tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post9066861263208350004..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: January 1-10 Books ReadLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-86223958036311925512009-01-13T09:22:00.000-06:002009-01-13T09:22:00.000-06:00The Roland project sounds really interesting. I've...The Roland project sounds really interesting. I've spent my share of time with the <I>Song of Roland</I> (including its adaptations in the <I>Karlamagnus saga</I>, the <I>Ruolants Liet</I>, and some other Mediaeval versions), so I'd like to see what traces you'll find in literature.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-9472739585447302502009-01-12T07:45:00.000-06:002009-01-12T07:45:00.000-06:00Of the books that come up later this year there is...Of the books that come up later this year there is one I will most likely spend several days reading the English version, the big European bestseller, Goncourt/Prix D'Academie winner Les Bienveillantes - The Kindly Ones by (US born) Jonathan Littell, though translated from French by someone else.<BR/><BR/>It's about 1000 pages and the French edition was easy to read - though quite dark and disturbing in content, and with some scenes that haunted me for a long time - March release.<BR/><BR/>I also plan to read end to end the 7 volumes of Gene Wolfe Long+Short Sun - I read about 1 1/2 for now since I started this late in 08 due to reading Gears of the City which for some reasons reminded me of this series.Liviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-8846526296860311872009-01-11T22:06:00.000-06:002009-01-11T22:06:00.000-06:00Liviu,Sounds like you're off to an excellent readi...Liviu,<BR/><BR/>Sounds like you're off to an excellent reading start for 2009! I too am just going to go with the flow more, especially since it'll depend a lot on how much energy I have while teaching (and to be honest, I'm starting to become worried about the increased tiredness I'm having - I do have sleep apnea and I pray it isn't also a matter of diabetes affecting things). Right now, only two out of the six books I've completed (and 3 out of 8, counting the Angela Carter and the Richard Morgan that I'm in the process of reading) would be shelved as SF/F and I like that balance. Time will see how many I read this year - I suspect it'll be half to a third of 2008's.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-5354384478365017302009-01-11T21:11:00.000-06:002009-01-11T21:11:00.000-06:00Well, last year I finished about 240 books for me ...Well, last year I finished about 240 books for me - not counting what I read with my son which included some Harry Potter and other Y(oungish) A stuff.<BR/><BR/> Mostly fiction (~230), about half 08 releases and 10 09 arcs, 15 ss anth/coll.<BR/><BR/> Split on genres 78 genre sf, 65 genre f, 46 mainstream fantastic, 39 mainstream non-fantastic.<BR/><BR/>It was the first year I kept records - found out about the excellent Goodreads.com which is free and ultra customizable so all the statistics above, but it was a regular year of reading for me<BR/><BR/>This year I read 14 novels so far, 11 fantasy - one, Mortal Coils can count as mainstream fantastic and even YA, though I expect it to be shelved on sff racks in bookstores and that is my main criterion of distinguishing between genre and mainstream, so I count it as genre fantasy for now, 3 sf, but as I let books decide the tempo of reading for me, I expect my pace will slow since I do not aim for a record, just to enjoy :)Liviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-24876045838713890012009-01-11T19:18:00.000-06:002009-01-11T19:18:00.000-06:00Ha! :P Shoot me if I ever use those terms, especi...Ha! :P Shoot me if I ever use those terms, especially if it's topped off with a "rating"!Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-19312525850815679912009-01-11T18:33:00.000-06:002009-01-11T18:33:00.000-06:00Hmmm, The Steel Remains is on your "to read" list....Hmmm, The Steel Remains is on your "to read" list. I got it for Christmas but haven't read yet. Will do so, so I have something meaningful say about it.<BR/><BR/>*Grin* I wonder if it's "quite good, but overhyped. What, you want to know what is actually in the book? Who cares? Its kinda like GRRM and Joe Abercrombie, but makes a big deal of teh gayz. 7.5" <BR/>[wonder where I got that impression...]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-81916275909924367232009-01-11T15:03:00.000-06:002009-01-11T15:03:00.000-06:00Kissoon,Nope, haven't yet read that one (maybe it'...Kissoon,<BR/><BR/>Nope, haven't yet read that one (maybe it's in the fifth volume of the Del Rey reissues?), but I'll be looking forward to it whenever I do get my hands around it.<BR/><BR/>Fábio,<BR/><BR/>Ah, didn't know we're having an informal contest. If that's the case, then I'll have to pick up the pace then! And speaking of translations, I'm going to be posting a little one I'm working on now sometime in the next couple of hours.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-75217586958276354082009-01-11T14:55:00.000-06:002009-01-11T14:55:00.000-06:00Heh, I´m so wired up by this sort of "informal rea...Heh, I´m so wired up by this sort of "informal reading contest" that I read the post and I could swear I saw that you had already read 10 instead of 5 books! My bad (I´m also going a little crazy here with another damn translation deadline - I must learn to relax, fer crying out loud! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-55791330502407857482009-01-11T14:03:00.000-06:002009-01-11T14:03:00.000-06:00I'm currently finishing off the last book (Stormbr...I'm currently finishing off the last book (Stormbringer) in the Elric series, and I've really enjoyed the concept and story-arc of the whole thing. <BR/><BR/>Have you read The Revenge of the Rose? An Elric novel Moorcock wrote in the early '90s, it has some great weirdness to it, especially when he describes the Gypsy Nation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-63072568630439310712009-01-11T11:14:00.000-06:002009-01-11T11:14:00.000-06:00Uh, I thought 8 was higher than 5, Fábio, so how d...Uh, I thought 8 was higher than 5, Fábio, so how did I beat you? :PLarry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-36527679823606187552009-01-11T07:25:00.000-06:002009-01-11T07:25:00.000-06:00Way to go, Larry! (Dammit, you beat me again - I´v...Way to go, Larry! (Dammit, you beat me again - I´ve only finished 8 books so far, of a total of 14)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com