Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION The Anywhere Machine So what are you READING?

I am currently reading Star Trek Titan.
This is the first novel of Captain Riker after the events from Nemesis.
I am still waiting on a wow from this book. Even an Oh my gosh...not there yet

I didn't care much for Titan either ... of course
when the whole tagline of the book seems to be
"This is the most ethically diverse starship in
Federation history" you gotta expect things aren't
going to be all that they could be ...

Anyone ever read some of the older Star Trek
boosk? Back before TNG when they took chances
with the Trek books? Anyone remember the books
featuring Spock's son, Zar?

I liked Titan. I liked all the diversity and the potential for all the characters. Also I liked that they have acknowledged all the the other trek books and shows by reintroing chacters like Melora.

I really like Dr Ree too.

I'm reading the latest Robert Jordan paperback. While I do go for long involved stories, this feels like he's writing to write now. So much of the page is used for detailed descriptions, which aren't always bad, but do get tiresome after a bit. And day-to-day activities that don't advance the plot are used to show the characters fretting...

I don't expect he'll finish this series anytime soon. More, this is the outlet for the fanciful life RJ's living in his head.

Update: I am totally loving "Illium" by Dan Simmons. Every single page is a joy and I can hardly wait to get to the next page, yet want to linger on the current one. The mixture of sci-fi and Greek mythology is a perfect combination for me.

What's even more exiting is that the 2nd and last book of the series, "Olympus" comes out in July.

A Gentleman's Game, by Greg Rucka - one of the novels based on the Queen & Country series (or was the comic based on the novels?) Actually, I enjoyed it more than the comic - one of the few monthlies I was getting - so maybe I'll just read the novels. A thriller/adventure - not a whole lot of depth to the characters, though. I think the LeCarré books were filled with more interesting people. Still, fun to read on a rainy weekend.

There's little doubt Jordan has been coasting a bit for 2-3 books. Those detailed descriptions take up a lot of pages, as well as the "I Love Lucy" romantic clashes that are so frequent.

That being said, I haven't been as involved and interested in a series of books since I don't know when. I've read them all at least twice and listened to the audiobooks at least once. A truly completely realized fantasy world, with a history and logic and mythology and wonderful (if a bit cliched) characters.

I'm also reading that right now. Interesting stuff about the workings of the human mind and how we make decisions.

I've just finished "A Man Named Dave", the third of Dave Pelzers autobiographical books.
Very emotional stuff.

About to start "Deception Point" by Dan Brown.
No idea what it's about.

Finished that now. it was quite fun. Discovery of life from another planet in a meteorite fossil.

Now half way through 'The DaVinci Code' by the same author.
It's a bit like 'Angels and Demons' so far. Dead people and secret codes. And lovely European women. Running around lots.

I hear Ron Howard's making a film, with Alfred Molina, Tom Hanks, Sir Ian McKellan and Audrey Wots'ername from Amelie.

It's Audrey Tatou.

Reading Crossing Calfornia by Adam Langer and The Interperter of the Maladies by Lira Something else else.

Both good books. The first short story from Interperter made me cry.

Looking forward to the new Harry Potter and the new James Frey book -My Friend Lenoard.

Woo hoo! George R.R. Martin's "A Feast for Crows" comes out July 26th! Finally!

I just finished "The Monster Show", a book about horror films and culture by one David J. Skal. He does a good job looking at some early horror flicks in the light of the aftermath of the First World War. Strangely enough, the book gets less interesting as he gets closer to the present day.

...and I followed that one with another with another critical analysis, this time of modern "weird" fiction.

Went through it pretty quickly, since it didn't take long to determine that the writer was a tool.

I've started on a collection called "Shadows Over Baker Street". It's a batch of stories mixing Sherlock Holmes with the H.P. Lovecraft Mythos. The first story's by Neil Gaiman and is excellent, despite Gaiman not really having a handle on the Great Old Ones.

I'm on a sci-fi kick right now. ILIUM, by Dan Simmons, was one of the most enjoyable books I've read in years. The sequel, OLYMPOS, comes out in two weeks and I'm chomping at the bit. This is a reimagining of the Greek Gods as post-humans living on Mars some several thousand years from now (4000 AD?). They quantum transport back and forth to the battlefields of Troy to mess with the heroic mortals. Great fun to see the mortals turn the tables on the self-indulgent "gods".

After ILIUM, I read Robert J. Sawyer's FOSSIL HUNTER, book 2 of the Quintaglio Ascension about an intelligent race of dinosaurs transplanted from prehistoric Earth to a new planet to develop independently and give mamals a chance to develop on Earth. Sawyer is one of my favorite writers. He's always exploring the boundaries of his agnosticism and this trilogy is no exception.

I'm now reading MAMMOTH by John Varley, on the recommendation of a review in the Sunday paper. It's fluff.

Got the recommended Ilium from the library - yep, it's a real page turner. It's a lot of fun to see how Simmons plays with Homer's story and adds more insight into the bickering gods. Nasty bunch, they are.

P.S. it's quite funny in parts, as well.

Glad you're enjoying it FC. At your suggestion, I picked up "Souls in the Great Machine" several months ago. It's in my to-be-read pile which is steadily growing taller and taller.

it was after reading Ilium that I decided to included the greek gods in Leg35C Finale! My husband can quote Dan Simmons books like they are gospel.

I finished Mammoth and do not recommend it, other than for casual reading while tanning.

I've just started "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova. It's getting the same kind of positive buzz that "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell" got.

By the way, RTVU2, did you ever finish Jonathan Strange?

Harbs, are you going to read Olympos? Only two weeks before it comes out.

Deffo Semi, but will have to wait until Alan's read it first.

Maybe he could read it aloud to you while he refills your champange glass, peels your grapes and massages your tired feet. It's the least he could do.

We could hope!

I'll point this out to him just in case he takes the hint

I've started reading ILIUM, but haven't been able to continue it recently. Too much stuff going on in college.

I'm also a fan of Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series, though I admit his last few books haven't lived up to the greatness of the first five. I'm patiently waiting for Book 11.

Last book I read was My Friend Lenoard by James Frey.

I am thinking about trying to star over on two books that I gave up on. One being Jonathon Strange and the other being Devil in the White City.

Just finished Louis L'Amour's "Haunted Mesa". It was ok, but he's writen much better. Going to be starting to reread Saberhagen's Books of Swords next.