Ahira's Hangar

I found that book a bit hard to initially get into, but once it got going it was interesting. Some of the dream stuff seemed like an early version of such things as Neuromancer or The Matrix. ******************************************************

Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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Reading A Feast For Crows and chatting about it in the Martin forum. *****
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I have finally started Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe. I already suspect it will inspire me to study up on ancient Egyptians mythology and history. ******************************************************

Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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In the last couple of weeks i have read a couple of very enjoyable fantasy reads.

Gene Wolfe's Soldier of Sidon continues the story of Latro, the main character from Latro in the Mist, a good man and soldier who cannot remember anything from one day to the next due to a head injury suffered in the Greek/Persian Wars. In this novel, Latro travels through Africa and sails up the Nile, making stops in Egypt, Nubia, and Nysa. Ancient Egypt's magic is creepy, to say the least!

Mercedes Lackey and Roberta Gellis co-wrote a very enjoyable novel called This Scepter'd Isle, which is a story set in the court of Henry VIII of England. The elves of Britain see a great vision where a red haired baby sired by Henry will become a great monarch and lead England to a Golden Age. The alternate vision is centered on a dark haried pregnant queeen who will bring the Inquisition and its misery to Britain. The court of Light Elves, who feed from joy send a pair of protectors named Denorial Silverhair and his twin Aleniel Silverhair to the bastard son of Henry, as Henry Fitzroy will do something of crucial importance to bring that red haired baby to the throne (though the elves have not been able to see what that will be). The Dark Elves, who feed off of misery, send the twins (same father, different mother) Pasgen Silverhair and Rhoslyn Silverhair to the court of Henry to make sure that his daughter mary will come to the throne. Plenty of excitement - and court politics of both human and elvenkinds - follow. ******************************************************

Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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I've been reading Smoke and Mirrors a collection of poems and short stories from Neil Gaiman.

I was delighted to find two stories inspires by Roger Zelazny's A Night in the Lonesome October and featuring Larry Talbott. ******************************************************

Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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Picked up Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami at the library while I wait on Soldier of Sidon. ________________
I wanna feel the metamorphosis and cleansing I've endured within my shadow. Change is coming. Now is my time. Listen to my muscle memory. Contemplate what I've been clinging to. -Tool, "Forty-Six & Two" <i></i>

Haha, no doubt somebody will appear to deride my choice of reading lately, but, being lazy and enjoying easy reads, I'm going through the Rose of the Prophet series again, by the fluff-producing Weiss & Hickman duo.

They're fun. Probably 15 years since I first picked them up, and I still like them almost as much. And of course, the theme of this series fits well with the whole Pantheon thing...that's probably why I'm reaing them...yeah...that's it...

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I have not read those particular books, but I will argue any day that there is absolutely nothing wrong with reading something light and fluffy and fun for a mental break. ******************************************************

Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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Thanks Duchess.

They're great fun...a universe in the form of a jewel, ruled over by 20 gods, each of whom control three facets of the jewel, and one over-god.

The story revolves around Akhran, the Wandering god whose worshippers are tribes of desert nomads, and who realises that one of the other gods, Quar, god of Law, Reality and Greed, seeks to become the only god by robbing the other gods of power...

...say, I wonder if Xar is a fan of these...

Good old fashioned sowrd and sorcery type stuff. Three books, The Will of the Wanderer, The Paladin of the Night, and The Prophet of Akhran.

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A sense of the sardonic preserves a man from believing in his own pretensions. -The Sayings Of Maud'Dib<i></i>

Eh. I've been considering rereading either the Deathgate Cycle or the Weiss and Hickman Dragonlances. ________________
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Haha, the Deathgate Cycle is the only one I never got into and don't have. (That's just her, isn't it? Really liked her Star of the Guardian series though.

But this one and the Darksword series are my favourites. Better than DL I think.

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Read Darksword (so long ago, though, I don't really remember much). Looks like the first book might just be Weiss, but the rest are W&H. ________________
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Don't think I ever got past Elven Star, and all I really liked in it was Fizban.

The Darksword books are...well...muuch darker than their usual stuff, (although Guardians was pretty dark and this Prophet series).

It's the world where magic was life, and the son of the emperor was born Dead...without magic. Hell of a series. Seriously unhappy (kinda) but powerful ending. Then there was a companion book, Darksword Adventures which was half novella, half instructions/stats/etc. for RPG's in that realm, (Thimhallan). I have that one too, although never got around to making a campaign for it unfortunately.

Hmm...I think a re-read is in order.

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I just got done reading the new book by Lois McMaster Bujold - the first half of a duology called The Sharing Knife. Excitement, cross cultural romance, an interesting new culture (using a form of necromancy to save the world one fight at a time with the fate of the world depending on each fight) on an interesting new world. I enjoyed it so much I turned right around and read it again a second time. Now I am stuck waiting for the second half, though. Cannot wait to see what the unprecedented mis-spelled magical knife will do - I am certain it will be of great significance, and that there will be a great adventure attached to its fate. ******************************************************

Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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I am reading a very odd little book someone passed on to me called Dominion by Fred Saberhagen.

Dracula controls Chicago and northern Illinois. When some other powerful immortals move into his turf (in the northern Illinois countryside) and start a war over a powerful and mystical weapon, Dracula intervenes. ******************************************************

Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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