The What Are You Reading thread (now with a simpler name)

[Guard Dog]

I finally crossed Carl Sagan's The Demon Haunted World off my list. Pretty good read on critical thinking. 

[Malcador]

Reading the Blood of Kerensky books, forgot what kind of writer Stackpole is but remembered it a minute or two after buying it.  Cheap at least, have to say Phelan Kell is a special character.

Edited December 11, 2025 by Malcador

[ShadySands]

13 hours ago, Malcador said:

Reading the Blood of Kerensky books, forgot what kind of writer Stackpole but remembered it a minute or two after buying it.  Cheap at least, have to say Phelan Kell is special character.

I haven't read those in a while, not even sure I finished the trilogy. 

Kell is the Martyest of Marty Sues. I always liked his name though.

[Malcador]

Actually almost all of the main characters suck. VSD isn't quite so annoying, though, as Kell or Kai - he's a Superman but is emo about failing.

 

[Malcador]

Finished the Jade Falcon trilogy, was much better than the Blood of Kerensky books and Aidan is written better than Phelan, actually seems to have an arc.  The sex stuff in the first book was a bit funny with how much the author mentioned it, heh., considering the issues with it.

 

Edited December 31, 2025 by Malcador

[ShadySands]

I remember liking those books a lot more but Jade Falcon was my clan back in the day

[melkathi]

The only Battletech author who could write a novel worth reading was Blaine Lee Pardoe, quiaff?

[Malcador]

2 hours ago, melkathi said:

The only Battletech author who could write a novel worth reading was Blaine Lee Pardoe, quiaff?

That seems to be the consensus from 3 places I checked.  Surprised there's 100+ of these novels, though.

Edited December 31, 2025 by Malcador