I’m currently reading a book called Shoeless Joe which is the book that inspired Field of Dreams. As a big baseball fan it was a must read for me, plus I wasn’t aware it was based on a book until a few years ago.
I finished the Little House books. Always wanted to read them and found them at a flea market. My grandmother loved the show and as a kid I didn’t care about it but as an adult I love it. Always at least a few episodes in my DVR.
I'm reading a collection of essays on Aesthetics from Plato to Heidegger and it's great. Also reading On Resistance to Evil by Force by Ivan Ilyan. I plan to read God is a Man of War by Steven de Young after.
Before, I just finished the Elric series which was one of the most blatant 1970s boomer worldview masturbations I've ever read, although lots of it was very fun.
Have Elric in my stack to read. Nerdrotic and Razorfist said if you liked Ice and Fire you would like Elric so I picked it up. I have Plato’s Republic on my shelf to read
I'd rather read Elric to SoIAF any day, but I think I just read Elric in the wrong era. To cut a long saga short with no spoilers, Elric is the emperor of an island nation with an unbeatable navy. This nation is notable for their old empire that has recently receeded back to the singular island itself, and his entire race is known for their unbridaled cruelty and malice. Elric, of course, the albino drug addict, is notable as being the only one of his race who cares about silly things like "morals."
If you thought this sounded an awful lot like England through the eyes of a leftist boomer, you'd be exactly correct. Throughout the series, Elric (or should we just say, "Moorcock's Gary Stu") displays rampant self-hatred and a libertine "fuck everything that moves and do all the drugs in the world" that can only be groaned at in 2025 after watching these very people ruin the entire planet around us.
All that being said, even a 60-70s boomer knew how to write, how to tell an engaging story, and how to actually have fun, so they're all a great and quick read. I only hated Revenge of the Rose, which was a later addition to the saga in the 90s. The rest are all pretty good to great if you ignore all the boomer worldview impositions.
Overall I'd say Conan and Solomon Kane are way, way better, but Elric will remain a seminal series in Fantasy history. The whole saga is a quick read too, so it's not a huge commitment. I think I read it all in like 30-40 hours.
Thanks. Read the complete Howard Conan about 2 years ago and will buy any book or comic of Conan or red Sonja (pre Gail Simone)