mega thread What book are you reading?

[QueenMaikaHiyama 52]

The triology of The Hunger Games I love those books they are my favorites after this I'm going to read Anne Frank's diary

[Tropical Melody 6,234]

I got the complete set of the Conan books now, the first ones I bought back in the 1970's. Yes they were not published in chronological order, I now have them numbered in the sequence of Conan's actual history, as it were.

 

 

[Shadowfax 68]

12 hours ago, Tropical Melody said:

I got the complete set of the Conan books now, the first ones I bought back in the 1970's. Yes they were not published in chronological order, I now have them numbered in the sequence of Conan's actual history, as it were. 

If you like the Conan series, check out the Dark Horse 2003 comic reboot.  It's arguably one of the best comic series period.

Unfortunately, Marvel recently got the rights again, so the Dark Horse reboot closed up earlier this year.  Considering how they've been *ahem* behaving recently, I have no hopes for whatever they'll do.

Edited July 25, 2018 by Shadowfax

[Tropical Melody 6,234]

Got a few on the go, just finished Discworld #19, Feet Of Clay, next up #20 Hogfather.

Also on the next-up pile: Inverted World (Christopher Priest); All The Gear, No Idea (Michele Harrison); The Preserving Machine and other stories (Philip K. Dick); The Seed Of Earth (Robert Silverberg); Hothouse (Brian Aldiss).

I'm also discovering and getting into Kathy Reichs

Also just recently did Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham, that was good, need to follow him up.

The last two books (incl. Kathy Reichs) I found in a 2nd book shop in Beaumaris Anglesey, end of June.

 

 

 

 

[Lord Valtasar 12,690]

reading the shadowhunters series, i'm currently on the 3d book

[CandyCorn 428]

Angel's Prophecy by Kira Shay. :3 It's a pretty good book too. I got it from my anime convention I go to every year.

[Appley Hooves 136]

Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt. Was the first post-apoc book I ever read, still think it's one of the best. Lots of McDevitt's fans hate it though, no spaceshippy stuff like his other books 

[cuteycindyhoney 13,307]

I'm a big fan of the late Robert B Parker's "Spenser" novels. When he died in 2010, his family gave permission to another mystery/crime writer, Ace Atkins, to keep Spenser alive after his creator passed. I finally broke down and started reading what I thought to be books by a pretender to the crown. Much to my delight, Mr. Atkins managed to completely capture Spenser's "voice", It's almost as if the master had never passed. Right now I am reading Mr. Atkins's forth Spenser novel, "Kickback" It's positively riveting.

[Tao 7,777]

I've been rereading the Sweep books by Cate Tiernan,

[Appley Hooves 136]

On 7/29/2018 at 11:14 PM, cuteycindyhoney said:

I'm a big fan of the late Robert B Parker's "Spenser" novels. When he died in 2010, his family gave permission to another mystery/crime writer, Ace Atkins, to keep Spenser alive after his creator passed. I finally broke down and started reading what I thought to be books by a pretender to the crown. Much to my delight, Mr. Atkins managed to completely capture Spenser's "voice", It's almost as if the master had never passed. Right now I am reading Mr. Atkins's forth Spenser novel, "Kickback" It's positively riveting.

His western called Appaloosa was the book that got me into reading westerns 

[Princess_Bellalatanya 1,053]

1984 by george orwell

[Tropical Melody 6,234]

Neon Rain by James Lee Burke. Detective drama. 1987. If this was a film would probably look like something Steven Seagal would be in.

Quite funny tho in places. Example: "We tell the captain about it first, then we go to his house and flip his necktie in his face." - "Nope. Too soon." -  "Bullshit. The only way to handle these guys is to jump up and down on their nuts."

 

[CandyCorn 428]

Seeing how I can't figure out what to read yet...

Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland

It has to do with dragons, and I loooooove dragons so much.

[Jedishy 3,548]

I am currently reading Letters from a Stoic by Seneca and Meditations by Marcus Aurelius 

[cher-bear 3]

I'm re-reading all the School for Good and Evil books.

Dudes 

It's legit over here

[Prospekt 11,018]

Lately I've been reading the Fate/Stay Night manga.

[Dreambiscuit 9,815]

Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R Tolkien. Sooo much better than the movie. 

[Tropical Melody 6,234]

The Shrouded Planet, by Stephen Randall. SF.

To be honest I'm struggling with it, when is something going to HAPPEN  

 

 

[Oleks 1,993]

Finishing my experimental reading of the first Narnia Chronicles book. Some parts of it give me creeps. This Clive Staples Lewis had a strange obsession with little girls kissing a giant sentient lion's face for no particular reason. 

I'm also in the middle of a history book and finishing Fight Club 2 by Chuck Palahniuk (technically it's a comic series, but it's a sequel to a great book).

Edited August 16, 2018 by Oleks

[CandyCorn 428]

I finally finished Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland. Now, I'm going to start reading Wings of Fire: Lost Heir. <3

[Tao 7,777]

The Mammoth Hunters  by Jean M. Auel

[Oleks 1,993]

The Truth by Terry Pratchett. I can't say much about it, except I'm really enjoying it and recommend this book to everyone, as well as any other Pratchett's book.

[Tropical Melody 6,234]

Coincidentally, I've just started Hogfather, discworld book #20.

 

[Tropical Melody 6,234]

Also, I've just finished Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys.

 

[Concerned Bystander 2,902]

I've been reading through a trilogy of Aliens books, I've finished Out of the Shadows and Sea of Sorrows and I'm half-way through River of Pain.

Minor spoilers ahead.

Spoiler

The first book in the series, Out of the Shadows, is set between the first two films and (rather bizarrely I thought) features Ellen Ripley as one of the main characters.  This left the outcome of the book fairly predictable, as it had to end with Ripley once again alone in the Narcissus with no memory of the events of the book in order to meet up with the beginning of the second film.  It was a good book but I think it would have benefited from further fleshing out its own ensemble of characters rather than what felt like a rather forced inclusion.

The second book, Sea of Sorrows is set well after Alien Resurrection, and returns us to the planet featured in Out of the Shadows, which is now a thriving colony world.  This book utilises only its own characters and is therefore unaffected by the films (except as background information) which gave the writer rather more freedom to put his own stamp on things and left the ending unpredictable.  This made for a far more exciting read and I couldn't put it down, I finished it in a fraction of the time it took me to read the first one.

Book three, River of Pain, is set on LV-426 and alternates between scenes from the beginning of Aliens and the events happening concurrently at the Hadley's Hope colony.  Again due to its place in the continuity the outcome of this book is already known to me prior to reading (ie. everyone except Newt is going to die, apart from those that will undoubtedly escape on the Chekov's Gun escape ship mentioned near the start) but I'm still very much enjoying it.

Prequels are always dangerous ground for a franchise to tread on, they almost invariably end up contradicting the established canon, and some stories referenced in the source material are best left to the imagination as any attempt to canonise those events in detail often fail to meet the expectations of the consumer, particularly as each consumer will have their own interpretation of how those events unfolded.

On the whole, if you're a fan of the Alien universe these books are definitely worth a read, especially as they were written in conjunction with Fox and are officially part of the universe's canon.