I am about to start reading The Bloody Red Baron which I picked up at the York Book Fair earlier this month.

 

I know I'm supposed to read Anno Dracula first but I can't find/afford it and can't wait to read the one that I do have!

Originally posted by The Helm:

Read Magician by Feist a few months ago and liked it but wasn't blown away, finally got round to Silverthorn the second in his rift war triology and was absolutely hooked. I couldn't put it down and devoured it within two days, about to start the final book as I write this which is A Darkness at Sethanon...

 

Would really recomend these books to anyone, there really fantastic, love em.........

Heh ehh you haven't even put a dent in his books!

 

The Riftwar-Series:

Magician (1982)

Silverthorn (1985)

A Darkness at Sethanon (1986)

 

Serpentwar-Series:

Prince of the Blood (1989)

The King's Buccaneer (1992)

 

The Empire-Sequence:

written with Janny Wurts

Daughter of the Empire (1987)

Servant of the Empire (1990)

Mistress of the Empire (1992)

 

The Serpentwar-Saga:

Shadow of a Dark Queen (1994)

Rise of a Merchant Prince (1995)

Rage of a Demon King (1997)

Shards of a Broken Crown (1998)

 

The Riftwar Legacy:

Krondor the Betrayal (1998)

Krondor: the Assassins (September 1999)

Krondor: Tear of the Gods (2000)

 

The Conclave of Shadows:

Talon of the Silver Hawk (2003)

King of Foxes (2004)

Exile's Return (2005)

 

 

I even haven't gotten them all, I need the first & last in the Empire series and the last two sets. Riftwar Legacy & Conclave of Shadows to complete my collection. Most of what I have have been gifts, trades, etc.. just like many of the books from Brian have been.

 

Serpentwar Saga is one of my fav's, Empire is well, you have to read to find out what that's all about! Pug's been there though I got my Magician from a dear online friend from Oz cripes, must have been in 1992 thereabouts.. I've been hooked since then! Feist, Tolkien (My very nice boxed set I got from Jase of the trilogy is already had!) & Eddings are the only other authors other than Brian's work who I've been trying to get every book of.

Silver, I read the Bloody Red Baron without reading Anno Dracula first... it's mainly the relationship between the characters that was established that is missing from the second, but no big!

 

You can always borrow my Anno Drac next time you visit (was that a subtle hint or what!)

anno drac is rather excellent.

 

has anyone read Fat White Vampire Blues? it's on my list to read... looks rather funny!

just started on Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. Only read sandman, but I'm liking this

I just finished reading Neverwhere at the weekend (I'd read it before ages ago, but someone half-inched my copy)... it made the long hours at Schonefeld Flughafen go much quicker!

 

Top book, as is pretty much everything I've read by Gaiman

Moving Mars by Gregg Bear, it's really deep, makes you think, and is just excellent sci-fi.

yay got gaiman

 

funny, a lot of people are reading neverwhere right now...

ok, so I finished neverwhere a bit ago, and am about 1/2 way through american gods.

 

youknow what I like the most about gaiman? the fact that it reminds me of being out on a thursday with my mates in london. it's utter rubbish (like most of the conversations that I have with people), and I love that about it:D

 

oh, and am I the only one reading around here?

Just started Digital Fortress by Dan Brown, not sure why but I kind of liked Angels and Demons and the di Vinci Code wasn't too bad I suppose.

So I'm giving this a go...

The red queen by Matt Ridley, sex and the evolution of human nature, if you want to know why us men do what we do and if us men want to know why women do what they do, read it, we are basically all just a bunch of promiscuous old tarts. Fascinating read.

catch up

 

The Pig & the House Edward Lee...Whoa...Sick...Gross...nasty...

 

The Turtle Boy-Kealan Patrick...VG

 

In the Midnight Museum-Gary Braunbeck...OK

 

F...in lie Down Already-Tom Piccirilli...Good

 

Boneland-Jeffrey Thomas...Good

 

Looking Glass...Good

 

Windows-Ray Garton...VG

 

Failure-John Everson...VG

 

Just started Terminal-Brian Keene...?

I'll ead davinci code before I see it, although I did hate angels and demons, to be honest, I don't think it was good enough to use as toilet paper.

 

The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. Heheh must have read it 3 or 4 times already and still catch things I have missed. Kinda a Russian version of Faust with a few other things thrown in

 

EDIT: Oh and a re-reading of Titus Crow Dreamland is next

 

[ March 19, 2006, 05:35 PM: Message edited by: Ema ]

HR Giger did a painting influenced by that book... wonderful, as all his artwork is!

Just read the brief on this book EM, sounds very intriguing but at the same time I'm also repulsed by the religious overtones of it.

Basically, I'm asking is it worth the read???

