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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: December 24, 2010, 03:41:12 AM »
I just finished The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. It had some plot holes at the end, which weren't my favorite, but overall the book was just lovely.

Now I'm reading Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George, and so far I'm loving it.

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: December 19, 2010, 02:08:47 AM »
I'm reading Bloodshot by Cherie Priest, which I got as a Firstreads book on Goodreads.  It's okay, but nothing to write home about. 

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: December 16, 2010, 06:26:21 PM »
Peter, I think you must look for very different things in Bujold than I do.  I really liked Cryoburn, but I think my favorite part about Miles is his manic-ness rather than the difficult choices he often has to make.  Miles doesn't make any life-changing decisions in this one, true, but that wasn't a big deal for me.

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: December 15, 2010, 07:44:44 PM »
I've been missing TWG so much, because of this section. It's nice to have it back.  But I wonder, will the posters return?

Anyway, I'm reading Pegasus by Robin McKinley.  Her structure is so interesting.

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Books / Re: WWII Fantasy
« on: October 12, 2010, 05:16:24 PM »
My husband had more suggestions of non-fiction:

Citizen Soldiers by Stephen Ambrose
The Second World War by John Keegan

And for fiction, Jeff Shaara has a trilogy that starts with The Rising Tide.

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: October 11, 2010, 04:29:44 PM »
I was sick this weekend, so I finished Cast in Fury and now I'm reading Seeker's Bane by P.C. Hodgell.

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: October 08, 2010, 05:41:44 PM »
Sunless Countries was okay, though not as good as Pirate Sun in my mind. Now I'm on to Cast in Fury by Michelle Sagara.

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Books / Re: dark fantasy
« on: October 05, 2010, 05:09:33 PM »
Does The Lies of Locke Lamora count?

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Books / Re: WWII Fantasy
« on: October 04, 2010, 05:04:54 PM »
My husband reads a lot of non-fiction. He says, "Everyday stuff, and battle stuff for soldiers during WWII would be Guy Sajer's The Forgotten Soldier."

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: September 28, 2010, 08:13:15 PM »
It's time to start The Sunless Countries by Karl Schroeder. I'm so excited.

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Books / Re: Looking for political epic Fantasy
« on: September 21, 2010, 04:45:56 PM »
Michelle West might fit into this. You could start with Hunter's Oath, which is the first of a duology that then leads into a six book series.

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Books / Re: Oddly Specific Reading Request
« on: September 15, 2010, 05:20:52 PM »
There's really a lot of these:
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman uses African
Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart is Chinese
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale is I think set in Mongolia
Mary Brown has a trilogy that starts with Pigs Don't Fly that starts out in Europe but eventually goes to Nepal, where the dragons live
Tea with the Black Dragon by R.A. MacAvoy has a chinese dragon
The Dragon Keeper by Carole Wilkinson is also set in China
The Iron Ring by Lloyd Alexander is set in India, or a fantasy land that is almost the same
Lord of LIght by Roger Zelazny is sf but based around Hinduism
Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones is set in a fantasy world that looks like 1001 Arabian Nights
The Temeraire books by Naomi Novik have a main British character, but they do travel to China and across the Himalayas and to Australia

Some others I haven't read but found in a quick search:
The Conch Bearer by Chitra Baerjee Divakaruni which is set in modern India
Dragon Horse by Peter Ward which is set along the Great Silk Road
Michael and the Monkey King by Alan James Brown has the Chinese Monkey King
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan is based on Egyptian Mythology

Do you also want books that have a fantasy world "kind of like" Japan/China/India, etc?  Because there are a lot of those too.

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: September 01, 2010, 05:12:08 PM »
Quote from: Silk on September 01, 2010, 06:50:54 AM
Oh, let me know what you think. I've the first of the Elantra books (same author under the name Michelle Sagara) and I have the next one in the series out, but I haven't read any of her West books.

I love everything I've read by Michelle Sagara/West. That includes 3 Elantra books, 2 Hunters books, and 3 Sun Sword books (I'm on the fourth). The stuff she writes under Michelle West is epic fantasy with lots of view point characters so it feels different than her Elantra books, but they're really absorbing.

One warning. The Sun Sword series makes a lot more sense if you've read the Hunters duology first since it continues on with many of the same characters. Also, if you read the Hunters duology and don't like it then you've only invested in two books and don't have to continue on with the next six.

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: August 30, 2010, 05:24:48 PM »
I just finished Corrupting Dr. Nice by Kessel because I had heard it was like To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, but it was far, far inferior. I feel annoyed.

Now I'm going to start the next Michelle West book in the Sun Sword series.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Things to do in Provo while waiting to stand in line.
« on: August 25, 2010, 04:34:18 PM »
I have 't been in Provo for a while, but my absolute favorite place to eat was Burgers Supreme. I loved their french fries. And if you like books, there were some really good used bookstores on Provo's Center Street.

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