I decided to dust off my uncle's 20 year old copies of the entire Legend of Drizzt series by R.A. Salvatore, currently on book 3.
Awesome! Salvatore's Dark Elf trilogy about Drizzt Do'Urdan's upbringing remains one of my favorite fantasy series even today, some 20 or so years after I first read them.
Originally Posted by
Samuel Edwards
I was reading some of Julius Caesar's Writings on the Gallic Wars.
A fascinating read. Translated a good chunk of the Gallic Wars as a senior project in Latin in college. A rather unique perspective of late Iron Age continental Celtic culture ... prior to Caesar effectively ending their autonomy. Just remember, the Celts were a traditional blood-enemy of the Romans. Recall all those early Republic era battles against Samnites and other such trans-Appenine tribes (and especially the cis-Alpine Gauls in the north of Italy) , and how the early Roman seemed totally horrified of them? Well, those were Celtic tribes, and the Romans never quite managed to understand these "barbarian" neighbors. So when Caesar forced the Celts to the ropes, it was the culmination of some 500 years of mutual aggression against what was, in essence, the boogie-men of your average Roman's nightmares!
Currently reading: "Foundation and Earth", book 5 of Asimov's Foundation series. (Has anybody read the Second Foundation series by Binford, Bear, and <can't recall the 3rd right now>? Local used bookshop has all 3 books, but I'm a bit leary of an addendum to the Foundation story not penned by Asimov.)