I've got a couple books going right now. I'm the type of person who can't read just one book at a time. I'm pretty heavily into
The Lazarus Project by Aleksander Hemon. It's hard to explain, but it has to deal with a Jewish immigrant who is killed by the chief of police in 1920s Chicago for being an "anarchist assassin." Then 90 years later a journalist delves deeper into the story, trying to uncover the details.
I'm also reading
Soon I Will Be Invincible, by Austin Grossman. It's a funny parody of comic book superheros, told in narrative form. An epic story of good versus evil! This book is great fun...and a relatively quick read (if I weren't reading 3 books at once!)
And one other fun read that a friend recommended...
Rumo by Walter Moers. It's about a cowardly dog that finds a demonic sword that urges him to go on a quest to kill monsters (in the most basic sense). Very imaginative read with a lot of adult humor hidden between the lines (verry Potter-esque in that it appeals to both kids and adults, for different reasons. was suggested by my friend who is a huge potter-phile).
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Both of these sound highly intriguing. Gawd, I'm in the mood for steampunk. I'll definitely be looking into these, since I just finished Eden.
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Mieville is probably one of the best steampunk authors you can read, in my opinion. I loved
Perdido, but I think I liked
The Scar even more. I'm currently reading
Iron Council and it's quite good too, but it's not my favorite. He has another,
Rat King, that he wrote before
Perdido, and I hear it's quite good as well. Just have a lot on my backlog.
Another good author in the genre is Hal Duncan -- he has his
The Book of All Hours trilogy (2 of 3 completed:
Vellum and
Ink). Highly recommended and I'm anticipating the third book.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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