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Favorite authorsRay Bradbury, Dino Buzzati, Albert Camus, Fabrice Colin, Gustave Flaubert, Frank Herbert, Robin Hobb, Terry Pratchett, J. R. R. Tolkien (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresFNAC Antwerpen, Furet du Nord, Les Quatre Chemins, Librairie Scylla, Waterstone's Brussels

Favorite publishersEos, Le Bélial, Orbit Books

About me French living in Belgium, I open a book every time I have the opportunity.
I like: fantasy series which are truly epic, science fiction when it's really dark, horror stories which are profoundly human and more than just "scary shit", philosophical/existentialist novels, classical literature when it's damn good, weird fiction, steampunk and crossover in general.
I don't like: lengthy and pointless fantasy books, literature written by nerds for nerds (e.g. hard-science, RPG novels, etc.), best sellers which are easily written, easily read, easily digested and easily forgotten.

Trentenaire français réfugié en Belgique, j'ouvre un livre dès que l'occasion se présente.
J'aime: les cycles de fantasy qui ont le mot "épique" tatoué sur la fesse gauche, la SF quand elle est sombre, l'horreur et le fantastique lorsqu'ils explorent les tréfonds de l'âme, les romans profonds et existentiels (peu importe le decorum), le steampunk, le weird et la fusion des genres en général.
Je n'aime pas: les cycles de fantasy "au kilo", les best-sellers pour lecteurs peu exigeants.

About my libraryMost of my readings are in the speculative fiction genre (sci-fi, fantasy and fantastique/horror) with all sub-genres being represented.
I'm also a big fan of (high quality) literary fiction. I try to target quality/innovative readings but have no problem reading mass-market stuff from time to time (I almost enjoyed the Da Vinci Code).
I became a "reader" after discovering speculative fiction around the age of 13 when I read the Hobbit and Robert Silverberg's Lord Valentine's Castle (watching Conan the Barbarian over and over again also helped). I never quitted on the genre since then. Besides that I got introduced to French classical literature at high school which expanded my horizon. This got me into killer writers like Albert Camus, Chrétien de Troyes or Voltaire who I still find incredibly hot today.
I typically read 20/30 books a year.

Currently reading:


Last 10 books read:


My favourite books/series are at this point:
1. The Tartar Steppe (Dino Buzzati)
2. Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
3. Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
4. L'étranger (Albert Camus)
5. Altered Carbon (Richard Morgan)
6. A vos souhaits (Fabrice Colin)
7. The Chronicles of Amber (Roger Zelazny)
8. Only forward (Michael Marshall Smith)
9. For whom the bell tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
10. The Farseer trilogy (Robin Hobb)

Best book read in 2012
The Rise of Endymion (Dan Simmons)

Best book read in 2011
Hyperion (Dan Simmons)

Best book read in 2010
Foundation (Isaac Asimov)

Best book read in 2009
Last call (Tim Powers)

Best book read in 2008
Stardust (Neil Gaiman)

Best book read in 2007
Northern Lights (Philip Pullman)

Best book read in 2006
Speaker for the dead (Orson Scott Card)

Best book read in 2005
Stormbringer (Michael Moorcock)

Best book read in 2004
Royal Assassin (Robin Hobb)

Best book read in 2003
Altered Carbon (Richard Morgan)

Best book read in 2002
Only forward (Michael Marshall Smith)

Best book read in 2001
A vos souhaits (Fabrice Colin)

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Member sinceJun 15, 2010

Currently readingThe Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos #4) by Dan Simmons