Late to the party is better than not going

[moonwise]

My husband has started reading Harry Potter. He's been carrying the book around the house, and it's adorable. Now, if I could only get him to try His Majesty's Dragon, given his penchant for Patrick O'Brien books...

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[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

Better late than never. My husband won't read the books but gets mad if we talk about them since he doesn't want to be spoiled for the next movie.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

That's so cute. :)

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

I suppose it is in a roundabout way. We end up waiting for him to go bike riding or something and then talk about it. He's such a kid sometimes.

[lizardqueen.livejournal.com]

I loooooove PO'B...what's this dragon book about?

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Naomi Novik has written a series of books (http://www.amazon.com/Temeraire-Vol-1-3-Bonus-Poster/dp/0345489241/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251252138&sr=1-8) that are a pastiche of the Napoleonic Wars, if the warships had air support in the form of dragons. In the first book, the sea-captain William Laurence captures a dragon egg from the French as a prize, and he ends up trading his life at sea for the Air Corps when the dragon Temeraire hatches and decides that Laurence will be his captain. Temeraire is quite special (naturally) and the two of them fight the French together for the freedom of England.

I haven't read the Aubrey-Maturin books myself, but my husband tells me that the books always end with Aubrey in some sort of trouble that is resolved/continued in the next book. Novik has followed this pattern, and it does keep you interested in the next one...

[ssilverfish.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'll have to let my husband know about those. He really liked the Patrick O'Brien stuff and has been on a fantasy kick lately. Sounds like the perfect thing.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Then he would definitely like these books. The fourth book, Empire of Ivory is IMO a little slow and too reminiscent of Anne McCaffrey's Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern, but it picks up again with the fifth book Victory of Eagles when Novik writes more from Temeraire's perspective.

[ada-kensington.livejournal.com]

The advantages: your husband has missed the height of the HP fandom and has therefore bypassed the terrifying shipping wars. Yay! :P

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Hee. He wouldn't give a toss about the shipwars anyway.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

That's adorable. Try to aim him so he doesn't walk into a wall.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

I've had to nag him to turn off the reading light so I can sleep. :)

[ladyofthesea.livejournal.com]

What book is he up to now? :D

[arafel.livejournal.com]

He's still on the first one. We'll see whether his interest remains past the end.

[mebil.livejournal.com]

Listen to the Harry Potter audio books read by Jim Dale. The story-reading is incredible and is very consistent throughout the gazillion pages. It is better than listening to the BBC audio-books of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. I am trying to locate the radio show of the HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Other fiction books that this male enjoys:
Bartimaeus Trilogy - Stroud
Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Riordan
Fablehaven - Mull
Inkheart and the second book - Funke

* Anything by Jules Verne and H. Rider Haggard

The early Robert Heinlein books are interesting sci-fi. The later ones are horrible.

If you can find them, Rod Sterling's Twilight Zone series is enjoyable.

One can always follow the advice from billboards in Indiana: "An educated man is one who reads The Bible." This is different from other billboards stating "Real men don't need porn." and "Porn is the other woman."

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recs!