Thread: What are you reading? (The Book Topic)

I just finished reading Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson. Dude's batting 1000. It's a little different than his usual...steampunk instead of epic fantasy. Still fantastic.

Originally Posted by Alundil

Fourth and final book in the Shadowmarch tetralogy is complete. Very good ending. Emotional ties between characters well done. Williams is a very talented writer.

Next up:
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

There can be only one

So I meant to post back after finishing this book and had forgotten to do so.

First off: I enjoyed it.
Second: It was refreshingly different than what I expected. It is fiction and even 'science-y' in the sense that it deals with a typical science fiction issue; namely that of some kind of catastrophe that lays low almost the entire human population.

That is about the extent of the science part of the fiction though, as the real story is told from the perspective of one man struggling with the changes wrought on his life. The closest I can describe it is akin to reading the protagonist's constant stream of consciousness along with his narration of the events unfolding.

Quite an interesting literary angle.

I'd recommend this to anyone who likes fiction, survival stories and who aren't put off by an unusual delivery.


I'm now reading the Leviathon Wakes book. I listed it as a recommendation on an earlier post in this thread as my brother spoke very highly of it. I'm about 150 pages in and find it difficult to put down. It's turning into a very enjoyable space opera.

Tappin dat talk

Over the holidays I read the following by Dani Kollin & Eytan Kollin:

The Unincorporated Man
The Unincorporated War
The Unincorporated Woman

...and now I am waiting on The Unincorporated Future to arrive. this is an awesome series to read if you are a hardcore SCI-FI fan.. reminds me of Robert Heinlein..


..while I am waiting I am reading The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds who is my FAVORITE SCI-FI author at the moment... this is the 5th book in the Revelation Space series.. more book in the series.. all must reads:

Revelation Space
Chasm City
Redemption Ark
Absolution Gap
Century Rain
Pushing Ice
The Prefect

A excellent SCI-FI series I read last Summer was The Saga of the Seven Suns by Kevin J. Anderson. Its a 7 volume book series.. about 4000+ pages total.. but its a MUST read if you like Mass Effect type stories.. but the bad guys in this book make the Reapers look like kid toys...

It is fiction and even 'science-y' in the sense that it deals with a typical science fiction issue; namely that of some kind of catastrophe that lays low almost the entire human population.

That is about the extent of the science part of the fiction though, as the real story is told from the perspective of one man struggling with the changes wrought on his life.

I'm actually working on a manuscript that fits this description. I'll have to send you the rough draft when I finish it.

Originally Posted by grayman

I'm actually working on a manuscript that fits this description. I'll have to send you the rough draft when I finish it.

I would like, and be honored, by that. I'm helping ArnorRanger with a fantasy book he's writing too. I like the creative process.

Originally Posted by shatter99

Over the holidays I read the following by Dani Kollin & Eytan Kollin:

The Unincorporated Man
The Unincorporated War
The Unincorporated Woman

...and now I am waiting on The Unincorporated Future to arrive. this is an awesome series to read if you are a hardcore SCI-FI fan.. reminds me of Robert Heinlein..


..while I am waiting I am reading The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds who is my FAVORITE SCI-FI author at the moment... this is the 5th book in the Revelation Space series.. more book in the series.. all must reads:

Revelation Space
Chasm City
Redemption Ark
Absolution Gap
Century Rain
Pushing Ice
The Prefect

A excellent SCI-FI series I read last Summer was The Saga of the Seven Suns by Kevin J. Anderson. Its a 7 volume book series.. about 4000+ pages total.. but its a MUST read if you like Mass Effect type stories.. but the bad guys in this book make the Reapers look like kid toys...

Nice, I love mass effect; I'll have to check that out

Breaking out the audiobook reader for the Time Quintet.

Madeline L'Engle's books... A Wrinkle In Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, An Acceptable Time