What are you reading?

[chris.ph]

i still havent finished it

 

[Beyond Birthday]

Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge and will finish Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk should the mood strike me.

 

[michelanCello]

Bulgakov - Master and Margarita

 

[The Mad Collector]

The Great Explorers by Robin Hanbury

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

go down to the works and see if they fave any left :idea:

Went in today nothing I don't think every shop has the same books in different parts of the UK.

 

[BatrickPatrick]

The end of Thud

I sometimes pick up a DW book and read the last hundred pages...The exiting parts

 

[deldaisy]

The end of Thud

I sometimes pick up a DW book and read the last hundred pages...The exiting parts

I am reading the end of Thud too Well I started in the middle to find a reference, so then I went back to the start.... and now I am near the end. ARRGHHH! See what this site is doing to me!
AND I got my copy of "I can wear Midnight" yesterday. I have started that. I never read two books at once. I love to fall into them no distractions; so I will finish Thud first then I can read Midnight in peace.

 

[Tonyblack]

The end of Thud

I sometimes pick up a DW book and read the last hundred pages...The exiting parts

I am reading the end of Thud too Well I started in the middle to find a reference, so then I went back to the start.... and now I am near the end. ARRGHHH! See what this site is doing to me!
AND I got my copy of "I can wear Midnight" yesterday. I have started that. I never read two books at once. I love to fall into them no distractions; so I will finish Thud first then I can read Midnight in peace.

Never underestimate the first couple of pages of a DW book. There's often an important 'key' in the very first bit that will prove important in the later story.

I Shall wear Midnight, Del.

 

[Dotsie]

And very pretty you will look in it too, Tony

 

[Tonyblack]

I walked into that one.

 

[deldaisy]

DUH! Thanks Tony! Think I will start from the beginning of "I Shall Wear Midnight" too...... Starting with the TITLE PAGE!

 

[chris.ph]

go down to the works and see if they fave any left :idea:

Went in today nothing I don't think every shop has the same books in different parts of the UK.

never thought of that as the four we have in this area all have the same so i thought it was nationwide

 

[Tonyblack]

I'm reading an Arthurian mystery novel by an American writer named Tony Hays - 'The Killing Way'. He's obviously done a lot of research on that time period, but the map at the start of the book has Carmarthen in Newport.

I've emailed him to put him right.

 

[chris.ph]

its only a hundred miles thats a back garden in texas

 

[Tonyblack]

Well I got a response from him.

Dear Tony,

I hope you don't mind me writing to you. I'm currently reading your book, 'The Killing Way' which was recommended to me by our friend here in Tucson, Susan Cummings Miller, the mystery writer. I'm enjoying the book tremendously, especially as I'm a Welshman married to an American.

However, I felt I had to write to you to point out (if it hasn't already been pointed out) that the map in the book is way out as far as Carmarthen (Moridunum) is concerned. Your map has it situated at Newport in Gwent, when it's actually about 80 miles to the west. There were, of course many Roman settlements and forts in and around Newport, but Moridunum is not one of them.

Carmarthen is a great place to put the birthplace of Merlin, and you're right that the Demetre was the tribe in that area, but the Silures would have been the power in force in the Newport area.

Anyhow, I'm sure you know all this and the map point is a misprint, but I thought I'd point it out and take the opportunity to wish you all the best with the book and future ones in the series.

Best wishes,

Tony Blackwell.

His reponse:

Dear Tony,

I don't mind at all. I had wanted to have Geoffrey Ashe review the maps before they were finalized, but I didn't get a chance to see them myself until nearly the eve of publication. However, you're the first to point that one out. I'll see that that is changed in any future editions. Corvus Books, a new imprint by Grove/Atlantic UK, is publishing a British edition next April. I'll see if I can get that corrected in that edition.

I'm under contract with Tor/Forge through four volumes. We'll be talking about extending it this spring when we see the sales numbers on #3, The Beloved Dead. I like to say that I "ground" the novels in certain Arthurian myths/legends/folktales. I'm particularly fond of the Welsh material, and I use the Mabinogion frequently. The third volume uses the old story of Melwas's abduction of Guinevere in conjunction with the tale of Arthur digging up Bran's head at the White Mount. They're fun.

I enjoyed meeting Susan in Tucson last weekend. Feel free to drop me a note anytime.

Tony

It might sound a little petty, pointing that out, but it really bugged me and I'm kind of glad that I pointed it out before he released the book in the UK. There's about 80 miles difference and, as Chris says, that's no distance in the US - but it is in Britain!

 

[Antiq]

Reading Russka, by Edward Rutherfurd. I've already read, London, Dublin, Sarum and Ireland - The Awakening. Great reads for anyone who likes epic historical fact/fiction.

 

[chris.ph]

its bloody massive in wales

 

[BatrickPatrick]

The Devil's Dictionary

 

[Verns]

Well I got a response from him.

It might sound a little petty, pointing that out, but it really bugged me and I'm kind of glad that I pointed it out before he released the book in the UK. There's about 80 miles difference and, as Chris says, that's no distance in the US - but it is in Britain!

Well done! And not in the least bit petty. It is a fact that a novel can be as far-fetched as it likes, but if it has real facts in it, like the location of Roman settlements, they must be correct. I remember reading an interview with Bernard Cornwell and he said as much about his Sharpe books - all fictional, but if he put a soldier in a wrong piece of uniform for the period, his post-bag would be full of outraged letters from Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells pointing out his mistake.

My brother (the ice-cream champion) is inordinately proud that his letter to the publishers of Chambers dictionaries resulted in a change to their definition of the word 'mouse'. As well as being a rodent and a piece of computer hardware, it is also a 'small lead weight used in inserting a sash cord into a window frame'. They had got this bit wrong and so he was delighted when they used, word for word, his corrected definition.

Pedants of the world unite!

 

[Sjoerd3000]

Reading Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith