Whatcha readin'?

[The Ginger Wookie]

I enjoyed Black House, it was that book and the fact Father Callaghan was coming back that made me start this DT series. I'm so glad I did. Must look at Insomnia with my new enlightened DT eyes. I must admit I wasn't a huge fan of Insomnia either. But it may be better now I know a little about the Crimson King.

[Silver]

Still with The Wheel of Time, book 5 at the moment, can't wait to get to book 10 as I bought it a while ago but wanted to refresh on the others before I read it, it's so hard not to just jump straight to a fresh unread book, but I'm managing so far!

[sdkdmd]

Just now reading KHAI OF ANCIENT KHEM.[a little behine]Great reading just like any of BL's stories.And I also have my order in for the new Tor release

[Mike C]

I have just started reading Coven of Vampires... I recently found a copy on Ebay that was affordable!

[topol_sheap]

... just finished Crisscross the new Repairman Jack book by F Paul Wilson - he never fails to impress me - always fresh and new this stuff.

Before that I finished Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson - a genre I wouldn't normally delve into, but a mate made me read it. Very very good. If you like the internet, and are wondering what it might become (in the loosest possible sense), and you haven't read this, then shame on you. Very cool book

Now I've started the Gunslinger by King. THe intro was pretty good... I have 3 more volumes of this to read so I might not be back for a while!

[sdkdmd]

TOPS,If this is your first reading of the Gunslinger and the other 3 vol then do enjoy and we'll hear from you when you come back

[The Ginger Wookie]

I have Song Of Susannah sitting on my shelf. Boy do I want to start it. Soon I hope. I'll post when I'm done with it. Only one more book then. I'm glad it'll be out before christmas. I'm itching to know what the town Thunderclap is like. I hate getting to the end of a series, a very bitter sweet feeling. Necroscope had the same effect. Whoever reads SOS try not too post too many spoilers. The newspaper reviewers have already given most of the twists away.

I'm also at the end of Matheson's I am Legend. Thanks for the recommendation Tops. I can see a lot of this book in Salems Lot, plus Alan Moore borrowed a fair wodge of the vampires anaerobic physiology when he put vampires into the comic Swamp Thing.

[topol_sheap]

I've been a little busy, but I have managed to fit in about 10 mins a day on the gunslinger.... finished the first part. Which at first confused the hell out of me, makes perfect sense now.

So I might have been turned by not only Nate, but the others including the wookie man!

See ya later...

Tops

[sdkdmd]

Just pick up Song of Susannah.But i think i'm gonna wait till the last one is about to come out and then reread the whole series stright thru.


Right now i'm reading The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.[an older book]I've read most of thier books and enjoyed all of them.[The Relic,Reliquary,Ice Limit to name a few]

[Nathan]

Song of Susannah - WOW!!

Good choice on waiting for the finale, sdkdmd. It's great, but the cliff is sheer, a very long drop, and I'm hangin' from it by a weed!

[topol_sheap]

I hate holidays. (a lie). I read the first 3 three DT books, and am a bit into the forth... I hate the fact that once again I am hooked.

Thanks guys for the recommendation. Come payday an order goes to amazon for the next 2 in the series.

(I also hate the internet and the email thing right now.)

[Nathan]

Just be glad yer not hooked with nothing more to read!!

I had to wait almost eight years to find out how they escaped Blaine the Pain!

I almost hate people that just nonchalantly pick up that fourth book! :mad:

:cool:

[topol_sheap]

hell, if you don't want me to read it... ;)

it is absolutely superb though grin.gif I've even got my Dad reading the Gunslinger (I did try to get him to read Necroscope once, but he didn't get on with it - fantasy and sci-fi is his bag) - wont find out until the weekend if he likes it as that's when I can call him.

[ June 29, 2004, 09:34 AM: Message edited by: Tops ]

[Helmet Head]

Finally finished the Lance Armstrong Auto-biography and my god is that one awesome book, truly inspiring stuff.

Started on the Simarillion the other day unfortunately I don't think I'll be reading the whole thing as it just seems to be one big bore so far, all poems music and whaffle about elemental beings and such.

[Nathan]

No, no, Tops, read away! I'm interested in the take of someone who's read these consecutively.

In my humble opinion as a twenty-year Dark Tower fan, the last two have not lived up to my expectations. Still good, but not epic as I'd envisioned from the first four. Book VII: The Dark Tower will have be pretty frickin' good or I'm callin' bulls**t on several different recent developments!

