 July 15, 2015 - 10:05am | Been kind of busy and hadn't chosen a summer reading list this year. However I came across "HP Lovecraft Great Tales of Horror" for $6. I've never read any Lovecraft and figured I might as well if for no other reason than to read his "Call of Cthulu" story. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 July 16, 2015 - 1:53am | Caution. I used to have a huge Lovecraftian library, all his works and loads of the other Mythos writers; Clark Ashton Smith, Frank Belknap Long, Hazel Heald, Henry Kuttner, etc. Had some real rarities at the time, Horror in the Burying Ground and Horror in the Museum (both easily available now) and scoured second hand bookshops for more. Eventually I had to give the lot up, used to give me nightmares. Odd really, I didn't find it particularly frightening but, regular as clockwork, I'd read a bit of Mythos literature and that night I'd have black crawling nightmares that would wake me up in a panic soaked with sweat. Perhaps I failed my SAN roll or something... Of course now you can watch "Haiyore! Nyaruko-san" a Japanese anime where all the various gods of the Cthulhu Mythos manifest themselves as... Yup, you guessed it, cute Japanese schoolgirls (at least they're the ones with the tentacles this time). Occasionally the hapless male protagonist gets a cut scene where he actually rolls for SAN loss. And fails. Set course for the 80's... (My Livejournal) |
 July 16, 2015 - 4:41am | Peter Clines - 14, The Fold and his Ex-Heroes Series. 14 - Can't tell you anything without giving the story away. When I finished this book, I was pleasantly dumbfounded. I find it a horror/sci-fi novel well above the curve. The Fold - A scientist has perfected a teleportation device...or has he? Ex-Heroes Series - A few superheroes in a zombie-dominated apocalyptic world. They're short reads, but worth it. Clines has an amazing knack of totally messing with your "Oh, I got this figured out..." thought process. He's like Josh Whedon...when you think you do...you don't. Other fine additions to any library: Kevin Hearne - Iron Druid Chronicles Jim Butcher - Harry Dresden series You can't argue with the invincibly ignorant. - William F. Buckley |
July 16, 2015 - 7:35am | Cuthulu Mythos as cute Japanese school girls, Lovecraft use to be considered a niche Horror writer but I guess when you've gone cute Japanese school girl its a sign you went main stream. Ex heroes sounds interesting. I've had very little about interest in doing s but recently got sucked into Walking Dead and I'm on season 3 with the prison. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 July 17, 2015 - 8:04am | I''m resuming last year's summer reading list: the Dragonriders of Pern series. I read the first 5 in high school, then more or less forgot about them. My wife, when I met her, was a bigger fan, she owned 10 of the books, but stopped collecting about the time we got married. Last summer, I read the 10 she owned (re-reading 1-5, since it had been 25+ years), and I rather liked them. Now I have started getting more stuff from the library, starting with some of the short story collections. |
July 18, 2015 - 3:16pm | I didn't realize there were that many pern novels. Though I do remember that I was not interested in pursuing the Harper set in the pern series. You've suddenly reminded me of another series I did not finish, Redwall. I may need to locate Redwall and feign reading it in front of the kids and burst out with laughter as some points and pump a fist at others while saying "Yes!" Then pretend I don't want them to read it when they show an interest. The youngest reads way too many princess books IMO- I'm suppose to locate and buy the 3rd Princess Academy story right now. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 19, 2015 - 9:49am | After the first 3 Pern books, I dropped off. When she got to "The Hairdresser/Janitor/Fast Food Worker of Pern" it totally went over the edge. It became too ephemeral for me. You can't argue with the invincibly ignorant. - William F. Buckley |
July 19, 2015 - 10:47am | I did read the one where they dug up the shuttles on the southern continent and a short story where a survey team was investigating why pern dropped out of contact and located desperate survivors on the southern continent. I think the survey team story was the most internet ng. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 19, 2015 - 1:39pm | I've been enjoying the "not-dragonriders" stories as well, which is kind of surprising to me. The shuttle and rescue ship stories were good, too. |
 July 22, 2015 - 11:52pm | I found the Harry Harrison "Death World" Trilogy at the library. Good reading for fun. I always enjoyed his Stainless Steel Rat Series. I read the Pern books a long time ago. I enjoyed them. Redwall is my daughters favorite books. That's both my oldest and youngest. We actually got to meet the author once at a book reading near Seattle. He has passed away now, but it is a good memory. My youngest wants me to read them. I just finished a book, "Master Seargent" by Odom. Good scifi war story. I read another series last month about a woman who was a socialite but bad things happen and she ends up in the scifi version of the Foreign Legion. I can't remember the titles though. |
July 31, 2015 - 8:34pm | I read another series last month about a woman who was a socialite but bad things happen and she ends up in the scifi version of the Foreign Legion. I can't remember the titles though. That's a lot like a character backstory that my wife created for a Serenity character. |
