lol, digital piracy. I want! Can you PM me the link to get it? Torment was one of my all time favourite games.

Anyway I'd like to introduce an entire series of books, by one George R.R. Martin. Its called The Song of Ice and Fire, and currently its up to the 4th book of a planned six. The titles are:

A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Sea of Swords
A Feast for Crows

The series is one with two major plotlines. The first deals with the politics of the kingdom the series is set in, and focuses mainly on the Stark family. The kingdom used to be ruled by the Targaryens, who had dragons as pets, but the dragons died out, and the last Targaryen king was semi-insane. This led Robert Baretheon and his best friend Eddark Stark to lead an uprising that saw Robert installed as king. The political intrigue starts when Robert decides to pay a visit to Stark many years after the war...

Behind this political plot lies a more shadowy threat. The kingdom is protected from the north by a huge wall made completely of ice. Beyond the wall are the wildlings, giants, and the 'others'. Some say that the long winter is coming, that the wall will fall, and the others will come again.

Well, I can't really give away too much of the plot, because if Martin is good at one thing, its making readers go 'omgwtf I can't believe George did this' when he reveals his plots.

One word of cautuion if you read this series. Don't get too attached to the characters, they die easily...

If you want to check out more on the books, visit the authors site at http://www.georgerrmartin.com/

I used to like John Grisham's books alot. Lately tho he has been depressing me. I for one like happy endings, but books like The Summons and King of Torts don't exactly end on a high note.

I like some of James Clavell's books too. King Rat was wuite good, and Shogun was magnificent. I couldn't finish Noble Gouse tho, it was boring. If you like James Clavell's books you may want to try Wilbur Smith. I recommend Birds of Prey.

Talking about Calvin and Hobbes, I heard there's a new collectors edition compilation of ALL the strips that ran. Its printed in color on glossy paper. I went to MPH Midvalley today but didn't see it. Definitely a must buy

Foundation and Robots by Asimov and Dune by Frank Herbert? Yep, all in my collection. I haven't had the pleasure of reading the ringworld saga tho. Sad tho whats happening to the Dune saga. Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson is butchering the series.

Strangely, noone mentioned the Wheel of Time saga by Robert Jordan. Considering how famous this series is, I'm sure there are those among you guys who've read it. Book 11 just came out (available as hardback in MPH) and book 12 is suppose to end the story. Just how Jordan's going to finish the series when so many things still need addressing is beyond me.

A Feast for Crows came out like, 2 weeks ago. I don't think its even out in the US yet. Harper Collins released it in UK early. You can try ordering it from Amazon, they are already shipping it. Note that its not out in Malaysia. I've asked around and the response I get is "what? A song of what?"

Anyone here ever seen the paperback version of "The Two Swords" on sale in Malaysia? Its a Drizzt Do'Urden book by R.A. Salvatore. I've been looking for it like mad but all I see are the hardback versions. My mother always taught me that hardbacks are not worth buying because they are heavy and hard to read in bed and they are also more expensive... ok my mother didn't teach me that. I'm digressing here. Bah. So anyone seen this book yet?

Crichton's new book 'State of Fear' is an extremely good read IMO, not because of the story, but because it gives you a real look at the global warming issue. Sure sure, Crichton is just trying to justify Bush's rejection of the Kyoto Agreement blablabla... you know what? He provides the facts, which are utterly believable.

Anyway I have every single book by MC. I'm a big fan of his

My friend is a big fan of Neil Gaiman. How are his books? Anansi Boys is by him no? Whats all this about "God is dead, meet the kids?"

Hey, I like Jeffrey Archer too! Its just that his books tend to run along the same plotlines. However his excellent writing and humor makes up for this.

Stephen King is a very very good author. I feel that he tends to be longwinded but man can he describe things. Definitely one og my favourites.

And Tom Clancy, lol, I also read all his books, up til Jack Ryan became president. After Executive Orders I kinda lost interest in ole Tom's 'US Superpower Crushes Everything in Righteous Fury' ideas.

Please do not tell us how you got the books via illegal means etc etc. If you do love Salvatore's books you would have no problem spending money buying them.

Anyone here read Stephen King's Dark Tower books? The Gunslinger woohoo! To think he dragged out the series for that long. Glad its finally over (I think).

The Two Blades, I finally got it. After only importing the hardcover version for the past 5 months, now they have it in paperback. One night of good reading coming up. Tata.

I sort of reviewed A Song of Ice and Fire a few pages back, look it up.

Thats one cyberpunk classic you're talking about.

Anyone read Dean Koonzt? I'm tempted to start reading his books but so far I haven't found any at the local library. I don't intend to spend RM35 on an author I've never read.

If the book is freely available, or has since passed its copryright final date, then by all means share it. However if its books gotten thru illegal means (digital piracy), please do not.

A trip to borders revealed that book four of George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire is finally available in Malaysia. Its in hardcover and cost RM99, but you can get a 20% discount if you buy another item. I bought a newspaper.

Alas The Complete Calvin and Hobbes is not yet available.

I've been reading Neil Gaiman. Started with Neverwhere, which was some sort of post-modern fantasy story. I loved it. Then I read stardust, and loved it more. Stardust is, at its heart, a love story, and I am a sucker for romance.

Now I'm reading Good Omen. Gives me a chuckle every now and then simply because its so inane. Doesn't help that I'm reading it during lectures. Giggling in class while your professor is discussing ways to detoxify the human body is BAD.

I remember that book! It was on the bestsellers list forever so many years back. Its funny tho, why such a title? Is it because Mars is the God of war (thus manly) while Venus is the goddess of love (feminine?) Bleh, I still love you, the girl from Mars!

I think you got the 'extra' version. You se, magician was released as one book, but it was too think for many publishers so they split it into masters and apprentice. Later, when the book got famous and Raymond E. Fiest got enough power to do so, he decided to readd the pages that got truncated from his original draft. Thats the 15000 missing text.

Recently I picked up a few discworld books. I've been sniggering during lectures again (fyi I get most of my reading done during lectures.) and people have been looking at me funny again. Sigh...

Currently hunting for Fred Saberhagen's Book of Swords 1-3 and Book of Lost Swords 1-5. From the description of the books its quite the epic, but its rather hard to find these. Might have to head to Borders since MPH and Kinukuniya both don't have it in stock.