As for your Dad's tastes... you should've had him read The Source to start off! Plenty of fantasy and sci-fi in that one!

[topol_sheap]

funny that, the source was the first Lumley book I ever read...

when I've finished, I'm gonna want to discuss these babies smile.gif

I just hope that the next 2-3 don't kill what is potentially the best bit of epic fantasy fiction since LOTR... only time will tell

[JB_Lestat]

I'm on Of Saints and Shadows by some guy er other... I bought the paperback for like $1. I'm only about one chapter in, and so far: eh...

[Goth Girl]

Just picked up Kim Newman's 'Jago' on eBay for a ridiculously small sum (compared to Forbidden Planet's price!), so will be starting that soon!

[Rixy]

Debs,

Let me know what you think of Jago, I've got it but haven't had time to read it yet.

Cheers

[topol_sheap]

I've a copy of it, I've had for years, but never got round to it yet (either) - it might have been something to do with Unforgivable Stories not being his best works...

[Rixy]

I've read the 3 Dracula books and one he wrote called Castle Drachenfels (I think thats right) under a psedonym of Jack Yeovil I believe. They were all great but for some reason I never started Jago! Once I've finished the history of the Crusades I'll give it a go.

[Jim]

just comics (and alot of them)...

oddly besides Brian and Lovecraft I havent found any authors that keep me enraptured for the duration of a novel.

[slartibartfast]

i was gonna read HHGTTG again after i've finished painting the bathroom, but it look's like i'm gonna be reading the Titus Crow series (my bf's got them me for my b-day (but i don't know that http://img30.photobucket.com/albums/v91/sl4rt1b4rtf4st/21.gif))

[sdkdmd]

Finished "Cabinet of Curiosities" didn't enjoy it as much as the other books I read from these guys.[Preston & Child ]

I think I'm going to try re-reading some Clive Barker, maybe "Everville"

[Silver]

Now reading book 10 of The Wheel of Time, Crossroads of Twilight. I have some HPL books to read then which I'm quite excited about as I've never read any of his before.

[sdkdmd]

Pick up some zines with some first print stories by Brian that I never read

[Silver]

OK I've exhausted my collection of Robert Jordan, don't have New Spring but can't affoard it either so never mind!

Now reading HPLs Omnibus 1, At the Mountains of Madness

[topol_sheap]

you shoudl read: Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Horror

it's a much better way to get HPL if you're new to his work... it's got some superb short stories in:)

IF you stick with what you are reading, you'll have the Case of Charles Dextor Ward to read which is great:)

[Lupa the Ancient]

Been having a break from all things horror of late... Read some Micheal Moore, Clintons autobiography, a book on the spanish civil war, Morbo -an history to Spanish Football and Gazzas autobiography....

Read Lord of the Flies which is a classic, and just started 100 Years of solitude by Gabriel Marquez.... got some 'classics' by Dickens, Bronte, Dumas to pick up soon...

[Goth Girl]

Haven't gotten round to reading Jago yet! got distracted by re-reading the entire Anita Blake series by Laurell K Hamilton, then moved onto her 'Faerie' stuff... but Jago will be coming with me to Belgium next weekend, so maybe I'll get round to it then smile.gif

[Silver]

Tops I'm getting aquainted with Mr Ward right now and finding him very interesting. The Haunter of the Dark is Omnibus 3 so I havn't started reading it yet, I had a book voucher to spend so I took the plunge and bought all 3!

[Lupa the Ancient]

..Lovecrafts Charles Dexter Ward - is one of my favourite stories -EVER!!! CLASSIC!

[topol_sheap]

Silver, The Arkham versions are in the order I mention, and I find that order much better than the current UK one. But, once you've read them it doesn't matter as you'll return to dip in and out over the coming years smile.gif

Dexter is superb!

[Lupa the Ancient]

I picked up the Mammoth Book of Vampires and a Collection of Algernon Blackwoods stories today, I haven't had a horror read for sometime and this bleak rainy weather is inspiring me to read some good ghost stories!! grin.gif

[Silver]

Lupa I have the Mammoth Book of Vamps and as I recall there are some very good stories in it. Happy reading.

[Lupa the Ancient]

Just picked up my dog-eared copy of House of Doors, its about 6 years since I read it so having a Lumley fix prior to anything else....

