First impressions, though, I enjoyed it.

I was very impressed. You might think that it took me a while to finish this book because I've been busy with work and wedding stuff, but I also wanted to take my time with it as well. It is just so well written that I wanted to digest the book slowly, making sure I was able to fully appreciate every last bit of it. I have already started on the next book in the series; I just could not keep myself away. :)

For me personally, it was a little slow getting started. Once the main schtick of the book was revealed, I started getting into it though. There is definately an interesting twist to it. All in all, not a bad book. I was getting caught up in it as it progressed faster and faster towards the end. I can't say too much about it without spoiling the premise.

Anyways, Mr. Gemmell has definately cemented his place in my favorite authors list (along with Ray Bradbury, C.J. Cherryh, and others). I really enjoyed the book. It's just a good story, and I was eager to learn more about Druss. I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of The Legend of Deathwalker. I am a big fan of the world Gemmell has created in this series.

On an interesting side note, apparently somebody finally got word to whoever needed to hear it, because the new cover of Legend depicts Druss using his actual weapon, an axe, instead of a sword like on the copy I have. Either way, though, this is a series I plan on rereading a few years down the road. I have just gotten too much enjoyment of it not to.

I could sit here and tell you how good it was, but I think the fact that it won the Hugo award in 1961 speaks for itself.

This book was an eerily appropriate read, given the events of the last few months. It deals with the long-term aftereffects of a nuclear war that brings humanity to the verge of anihilation, with a bit of a Catholic twist.

Definately worth a read.

I enjoyed the book, as I tend to with King novels. The writing is lightweight (for lack of a better term) and reads very quickly, despite the fact that King tends to be pretty wordy (certainly not a bad thing though). I recall hearing one of the actors from the movie remarking in an interview in the HBO: Making Of for Dreamcatcher that King writes male relationships well. For better or worse, I went into the book with that in mind, and I have to agree. Perhaps that's one of the reasons the book was such a quick read for me, the central relationship in the book between the four friends felt pretty natural to me.

Or I could just be talking out of my butt. :)

One of these days, I'm going to sit down and start working my way through the list of Hugo and Nebula Award Winners. I've already read a number of them (Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, Dune, The Forever War, Ender's Game, and Speaker for the Dead). They are some of my absolute favorite books.

I went through over half that book last night (about 200+ pages). I couldn't put it down. Definately one of the best books I've read in a while.

I'd absolutely love to run a game in that world, probably some variation of d20 CoC. Lots of fun to be had there. :) Any of my local gamer buddies up for it?

It was a pretty short book by today's standards, only 183 pages, but I definately enjoyed it. I look forward to reading the other two books contained in the hardback. I think I'll put it on the backburner though, start doing my old rotation again, and try not to read straight through a series. I think I may get back into The Two Towers or finish up Chapterhouse: Dune, if not going back into David Gemmel's Drenai series.

Now I'm reading Ensign Flandry by Poul Anderson. Figured it was time to take a step back from all the fantasy I'd been reading lately.

I've used Baen's Free Library before. Heck, that's how I got into David Weber in the first place. I've read Oath of Swords and gotten most of the way through The War God's Own on my Palm. I am always looking for those books when I'm in a bookstore, though I usually am unable to find them.

I think I will go out this afternoon/evening and pick up this book just on principle.

Update: Okay, now I have bought it. And, from what I understand, the CD can be copied as long as it is not sold. Cool. :)

I picked up a couple books by R.A. Salvatore (The Demon Awakens and The Thousand Orcs), The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert (one of my favorite authors now), Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein, and Dragon Wing by Weis & Hickman. Jenn also snagged some King novels and a bridal magazine.

I gots me a couple $5 certificates heading my way now. :-D