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What are you reading? (March 2011)
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Tim the Wiz said:I've swapped a colossus for a behemoth; finished Wise Man's Fear and started:
It's a bit melodramatic and annoying thus far, but it's the finale of Malazan's main narrative thread, so it's difficult to look away as the largest convergence yet approaches. A pity that so few of the players are ones which populated the earlier books - there has to be a comparative lack of connection with many of these Johnny-come-lately Ascendants and the like. Not far into it, though.
Same here.
Definitely better than Rothfuss' pap, but pretty disappointing overall.
Almost finished now. I am hoping that Erickson returns to the quality seen in Midnight Tides.
I would put that book up there with the best of Lynch, Martin and Abercrombie. All the others on the other hand...
Tim the Wiz
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Jerk 2.0 said:
Otherwise, disappointing to hear that it's still in the doldrums that far out. Almost feel like ditching it and finishing up my re-read of Flashman.
Salazar said:
I have only read 'Best Served Cold' and I thought it to be a fairly good novel.
Not as Good as 'Lies of Lock Lamora', 'Midnight Tides' or 'Storm of Swords' but pretty damn good.
Maybe the rest of his body of work is much worse, but from what I saw, it seemed fair to include him as one of the better writers in the genre.
Tim the Wiz
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Salazar said:
You didn't like the Corwin Cycle of Amber?
GroteSmurf
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About 40 pages in. Gives me plenty o' ammo.
Bombshells by Joanna Murray-Smith. Didn't like it as much as Honour, but Meryl Louise Davenport's monologue was all kinds of brilliant. So sad I never got to see it performed by Caroline O'Connor.
Just started Everybody's Political What's What? on the advice of my grandfather and it's been really good so far. GB Shaw is just wonderful to read.
Just started Everybody's Political What's What? on the advice of my grandfather and it's been really good so far. GB Shaw is just wonderful to read.
I just came home from book store and bought that very same bookGroteSmurf said:
About 40 pages in. Gives me plenty o' ammo.
I also bought Merchants of Doubt. Some of my friends have been raving about it for some time now so I finally decided to give it a read. Gonna tart reading it right after this post.
afternoon delight
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I know if I start reading Merchants of Doubt I'll only become incredibly angry.
sparky2112
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Skipped over this in the long years between my youth and when I 'rediscovered' fantasy. Yep, a bit slow to get going just like everyone says, but Williams's prose is good, so it's not much of a chore to read...
Cobalt_fury
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Plywood said:I've held off on this long enough!
I will read this book before the show premieres, damn it!
Snap!
nakedsushi
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There's a sale on Zoo city at the Angry Robot Store. It's about $1.40 instead of $5 for the nxt three days:
http://www.angryrobotstore.com/fantasy/zoo-city-lauren-beukes.html
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
I had it at the end of my to-read list, but for $1.40 there's not much of a risk.
http://www.angryrobotstore.com/fantasy/zoo-city-lauren-beukes.html
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
from goodreads said:
I had it at the end of my to-read list, but for $1.40 there's not much of a risk.
This book has been fantastic so far.Dresden said:Finished Flashman and the Angel of the Lord, Flashman and the Mountain of Light, and Flashman and the Dragon recently.
I really am Flashman'd out--I want to read The Great Game but that's about it. Really am going to take a break from Flashman and just start this:
Death hung in the air like words misplaced, necromancy. I rolled some lizardpaper and lit it with my finger, scouring the scattered scrolls and shattered alembics for meaning in a black magic world. There was none. The spirit guardians had abandoned us, even my Pale Crocodile.
nakedsushi
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Yeah I couldn't tell if the description was poking fun at itself or what. What's this pale crocodile thing?
Plywood said:I've held off on this long enough!
I will read this book before the show premieres, damn it!
Same here. I'm actually using this thread as a schedule. A really slow schedule.
Aaronology
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Book 10 of Butcher's Dresden series. I've blitzed through 1-9 in the last month. Harry Dresden is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters ever. Such a smarmy wise-ass! Shame the tv series never got off the ground...
sparky2112 said:Skipped over this in the long years between my youth and when I 'rediscovered' fantasy. Yep, a bit slow to get going just like everyone says, but Williams's prose is good, so it's not much of a chore to read...
Amazing series. One of my all time favorites, though its been years since I've read it. I still have the last 3 books but somehow lost the 1st one somewhere along the way. I need to pick that one up again.
charlemagne
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There's a clip on youtube showing a short snippet of each of the characters (except for one, I think) as performed by Caroline O'Conner. Even that little bit gives you an idea of how great it would have been.justin.au said:
Just finished this. Really good read. I'm not usually into sci-fi too much but I thought this was excellent and will definitely have to check out more from Dan Simmons in the future.
