[Macros]

Who are they by? I read a lot of roman stuff. Gimme book titles and not series titles

[Tsundoku]

http://en.wikipedia....Masters_of_Rome

Got it, read it. Excellent series, very detailed and as far as is possible historically accurate.

It's hard to keep track of characters sometimes as several generations have the same name. Although I did read them as they came out, someone else reading them now may have the advantage of going back-to-back.

[Macros]

Haven't actually read these ones.
but am quite tempted to pick up book one at least and see how it goes

[Macros]

Double post.
BK if you're looking for generic roman choppity chop fun popcorn stuff. Try Scarrows Eagle series, 10 or so books (last one gets a bit Mary sue) basically Sharpe in a roman setting, excellent fun stuff

[QuickTidal]

Rageun Cajun, on 19 May 2014 - 05:42 PM, said:

I'm gonna go ahead and pick up Masters bk1 for sure after Skin Game for sure now.

FIRST MAN IN ROME. Saw it in the store today...prepare yourself, it's a behemoth, looks to clock in at like 900+ pages.

[Serenity]

If you've got a Kindle there's a collection of the first five books in the Masters of Rome series for $25: http://www.amazon.co...masters+of+rome

I got it myself last week, planning on starting it soon.

[Macros]

Do ebooks bought on amazon work on other readers?

[HiddenOne]

Macros, on 20 May 2014 - 08:35 AM, said:

Do ebooks bought on amazon work on other readers?

assuming they are Kindle books, you need the free app. I have used it on Android phone, tablet, & PC successfully - they will sync up when you change devices which validates all the money ever spent on computer research, all by itself

It there is another format in question, I have never tried it, except the .pdf, which requires its own Adobe reader

[amphibian]

I use Moon Reader and the Kindle app. Between the two, they can display anything.

Moon Reader is by far the best app I have bought in any category. Just a great, great set of options and terrific ease of use.

[Macros]

Did a bit of googling.
kindle books wont work on my reader (Sony reader) but there are various method out there to strip the drm and convert to epub.
I have no qualms about stripping the drm off a book I pay for, as I will be only one using it.
why didn't amazon just go with the universal format and drm it? Awkward wankers

[Stalker]

Calibre is a great program and very easy to use. That's what I use to manage all my stuff, convert books to various formats (strip drm), and organize things. I'd definitely recommend it to combo with your sony reader. Amazon tends to have a lot of great ebook sales (I tend to buy ebooks only when they are on sale, usually $1.99), so it's a shame to miss out on them because of formatting issues.

[Abyss]

Macros, on 20 May 2014 - 02:55 PM, said:

...why didn't amazon just go with the universal format and drm it? Awkward wankers

They want you to use their reader, and for the vast majority of non-tech inclined customers it's a sound strategy.

For the rest of us, there's Calibre.

That said I admit that the extra effort is marginally annoying thus i actively used both Kindle and Kobo reader apps on my tablet, but then, i'm not that anal about organizing my ebooks.

[polishgenius]

The whole idea of e-book DRM is an utter disgrace, Amazon just take it one step further by using a whole different format.

It's irrelevant to me though because I boycott Amazon.

[Macros]

BK, publishing order is chronological order :
1.Under the Eagle (2000)
2.The Eagle's Conquest (2001)
3.When the Eagle Hunts (2002)
4.The Eagle and the Wolves (2003)
5.The Eagle's Prey (2004)
6.The Eagle's Prophecy (2005)
7.The Eagle in the Sand (2006)
8.Centurion (2008)
9.The Gladiator (2009)
10.The Legion (2010)◾Blood Debt (2009, short story)

11.Praetorian (2011)
12.The Blood Crows (2013


I haven't read blood debt, but the first 9 are solid popcorn action fun, 10, 11, 12 are stretching the series a bit, but by that stage you should love Macro so much it wont matter.

[Morgoth]

I've always been impressed with how Mat functions relatively well in society despite his autism.

[Macros]

I'm sure that was hilarious in Sweden morgy, but it went zip straight over my.head

[Morgoth]

Macros, on 21 May 2014 - 10:10 AM, said:

I'm sure that was hilarious in Sweden morgy, but it went zip straight over my.head

That's ok Mat. We each make do with what we have.

[Mentalist]

2 series I've seen on bookshelves:

"wild Hunt" by Espelth Cooper (first book-"Songs of the Earth")

"The Breaking World" by David Dalglish and Robert Duperre (First book- "Dawn of Swords"

[Macros]

Any of these by Stephen Deas:

Memory of Flames
The Adamantine Palace (2009)
The King of the Crags (2010)
The Order of the Scales (2011)
Silver Kings
The Black Mausoleum (2012)
Dragon Queen (2013)
Thief-Taker's Apprentice
The Thief-Taker's Apprentice (2010)
The Warlock's Shadow (2011)
The King's Assassin (2012)

[Coco with marshmallows]

Mentalist, on 23 June 2014 - 01:49 AM, said:

2 series I've seen on bookshelves:

"wild Hunt" by Espelth Cooper (first book-"Songs of the Earth")

read the first one, was okay-ish. i'm not going to bother to read the rest, there wasn't anything memorable enough to make me want to read on.

So actually, on reflection, poor.

Macros, on 25 June 2014 - 09:08 PM, said:

Any of these by Stephen Deas:

Memory of Flames
The Adamantine Palace (2009)
The King of the Crags (2010)
The Order of the Scales (2011)
Silver Kings
The Black Mausoleum (2012)
Dragon Queen (2013)
Thief-Taker's Apprentice
The Thief-Taker's Apprentice (2010)
The Warlock's Shadow (2011)
The King's Assassin (2012)

Have read The Thief-Takers Apprentice - thought it was not bad, but not great either. Will probably finish the trilogy at some point, but only if i've nothing I prefer to read.

Read Adamantine Palace - took too long to get going in my opinion - liked the idea, just a bit too slowly paced. May or may not return to the series, (might burn through the Thief-takers trilogy and base my decision on reading any more of his stuff on that)