Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION The Anywhere Machine So what are you READING?

I picked up Philip Roth's "The Plot Against America," an alternate history where Charles Lindbergh becomes president of the U.S. and makes a pact with Hitler. This is going to the top of my reading list. I'm starting it today.

Picked up a paperback copy of The Gunslinger, Dark Tower 1. Decided I couldn't wait for my hardback to show up. So far, not too bad and I've gotten a lot farther along than the first time I tried to read it.

"Bunnicula" I read every once in a while. A cat and dog team try to stop the reign of a vampire bunny. Everyone knows how- pound a steak through his heart!

I remember that book! Man, i have not thought about it in years.....

Scott,

I read Son of Rosemary, and to tell you the
truth, I think that "Look What Happened to
Rosemary's Baby" was distinctly superior to
that, which should give you an idea of what
the book was like ...

Lately I've been reading the Science Fiction
Bookclub Omnibus edition of Madeline L'Engle's
"Wrinkle in Time" series.

When it gets here, I'll be reading Stephen R.
Donaldson's third Land trilogy...

RTVU2, I'm on this kids' book craze right now. Don't ask me why. After Bunnicula, I've got the Chronicles of Narnia, then The City of Gold and Lead on the list. They are all great books; probably why I'm such a reader today.

Hey CJ, love the Narnia books too. Whenever I want to go lighter I go Harry Potter.

Narnia kicks ass. Can't wait for the movie!!!

Movie? Whachou talking 'bout Kippers?

They doing all 7 books? The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe? Details dagnabbit.

The best place for info is http://www.narniaweb.com/ since they have an up-to-date cast list and news. The movie started filming in New Zealand in June and, I believe, is expected to be ready for release the end (maybe Christmas) of next year.

The casting for the White Witch is perfect. The kid playing Peter just dosen't look likes peter too me but all the other kids look great. Maybe we should start a new discussion thread about this?

Done. Discuss the Narnia movie here .

Those are great. I still go back and reread them every couple of years.

Hm, what does that include? Does that stop at Swifly Tilting Planet or go on to the second trilogy?

I'd like to sit with that series again some time. My old reading group did Wrinkle a while back and I noticed the Christian themes that I didn't pick up on when I was younger. I'm curious to see if I pick that up in the later books (I'm sure they're there, just remembering the plot of Many Waters).

Did you catch that awful ABC-TV movie? Some great casting (David Dorfman is perfect as Charles, same for Alfre Woodward as one of the Mrs.'s) but they oversimplified the plot.

It's got through Many Waters. I've read the first
three now, and have just started on the 4th.

Wasn't there a second trilogy focusing on Meg and whasshisname's daughter? I think they all had references to time in the title. Then again, maybe not...I get so confused trying to sort out L'Engle's books.

I want to reread the whole series but Many Waters especially. The first time I tried reading it I was still pretty young and had a hard time keeping track of all the unusual names.

I only ever read the first three books. Weren't the later one(s) written quite a while later?

I often find that, when a series/trilogy is written in relatively quick succession, and then another book is written a while later, the new additions aren't as satisfying.

Case in point: I didn't really think Tehanu was a particularly good follow-up to the Wizard of Earthsea trilogy.

I'm reading The Martian Chronicles. Ray Bradbury is one of my favorite writers.

The Chronicles are good. Most Bradbury stuff is. Ever seen the mini-series with Rock Hudson?

Don't think I've seen that one. I'll finish reading the book, then see if I can find it on DVD (or, more likely, video) somewhere.

I do know that Dandelion Wine was also made into a movie a while back.

Does anyone know what Bradbury is doing these days?

I saw the mini-series, but Rock wasn't with me at the time.

I remember being surprised by the series because I had a very different impression from reading the book. When I read the book, I thought the Martians were still present, but don't recall them being so in the mini-series.

I'm plowing through Philip Roth's "Plot Against America." The writng is very dense, but it's hard to put down. Lindberg is elected President of the U.S., makes a pact with Hitler and keeps the U.S. out of WWII. This is all seen through the eyes of a young Jewish boy in Newark, N.J. I love alternate histories, especially when the author mixes a lot of well researched fact with his speculative fiction.

For any Tad Williams fans (I'm one) the first book in his new trilogy comes out on November 2.



Shadowmarch: Volume 1 introduces a world conquered by humans, who have driven the Qar, or fairy folk, into the far north. There, the Qar hide behind the "Shadowline," a mysterious veil of perpetual mist, which drives mad any human who dares enter it. Bordering that mist and named for it is Shadowmarch, the northernmost human kingdom.

Shadowmarch has lately fallen on hard times. Its king has been captured by a rival kingdom, the regent has been mysteriously slain, and the new regents are callow fifteen-year-olds. Moody, crippled Prince Barrick is uninterested in their responsibilities and haunted by eerie dreams. His twin, Princess Briony, takes their new duties seriously, but is hot-tempered and headstrong. How can they defeat the greatest threats in Shadowmarch history? Their nobles plot to overthrow them--and the plotters may include their pregnant stepmother, seeking the throne for her own child. The expanding empire of Xis has sent its agents into Shadowmarch. And, for the first time since it appeared centuries ago, the Shadowline has starting moving. As the maddening mist spreads south over Shadowmarch, it does not quite hide the powerful, uncanny, and vengeful Qar army of invasion..

I am still trying to get through Johnthon Strange and Mr Norell but everytime I pick it upI fall asleep...

Same problem here. Not exactly a page-turner yet. Maybe it's one of these "picks up after page 350" kind of books...I always read the end first - the ending is good...