I'm reading two interesting books (well, one is in print and the other is from Audible). I will probably finish the audio one today, as it is short (5 and a half hours) and I'm already halfway through.
The first book I'm "reading" is what I'm listening to. Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell, both known for their science fiction, wrote a set of complimentary fantasy novellas. Published as one in audio format (
Amazon.com: The Alchemist and the Executioness (Audible Audio Edition): Paolo Bacigalupi, Tobias S. Buckell, Jonathan Davis, Katherine Kellgren: Books, or as separate dead-tree editions (
http://www.amazon.com/Alchemist-Paol...8220155&sr=8-3 and
Amazon.com: The Executioness (9781596063549): Tobias S. Buckell, J. K. Drummond: Books, they go hand-in-hand telling a story of a world where magic is forbidden--in fact, it's causing harm to the world, until one day an alchemist thinks he's found the cure. Somehow, this is going to tie into the story of The Executioness, but I haven't gotten that far yet. I've never read anything by either author, but am quite enjoying it.
The other book I'm reading is
Shadow & Claw, by Gene Wolfe (
Amazon.com: Shadow & Claw: The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun' (Book of the Long Sun) (9780312890179): Gene Wolfe: Books. Wolfe's writing style is a bit dense, and if there was ever a book that begged to be Kindle-ized, this is one (Infinite Jest is another), with its small font and obscure words. But after I got past the initial shock and began to be comfortable with Wolfe's writing style, I'm finding I don't want to put it down. I really wish this were available in Kindle. Oh well.
Tomorrow, I'm probably going to start listening to Bill Bryson's
A Short History of Nearly Everything. It's been on my "to read" list for awhile and I think it won't distract me from
Shadow & Claw in terms of confusing plotlines and such. I typically read more than one book at a time, but I've found that I have to read different genres, otherwise I get confused and get my stories crossed.
/tk