I have a few Repairman Jack books, so gonna pick one or two of them ones up prior to October 2, so I can compare notes with me old mate Tops!.. while have a few snifters of ale no doubt!!!!!

[sdkdmd]

Just got a copy of The Saga of Genseric's Fifth-Born Son.
Don't know when i'll get to it, but did anyone read the whole series?

[Lupa the Ancient]

Finished re-reading The House of Doors, excellent stuff... I've gone onto a Repairman Jack book 'Legacies' by F Paul Wilson -- have hardly put it down.

The Second Visit will be getting an airing shortly....

[sdkdmd]

Started reading Genseric's 5th born son,first 3 chapters so far,and so far I like it.

[sdkdmd]

Originally posted by Lupa the Ancient


Sooo many books...Sooo little time...I need eternal life!!!!!!
How true.The reason I have such a hard time re-reading books.

[ September 01, 2004, 08:16 AM: Message edited by: sdkdmd ]

[Goth Girl]

Just started Kim Newman's Jago.

So far, so good smile.gif

[Lupa the Ancient]

Originally posted by sdkdmd:
Originally posted by Lupa the Ancient

</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr /> Sooo many books...Sooo little time...I need eternal life!!!!!!
How true.The reason I have such a hard time re-reading books. </font>[/QUOTE]Yeh... but I only read books again that are really worth the effort, obviously anything Lumley, Lovecraft, Campbell, Barker and King -- sometimes you can get even more enjoyment when reading again.

But it is great to discover something new as well .... thanks to Tops I started the Repairman Jack books this year.... smile.gif

[sdkdmd]

For me it's Barker, King [Tower],and of coarse Lumley.

I always have couple - half dozen other books on the shelf.
My problem is finding the time.

[Lupa the Ancient]

Just finished Legacies by FP Wilson, a cracking book which I didn't put down...

Back to Mr L. and the Second Visit....

[topol_sheap]

Legacies is great:) Conspiracies is better. Actually they get better with each book - not one bad one so far... not sure how the guy does it.

As for me, I'm about 2/3rds of the way through Wolves of the Calla, which is cracking reading... it also looks like my plan to read them all in one big read is going to pay off... Hmmm, is that about 3500-4000 pages in one sitting?

Next up will be Song of Susannah, which will be in a couple of weeks, and then I'll have the final book in my grasp (on 21st), so sometime in october I'll hopefully have finished, and have the time to read a Laymon someone recommended to me! THen back to the list of books I own, but haven't had a chance to read yet!

Later,

Tops

[ September 06, 2004, 04:23 AM: Message edited by: Tops ]

[Lupa the Ancient]

... put an order in for The Haunted Air and Gateways (also Sims to take me above the £19 for free p & p on amazon!) ... so looking forward to continuing my Repairman Jack-fest!!

[topol_sheap]

Lupa,

Sims was the best book I read last year, without a shadow of a doubt. It's not Jack, but it's really good, and I haven't had anyone to talk about that with yet. (the people on the RMJ board are a little cliquey for my liking!!!)

I take it you like his stuff then??? well I guess you do as your ordering more of it. I still need to get a copy of Midnight Mass (the novel), which has been out for a while!)...

I need to finish WOlves of the Calla so I can get to Song of Susannah...

TOps

[Lupa the Ancient]

.... Midnight Mass looks very good. My Birthday is around the corner so maybe some hints to the family are in order!!

[Lupa the Ancient]

Anyone read anything by Kelley Armstrong? They seem to be bigging her up in Waterstones by giving a sampler away, don't know anything about her to be honest..... think the sampler includes Laurell Hamilton as well...

[Goth Girl]

I like Laurell Hamilton, but never heard of the other bint.

A certain other book (which name I won't mention!) is still underway, and should be available before Christmas...!

[Canker]

The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri INFERNO.

Talk about a heady read. grin.gif

[JB_Lestat]

I am, unknowingly and perhaps idiotically, deciding to try out some mystery novels... and I want to read some good stuff as in, high vocab, intelligent, thought-out stuff. Any recommendations would be appreciated considering that I have no idea where to begin.

[topol_sheap]

You could do worse than Sherlock Holmes.

