" Thorns " series by Mark Lawrence SPOILERS discussion of all books SPOILERS
#781
Posted 08 April 2017 - 01:02 PM
Man I really wish you hadn't left the Westeros boards at the moment, so you could adress the (utterly ridiculous) 'too many girls' conversation going on in the Red Sister thread right now.
Not that you'd necessarily want to and to be fair mostly people are adressing it for you.
Not that you'd necessarily want to and to be fair mostly people are adressing it for you.
I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you.
#782
Posted 08 April 2017 - 02:00 PM
Those MRA people are scum licking idiots and the book is terrific.
Fortunately, most of the Westeros people are not having the stupid MRA shit and are reading the book (and liking it!).
Fortunately, most of the Westeros people are not having the stupid MRA shit and are reading the book (and liking it!).
This post has been edited by amphibian: 08 April 2017 - 02:25 PM
I survived the Permian and all I got was this t-shirt.
#783
Posted 08 April 2017 - 08:04 PM
amphibian, on 08 April 2017 - 02:00 PM, said:
Those MRA people are scum licking idiots and the book is terrific.
Fortunately, most of the Westeros people are not having the stupid MRA shit and are reading the book (and liking it!).
Fortunately, most of the Westeros people are not having the stupid MRA shit and are reading the book (and liking it!).
*blinks*
I'm guessing we're not talking Magnetic Resonance Angiograms here...
How many girls is too many?
#784
Posted 08 April 2017 - 08:15 PM
Mark Lawrence, on 08 April 2017 - 08:04 PM, said:
How many girls is too many?
I think the problem isn't really with quantity of girls so much as the main character is a girl. But basically you've gone from being one of the few hold-outs of male-aimed fantasy to writing inclusivity porn.
What's weird is that the one user most strongly pushing the argument is a dude I've often agreed with and found sensible in the past. Oh well.
I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you.
#785
#786
Posted 09 April 2017 - 07:59 PM
Finished red sister and it was highly enjoyable! Was thrown a little as for some reason I'd expected it to be a book in the broken empire sequence, which it isn't , but very entertaining none the less. Looking forward to the next one.
#787
Posted 10 April 2017 - 06:46 PM
Mine arrived today
I am not at home
I am away for work
This vexes me greatly
I am not at home
I am away for work
This vexes me greatly
2012
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
#788
Posted 12 April 2017 - 08:51 AM
Imperial Historian, on 09 April 2017 - 07:59 PM, said:
Finished red sister and it was highly enjoyable! Was thrown a little as for some reason I'd expected it to be a book in the broken empire sequence, which it isn't , but very entertaining none the less. Looking forward to the next one.
It was the "red" wasn't it? Red Queen's War + Red Sister.
#789
Posted 12 April 2017 - 09:52 PM
got home.
box from amazon.
I ordered Red sister along with 2 other books. amazon app was fucking about that day, everything double ordered.
So I now have 2 copies of Red sister and 2 copies of Sins of Empire, next week 2 copies of The Forgetting Moon are arriving
DOUBLE THE READING FUN.
but seriously, if anyone wants, I'll UK mail (only) Red Sister to them, they can paypal me the cost of shipping plus whatever they think the book is worth.
box from amazon.
I ordered Red sister along with 2 other books. amazon app was fucking about that day, everything double ordered.
So I now have 2 copies of Red sister and 2 copies of Sins of Empire, next week 2 copies of The Forgetting Moon are arriving
DOUBLE THE READING FUN.
but seriously, if anyone wants, I'll UK mail (only) Red Sister to them, they can paypal me the cost of shipping plus whatever they think the book is worth.
2012
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
#790
Posted 12 April 2017 - 10:46 PM
Nice offer, but if I was you I'd have already contacted Amazon about the screw up and send them back. If those are all hardbacks that's an expensive mistake.
Trouble arrives when the opponents to such a system institute its extreme opposite, where individualism becomes godlike and sacrosanct, and no greater service to any other ideal (including community) is possible. In such a system rapacious greed thrives behind the guise of freedom, and the worst aspects of human nature come to the fore....
#791
Posted 13 April 2017 - 05:18 AM
Briar King, on 13 April 2017 - 01:57 AM, said:
@Mark not sure how aware/into gaming you are but Horizon Zero Dawn on PS4 has a certain feel to Broken Empire which is very groovy. I also see Avatar similarities in.
Ha yes, I said the same on Twitter. Particularly the map.. I likened it to Jorgs eye Ring that gave the satellite view. Also the hidden bunkers of the 'Ancients', the holos, the reused structures.. quite a few comparisons really.
Enjoying Red Sister so far
Spoiler
This post has been edited by Traveller: 13 April 2017 - 05:21 AM
So that's the story. And what was the real lesson? Don't leave things in the fridge.
#792
Posted 13 April 2017 - 07:00 AM
HoosierDaddy, on 12 April 2017 - 10:46 PM, said:
Nice offer, but if I was you I'd have already contacted Amazon about the screw up and send them back. If those are all hardbacks that's an expensive mistake.
The third book doesn't arrive for another2 weeks as it came from an independent seller in the US.
