What are we reading?

[Staggerwing]

Finally, finally starting the Warhammer omnibus Thunder and Steel by Dan Abnett.

What's that one about? I still have to read the last Eisenhorn/Ravenor book.

[Gusington]

^It's Abnett's earliest writing for Games Workshop, three different novels, a couple of short stories and a small graphic novel at the end, all set in the Warhammer (not WH40k) universe.

[airboy]

What I've been reading lately are RPG pdfs.  Mostly Call of Cthulhu related.

Over the past several months I've read:
Pulp Cthulhu
A huge book Pulp Cthulhu adventure.
Masks of Nyarlahotep and Masks of Nyarlahotep Companion (this totaled 1000 pages).
Atchung Cthulhu (Rules, Players Guide, Guide to the Pacific; Guide to North Africa) among others.
More than a dozen Call of Cthulhu scenarios

I'm reading:
The Laundry RPG (manual and players guide)
The Dresden Files RPG

I've read Modessits' latest novel in the Recluse world and a couple of other books.  But I've almost exclusively been reading RPG things for about six to eight months.

I checked my RPGnow library and it runs more than 10 pages.  I've also bought a ton of stuff from Chaosium.  In all, I think I've spent an amazing amount of time and money on this.  And right now I'm only playing at conventions less than half a dozen times a year.

[BanzaiCat]

I think I have a ton of Warhammer 40K e-books but I've yet to crack one open.

Currently reading both Ready Player One (still/again) and started Alien: Out of the Shadows.

I bought the Alien book at Christmas and have been wanting to at least start it so I read the first couple of chapters. It's pretty good, but it jumps way too fast into the action. The characters are interesting but the book jumps way too fast into the action without building up tension, which it easily could have done.

[Gusington]

I think I enjoy WH40k more than WH. WH can be dense, like Thunder and Steel, and can be an insanity inducing slog for me if I don't skim. I have not felt that way with WH40k books.

[JasonPratt]

I think I enjoy WH40k more than WH. WH can be dense, like Thunder and Steel, and can be an insanity inducing slog for me if I don't skim. I have not felt that way with WH40k books.

Ironically. And, ironically. (Since chaos insanity is a major factor in both sets of stories.) :D

[Gusington]

^I see what you did there Pratt.

[JasonPratt]

Meanwhile, I finished Lost to the West a couple of weeks ago -- not gonna lie, I teared up at the final stand of the last Byzantine Emperor, who chose to die anonymously as one of his soldiers at the end -- and have moved on to the start of Susan Bauer's pre-modern history of the world trilogy (from near-prehistoric times to the end of the Renaissance.) Enjoying that immensely. Making notes for some sourcebooks she's using, to follow up on.

I also started reading a recent biography of Constantine, that I've barely gotten into yet so I don't have much opinion (other than I liked what little I've seen so far -- shaping up to be a very balanced and nuanced account.)

Finished David Paulides' latest Missing 411 collection of cases ("Off the Grid"), which seem to be veering back slightly into "Bigfoot did it, sometimes" territory. Several of the new cases demonstrate that the related but distinctly different murders of (mostly) college aged men in (mostly) urban college areas, with their bodies being (mostly) dumped in ponds and rivers nearby ("A Sobering Coincidence"), continues along. Considering that a retired forensic pathologist and a detective from New York State have also jumped on that case (before Paulides found it, and added incidents to it), and concluded decisively there's some kind of organized murder group behind it, the FBI should be jumping on that case more thoroughly and consistently than they seem to be.

[WallysWorld]

Finished "Havana Bay": the fourth book in the Arkady Renko series by George Martin Smith.

I'm about fifty pages into Patrick Rambaud's "The Battle: A Novel" which I am enjoying.

[Staggerwing]

How was Havana Bay? I've only read up to Red Square.

[WallysWorld]

How was Havana Bay? I've only read up to Red Square.

Pretty good. The setting in post-Soviet Union Cuba was interesting with the problems that came with Russia cutting off aid to Cuba. As I read each book, I can clearly imagine William Hurt as Renko.

I liked it better than Red Square, but not as good as Gorky Park and Polar Star. I'll take a break from the series before moving onto "Wolves Eat Dogs".

[bob48]

'Waterloo - the Hundred Days' by David Chandler.

[jamus34]

Finished "The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O"

Currently reading "Artemis" by Andy Weir

[Staggerwing]

Finished "The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O"

Currently reading "Artemis" by Andy Weir

Plot reviews are already out there but if you can please let us know how the novel is from a tech-appreciation perspective.

[Gusington]

Just started Revenger by Alastair Reynolds.