[Lupa the Ancient]

Finished The Second Visit again... grand stuff, I am now in a lull before the 21 Sept and the release of The Dark Tower.... abit of short fiction and some non-fiction to fill the gap.... a marathon Repairman Jack session is around the corner!!!

Sherlock Holmes is the Daddy of that Genre.... great stuff!! grin.gif

[Exsanguinator]

Or you can go to the Grand-daddy of the genre and read the Edgar Allan Poe mysteries featuring C Auguste Dupin... They set the groundwork for Doyle, Dashiel Hammet, Christie and more. Damned fine stuff...

[JB_Lestat]

Doyle and Poe I've already been peeking into. Good stuff.
Just wanted to be sure that I wasn't missing out on any other "biggies".

[Silver]

I'm still with Lovecraft and will remain that way until I've finished the Mythos Omnibus, in book 2 at the moment and loving it.

[Lupa the Ancient]

Been reading some good short stories from the Gathering the Bones anthology....

Just started The Dark Tower ....tinged with some sadness!!

[topol_sheap]

damn all you DT fans... I have about 100 pages of Susannah left, and still waiting for my DT from amazon... funny they are normally so good... so I'm not happy about the situation at all... will wait until saturday,an dif it's not turned up, I'll be going out and buying a copy, and sending the amazon one back for taking way longer than "dispatched in 24 hours".... damn them ;)

[Lupa the Ancient]

... for any bargain hunters, I got my copy from the ASDA for £12.96! ....Normally Amazon are great, they did well with the Star Wars box sets...

[sdkdmd]

I'm in a lull right now.
I think i'll start DT from the beginning.

[topol_sheap]

hey, have you read it before???

(now I'm starting to sound like everyone else where DT is concerned... what happened to me?)

[sdkdmd]

Yes, I did read it before, the first four, twice.
then I decided not to read the rest until they all came out and then read them stright thru.

I started gunslinger last night.

[sdkdmd]

I will still be reading DT at the time of the Con.
Do I dare bring another author with me? :confused:

[Red Willow]

I'm currently working my way through the Gormenghast trilogy, loving it (esp Fuschia!)

[Lupa the Ancient]

I'll also be bringing down the HEAVY BOOK that is the Dark Tower to while away the train journey from Leeds ....I haven't had the opportunity as yet to get in a good session with it, so the 6/7 hour trip should do nicely....

[topol_sheap]

OK, I'm about 30 pages into DT7... it's good so far... I don't want to finish this.

[Nathan]

Page 651.

My, my, my, oh, my. He definately saved his best for last. Prepare yer emotions.

'Bout a hunert pages to go and I gotta git to work. :mad:

I can't believe it's actually gonna happen. I'll finish with DT late tonight.

[topol_sheap]

I'm taking my time over this...

[Lupa the Ancient]

.. me also Tops, I'm about 140 pages.... my train journey on Friday should be fun!

[Nathan]

*SIGH*

[Helmet Head]

Are the DT books really this good fellas????

I'll be hohest and say that I've never ever read a Stephen King book, he's just never appealed to me and so I've never bothered with him.

Thats probably just me being obstinate for no apparent reason but hey thats me, the reason I asked my orginal question is that over the last 6 months or so you lot and your continuos bleating about how terrific these books are has made me lift my blinkers and glance every so often over at the DT books in WHSmith's.

So should I buy them or would they be wasted on a non King fan???

[Nathan]

Whether you like King's other stuff or not, you'll like the Dark Tower books. They're completely different from his norm. As a matter of fact, the end reminds me of the end of the original five Necroscope books!

Ka really is a wheel after all!!

Have you others who're reading this last DT book read Insomnia, Everything's Eventual (the short story, not the book), and Hearts in Atlantis? I only ask because three people from those respective books show back up to play a major role in DT7. I don't think you'll have had to read 'em to understand, but to fully understand, you probably should.

Insomnia isn't all that great a read, but the other two are most excellent...

smile.gif

[topol_sheap]

I'm saving the filler for reading afterwards... I read insomnia about 10 years ago...

Pete, just go to smiths and buy them all - you wont regret it - I didn't!

[sdkdmd]

I agree Go for it.

I also read the other stories that N8 referred to but that was many years ago.

[sdkdmd]

As a matter of fact, I just got home with DT7 but it will be awhile before I get to it.
I started from the begining

[Lupa the Ancient]

I've been reading King since been knee high to a grasshopper -- The Dark Tower is fantastic, it stiches all his work together....