2012
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
#793
Posted 13 April 2017 - 11:49 AM
Macros, on 12 April 2017 - 09:52 PM, said:
got home.
box from amazon.
I ordered Red sister along with 2 other books. amazon app was fucking about that day, everything double ordered.
So I now have 2 copies of Red sister and 2 copies of Sins of Empire, next week 2 copies of The Forgetting Moon are arriving
DOUBLE THE READING FUN.
but seriously, if anyone wants, I'll UK mail (only) Red Sister to them, they can paypal me the cost of shipping plus whatever they think the book is worth.
box from amazon.
I ordered Red sister along with 2 other books. amazon app was fucking about that day, everything double ordered.
So I now have 2 copies of Red sister and 2 copies of Sins of Empire, next week 2 copies of The Forgetting Moon are arriving
DOUBLE THE READING FUN.
but seriously, if anyone wants, I'll UK mail (only) Red Sister to them, they can paypal me the cost of shipping plus whatever they think the book is worth.
Amazon were doing that to us a lot a year or so back. Very annoying, and a real hassle to get refunded etc. We ended up giving them as gifts but being pissed off about it.
#794
Posted 13 April 2017 - 11:54 AM
Briar King, on 13 April 2017 - 01:57 AM, said:
@Mark not sure how aware/into gaming you are but Horizon Zero Dawn on PS4 has a certain feel to Broken Empire which is very groovy. I also see Avatar similarities in.
I haven't managed to play any video games for almost 2 years but last week I dusted off my PS4 on which I had played just one game, and played another. The Last of Us. Excellent game.
Now I'm playing World of Tanks (the free version) and getting killed by east Euroean teens on a regular basis.
#795
Posted 13 April 2017 - 04:11 PM
I am really REALLY overdue to read the RED QUEEN'S WAR trilo.
TO AUDIBLE!!!!
TO AUDIBLE!!!!
THIS IS YOUR REMINDER THAT THERE IS A
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT
#796
Posted 13 April 2017 - 04:35 PM
Mark Lawrence, on 13 April 2017 - 11:49 AM, said:
Macros, on 12 April 2017 - 09:52 PM, said:
got home.
box from amazon.
I ordered Red sister along with 2 other books. amazon app was fucking about that day, everything double ordered.
So I now have 2 copies of Red sister and 2 copies of Sins of Empire, next week 2 copies of The Forgetting Moon are arriving
DOUBLE THE READING FUN.
but seriously, if anyone wants, I'll UK mail (only) Red Sister to them, they can paypal me the cost of shipping plus whatever they think the book is worth.
box from amazon.
I ordered Red sister along with 2 other books. amazon app was fucking about that day, everything double ordered.
So I now have 2 copies of Red sister and 2 copies of Sins of Empire, next week 2 copies of The Forgetting Moon are arriving
DOUBLE THE READING FUN.
but seriously, if anyone wants, I'll UK mail (only) Red Sister to them, they can paypal me the cost of shipping plus whatever they think the book is worth.
Amazon were doing that to us a lot a year or so back. Very annoying, and a real hassle to get refunded etc. We ended up giving them as gifts but being pissed off about it.
Yeah I'm thinking if no one bites I'll keep the shiny copies and use them as prizes in the art forum or something
2012
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
#797
Posted 14 April 2017 - 06:28 PM
just finished.
I am so, so, so happy with the ending of this book.
really nailed the landing, at one stage (for a very brief period about the 2/3 mark) I was about to turn against this book altogether
spoilerific musings
I am so, so, so happy with the ending of this book.
really nailed the landing, at one stage (for a very brief period about the 2/3 mark) I was about to turn against this book altogether
spoilerific musings
Spoiler
2012
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
#798
Posted 14 April 2017 - 06:43 PM
also, for anyone who hasn't purchased a copy of Red Sister yet and wants to win one:
just click here and your dreams can come true
just click here and your dreams can come true
2012
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
#799
Posted 14 April 2017 - 07:07 PM
Mark Lawrence, on 12 April 2017 - 08:51 AM, said:
Imperial Historian, on 09 April 2017 - 07:59 PM, said:
Finished red sister and it was highly enjoyable! Was thrown a little as for some reason I'd expected it to be a book in the broken empire sequence, which it isn't , but very entertaining none the less. Looking forward to the next one.
It was the "red" wasn't it? Red Queen's War + Red Sister.
Yep pretty much this. To many reds mark!
#800
Posted 26 April 2017 - 06:52 PM
Imperial Historian, on 14 April 2017 - 07:07 PM, said:
Mark Lawrence, on 12 April 2017 - 08:51 AM, said:
Imperial Historian, on 09 April 2017 - 07:59 PM, said:
Finished red sister and it was highly enjoyable! Was thrown a little as for some reason I'd expected it to be a book in the broken empire sequence, which it isn't , but very entertaining none the less. Looking forward to the next one.
It was the "red" wasn't it? Red Queen's War + Red Sister.
Yep pretty much this. To many reds mark!
Well, Grey Sister is up next, so that should settle the matter.