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Fiction: P. Craig Russel's "The Ring of the Nibelung" A comic adaptation of the classic Richard Wagner opera of the same name. All I can say is if you like comics, fantasy, and great artwork, this is a good one.

Non-fiction: Geoffrey Robertson QC "Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle For Global Justice. New Edition." Part of my reading list for an international relations class I'm taking, but Geoffrey Robertson is a good writer. Aussies might know who he is, awhile back he had a TV show on Channel 7 called 'Hypotheticals', where he would take a number of celebrities and put them in a forum where he would construct a hypothetical on the spot and go to each and ask them what they would do. Smart man, and funny too.

Dreadnought by Robert K. Massie, which is a lengthy analysis of the origins and nature of the naval arms race between England and Germany, prior to WWI. If you're looking for a book full of copious details on ship classes and so on, so far this isn't the book (I'm a little under halfway through). Instead, the first third focused almost entirely on setting the stage with regards to the various political figures involved.

Fascinating stuff.

I just finished The Half Blood Prince. Now I'm trying to decide between Ravenor and Crossfire, both 40k books...

Ravenor is better. Crossfire was decent, despite the flak it caught for not being a bit 40K battle festival. I preferred Legacy, though.

Just finished Ravenor actually. Finished 15 Hours last night and started Dawn of War today. After I'm done with that I'll start on Ravenor Returns.

Petrosjko wrote:Ravenor is better. Crossfire was decent, despite the flak it caught for not being a bit 40K battle festival. I preferred Legacy, though.

Interesting. It actually got blasted because it isn't about some mega-battle?

I'd hope people would understand that 40k is a titanic enough universe that there's so much room for so much more in little stories everywhere. Ah well...

I'm also anal about series. The choices are narrowed down thus because they start their respective series. I have Ravenor Returned, Legacy, and two Soul Drinker books, but not Soul Drinker itself, so I can't read those yet.

Code. Lines and lines of code. But next time I have free time, I intend to read Hawkings A Biref History of Time, which I bought around Christmas time, but haven't read yet.

Brother-Captain Gaius wrote:Interesting. It actually got blasted because it isn't about some mega-battle?

I'd hope people would understand that 40k is a titanic enough universe that there's so much room for so much more in little stories everywhere. Ah well...

You know how simple-minded fanbois can be. Funny how Crossfire got ripped for being an Arbites story while Farseer got so many accolades when it only had one real fight.

I'm also anal about series. The choices are narrowed down thus because they start their respective series. I have Ravenor Returned, Legacy, and two Soul Drinker books, but not Soul Drinker itself, so I can't read those yet.

The Ravenor series isn't up to snuff with Eisenhorn, for a variety of reasons. Ravenor himself isn't as accessible as a character as Eisenhorn is, for one. Another is the fact that the layout and style of the Eisenhorn books reinforced the gothic feel of the setting, whereas the Ravenor books are more convention setups.

That said, Ravenor has one of the best scenes I've read yet in any BL book. I won't spoil, but 'CAR-CAR-CARNIVORA' just sticks in your head, or it did in mine, anyway. Very well-conveyed scene.

Crossfire/Legacy are good enough. I really haven't attached to any characters in the storyline, which is my main objection to them.

As for the Soul Drinkers, meh, I really didn't like the first one, and that tainted the whole series for me.

Finshed re-reading Song of Ice and Fire.

I'm actually right in the middle of reading The Two Towers. I just finished Fellowship of the Ring, and had read The Silmarillion awhile before that.
- Ra

currently re-reading Reaper Man

I just finished The Half Blood Prince, am now working on The 4th Of July, The Da Vinci Code, Artemis Fowl The Opal Deception, and The Historian.

As you can tell I read all the time and have different books for different areas. One for dining room, living room, bedroom, and my purse for waiting in line.

Fiction: I dont read much fiction anymore

Non-Fiction: A Conflict of Visions
Evolutionary Analysis
Evolutionary Biology
Psyhology (yes, I read text books)