Others I recommend - The Stand, Pet Sematary, The Shining and Salems Lot - any a good place to start....

[Canker]

Khai of Khem (hardcover) is here so I'm back to reading this incredible story!

[John & Paul]

After listening to the panels about Khai I've dug out my copy to read.. looking forward to this book..never read it yet!
I know I'm a heathen !!!

[John & Paul]

Just noticed the Hardcover Khai book is only £12.51 on Amazon...wow got to order that straight away... pity it didn't have the two covers like at K4 .... only 2 toonies have that copy smile.gif smile.gif smile.gif

[hocopepa]

working my way through dagons bell (cheers DC). then shall also read khai.

[Rixy]

Gareth, Let us know what you think of Dagons bell, it's a great collection.

[Lupa the Ancient]

Around 430 pages into The Dark Tower.... good stuff.

Dagons Bell is a really good collection -Enjoy!

[Lupa the Ancient]

.. Finished the Dark Tower, and I certainly wasn't disappointed. For once he got the ending just right, I know theres a few reading it so don't want to spoil for anyone.

I need some light relief, so I'm gonna dust some Pratchett off my shelf.... I'm about 5/6 behind his latest so just picked up The Fifth Elephant...

[Botch the Mad]

i agree with you on the tower ending. just the way i wanted it to be. hard to actually read the end, though. don't you think?

[Goth Girl]

I'm currently reading Maelstrom Vol.1, which has some incredible stories in it... well done, you know who!!

[DC 1]

Just finished the Gruesome Book and now reading Superhorror. Both Edited by Ramsey Campbell.

Some really good short stories including Deep Sea Conch and the Viaduct.

[Lupa the Ancient]

Originally posted by Botch the Mad:
i agree with you on the tower ending. just the way i wanted it to be. hard to actually read the end, though. don't you think? I reckon its always the same if you've been reading a series of books for a number of years.... Necroscope springs to mind!...

[sdkdmd]

Just finish Gunslinger, took awhile due to the Con, on to Drawing of the three [my third time]
can't wait for Wolves of the Calla. [my first time]

[The Bloody Lady]

just read something by John Saul, can't remember the name....!!!!

then ..Persepolis, a comic book look at the life of a young girl living in Iran

and now i'm going to start King of Torts by John Grisham

i'm awaiting my copy of Harry n other weird heros!!!!!!

smile.gif

[Lupa the Ancient]

Just finished The Fifth Elephant by Pratchett, this has been one of his best for sometime... are the Discworld books popular in the USA?

I fancy getting upto date with his books but have just picked up F Paul Wilsons Conspiracies.... Jack is back!!

[topol_sheap]

Yeah it's about time Jack is back again... I think it's about 8 months till the next book... one thing I do know is that the man has already written the next 2.

[bloody path]

Hi i have just started Stephen King's The dark tower the last book hope its good

[Rixy]

I'm trying to work through The Word & The Void" by Terry Brooks. It's three books in one collection. I brought it to read on the flight back from Oz but I'm having real trouble getting into it. I don't know why, the stories got a good idea and it's pretty well written but I'm just struggling. I'm determined to finish it cause I'm a stubborn sod!

After that I've got Going Postal by Terry Pratchett, Incubus Dreams by Laurel K. Hamilton and the latest Bernard Cornwell dark ages book.

[Canker]

Just finished Khai of Khem in Hardcover..... no clue where to go or what to read now..........

[Lupa the Ancient]

Just finished F Paul Wilsons Conspiracies - this was a great read, one of the best books I've read this year. The Repairman Jack story really starts to kick off here...

Picked up The Truth by Pratchett....

[Bungus Blood Beast]

Just finished revisiting 'The Dreaming Jewels' Theodore Sturgeon. its an old one but light and easy.

"Horty Bluett ate ants beacuse every once in a while he just had to."

[sdkdmd]

Finishing "Drawing..." still just as good as the first times.
On to "The Waste Lands"

[topol_sheap]

"Drawing.." is my favourite so far, followed by Wizard and Glass.

[sdkdmd]

If i remember right, out of the first four, Waste Land was my favorite.

You should be almost finished?? On your last book??

