Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Discussion/Appreciation Anyone..??

[dmacfour]

Does anyone know of any book similar in style to Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy?

[warmbeachbrat]

Has anyone read "The Empire of the Ice Cream: by Jeffrey Ford? It was on JM blog BOTMC

LS

I read it a while back. I really only liked two stories from the book--the rest I didn't like at all....

We just read a bunch of Arthurian legends in English class...and I was SOO happy--I'm a King Arthur freak

Have you read Mary Stewart's trilogy (The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment) or Stephen Lawhead's (Taliesin, Merlin, Arthur)?

[MmmmMcKAy]

Finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows a few days ago and I must say I don't think it's the best of the series.

I'm now ready "Anansi Boys" by Neil Gaiman. I've only read one other Gaiman book.."Stardust" and was a bit underwhelmed by that. Sorry to all you Gaiman fans.

[Trek_Girl42]

Finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows a few days ago and I must say I don't think it's the best of the series.

I'm now ready "Anansi Boys" by Neil Gaiman. I've only read one other Gaiman book.."Stardust" and was a bit underwhelmed by that. Sorry to all you Gaiman fans.

Whaaaaat! Underwhelmed! Hope you like Anansi Boys better.

[warmbeachbrat]

Finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows a few days ago and I must say I don't think it's the best of the series.

I'm now ready "Anansi Boys" by Neil Gaiman. I've only read one other Gaiman book.."Stardust" and was a bit underwhelmed by that. Sorry to all you Gaiman fans.

I'm not a bit Gaiman fan, either I'm afraid. I loved Deathly Hallows, though--it's my favorite of the series....

[Iffy]

Plesantly surprised by Karen Miller's Empress

[Anubis69]

Finished Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End yesterday.

Wow. Just ... Wow.

[MmmmMcKAy]

Finished Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End yesterday.

Wow. Just ... Wow.

I bought that book recently but haven't read it yet. Good to hear a glowing comment about it. I'll make that my next read for sure.

[Anubis69]

I bought that book recently but haven't read it yet. Good to hear a glowing comment about it. I'll make that my next read for sure.

I bought it based on a synopsis and it's use of the phrase "breath-taking climax". It was spot on.

It's just insane, I reckon you (and probably most Stargate fans) will love it. I'd be interested to hear your (or anyone else who's read it) opinion of it once you're done!

[Mimzy]

Sorry to all the non-Gaiman fans...
I'm currently reading Gaiman's newest book, The Graveyard Book. It's AMAZING!!

[Aewon]

I'm almost done with Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson. It's the eight book in the A Tale in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. It's been constantly exciting ever since Deadhouse Gates, the second book. But now it's building up to a final climax in The Crippled God, the tenth book.

Unfortunately, the ninth book won't be released until next year. But at least I can read the spin-off Return of the Crimson Guard by Ian Cameron Esslemont. His other spin-off, Night of Knives was about as exciting as Steven Erikson's books, so I'm confident that Return of the Crimson Guard will be as good as the main books, especially as it's almost as huge.

[Pandora's_Box]

Finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows a few days ago and I must say I don't think it's the best of the series.

I'm now ready "Anansi Boys" by Neil Gaiman. I've only read one other Gaiman book.."Stardust" and was a bit underwhelmed by that. Sorry to all you Gaiman fans.

"Stardust" is maybe not the best, but "Anansi Boys" is great. As is, "American Gods". But my personal favourite is "Neverwhere".

Plesantly surprised by Karen Miller's Empress

I commented on that novel a page or so back I think.

It was utterly depressing. The main character was horrible, insane, and so unbelievably self-centered.

But I couldn't put the book down, so I guess that says something. I'm trying to talk myself out of reading the sequel. I don't think it'll work.

[MmmmMcKAy]

I already like Anansi Boys much better than Stardust.

[Iffy]

"Stardust" is maybe not the best, but "Anansi Boys" is great. As is, "American Gods". But my personal favourite is "Neverwhere".



I commented on that novel a page or so back I think.

It was utterly depressing. The main character was horrible, insane, and so unbelievably self-centered.

But I couldn't put the book down, so I guess that says something. I'm trying to talk myself out of reading the sequel. I don't think it'll work.

Definitely not the happiest book I've ever read.

[Trek_Girl42]

Just finished Little Brother by Cory Doctrow, which is absolutely fantastic, it has the TG gold star recommendation (very high honour, I promise).

And finished the second Bone volume- these are so adorable, I can't believe I haven't read them before!

And just to tie it in to the conversation, both books have a Neil Gaiman recommendation blurb on the cover. How the frak does the guy have time to write? He blurbs so many books!