What book are you reading?

[Schnitzel]

Originally Posted by Sidelle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I might check that one out. I love reading about her. I really liked "Marie Antoinette: The Journey" by Antonia Fraser. And if you want to know more about the fate of her son, the dauphin, after the executions of the king and queen I highly recommend "The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette" by Deborah Cadbury.

It was really good, but so sad and tragic that I actually cried.

Thanks! I will add that one too. I looked up what happened to him once, it seemed to be a big fat unanswered question in a French Revolution class I took. But this sounds really interesting.

[Tradesonred]

Lets turn this thread into a book suggestion thread, itll quickly run out of steam unless we read 2 books a week =)

My favorite reads are science fiction, and i would love some suggestions as i dont have the time to filter all the crap, since i have many interests.

Heres a couple of science fiction books i really enjoyed and suggest:

Pre-apocalyptic tale, in the form of a diary of a 12 year old girl, as shit hits the fan in Manhattan:
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Cyberpunk classic, with a main story and a couple of short stories at the end that cover the later years of the story explored in the first main one. Humanity is split among many factions, 2 being the mechanists (Cyborgs) and the shapers(genetic engineers):
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A ship that drifts through space with thousands of inhabitants that forgot what was the ships mission when it was first set off in space, generations ago:

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A collection of short stories, uneven id say but the one called rogue farm and the story with the 2 bear things are worth the cover price alone:

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This one not science fiction really, but dark fantasy and really interesting. Its a collection of short stories, the story called cram i thought was especially good.

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[SwordNboard]

Cannot read this book enough times.

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[Ahldagor]

this is an interesting read if you like mythologies and poetic structures
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[nilzark]

Further: Beyond the Threshold by Chris Roberson

I liked this book. Read it this past month. About the first attempt to reach the Alpha Centauri system, but the team ends up being awoken from hyper sleep 12 thousand years later. Kind of comedic.

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[Hailto]

Read the Wool series of you like science fiction. It's a quick read and not overly complex but I couldn't put it down.

[Dalven]

Spent the last couple of months reading Raymond E. Feists Riftwar Cycle. Twenty books of widely varying quality (none of which come close to the best fantasy I've read) and three more to go.

[Hailto]

Originally Posted by Dalven [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Spent the last couple of months reading Raymond E. Feists Riftwar Cycle. Twenty books of widely varying quality (none of which come close to the best fantasy I've read) and three more to go.

Whats the best fantasy you've read?

[Dalven]

Originally Posted by Hailto [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Whats the best fantasy you've read?

Outside of ASOIAF I've enjoyed Robin Hobbs' Assassin books a lot, Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy and standalones are well worth reading and while a lot of Steven Erikson's Malazan series is patchy books two and three are a couple of the best I've read. I also liked Tad Williams' Dragonbone Chair books.

[Hailto]

Originally Posted by Dalven [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Outside of ASOIAF I've enjoyed Robin Hobbs' Assassin books a lot, Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy and standalones are well worth reading and while a lot of Steven Erikson's Malazan series is patchy books two and three are a couple of the best I've read. I also liked Tad Williams' Dragonbone Chair books.

Malazan is on my to-read list. You should check out the Wheel of Time series, if you don't mind starting a massive series, they are pretty good, im on book three so far.