[topol_sheap]

yeah, on the last book... been working hard, so I've been having trouble finishing it... About 300 pages in... I've been reading this since KC4... so not happy it's not over, but atleast it's lasting ;)

[Lupa the Ancient]

Finished The Truth by Pratchett, which was another good bit of Discworld...

Picked up The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson....

[Helmet Head]

Finished the Primal Land Books at the begining of the week, really good stuff.

[Ema]

Originally posted by Lupa the Ancient:
Just finished The Fifth Elephant by Pratchett, this has been one of his best for sometime... are the Discworld books popular in the USA?

I fancy getting upto date with his books but have just picked up F Paul Wilsons Conspiracies.... Jack is back!! Love Pratchett! Although unless if you go online they are hard to find. I get lucky and find some every now & then at the good old used bookstores. I have about 7 to go for the complete set.

Fifth is great! And the Truth... hee hee Otto is one of my favorite characters!

'Hold please for ze camera... here ve go... *FLASH* Aaargh... ' LOL!

[Lupa the Ancient]

Originally posted by Ema:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Lupa the Ancient:
Just finished The Fifth Elephant by Pratchett, this has been one of his best for sometime... are the Discworld books popular in the USA?

I fancy getting upto date with his books but have just picked up F Paul Wilsons Conspiracies.... Jack is back!! Love Pratchett! Although unless if you go online they are hard to find. I get lucky and find some every now & then at the good old used bookstores. I have about 7 to go for the complete set.

Fifth is great! And the Truth... hee hee Otto is one of my favorite characters!

'Hold please for ze camera... here ve go... *FLASH* Aaargh... ' LOL! </font>[/QUOTE]Cheers Ema ... I used to O/D a little on him a few years ago and read 3 or 4 back to back - then I'd get fed up of him. So every now and again I like to pick one of them up. I'm about 4 books from catching up with his annual releases. Wasn't sure if he was published in the USA or not.... thats ___ing good to hear that you can get his stuff! grin.gif

[Ema]

My first TP book was 'Hogfather' and I had brought it to work to read during break and lunch and LMAO while reading it.. heh heh folks thought I was a bit strange anyhoo.. laughing aloud at a book sure doesn't help! I went after reading when I still lived in MN and bought every book my used bookstore had.. which was 9 I believe at the time.

I should check out some here in Grand Rapids.. I'm sure there are a few of them around here. There is a module made by a fan for the game Neverwinter Nights that is just great.. has most all the characters and little bits (for the quests) from many of his books.

Into re-reading for the umpteenth time the Necroscope series at the moment, but methinks I need a bit of Pratchett very soon...

[John & Paul]

Lupa.. I was in a second hand bookshop up here recently and saw loads of Pratchett books.. send me an e-mail of the ones you need and I'll price them up next time I'm in there if you want.

[Goth Girl]

I started reading Prat-chett almost at the beginning of Discworld, with The Light Fantastic, and until Soul Music I was a huge fan... used to literally laugh out loud while reading. But since then I find it getting very repetitive... the last few I've read I find myself thinking "he did that joke in...", and it's totally ruined the whole series for me. Last one I bought for a long plane trip... I left it on the plane!

I don't think much of him as a person either. I met him a few times at signings, and he did the same goth joke at me each time... he wasn't as amused when I told him the joke was getting old!

But I walk past the Fantasy Centre every night, and they've got a tonne of second hand Prat-chett (no, not all from me!), so if people (Ema, Lupa, whoever!) list what they're missing I'll keep my eyes open.

[Lupa the Ancient]

Cheers Guys, but I do tend to get his books when there released so I'm upto date. Thanks for the offer anyway.....

I've been to one Pratchett signing - it was packed and he was rather brusque!

[Lupa the Ancient]

Got abit bogged down with the Illuminatus Trilogy...so picked up my next Repairman Jack book-All the Rage.....

[The Bloody Lady]

Just read 3 books by Koontz in quick succession and i do mean quick, it is just me or do his books seem really good at the start and give lots of ghostie horror but just realllllly drop off at the end.

i got really disappointed with the books as i thought they would be good but....

I'm starting Khai (again) 2nite, that will be a rockin good read!!!

[sdkdmd]

I've read about 7 or 8 of his books and i agree,
there were a couple i didn't even finish but i did like [i believe they were] cold fire & winter moon.

