OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retorical)

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I'm currently reading what I presume is the latest Flinx and Pip book, Flinx's Folly. I also have a bag and a half of mostly hardbacks from the library; just finished rereading The Raven Ring by Patricia C. Wrede, also finished R.A. Salvatore's latest Drizzt book (Which has a suprising twist at the end that will be after some spoiler space) and one by Martha Wells called Wizard Hunters, moving from the career of her illustrious crime lord/sometimes hero and his sometimes drug-addicted sorceror friend to his daughter...(Uh, I'll skip the rest of the intro here except to say that if you like dark humor, intelligent heroes and light somewhere off in the tunnel, even if the tunnel is stinky and filled with sewer water crawling with slimey and squishy things, you'll like this series) as an invasion pumels the nation of Ill-Rien.

I also finished a book of short stories called Swords and Sorcerors (Or maybe Sorceries) (Not to be confused with the simalairly-named anthology editied by Marion Zimmer Bradley (At least, I think it's she)), which includes, among other things, an excerpt from the book 'The Princess Bride'. I didn't even know there was a book.

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[luke_slovakian]

hey man at what age does Wizard Hunters take place in? like wizardry or is there tech like guns and space or what:-d?

The best series is "song of ice and fire" first book is game of thrones really really great and the perseptive is one the greatest:-)

[narf poit chez BOOM]

About 1800s to early 1900s for technology. Magic is real in the books and has about as much effect as technology. Magical creatures also have a definitive effect.

[Raging Deadstar]

Sounds Interesting.

I'm just starting the third and final installment of the K-PAX Trillogy by Gene Brewer. After seeing the film I managed to pick up all 3 in one book for less than £10. (And that was in Major Corporate expensive bookstores!)

I highly recommend this book, If you thought the film was good, then you'll love the way they've expanded it, although in the second book the focus slowly shifts away from Prot. The way it's been set out and portrayed, and the character development, is almost flawless. This is the "Firefly/SG1" of my bookshelf.

[Randallw]

which includes, among other things, an excerpt from the book 'The Princess Bride'. I didn't even know there was a book.

Yes. The movie is based on an english translation of an italian fairy tale from the middle ages that the translator found hidden in an old bookshop (Had trouble with that introduction myself, till I realise of course that he's just having you on)

[tesco samoa]

I am reading about the French Secret Service. Very interesting.

I tried to read guns, germs and steel but the style was rahter dry

[Caduceus]

Currently recommending -

Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson) - fiction
Thick book, quite interesting, though
First of three, the other two are out in HB

Mister Monday (Garth Nix) - children's fiction
Fun fantastical adventure, first of seven :O books
but short, next two are out already.

Founding Brothers (Ellis) - historical
Short essays on the various founding fathers of the US
He also wrote a new Washington book and Ameican Sphinx
about Jefferson

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Flinx's Folly was good. However, it was a transitional book, so not much happened and if you havn't read the series you're probably going to be lost. The series, however, is well worth reading and starts with 'For the love of Mother-Not'.

[Atrocities]

Brotherhood of war series.
Dirk Pitt series.

[Renegade 13]

"Mutineers' Moon" by David Weber.

So far its a good, relatively near-future Sci-Fi type of book. Apart from being a good Sci-Fi book, it puts out a neat alternate explanation for how humanity came to exist on the Earth. Though that's not the main plot in any way.