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Clint | 341 comments @C.A., Cormac McCarthy is one of my go-to authors when not reading my usual fare. I read NCfOM last year and enjoyed it richly


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Clint | 341 comments @ Joseph I need to get back into Revelation Space series. Read the first and never continued. I enjoyed it, so I’m not sure why I didn’t keep going


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Al Burke (alburke47) | 220 comments Reading Something Red (Something Red, #1) by Douglas Nicholas

Listening to Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1) by Dean Koontz


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Joseph | 1319 comments Mod
Had a busy night last night: Finished Corum - The Sword and the Stallion: The Eternal Champion, read both The Empress of Salt and Fortune and When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo (wonderful, wonderful, fairly short novellas), and started Xiccarph by Clark Ashton Smith.


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Joseph | 1319 comments Mod
Finished Xiccarph and started The Serpent, the first book in Jane Gaskell's Atlan series, which I might have last read in high school?

(And both of those could probably also go in the Nostalgia discussion, come to think of it.)


The Joy of Erudition | 138 comments That's the first time I've heard someone mention The Serpent. I have a copy here, waiting to be read. (The one with this cover.)
The Serpent (Atlan Saga, Volume 1 of 5) by Jane Gaskell


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Joseph | 1319 comments Mod
The Joy of Erudition wrote: "That's the first time I've heard someone mention The Serpent. I have a copy here, waiting to be read. (The one with this cover.)
The Serpent (Atlan Saga, Volume 1 of 5) by Jane Gaskell"


I got a wild hair and decided I needed the same specific editions that I remembered getting from the public library back in the day, so my covers all look like this:

The Serpent (Atlan Saga, Vol 1 of 5) by Jane Gaskell

Happily, I got the full set pretty cheaply -- 4 books from a seller on Abebooks and one from eBay.


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Savage Realms Monthly: March 2021 Issue 3


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Joseph | 1319 comments Mod
On to The Dragon.


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J.W. Wright (jwwright83) | 12 comments Hawkmoon by Michael Moorcock White Wolf Omnibus edition. While not as dark as his "Elric Saga," it's still very enjoyable.


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Al Burke (alburke47) | 220 comments The Wolf of Oren-Yaro (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen, #1) by K.S. Villoso So far, so good.

Kill the Farm Boy (The Tales of Pell, #1) by Delilah S. Dawson A bit meh.


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S.E. Lindberg (selindberg) | 2357 comments Mod
Wrapped up Rakefire and Other Stories, and really enjoyed that. Wrote an epic review (because I can't write just one sentence): https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Now I'm onto Turn Over the Moon.

Rakefire and Other Stories by Jason Ray Carney Turn Over the Moon (Saga of the Sorrowless) by Ryan Harvey


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Jason Koivu | 105 comments I'm diving into Poul Anderson's Three Hearts and Three Lions and looking forward to it!


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Dan McCollum | 4 comments I'm currently reading Wagner's "Book of Kane" and really enjoying the stories within it. I'd previously read a collection of Wagner's horror stories a few years back (Sticks and in the Pines are two classic horror stories!) and knew i liked his work. But now, after reading this, I realize I really REALLY like his writing! :)


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Clint | 341 comments @Dan, Sticks is a good story.


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Jason Waltz (worddancer) | 385 comments Kane is really REALLY great storytelling!


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Mark | 78 comments Just finished this one, Dark Oak worth reading


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Richard | 816 comments @Mark
Dark Oak sounds interesting.


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Dan McCollum | 4 comments Jason M wrote: "Kane is really REALLY great storytelling!"

I'm really loving them so far! He's a fascinating character and, well, Wagner is an amazing writer.


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Black Stork's Shadow by JP Grimaldi.
A sword and sorcery novella.


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Clint | 341 comments I finished For the Killing of Kings by HAJ, a day or two back. Now reading A Gathering of Ravens by Scott Oden, which I hope to finish on tonight’s flight.

FtKoK thoughts:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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Clint | 341 comments I finally posted a few thoughts on Scott Oden’s A Gathering of Ravens

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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Clint | 341 comments Started Nicholas Eames Bloody Rose after finishing Byron Roberts The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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Christian (wildcolonialboy) | 52 comments Today I finished Salem's Lot by Stephen King. One of his early ones I never got around to before now, even though seeing the made for tv movie as a young pup and scaring the crap out of me. It started off slow, didn't care much for the residents of the town (at times I think King despises small town America), but after it got going there were many times I didn't want to put it down. I gave it 4 stars but thinking maybe it is more like a 3. I know it is much loved by many (and by him) I don't think it is one of his best.

Also slowly reading through Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery by Brian Murphy


The Joy of Erudition | 138 comments Christian wrote: "I gave it 4 stars but thinking maybe it is more like a 3. I know it is much loved by many (and by him) I don't think it is one of his best."

I agree. I gave it 3, myself. I didn't see the movie, though.


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The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor: Volume II Kindle Edition
by Byron A. Roberts


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Joseph | 1319 comments Mod
Started The People of the Mist, H. Rider Haggard's return to lost race adventures.


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Martin Owton | 35 comments Just started the SPFBO winner The Lost War


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Al Burke (alburke47) | 220 comments I look forward to your review.


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Al Burke (alburke47) | 220 comments Reading - The Ikessar Falcon (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen, #2) by K.S. Villoso

Listening - Final Girls by Riley Sager


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Joseph | 1319 comments Mod
In light of the Mass Effect Legendary Edition release (which I won't get to play until after I finish my current game), I started Mass Effect: Revelation by Drew Karpyshyn.


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