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cowmuflage wrote:Superman: red son.

Come on a commy superman is awesome!

I loved that comic. I thought it was very interesting and I am not a Superman fan at all.

Right now I'm rereading Battle Royale. I love this book. I was so glad when I found it stashed in one of my comic boxes.

Well, since I'm not reading anything really interesting right now, I'll post my favourites.
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
Mort by Terry Pratchett.

Hmmm, I'm in the middle of several:
"The Stress of Her Regard" by Tim Powers (of On Stranger Tides fame, thanks to the POTC franchise)
"World of Warcraft and Philosophy" by Cuddy and Nordlinger
"What Alice Knew: A Most Curious Tale of Henry James and Jack the Ripper" by Paula Cohen
And, last but not least by far:
The Parasol Protectorate Series by Gail Carriger.

Caelaza wrote:Hmmm, I'm in the middle of several:
"The Stress of Her Regard" by Tim Powers (of On Stranger Tides fame, thanks to the POTC franchise)
"World of Warcraft and Philosophy" by Cuddy and Nordlinger
"What Alice Knew: A Most Curious Tale of Henry James and Jack the Ripper" by Paula Cohen
And, last but not least by far:
The Parasol Protectorate Series by Gail Carriger.

I like Powers, my favorite is probably Last Call. What Alice Knew sounds interesting, so I downloaded an ebook sample.

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On impulse, just started Carriger's Changeless (2nd book in the series).

Good Omens (again) and A Game of Thrones.(:

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Nahale, I'd suggest Mort for the Discworld books. That one's my absolute favourite! Also, pro-tip about Discworld: Don't read it in order. It's not necessary at all and is, in fact, far more enjoyable to read them at random. Mort was my first, followed by Small Gods and then... and then I don't even remember. I think it was The Hogfather (which has an absolutely enjoyable film version, as well).

Anyway, point is just pick them off the shelves. I actually haven't even read The Colour of Magic yet because it's so small and doesn't feature any of the characters I really love. I haven't really read anything with Rincewind in it, yet.

Mort. Try Mort. And Soul Music and The Hogfather. And Reaper Man.

But mostly Mort.

Small Gods is my favorite Discworld book so far (only read some of them).

I enjoyed the first Locke Lamora book, but the author lost me with the second. Guess I wanted it to be more like the first one. Dislike the continuing antagonist.

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Reading Good Omens currently.

Veph;; (:!

Nahale;; Nope, not at all! Prior information really doesn't have an effect on what happens in each book and, if you need some background, it's given to you! They're almost meant to be read out of order!

I concur with feeling free to read Discworld novels out of order. I know a lot of Discworld fans, and most of them suggest Not starting with Rincewind novels, two of which are the first two he wrote. The Discworld page on Wikipedia has a list of the novels that tells which groups of characters are in each one.

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I've been on a Lois McMaster Bujold kick... in the last few weeks I've read nearly all of her Miles stories.
(It helps that we got them for free and on our Kindle.) I think there is only one I haven't read yet.

Right now I'm reading a biography of Aleister Crowley.

Yes, most of the Miles books are available in the Baen Free Library, and they're excellent. I'd recommend them to anyone who likes sci-fi. They're not math-and-physics heavy hard sci-fi, so don't worry about that.

I just read two books by Kristine Kathryn Rusch -- Diving into the Wreck and City of Ruins. Fast-paced tense thriller-ish sci-fi centered around a woman whose occupation and passion is exploring wrecked spacecraft in the extremely distant future. She finds something older and more dangerous than she's ever found before, and it may have implications beyond just her own and her crew's lives.

Elantris - Best Brandon Sanderson book ever. Beats even The Way of Kings. I'm rereading it for about the 10th time.
Prince of Lies - James Lowder's crowning jewel of the Forgotten Realms. This is an amazing book.
Loki - By Mike Vasich, about the Norse god's fall from grace and his life story. AMAZING book. Read it about 5 times now.
Loki: Why I Began the End - by Maia Jacomus, another book about the god and his life story, and why he starts Ragnarok. Ends on an amusing note.
Dance With Dragons - Because I can. You just have to read this more than once to get the whole story.

As for Discworld, I tend to skip the Rincewind novels, preferring the Night Watch novels or the Granny Weatherwax novels. Granny is the best Discworld character ever.