Books!

[ultranos]

I stumbled across a book series I loved as a youngish teen while surfing Amazon (don't ask), and in a moment of weakness brought about by nostalgia, I've managed to track down and order copies of William Nicholson's Wind on Fire Trilogy.

This is one of those series I mourn the lack of fandom for. Kestrel eats awesome for breakfast. (And I possibly nearly developed a crush on my mental image of Bowman by Book 2, Slaves of the Mastery) Am I the only one who remembers reading these books? Because seriously, they are/were awesome.

Speaking of books, I might give up on The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie for the moment. I'm just not in the correct mood for it. I think I'm going to start Across the Nightingale Floor (Book 1 of Tales of the Ootori) by Lian Hearn next. Probably.

As I'm at it, anyone got any particularly interesting book recs? I hear I have a membership to a certain library on campus...

Comments

[windstar127.livejournal.com]

Not even a little. I've got a copy of the trilogy on my shelf.

[ultranos-fic.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, that's right. I think I remember reading your copy of Firesong. But the trilogy is awesome, is it not?

[windstar127.livejournal.com]

Bowman gets too whiny to suit me, but Kestrel is awesome, yes. Also, Mumpo grew up rather well, as did Pinto. And who can forget the cat.

[ultranos-fic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, after Book 2, I wanted to smack Bowman upside the head for being a whiny, slightly holier-than-thou asshole. Which is why Kestrel totally calmly stealing his so-called thunder had me laughing with glee. And the cat!

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

i confess to having been tempted by Across the nightingale floor.

my recs - Brother Termite by Patricia Anthony, anything by the late Gerald Durrell or David Quammen, Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
Guy Gavriel Kay, What if the Earth had two Moons by Dr. Neil Commins, and the Foreigner series by CJ Cherryh.

have nice days and be well.

[ultranos-fic.livejournal.com]

Ooh, cool. I'll check those out. Thanks!

[rusalka.livejournal.com]

I really liked Tales of the Otori. Don't know what to recommend, though, since I don't know what you've read. Have you read Barry Hughart?

[ultranos-fic.livejournal.com]

No? What's he written?

[rusalka.livejournal.com]

Bridge of Birds,The Story of the Stone, and Eight Skilled Gentlemen. It was supposed to be a longer series, but that didn't happen for various reasons.