Simon W]

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson, but I'm getting a bit bored of it now, so I might give up and read the Templar Knight Mysteries by Maureen Ash instead (they're medieval mystery stories; there are 3 in the series so far, starting with "The Alehouse Murders", which I read the other day, and the next one is "Death of a Squire").

[T. Foster]

I just (literally about 5 minutes ago) finished up The Green Pearl by Jack Vance, sequel to Lyonesse and IMO even better, particularly the final third featuring the sorcerer Visbhume, who's got to be right up there with Cugel the Clever as one of Vance's all-time most colorful and entertaining characters.

EDIT: And unless I've miscounted, this is Book #50 for the year (which is always my goal, and usually I don't make it, but this year I did with more than a month to spare )

[foxroe]

Reading REH's The Black Couldron (part of "The Coming of Conan" collection).

Can't decide on re-reading Leiber's "Swords and Deviltry" next, or my collection of Vance's "Dying Earth" in hardback...

EDIT: Also got Cook's "Chronicles of The Black Company" for my birthday... decisions, decisions.

[TRP]

EDIT: And unless I've miscounted, this is Book #50 for the year (which is always my goal, and usually I don't make it, but this year I did with more than a month to spare )

More than enough time to squeeze in one more. If you haven't already, try Passage at Arms, by yes, you guessed it, Glen Cook. Admittedly it's scifi, and I don't know if that's your cuppa, but it's a good book .. and a short one.

[Chainsaw]

Finally finished up At the Mountains of Madness.. wow, great story. I'm a sucker for desolate settings, ancient forgotten cities and stories of exploration and horror, so this one pretty much nailed them all. Comments with spoilers: Talk about megadungeons - pretty sure Danforth and the narrator found one of the biggest. The city and tunnels below make the mines of Moria feel like a Disney exhibit, heh. I loved all the references to resource management, techniques to keep from getting lost and so on. Felt like D&D!

[Matthew]

Heh; it is a good story. Took me a while to get into it, though, as I found the pacing too slow for my all too often tired mind, but there is definitely a lot to like. On the other hand, the descriptions of Isengard and Mordor in the Lord of the Rings give it a good run for its money in terms of unexplored scale. I was strongly reminded of all the "orc holes" surrounding the black gate when reading At the Mountains of Madness.

[Flambeaux]

Nothing for myself. Reading several books aloud at night to the boys. Kipling's Just So Stories and some religion-oriented storybooks (the oldest is preparing for his First Communion).