Summer Reading!
Okay, a quick post since I'm not on my own laptop (yet. Soon I'll have one, and post more frequently). I have finished my training period, and along with a raise I now have a lot more time on my hands when I'm at work. So, I've decided to catch up on my reading, 'cause I can't surf the Net for even half of a 12-hour shift. Therefore, I'm
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David Gemmel has done some nice low fantasy (limited and scary magic, epic heroes) with rather militant themes, and a focus on the warrior ethic. Good stuff. Against the Horde (or Legend) is the first in the Drenai saga, and it's good.
S. Andrew Swann has done some fun stuff - a lot of conspiracy theories, neat technology, and pretty good writing. The Moreau books (starting with Forests of the Night) are set in a future where genetic modifications have been used to uplift animals for military purposes. And then peace hits, and you get thousands of non human refugees, trained and engineered to kill... Interesting setting, strong characters, lots of government plotting and conspiracies.
C. S. Friedman is good. No more need be said - pick up anything and enjoy (at least I do).
C. J. Cherryh has done some nice science fiction, if not always optimistic - I'd recommend the Merchanter books, starting with Downbelow Station. Her fantasy is more erratic, some nice ( The Paladin comes to mind), some unexceptional.
Martha Wells' Ile Rien books (The Element of Fire and The Death of the Necromancer) are nice swashbuckling fantasy, with plots and all.
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