{"id":275,"date":"2001-11-30T10:33:54","date_gmt":"2001-11-30T18:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=275"},"modified":"2022-03-07T10:27:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T18:27:44","slug":"upcoming-reading-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/11\/30\/upcoming-reading-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming reading material"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:16686,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.hometheaterforum.com\\\/htforum\\\/showthread.php?s=&amp;threadid=28737&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14515,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.hometheaterforum.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260105234116\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.hometheaterforum.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 23:46:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 19:17:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 00:02:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 03:15:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 12:07:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 16:54:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 05:06:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 06:17:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 06:17:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16163,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/ASIN\\\/B00003CWT6\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/ASIN\\\/B00003CWT6\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3014,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.alaska.net\\\/~royce&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been between books for a while now, and have been casting about for what to read next. My next book I&#8217;m now good for &#8212; I can&#8217;t think of the title right now, but Candice loaned me a book last night that explores many of the different religions and\/or cults (depending on your point of view) in the world today, from Mormonism to Scientology, should be interesting reading.<\/p>\n<p>Today I was reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hometheaterforum.com\/htforum\/showthread.php?s=&amp;threadid=28737\" title=\"HTF: Lord of the Rings review\">this thread<\/a> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hometheaterforum.com\/\" title=\"Home Theater Forum\">Home Theater Forum<\/a> where they&#8217;re discussing some of the reviews that have been coming out for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00003CWT6\/djwudicom-20\" title=\"Amazon: Lord of the Rings\">Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring<\/a>. On [page two<\/a> of the thread conversation turned to whether or not the film would capture that near-undefinable &#8220;magic&#8221; or &#8220;epic&#8221; feel of really good fantasy or science fiction. In the course of the discussion quite a few books and series were mentioned, and I thought I&#8217;d jot some of them down so I can pull from this list next time I need to find a book to dive into. Here&#8217;s what they&#8217;ve mentioned so far:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Fantasy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the first two trilogies of the <strong>Dragonlance<\/strong> series, by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (which always looked somewhat cheesy to me, but I may have been selling them short);<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Wheel of Time<\/strong> novels by Robert Jordan (I&#8217;ve read all that are currently in paperback and am anxiously awaiting more);<\/li>\n<li>the <strong>Shannara<\/strong> books by Terry Brooks (the first few I remember liking, but that was years ago);<\/li>\n<li>the <strong>Thomas Covenant<\/strong> novels by Stephen R. Donaldson (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaska.net\/~royce\/\" title=\"Royce Williams' Norwegian Kickboxing Page\">Royce<\/a> has been telling me to read these for years);<\/li>\n<li>the <strong>Krondor<\/strong> novels by Raymond E. Feist (I know nothing about these);<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Chronicles of Narnia<\/strong> by C.S. Lewis (I&#8217;ve read them, but again, it&#8217;s been years)<\/li>\n<li>the <strong>Belgariad<\/strong> series by David Eddings (I&#8217;m more into sci-fi, but this was the one of the first major fantasy series that I really enjoyed);<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Hambly&#8217;s fantasy series (the name of the series isn&#8217;t known, but the last book is titled <em>The Dark Hand of Magic<\/em>);<\/li>\n<li>Zelazny&#8217;s <strong>Amber<\/strong> series (don&#8217;t know much about these either);<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Song of Ice and Fire<\/strong> series by George R. R. Martin (again, no personal knowledge here).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sci-Fi:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Asimov&#8217;s <strong>Foundation<\/strong> series (while Asimov is my all-time favorite sci-fi author, I&#8217;ve actually yet to read this series);<\/li>\n<li>Frank Herbert&#8217;s <strong>Dune<\/strong> series (I&#8217;ve read the first, but none of the others);<\/li>\n<li>some of Iain Banks&#8217; science fiction work (a name I&#8217;m not familiar with);<\/li>\n<li>early Greg Bear and Gregory Benford (I think I&#8217;ve read some of each author&#8230;I at least know the names);<\/li>\n<li>Niven&#8217;s <strong>Ringworld<\/strong> series (Niven&#8217;s another personal favorite, I&#8217;ve read a few of the Ringworld books);<\/li>\n<li>Peter F. Hamilton&#8217;s <strong>Reality Dysfunction<\/strong> series (not a clue, again).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So&#8230;it&#8217;s a good start. Any comments on any of these, or any suggestions for other material? 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