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What I'm Reading Now, July Edition

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Thu, 07/29/2004 - 2:00am

The Diamond Throne by Monte Cook: A gazetteer-type supplement for Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed alternative Player's Handbook. I'd rather it have been longer than it is, but it does provide a decent overview of the setting, and I suppose he can always flesh it out with more releases.

The Mauritius Command by Patrick O'Brian: The fourth book in the Jack Aubry series finds the post captain temporarily elevated to the rank of commodore and charged with leading a squadron of British frigates to battle Napolean's forces in the south Pacific. Like the other books, its an enjoyable read -- Aubry, as always, is larger than life, intelligent and utterly heroic. His loyal friend Dr. Stephen Maturin, however, takes a darker turn by book's end, albeit one that fans will have anticipated. Next up after this is Desolation Island and an infamous ship called ... the Bounty!

The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan: The second book in Jordan's epic Wheel of Time series. I'm actually re-reading this book (well, re-listening to it) thanks to Audible.com, which recently added the unabridged volume to their library. I'm really enjoying returning to the beginning of this series, seeing the characters before their destinies caught up with them, and nodding knowingly at the hints of prophesy. Unfortunately, Audible has added the third book to the series, so after this one's done I'll be taking a break from the Wheel of Time for a while.

InSpectres by Jared A. Sorensen: I got a review PDF of this Ghostbusters-inspired RPG a few months back, and I'm ashamed to admit that I'm only getting to it now. InSpectres is a comedic horror game, and as befits its inspiration, it's tagline is "Fighting the Forces of Darkness So You Don't Have To"

Dungeon #114: Paizo Publishing re-designs and re-launches Dungeon with this issue. I've only just cracked the cover, but looks to have plenty of good stuff in it including a return to the Isle of Dread, two other, unrelated adventure, a column by Wil Wheaton and a bunch more good stuff. While I miss the old Poly section, I think this new Dungeon Master-centric version of Dungeon is going to be far better ... and far more popular.

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