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The Malazan Empires Favorite books of 2011
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QuickTidal 
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Posted 28 December 2011 - 03:29 PM
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
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kcf
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Posted 28 December 2011 - 05:02 PM
I'll of course be doing the standard end of year blog post, but since I'm still a week or two out from that, I'll thrown in my best (links to the full review are included so you can see what I'm thinking of the books and how they got included in this list). It was a very modest year for me with only about 23 books read.
Best
The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie (review)
The Crippled God by Steven Erikson (review)
The Sacred Band by David Anthony Durham (review)
Honorable Mention
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss (review)
The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham (review)
The Worst - by a large margin
The Dark Griffin by K.J. Taylor (review)
and...The Most Dissappointing - I was looking forward to this one a lot, but for me it simply didn't work.
The White-Luck Warrior by R Scott Bakker (review)
Best
The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie (review)
The Crippled God by Steven Erikson (review)
The Sacred Band by David Anthony Durham (review)
Honorable Mention
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss (review)
The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham (review)
The Worst - by a large margin
The Dark Griffin by K.J. Taylor (review)
and...The Most Dissappointing - I was looking forward to this one a lot, but for me it simply didn't work.
The White-Luck Warrior by R Scott Bakker (review)
This post has been edited by kcf: 28 December 2011 - 05:03 PM
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pat5150
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Posted 29 December 2011 - 02:11 AM
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Salt-Man Z
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Posted 10 January 2012 - 11:46 PM
Finally put up my "Best of 2011" blog post: The 2011 Saltys. I'm oddly proud of how the trophy came out.
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
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Baco Xtath
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Posted 11 January 2012 - 01:06 AM
Salt-Man Z, on 10 January 2012 - 11:46 PM, said:
Finally put up my "Best of 2011" blog post: The 2011 Saltys. I'm oddly proud of how the trophy came out.
So Embassytown is your first Mieville? You are in for an absolute treat then, my friend. I agree that Embassytown took sci-fi to another level and, likewise, I think it was phenomenal, but wait till you read the Scar, Perdido Street Station, Kraken, The City and the City, hell, even King Rat and Iron Council. Looking for Jake and other stories is possibly my favorite collection of short stories I've read. Mieville is brilliant and one of my favorite authors right next to Erikson, Abecrombie, Reynolds, and Pratchett. On that note, does anyone know if his new book, Railsea, is a YA novel?
"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." - Terry Pratchett, Jingo"Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken." - Terry Pratchett, Eric
"Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of a lack of wisdom." - Terry Pratchett
"Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of a lack of wisdom." - Terry Pratchett
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Posted 11 January 2012 - 02:35 AM
Baco Xtath, on 11 January 2012 - 01:06 AM, said:
On that note, does anyone know if his new book, Railsea, is a YA novel?
Yup.
A steampunk reinvention of Moby Dick, oddly.
But then, this is Mieville, not being odd would be odd.
I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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Posted 11 January 2012 - 06:24 AM
sweet!
Best reads:
The Crippled God
The Way of Kings
White Luck Warrior
Prince of Thorns
Stonewielder
Ghost Story
Wise Man's Fear
Dark Jenny
Triumff: Her Majesty's Hero
The Dragon's Path
Biggest Disappointment:
A Dance with Dragons
Best reads:
The Crippled God
The Way of Kings
White Luck Warrior
Prince of Thorns
Stonewielder
Ghost Story
Wise Man's Fear
Dark Jenny
Triumff: Her Majesty's Hero
The Dragon's Path
Biggest Disappointment:
A Dance with Dragons
"The harder the world, the fiercer the honour" - Dancer
