Son of the Book Thread

[Johny Cee]

Just finished the second Locke Lamora book last night.  Fun stuff, and I'm curious to see how he'll handle the next book. 

We'll finally be introduced to the lady in Locke's life.

[Mazakiel]

Oh good, he's been building up to that. 

I'm mainly curious how the final snaggle in things at the end of the book gets resolved.  I'm sure it will be, I just wonder how, and if it'll be pulled off well. 

[Johny Cee]

I purchased today:

Pirate Freedom by Gene Wolfe -- Seminary graduate gets thrown back in time and becomes a pirate.  If it was any other author besides Wolfe,  wouldn't bother.

Books of Blood by Clive Barker -- Going to give Barker a shot.

Ice, Iron and Gold by S.M. Stirling -- Short story collection.  I'm a little leery of Stirling now,  but the collection is from Nightshade Books.  Nightshade has been doing some pretty good things with collecting and reprinting older and out of date scifi and fantasy material that's top-notch,  including all of the older Glen Cook stuff.


There's also a new trade paperback collecting the first three Black Company novels.  If you've thought about picking up Cook's stuff,  might be a good place to start.

[Margalis]

Let me know what you think of the Barker stuff. Nobody I know in real life shares my taste in books and movies so I'm salivating to discuss things with people who like what I do or at least have read it...

[HRose]

There's also a new trade paperback collecting the first three Black Company novels.  If you've thought about picking up Cook's stuff,  might be a good place to start.

Yep, I have that on order along with third and fourth of Jordan, Robin Hobb first and Donaldson last in the Gap series.

Then I'll go on a mission to retrieve all Bakker in hardcover and old covers. And if I can't, canadian editions.

[Ironwood]

Currently being Horrified by The Innocent Man by Grisham.

[Abagadro]

Tore through No Country for Old Men in three days. Not my usual fare but the movie intrigued me. Now still digesting both.

[MrHat]

Tore through No Country for Old Men in three days. Not my usual fare but the movie intrigued me. Now still digesting both.

Having neither read nor seen it, in your opinion, read the book first?

[Sky]

Finished Tim Power's Drawing of the Dark. Fun read, but the plot was thiiiin. Ultimately let down by it, though I don't regret the read because it was some fun poking around with anglo-saxon mythology and I'm a viking mofo by way of eire, so it hit on all counts. A bit too much telegraphing the plot twists, no surprises at all in the book if you pay attention and the characters begin to react unrealistically after a while, like he got a bit lazy writing it.

Started Expiration Date, this book is very odd. Fun read, set in LA during the time I lived there in the early 90s.

edit: Just got in my cooks illustrated book club thingy book: The New Best Recipe. I'm a cooksillustrated whore. This book is massive, loaded with cooking goodness.

[Johny Cee]

Tore through No Country for Old Men in three days. Not my usual fare but the movie intrigued me. Now still digesting both.

Having neither read nor seen it, in your opinion, read the book first?

If you're going to read anything by Cormac McCarthy, read Blood Meridian. 

[Reg]

Drawing of the Dark was one of Power's very earliest books. He's improved a whole lot since those days. Have you read Last Call? I'm pretty sure Expiration Date is its sequel.

[Abagadro]

Tore through No Country for Old Men in three days. Not my usual fare but the movie intrigued me. Now still digesting both.

Having neither read nor seen it, in your opinion, read the book first?

Tough call. They are almost identical except for some stuff in the last 5th. Depends on if you have a big thing about "imagining" the book yourself before you see someone's else's take on it. It is a good read though if you like his kind of writing.