Helm, being agnostic I have enjoyed it, actually the first time I read it was due to it being banned at one point.. curiosity you know Sure the overtones are there (the man is in an insane asylum too when it starts up heh ehh so take it from there), but the way it is written made me (IMHO) take it as a whole as a comedic & Russian take on Faust.. which I also have and enjoy. So in short.. I'd say yes.. at least worth the renting at a library or borrowing from a friend if you don't want to buy it.

I didn't actually start reading The Bloody Red Baron back when I intended to, I opted to go for the books I got for Christmas instead, not entirely sure why. I think it was because one of the books I got was the lates Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams that had been taunting me in the book shops for months when I couldn't afford to buy it!

 

I loved it, and then I read Sharon Osbourne's book extreme as that was the other Christmas book I got. Loved that too.

 

Got the biography bug a little then and read Billy.

 

Then I had to start packing for the move! Now I'm all unpacked and ready to go, but I think I'll have to wait a little longer now and pay a visit to Madame Goth! (Was going to be in touch anyway actually as I'll be in the capital next month with work, I'll text you with details)

Em, I needs help ordering my new found Feist obsesion...

 

I've read the three Riftwar books; Magician, Silverthorn and A Darkness at Sethanon...

 

I've just bought the four Serpantwar books now and am about to embark upon them...

 

So I starts reading and then realise these books are set 50 years later???

 

Am I reading these books in the correct order or should I be buying the Krondor books, the Riftwar Legend books the books about books which are about books....I'm so confused, I went too confused.com but they just wanted to sell me insurance or sumat....

 

Basically could you pwease tell me what order I should now be trying to read these bloody books in???

 

Dam prolific authors..........

Think I should of got Prince of the Blood and The Kings Buccaneer in first before starting these, ah well to late read the first one already and about to pick up the second...

 

First one was brill by the way and I'm starting to really really really love these books and will be buying them all plus all future ones.........

Eaps sorry Helm! Just saw this.. this series is one that almost ranks up with the re-reading amounts of Brian's works.. I think his has Feist beat by 1 full re-read

 

Here goes:

 

The Riftwar-Series:

Magician (1982)

Silverthorn (1985)

A Darkness at Sethanon (1986)

 

Serpentwar-Series:

Prince of the Blood (1989)

The King's Buccaneer (1992)

 

The Empire-Sequence:

written with Janny Wurts

Daughter of the Empire (1987)

Servant of the Empire (1990)

Mistress of the Empire (1992)

 

The Serpentwar-Saga:

Shadow of a Dark Queen (1994)

Rise of a Merchant Prince (1995)

Rage of a Demon King (1997)

Shards of a Broken Crown (1998)

 

The Riftwar Legacy:

Krondor the Betrayal (1998)

Krondor: the Assassins (September 1999)

Krondor: Tear of the Gods (2000)

 

The Conclave of Shadows:

Talon of the Silver Hawk (2003)

King of Foxes (2004)

Exile's Return (2005)

 

Now Empire and Serpentwar kinda goes hand in hand as far as time lines, one is Midkemia and the other well heh ehh 'Them'! Feist does a good job of explaining who folks are too, and iirc there are two Jimmy's (one is Grandpa 'The Hand'), two Arutha's and maybe another father/son/grandson duo too.

 

Love Feist.. highly recommend either buying new or even used of the whole lot.

Love em and will just continue to read em no matter the order, there brill anyway...although missing Arutha the 1st, Roald and all the old gang and cant wait to read the others that still have some of there tales in...loving the fact that Jimmy the Hand is still around but cant wait to get a few tales of him still in his younger days.

I just hope he's in Prince of the Blood or the Kings Buccaneer....

Helm,

 

This is from the man himself:

 

Seriously, if you want to read them chronologically rather than in publishing order, I would suggest you do it thusly.

 

Magician

Jimmy the Hand

Honored Enemy

Murder in Lamut

Silverthorn

Darkness

The Empire Trilogy

The Krondor Series

Prince

Buccaneer

Serpentwar

Conclave

Darkwar

 

Or you could just read them in published order, too.

 

Best, R.E.F.

Gah I forgot about Jimmy the Hand and Murder, he did put some single books in there hmm... speaking of which I need those two.

 

Heh eh and I did a quickie and just got my list from Feist's site :-P

 

And are you sure about Empire being so far ahead of Serpentwar? Ahh yep, my bad as Pug is mentioned when he was a Great One, but still I think serpentwars gah, now you've done it, lol, gonna have to re-read them again since it seems to me the books about the boys should be after. Maybe I am wrong.

 

And just started Dreamland series too..lol

 

Helm, go with Rixy's list as his has the side books and the newer ones to fit. Either way though you'll enjoy them.

Ema,

 

That list is actually from Feist himself, so I guess it's pretty accurate!

 

Cheers