Joseph’s Comments (group member since Oct 24, 2012)

Joseph’s comments from the Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy" group.

Just finished up When the Goddess Wakes, which was pretty great.

Unrelatedly, I finished Tremontaine: The Complete Season 4 and am about to start When the Goddess Wakes for our current group read.

Richard wrote: "@Joseph

Yeah, I was too broad with that statement."

I know it's engendered some ... spirited debate. :)

Richard wrote: "Appendix N Eldritch Roots is a good read but fans of DND loathe it. "

Well, this fan certainly didn't loathe it.

Edited to add: The biggest difference between the two books is that the Bebergal volume is an anthology of fiction by (mostly) Appendix N authors with some accompanying essays, while the Jones book (which I admit I haven't read yet) is entirely a collection of essays.

Kaor!, as they say on Barsoom.

Jason wrote: "The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander"

Man, I really need to revisit Prydain one of these years.

Myself, I just tonight started Tremontaine: The Complete Season 4. Maybe after that it'll be time for When the Goddess Wakes.

I was just thinking I'd almost gotten to the point where I was able to actually stay caught up on my podcasts, so I guess it's time to add another subscription to my list!

Backed! I love Sanjulian's covers!

I'm still in Ellen Kushner's Riverside, now on to Tremontaine: The Complete Season Two, which is the second of four volumes, each collecting 13 serialized installments that were originally released by Serial Box (which is now called something else, I believe?).

I've moved on to Tremontaine: The Complete Season One, so still in Ellen Kushner's Riverside, but this is a prequel that was originally serialized on Serial Box (or whatever they're calling themselves these days).

Myself, I'm still in Ellen Kushner's Riverside, which has more than its share of swords -- just about to finish up The Privilege of the Sword.

S.E. wrote: "Richard wrote: "Far Away and Never
Me too! "

Just ordered mine. Group read?"

I think it definitely would rate! Maybe for the November/December free-for-all?

Finished Flamesong (sequel to The Man of Gold) and started Foundation since the TV series drops ... is it Friday?

(I'm just going to read the original Foundation trilogy, though -- none of the prequels or sequels or the other Asimov books that got retconned into the series.)

Finished Hornblower and am revisiting my all-time favorite fictional world, Tekumel, with The Man of Gold by M.A.R. Barker.

I'm nearing the end of my Hornblowing -- just started Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies, the final book in the series (well, there's also a collection of random Hornblower short stories that I've never read before, so that will really be the end of my reading; but this book is the end of his story).

To be clear, I don't think we have any bad members.

Well, unless your hobby is making yourself a woman suit out of real women or something.

Oh, and quick follow-up -- they seem to have updated the notification system: Now I do get notification emails when people comment, but they no longer include the actual comment -- just a notice that somebody posted in the thread.

I have nothing but good things to say about our group. My biggest complaint right now (and I think the main reason I haven't been as active as I used to be) is the fact that Goodreads apparently stopped sending notification emails when people reply to a thread that I'm active in -- it's harder to stay on top of things when the only way I know somebody has replied is when I get the digest the next day. Not saying there apparently weren't good reasons for the change, but it does make things more difficult for me, at least.

Still sailing through the Hornblower books, now up to Hornblower and the Atropos

Brackett really had a way with words, didn't she?

Carse walked beside the still black waters in their ancient channel, cut in the dead sea-bottom. He watched the dry wind shake the torches that never went out and listened to the broken music of the harps that were never stilled. Lean lithe men and women passed him in the shadowy streets, silent as cats except for the chime and whisper of the tiny bells the women wear, a sound as delicate as rain, distillate of all the sweet wickedness of the world.

(From The Sword of Rhiannon)