Ainulindale
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Like my last post the June thread noted, I had been reading Vellum by Hal Duncan (which comes out in August), and give it the highest possible recomendation - ever bit as profound a debut as Susanna Clarke last year IMHO. Wonderful book, possibly the best of the year thus far.
I just finished The Sandman: Book of Dreams , an anthology edited by Neal Gaiman, some wonderful stories by authors like Susanna Clarke, Gene Wolfe, John M. Ford, Tad Williams etc. This is a great collection, especially for fans familiar with Gaiman's Endless mythos.
Half way through Olympos by Dan Simmons (the sequel to Illium) absolutely not disappointed thus far. Looks like another winner by Simmons - no one is surprised.
Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the the Sky I put on the backburner because I simply have received to may review copies to be pleasure reading at the moment. First 100 pages of this multiple award winner has me hooked though.
Knocked out Kazuo Ishiguro's The Unconsoled, and read nothing that wavers the opinion that he is a terrific writer. I didn't like it as much as Never Let me Go (his most recent work) but that was probably due to the latter being more genre oriented.
Whats on the plate for me:
I got From the Files of the Time Rangers by Richard Bowes a coupel days ago (comes out in September I believe) has a very intriguing premise and I'm looking forward to reading next week. I have high hopes for this one.
Today I got an anthology (also coming out in September) that is dedicated to Sword and Sworcery work, featuring authors like Vera Nazarian (who is a great author), E.E. Knight, and Tanith Lee. It contains 13 stories in all.
A bit of non-genre, alternative/history I picked up was Ian Pear's The Last Judgement, I really enjoyed his Instance of the Fingerpost, so decided to pick this up.
I just finished The Sandman: Book of Dreams , an anthology edited by Neal Gaiman, some wonderful stories by authors like Susanna Clarke, Gene Wolfe, John M. Ford, Tad Williams etc. This is a great collection, especially for fans familiar with Gaiman's Endless mythos.
Half way through Olympos by Dan Simmons (the sequel to Illium) absolutely not disappointed thus far. Looks like another winner by Simmons - no one is surprised.
Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the the Sky I put on the backburner because I simply have received to may review copies to be pleasure reading at the moment. First 100 pages of this multiple award winner has me hooked though.
Knocked out Kazuo Ishiguro's The Unconsoled, and read nothing that wavers the opinion that he is a terrific writer. I didn't like it as much as Never Let me Go (his most recent work) but that was probably due to the latter being more genre oriented.
Whats on the plate for me:
I got From the Files of the Time Rangers by Richard Bowes a coupel days ago (comes out in September I believe) has a very intriguing premise and I'm looking forward to reading next week. I have high hopes for this one.
Today I got an anthology (also coming out in September) that is dedicated to Sword and Sworcery work, featuring authors like Vera Nazarian (who is a great author), E.E. Knight, and Tanith Lee. It contains 13 stories in all.
A bit of non-genre, alternative/history I picked up was Ian Pear's The Last Judgement, I really enjoyed his Instance of the Fingerpost, so decided to pick this up.
