Currently :
- "Hell House" by Richard Matheson. It's just ok. Glacial pace. Lots of redundancy. Really annoying character (Florence) that I keep hoping will die a horrible death. But I'm committed to finishing it to get the sense of closure on it.
Next up :
- "The Dark Tower II : The Drawing of the Three" by Stephen King.
- "The Republic of Pirates" by Colin Woodard
DieRuhe: The second Elric book.
When I was younger, I had it in my head that these were dull, plodding, complicated novels. I don't know why. I probably read tried to read one in high school and didn't like it. But recently my library had a book sale and I bought a bunch of them; I read the first and was hooked.
Fantasy is still my favorite genre, but these days it seems like the cast of characters in any popular set of novels is way too huge; it's nice to read something a little more streamlined.
Ahh,
I envy you! My all-time-favorite fantasy series (I named my Dave Mustaine Signature guitars
"Stormbringer" and
"Mourneblade" respectively). I finally got my girlfriend to read them. She's a fantasy nut (has a cat named "Frodo") and she's enjoying them quite a bit. I couldn't believe she had never read them before.
Incidentally, I'm not sure if you like metal music, but you should check out the
Itallian band Domine, who devote the lion's share of their music and albums to the Elric saga. And Spanish band Dark Moor did a
10-minute epic titled "The Fall of Melnibone".