[Nathan]

Don't know which ones you read, Scar, but the older ones are definately better...

smile.gif

[The Bloody Lady]

Nate

Lightning, The Mask and Servants of the Twilight

seems to me like he uses all his words in the book and runs out of them when it comes to the end of the books so it just drops off.

ahem.... ;)

[John & Paul]

I love midnight and his older books, but his newer ones can't keep me enthralled at all.. still bought them so don't know who's the biggest mug..me or him :confused:

[topol_sheap]

I read half of Shadowfires and threw it away... I thought it was awful... but I remember discussing this before with people. Maybe I'll give him another try...

[Nathan]

Hey Tops... do give him another try. Shadowfires was originally released under the pen-name of Leigh Nichols. I think he was trying to appeal to a female audience with that one. No wonder you didn't like it!

:cool:

[topol_sheap]

this female audience you mention, I take it they like going to bed with people crucified above it then? LOL ;)

[Lupa the Ancient]

Used to like early Koontz ... but the last couple haven't been upto much.

I've got a couple of his latest efforts on my shelf, including Odd Thomas...

Still reading All the Rage at the minute which is great....

[topol_sheap]

Wait until you read hosts ;) probably my favourite after legacies. Although Gateways is also superb!

[Lupa the Ancient]

Oh Tops, these books are brilliant. My favourite of the first 3 has been Consipiracies..... my bus journey into work on a morning seems mighty short when I'm reading these. Tension,great characters and brilliant stories.... dare I say that Repairman Jack is the best character since Harry Keogh??

[topol_sheap]

I think it's a fair thing to say... since there have been no Necro Novels for a long while now, these are now the staple "can't wait for the next" type of novel. The next one INFERNAL, has just been finished in draft format... so roll on next june!

[sdkdmd]

hey Tops, did you finish DT yet?

I'm still on waste land been buzy myself.

Repairman Jack, there always seems to be some thing about them on here, are they that good?
how many books are there, are they a series, should they be read in order or are they stories in them selfs?

[Lupa the Ancient]

sdkdmd... theres a thread in Settlement on Repairman Jack.. i've put it back to the top for anyone else interested.

Tops knows his stuff on him....

[topol_sheap]

I'm about 150 pages from the end of DTIV... other things have been getting the way lately.. but I'm trying to get at least 20pages a day out of the way... which is not the easiest thing in the world to do right now.

As for RMJ... well, I'll have a look at the other thread... Yes, there is an order to read them in, and they also fit in with another series of books, this was not FPW's original intention - it just happened!

[ November 17, 2004, 08:21 AM: Message edited by: Tops ]

[sdkdmd]

it's gotta be frustrating getting through the whole DT series the way you did [at lease it seem like you got through it quick] and then get held up on the last one.

i'll have to give RMJ a look, if its not to extensive.

[Lupa the Ancient]

Take a look at the Tomb sdkdmd ....and see what you think.

I read some of his stuff years ago ...but earlier this year started on the other RMJ stuff and to be honest its been the best stuff I've read this year alongside The Dark Tower....

[topol_sheap]

very frustrating. I hate it when this happens. But I am reading it, and enjoying it very much. When I've finished, it'll be time to go and buy a copy of MIdnight Mass by FPW as I need a vampire fix ;) Then hopefully on to Abarat 2, and then a very long sleep.

as for RMJ, do what Lupa says and read the Tomb, if you don't like that (I doubt that), then it's not worth reading the rest. RMJ isn't too extensive - when I was reading them the first time, I got through about 4 of 'em in about 3 weeks.

[sdkdmd]

Abarat, i also need to get to the second one.

Posted by Lupa


Sooo many books...Sooo little time...I need eternal life!!!!!!
this has to be the best statment on the board.

[ November 18, 2004, 06:45 AM: Message edited by: sdkdmd ]

[Lupa the Ancient]

Finished All the Rage ..another cracking part of the RMJ saga.

I'm gonna have a Brian fix now, re-reading Hero of Dreams - its been a while.....

[Lupa the Ancient]

For anyone interested - you can now buy books on play.com and they are doing the 2nd ABARAT book for £9.99.....

[topol_sheap]

oooh ;) might have to buy this through them then:)

[Lupa the Ancient]

Finished Hero of Dreams, so straight onto the next un' .... Ship of Dreams. Its ages since I read them so its great to get my Lumley fix with theses classics....

[Canker]

Just finished Covenant with the Vampire and am now reading Children of the Vampire. Both by Jeanne Kalogridis.