I thought the section with Sol and his daughter Rachel getting younger and losing her memory every day was absolutely heart wrenching. Some truly sad and emotional passages there.
Just started this tonight. Very early into it but it seems really interesting. Seems to be a slower read initially which is not a bad thing, just writing that demands more attention and thought to it.
BanShunsaku
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Just finished:
Started reading this at Christmas time and didn't get a chance to really get stuck into it until last week... been home from work sick, so lots of reading time.
My first Sanderson novel, and I really enjoyed it. Loved the ending, great way to set things in motion for the rest of the series.
Just started:
I only read The Name of the Wind a few months ago, so the story is still relatively fresh in my mind... I am super excited for this one. Read about 5 or 6 chapters this morning, and it already has its hooks in!
Started reading this at Christmas time and didn't get a chance to really get stuck into it until last week... been home from work sick, so lots of reading time
.My first Sanderson novel, and I really enjoyed it. Loved the ending, great way to set things in motion for the rest of the series.
Just started:
I only read The Name of the Wind a few months ago, so the story is still relatively fresh in my mind... I am super excited for this one. Read about 5 or 6 chapters this morning, and it already has its hooks in!
Gamer @ Heart
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I am re reading
I'm dreading getting to you know where, but i look forward to getting to
Anyway, i geeked out the last 10 minutes and read a wonderful summary or arguments on who Jon's parents really are. It gave me goosebumps as it did the first time i heard about the theory. God i love this series.
I'm dreading getting to you know where, but i look forward to getting to
Tyrions revenge on his dad. At least i think i remember it being in this book.
Anyway, i geeked out the last 10 minutes and read a wonderful summary or arguments on who Jon's parents really are. It gave me goosebumps as it did the first time i heard about the theory. God i love this series.
Read these this past week:
I'm loving this series. I like young Kvothe a lot, but Kote is a bit pathetic. Undoubtedly there will be a good explanation for it though. Is this series a trilogy, or what?
Love the allomancy system in these. Hoping to see it expanded even more into book 3.
Starting this tomorrow hopefully:
I'm liking Brandon Sanderson so far, so maybe this after that:
I'm loving this series. I like young Kvothe a lot, but Kote is a bit pathetic. Undoubtedly there will be a good explanation for it though. Is this series a trilogy, or what?
Love the allomancy system in these. Hoping to see it expanded even more into book 3.
Starting this tomorrow hopefully:
I'm liking Brandon Sanderson so far, so maybe this after that:
MacGurcules
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I dunno. I think that's kind of intentional. Rothfuss seems like a big enough nerd to recognize all the tropes he's throwing around. I'm not far into WMF yet, but in NotW, you could definitely see some metatrope aspects working their way into this Mary Sue.Jerk 2.0 said:
Think about your stereotypical Mary Sue author: Socially awkward/oblivious, self-victimizing, undeserved sense of superiority. That's Kvothe. Unable to connect to most of the people around him and perpetually stuck in the friend zone with the woman he's crazy for who is constantly running around with other guys. He feels he's unjustly persecuted by others but practically all of his problems come from running his mouth. His sense of superiority, is perhaps deserved, but he takes it to a level of arrogance that constantly backfires on him.
The story is very tropey but it seems to go back and subtly dismantle enough parts of that to make me think that there's a little more depth to the process than it appears.
Dresden said:
His extreme Marty Stu-ness is the main problem I have with him, but I was referring to his willful self-destruction.
Past the beginning of the first novel, just about all his ills could have been avoided had he had the littlest bit of common sense.
I am also very much annoyed by his fascination with Mary Sue.
MacGurcules said:
You misunderstand. While I do have an issue with the way he is written, I was not complaining about the writing. I just really dislike him as a character.
Great choices. I just finished Hyperion two nights ago. Loved it so much. I'm already into the next book, Fall of Hyperion, and it's really entertaining right from the start.Jarlaxle said:
Sol's story was crazy emotional. Such an unfathomable thing for a parent to have to deal with. I also loved the Consul's story. There were some big twists in there that I didn't see coming and I loved reading about the relationship between his grandfather and Siri.
I read the Prince of Nothing trilogy last year. I liked it a lot. Definitely is a dense read at times that demands a lot of attention to detail, but it's very rewarding as well.
Burger
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Commodore said:
If you really enjoy it, check out the audiobook, narrated by John Lee. He does a bloody excellent job of acting out the parts, his accents for all the spoken languages are brilliant, and it's thoroughly engaging.
I would have been helpless trying to figure out how to pronounce all the different names and places in the story.
http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B0030CNJZI&qid=1299398679&sr=1-1
