The Wheel of Time

I finished the second book of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series last night. Man, what a good series so far! That guy really knows how to write. The story is epic in scope, but manages not to get dry and dull like the final third of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. If you enjoy fantasy novels, you cannot miss this series.

Brains…

I picked up a hardcover copy of the Marvel Zombies comic book miniseries. I was never a big comic book collector, but the concept of superheroes turning into zombies sounded very interesting.  Zombies with super powers?  They’d be unstoppable!  I’m curious to see how it all turns out.

“It’s about bunnies”

I finished reading Richard Adams’ Watership Down last night. It was definitely a great book. It’s about a group of rabbits who leave their warren on a premonition that something terrible is about to happen to it, and the adventures they have while trying to find a new place to live. On a deeper level, it’s a story about how heroes are created and how different people adapt to survive in a dangerous world.

The author did a great job creating a simple mythology and various cultures for the rabbits. At no point did the story every become tedious or boring. After going through the entire book, the epilogue was especially moving.

I would certainly place this book on that short list of books that everyone should read during their time here on earth.

Oh, and as for the title: Watership Down is a place. A “down” is hill, and “Watership” is its name. It can be a strange title for those of us not born in southern England.