Garren Jacobsen
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Just finished Shadows of Self. Wonderful book. Who the Hell is Trell? Is he Odium?
The Chronicles of the Black Company. I'm not going to lie, I kind of hate it, but its interesting enough that I feel compelled to keep reading, plus I'm reading aloud to my sister and she really loves it so I can't stop.
i'm about two thirds through the canticle for st. Leibowitz by walter m. Miller jr. I honestly can't believe i'd never heard of this book before. It's absolutely amazing. Definitely not what i was expecting. It's very strange, but in a good way.
I finished Jhereg last night. It was a fast and easy read, but I found it far less than satisfying as a story experience. This may partly be because it is Steven Brust's first published book and his skills are just not up to the standard of what I normally read, which is hardly his fault. Or it may be because I did not like Vlad Taltos much at all. I wanted to give him a chance, despite his being an *shudder* assassin. But I just really don't like that kind of character. The only assassin character I've read and liked that I can think of offhand is Sicarius from The Emperor's Edge by Lindsay Buroker.
I think I'll give Brust another chance with The Phoenix Guards, which is written much later and doesn't star any assassins as far as I can tell. But I don't have the money to buy any more new books now. I'll probably go back to Journey to the Center of the Earth for now.
I've just finished Going Postal and have started Guards! Guards!
Going Postal grew on me a lot by the end. But Pratchett's portrayal of wizards is a big turn off for me, and Guards! Guards! is using them a lot more than Postal did. I'll still get through it this week or next, though.
How is Mort? That's next on my list to read by Pratchett, but if it's full of wizards I'll try one of his others.
I don't think Mort focuses on wizards. Death is a major character, though. I adore Pratchett's portrayal of Death. ^^
Loving this discussion, btw. Guards! Guards! was the first Pratchett book I read, back when I was 13, and I've been in love with the series ever since.
After Mort, I'm hoping to read a few things by Gaiman and then cap off Pratchett with Good Omens. I'll probably read Making Money, too, though, because I enjoyed Postal. I want to start doing articles like "What I learned about writing from reading Pratchett" and other authors. The idea is helping to get me to read more.
Come to think of it, I believe you were the one who recommended Going Postal. Is there a Pratchett book you'd add to the list?
Basically, the whole thing is awesome. Let's just leave it at that. XD