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Interesting point there. I vaguely recall her telling Akka about that, but i don't think she ever mentioned it to Kellhus.
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Posted 30 April 2003 - 03:11 PM
Yeah the maps have the exact same style as the ones from most Tolkien books. Geography is quite different, though. The ending of the book is excellent, although it leaves you dying for the next one, but what good fantasy book doesn't nowadays?
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"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
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Posted 25 May 2003 - 10:10 AM
mines not arriving until June 20th
. I ordered it 1st of May as well...
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"What though the field be lost? All is not lost - the uconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome? That glory never shall His wrath or might extort from me."
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"What though the field be lost? All is not lost - the uconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome? That glory never shall His wrath or might extort from me."
- Paradise Lost
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Posted 02 October 2003 - 04:37 PM
That cover looks amazing, I love that golden colour they used. Good to see some originality in cover art for once. Also I'll say it again, the style of trade paperback that this book comes in is excellent. The cover and pages are very flexible and you can almost roll the book up like a newspaper and it won't crease it or bend it. Wish more books would come out like this. It is the exact same as the North American versions of the Mieville books. Not sure how they are published overseas.
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Posted 15 May 2003 - 09:08 AM
I finished this bad boy yesterday. Interesting book. Excellent writing and characterizations. However, I tink there was bit too much buildup and not enough actual release. Of course, that will just make me buy the next book which was the author's plan, so meh! Khellus ruled. 
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"I'm bonafied! I got it all figured out!"
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Posted 15 April 2003 - 07:58 PM
Looks very interesting and the guy lives in my city which is cool. Weird since last week a customer where I work told me her friend who wrote a book about female Werewolves was getting a deal with Hollywood to turn it into a movie starring Angelina Jolie... maybe I will be the next big thing out of London! 
Anyway I am going to check out the Chapters here in London tomorrow to see if it is here. If not I will find the guys house and steal a bunch of copies and send them out to everyone 
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Posted 26 April 2003 - 06:15 PM
I've ordered it, people. Thanks for the advice.
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Posted 10 June 2003 - 12:09 PM
The names and languages are great. nonmen. no-god. thousand temples. cool cool cool.
latest word, the UK editions won't be out until 2004. but the sequel should be out in Canada spring 2004.
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latest word, the UK editions won't be out until 2004. but the sequel should be out in Canada spring 2004.
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Posted 16 March 2003 - 11:39 AM
Ooooh! Funky! It's on the list now! 
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"Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."
Oponn of the Deck of Dragons
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Posted 18 April 2003 - 12:50 PM
Thanks, Lady A. and no problemo, Shadowlord. 160 pages in and I am loving the book. I would be even further but I have two exams on Monday and I am trying to study for those as well . Anyway, the book is excellent, I really like how the author is moving the story along. It flows really well. I also like the POV characters, they are all well fleshed out and you get an awesome sense of how their mind works and what motivates them to do what they do.
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"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
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Posted 26 June 2003 - 11:56 AM
true true, that image of the spider-face just freaked me out... i think i had nightmares after that.
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Posted 12 July 2005 - 11:16 AM
Bakker really did go into hyper grim mode in TWP. I for one love how bleak things are getting, with virtually every major character either insane or totally broken in one way or another.
I can't wait until the consult really lets loose and we get to see how well he does the world really ending.
I can't wait until the consult really lets loose and we get to see how well he does the world really ending.
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Posted 23 April 2003 - 07:55 PM
After weeks of poking around and getting nowhere, I managed to talk to someone at Penguin CA who helped me get the book. I should have it soon. I was told that his agent is presently trying to get a US publisher to print the book, so the difficulty for those of us here may become considerably less in the months ahead.
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Posted 26 May 2003 - 01:00 PM
I live in the Netherlands and I don't have a creditcard
"And those that endure in Middle-earth and come not to Mandos shall grow weary of the world as with a great burden, and shall wane, and become as shadows of regret before the younger race that cometh after."
"And those that endure in Middle-earth and come not to Mandos shall grow weary of the world as with a great burden, and shall wane, and become as shadows of regret before the younger race that cometh after."
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Posted 06 June 2003 - 09:53 PM
I finally finished reading my copy and ... wow. I can't believe this is a first novel.
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Posted 15 April 2005 - 02:18 PM
quote:Originally posted by Abyss:
@Falco re: chorae - i actually liked the fact that there was a relatively mundane and common anti-magic response. The Scarlet Bros. spent a LOT of time staying out of the action for this reason.
Templar analogues always kick ass in fantasy hehehe.
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Posted 30 April 2003 - 03:17 PM
Amazon.ca has just posted it to me. I'm looking forward to it.
King of High House Death.
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Posted 24 April 2003 - 08:32 AM
but it will take so LONG! And it'll be EXPENSIVE! And i still need to read the Sandman Comics (which are being put on hold for this)... oh well, ill try ordering it off Chapters, since that dispatches quite a bit quicker...
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#180 Guest_Mithfânion_*
Posted 17 January 2004 - 03:40 AM
Just mentioning that Penguin USA will be releasing this book in June ( coincides with the US release of Garden of the Moon btw). In the UK it will be published in March.
"And those that endure in Middle-earth and come not to Mandos shall grow weary of the world as with a great burden, and shall wane, and become as shadows of regret before the younger race that cometh after."
"And those that endure in Middle-earth and come not to Mandos shall grow weary of the world as with a great burden, and shall wane, and become as shadows of regret before the younger race that cometh after."
