The Reading Corner.

[Buster's Uncle]

That one breaks continuity a little, too, if you ask me.

[Geo]

Sofar, I only came as far as the caves.
'Scouting/exploring Kzinti before their main force was near Wunderland had me frowning, until I grokked there was appearantly already a conflict going in space at the time the Defense Committee was set up.

[Geo]

How many of the War books do you have, and are they in paper or e-format?

[Buster's Uncle]

Paper - and I've missed a few of the very latest, but 10 or so.

[Geo]

Handy amnesia on Dimity.
Still, the rescuers should've been able to see battle damage.

[Vishniac]

Started The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian: The Original Adventures of the Greatest Sword and Sorcery Hero of All Time, by Robert E. Howard, first in a collection of Conan stories, in the order they were published (although some are versions published later - maybe they didn't have the original pulp mags?) and unedited/unembellished by others. I guess the others would mostly be L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, who arranged the stories chronologically and added their own "pastiches," and whose editions I read as a boy.

It's not really reading but...if you like them, you should get the Conan comics by Marvel.
Especially the series Savage Sword of Conan. You'll love them.

As this series is in black & white, there is no disadvantage to buy the essential paperbacks. (Better have a good credit card though: lots of albums, lots of stories...)
Conan thief, Conan pirate, Conan mercenary, Conan warlord, Conan adventurer, told and drawn by the greatest artists such as Roy Thomas with a luxus of details on every page just...incredible!  The fun never ends. And there are the stories by R.Howard illustrated.

I own almost all Conan comics stories published in French but there are probably many more in English (and in the right order).
http://www.amazon.com/Savage-Sword-Conan-Vol-v/dp/1593078382/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1401999610&sr=1-1&keywords=savage+sword+of+conan

[Buster's Uncle]

I believe it was Thomas who actually coined the term "Conan the Barbarian".

[Lord Avalon]

I have read a couple of the Conan comic collections. Maybe someday I'll get more.

[Buster's Uncle]

Deeper than the Darkness by Greg Benford.  I've read this one twice already over the years (published 1970, so a very early Beford work), but don't recall how it ends, or it sucking...

This is an earlier version of The Stars in Shroud, but I don't remember well enough to tell if the latter was an improvement.  This was decent.

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Bodyguard and four other short science fiction novels from Galaxy edited by H. L. Gold.

-I already burned through the whole 273 pages in a few nights, so it must have been okay - not feeling good for the last week -stomach troubles- helped, though.  Sometimes, you even I don't feel like sitting at the keyboard all day.

It's always tough to know what to say about anthologies w/o reviewing each story, which would be too much work - but if you like the sort of SF they published in Galaxy circa 1960, you'll like this.

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The Maker of Universes by Phillip Jose Farmer.  First of the World of Tiers series.

[Geo]

Grossgeister Swamp - Man-Kzin Wars XI, by Hal Colebatch.

A welcome return of the Jotoki.

[Buster's Uncle]

The Maker of Universes by Phillip Jose Farmer.  First of the World of Tiers series.

Sort of like the Riverworld books, if not as deep, ultimately.  A huge artificial world toured by the protagonist, who has many adventures along the way.

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A Private Cosmos by Phillip Jose Farmer.  Third in the same series.  See previous remarks.  Recommended if you don't get your hopes too high.

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Dayworld by Phillip Jose Farmer.

[Ultimatum]

I'm presently reading The Wiseman's fear,and I've just finished reading Leviathan Wakes.

[Buster's Uncle]

Who are those by?

[Ultimatum]

Patrick Rothfuss(Wiseman's fear) and  James S.A. Corey (Leviathan Wakes)

[Lord Avalon]

Other Times Than Peace, by David Drake