"Yay fer books!" - What We're Reading.

May I also direct your attention to: http://www.zelaron.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46680. If you really like a book, then please suggest it.

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Beaten to the punch. Rats.

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What I'm reading at the moment is the Great Dune trilogy by Frank Herbert. More accurately, I'm reading the third book, Children of Dune. I've described it elsewhere, so won't go into any detail here.

When I've finished it I've got another SF book from my neighbour to read (based on the Nazis, apparently), and then I'm going to re-read Erikson's Tales of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series, slotting Esslemont's Malazan novels into the right places as I go through it.

well i'm not sure where you've already discussed it so just give me a small breakdown of what the books are about, what kind of genre are they.

Frank Herbert - The Great Dune Trilogy I want to begin with a Science Fiction trilogy which I've recently been reading - Frank Herbert's Dune trilogy: Dune, Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. He wrote a second trilogy, the first book of which carries on directly from CoD, but I've not got that far yet. The Dune trilogy starts by following Paul Atreides, the son of a Duke of one of the Major Houses in the Universe, as he and his family move to the planet Dune, also known as Arrakis. Political intrigue is in play, however, and they soon find themselves on the run. Dune Messiah stays with Paul and new political intrique (I don't want to give too much away here), whilst Children of Dune very much deals with Paul's shadow. The trilogy (and second trilogy) itself is extremely well written and, in my opinion, is one of the best examples of political sci-fi that you'll ever find. Well worth the read, and even though the first book was published in the mid-60s, many of the ideas in it are in no way outdated. His son, Brian Herbert, has written a further two trilogies with a Star Wars fan-fic writer Kevin J. Anderson based on notes left by Frank Herbert... but these should be avoided at all costs. --- Steven Erikson - Tales of the Malazan Book of the Fallen Ian C. Esslemont - Tales of Malazan The second series I want to suggest is still being written, but should see completion within the next two years - Tales of the Malazan Book of the Fallen by Canadian author Steven Erikson. There is also a sister series by Ian C. Esslemont (with whom Erikson built the Universe of Malaz) which is onto its second book. The TotMBotF series is an exercise in epic fantasy, and a truly enormous one at that. I've never before come across a more immersive series. The eighth book, Toll the Hounds, was recently published, and continues to follow the people of the Malazan Empire under the rule of Empress Lasseen. Each book is around 1000 pages in length, contains over a hundred characters and combines three or four story arcs which usually meet at the end. The series itself also combines a number of story arcs, the first of which you don't notice until you're onto the fourth book, by which time another half dozen have been woven into the magnificent tapestry of Erikson's stories. It starts with Gardens of the Moon, and then moves on to Deadhouse Gates. If you can make it through those two, then the rest of the series comes naturally - I warn you now though, that a lot of people can find it very hard to get into GotM. Erikson has been compared to G.R.R.M in the past but, unlike Martin, Erikson produces a book a year and doesn't kill off every 'good' character for giggles.

From my Book Suggestions 2008 thread, linked above.

I'm reading an intricate and complicated book called Soul the Soul World by well known religious author of the 19th century, Paschal Beverly Randolph. Very interesting

are you very religious or is it just an interesting book?

I have not actually sat down and read through an entire book in about literally 3-4 years. I am going to pick up the Audacity of Hope, as well as Dreams from my Father both written by Barack Obama as they both have sold in the millions, and have generated a lot of positive criticism.

well you're doing better than kaz has, he hasnt been through an entire book in his life lol, not even for school :P