Read these before and the last of the three books Lord of the Vampires I believe. Great reads!

[Lupa the Ancient]

Finished re-reading Ship of Dreams, onto a book thats been recommended to me. The Straw Men by Micheal Marshall, the author is Micheal Marshall Smith who has written a few sci-fi novels - so the publishers have re-packaged him for the thriller audience!

A book in keeping with Thomas Harris....good start...

[Lupa the Ancient]

Finished The Straw Men, which was a real page turner ....the end was a little rushed but all in all a damn fine read.

Reading some Charles Dickens now, and what better book to pick up at this time of year than his five Christmas Books.....

BAH! HUMBUG!!!

[Hubris]

My old lady's been hounding me to start these Anita Blake novels by Laurell Hamilton. Not too keen on the whole chick hunter thing, but good start none the less.

[hocopepa]

Just bought Willow a copy of The Ring (the book the films were based on), giving it to her tonight, want to read it myself dammit.
Other than that I'm in a very student-y phase, reading Plato's Republic.

[sdkdmd]

Finished Waste Land[took long enough],want to pick up a paper back copy of wizard & glass but until then, some BL shorts.

[topol_sheap]

oh, I have about 10 pages left of the final DT book... yeah!!! Would have finished this morning, but thought I might be really sick instead! ;P

[sdkdmd]

Yeah!!! OK, not a word from me. :rolleyes:

[kenny]

Started reading Demogogrgon, what l've read sofar is great. Sandra asked me if l was reading any good books at the moment, l said yes, silly me but l gave her Demogorgon(she reads a lot faster than me). So l picked up Phsycospere and l will finish it before l start the other book as it is a compelling read, can't wait to read Psychamok.

[sdkdmd]

if you didn't read house of doors i suggest you do, it's one of my favorites.
it sounds like you'll get to it sooner or later anyway. :cool:

[Lupa the Ancient]

Finished The Christmas Books by Dickens, which was great stuff - really enjoyed it. Had a quick read of The Screwtape Letters by C S Lewis....

Just started Oh Play that Thing the latest book from Roddy Doyle ... sequel to A Star Called Henry - a great author. Will probably be my last book of the year....

[Lupa the Ancient]

Finished the Roddy Doyle book which was really good... just moved onto one of my Chrimbo pressies - The Vesuvius Club by Mark Gatiss...

[Lupa the Ancient]

Finished The Vesuvius Club which was an entertaining read, hopefully this will be the first of a series.... by the way anyone who likes Mark Gatiss his latest radio series is on a Thursday night at 11.00pm - Nebulous, a sc-fi comedy on Radio 4.

Started The Plot Against America by Philip Roth...

[Hubris]

Started Robin Hobb's Farseer Trilogy. I've been hounded on how I would enjoy it. Pretty good start so far.

[sdkdmd]

For some reason i reread Thief of Always right in the middle of rereading Wizards n Glass which i need to finish so i can get on with my first reading of the rest of DT series but now i keep looking over at Thinner whats that saying Lupa to many books.....

[topol_sheap]

OK, right now I'm reading Cryptomicon by Neal Stephenson... cracking, absolutely. So far about 250 pages in and enjoying every minute.

[Goth Girl]

Hooray! Just ordered the 12th of the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series, and the third of the Merry Gentry series; both by Laurell K Hamilton.

Hurry up postie, I need them NOW!

[topol_sheap]

I just had Midnight Mass by F Paul Wilson arrive, so horray for me:) I feel an FPW fest coming up as I've been hoarding a few of them for a rainy day ! smile.gif

[Ema]

Just stuffed as I had realized that a box full of books I wanted to keep whilst moving wasn't with the others I had.. all my Pratchett books! Plus many other classics, Hobbit being one. I have that 3 box set you gave me though Jase of the LotR trilogy! That was packed in my 'Don't You Dare Give This To Goodwill' box along with my Lumley & other gift books :) Anyhoo, placating myself with Gates of Fire about the Spartans last stand with the Persians and the 10,000. Next will be the Titus books again :)

Hmm, although Conan is calling me on DVD..... can you hear him? heh heh Coming!

[sdkdmd]

Ive never read the book "Gates of Fire" but ive watched the movie "The 300 Spartans" ???times and it one of my all time favorite movies.

sorry to hear about your lost Ema