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Looks like TOR is giving away a second free e-book for December, so don't skip today's email: it's Myke Cole's The Armed Saint, which I'm not familiar with.
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Posted 17 December 2018 - 08:54 PM
worry, on 17 December 2018 - 07:41 PM, said:
Looks like TOR is giving away a second free e-book for December, so don't skip today's email: it's Myke Cole's The Armed Saint, which I'm not familiar with.
I follow Myke on Twitter, but haven't read any of his books yet, even though I own most of them. (And I bought The Armored Saint on sale a month or two back.) Word of mouth seems to be really good, and it will be one of the first books I read once I get out of my female-and-minority-authors-only groove.
"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?"
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Posted 18 December 2018 - 12:07 AM
The Book of Swords, edited by Gardner Dozois and containing a story by GRRM, is 1.99$ on Kindle.
Regarding Cole, The Armored Saint is his weakest work. So probably not the best place to start. . .
Regarding Cole, The Armored Saint is his weakest work. So probably not the best place to start. . .
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Posted 18 December 2018 - 12:39 AM
Oh oops, that title is better. Can't wait to see your end-of-year list if you make one!
@Pat: It's also his free-est work, so it's gonna be where I start.
@Pat: It's also his free-est work, so it's gonna be where I start.
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Posted 18 December 2018 - 10:35 PM
Yep, there will be a top 10, of course!
The problem will TAS and its sequel is that it contains nothing of what made Cole's previous works so compelling. This is YA fare with none of the shades of gray that made his first 2 trilogies such enjoyable reads.
The problem will TAS and its sequel is that it contains nothing of what made Cole's previous works so compelling. This is YA fare with none of the shades of gray that made his first 2 trilogies such enjoyable reads.
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Posted 18 December 2018 - 11:06 PM
Forgive me, I meant SMZ's list cuz he had a specific project this year I want to crib off of, and I wasn't sure if he was planning to post a retrospective. But of course I do read your list too! I mean, it's the Hotlist!
Re: Cole though, his first Shadow Ops book is $2.99 right now on Kindle so I got that anyway. It's not a subgenre I usually read so I'll give it a shot!
Re: Cole though, his first Shadow Ops book is $2.99 right now on Kindle so I got that anyway. It's not a subgenre I usually read so I'll give it a shot!
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Posted 19 December 2018 - 01:29 AM
worry, on 18 December 2018 - 11:06 PM, said:
I meant SMZ's list cuz he had a specific project this year I want to crib off of, and I wasn't sure if he was planning to post a retrospective.
I will definitely have a year-end list! I always try to. My "project" is actually an ongoing thing that started well into last year, and I don't really know when I'll wrap it up. (I figure at some point I'll tire of it and just go back to reading whoever, but that's not anywhere in sight yet. Which is not to say I haven't "cheated", but I've got ready excuses for the 3 books I cheated with.
)In the meantime, you can see what I've gotten through so far here.
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Posted 19 December 2018 - 05:57 PM
I did a similar project to that and it really helped me find some great books, plus become aware of several story/character molds I was kind of not seeing by always reading dude books.
Probably the single best find was Ash: A Secret History. That book goes SO hard.
Probably the single best find was Ash: A Secret History. That book goes SO hard.
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Posted 19 December 2018 - 07:25 PM
Oh yah, I meant to add that one when you first mentioned it but I think its length intimidated me. But it's $3.99 on Kindle so I got that too!
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Posted 19 December 2018 - 09:03 PM
Ah, yes, Ash. I've got it in both paperback and Kindle (and have for years) but have yet to work up the gumption to tackle something so large.
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Posted 20 December 2018 - 12:04 AM
Ash has a very grim beginning, which may bounce some readers away. However, if you stick it out, things go differently than you'd think from a "medieval mercenary company struggles to survive" storyline.
The length is considerable, yet the second half goes at a nearly breakneck pace.
The length is considerable, yet the second half goes at a nearly breakneck pace.
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Posted 20 December 2018 - 03:17 AM
Ah I gave up on Ash. It just didn't seem to click with be but I can't remember why I felt like that.
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Posted 20 December 2018 - 05:48 AM
Too ashy?
THIS IS YOUR REMINDER THAT THERE IS A
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
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Posted 20 December 2018 - 04:59 PM
This was on my Amazon wishlist for a while, and I just noticed it dropped to $0.99: Sword & Mythos anthology edited by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Paula Stiles. Supposedly Lovecraft meets Sword & Sorcery. I enjoyed the last collection from this team (She Walks in Shadows, which is also only $2.99 at the moment.)
"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?"
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Posted 20 December 2018 - 05:09 PM
Tiste Simeon, on 20 December 2018 - 03:17 AM, said:
Ah I gave up on Ash. It just didn't seem to click with be but I can't remember why I felt like that.
As usual, we align. I had the exact same experience with it.
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Posted 20 December 2018 - 08:33 PM
The expanded novelization of Solo: A Star Wars Story is only $1.99 right now:
US only: http://amazon.com/dp/B07D6BR1RK
US only: http://amazon.com/dp/B07D6BR1RK
"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?"
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Posted 20 December 2018 - 10:32 PM
Abyss, on 20 December 2018 - 05:48 AM, said:
Too ashy?
Yeah I just couldn't be ashed with it.
QT I can't work it out I really wanted to love it.
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Posted 20 December 2018 - 11:21 PM
Have you tried expanding the circumference of your love to include that which it did not previously encircle?
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Posted 21 December 2018 - 03:07 AM
For those who have still not read it, DC NEW FRONTIER is $5 on ComiXology. Do yourself a favour.
Buy it ( and read it). The late great Darwyn Cooke’s magnum opus. It’s incredible and possibly top 3 graphic novels ever created.
While you are threre...CRISIS is on for $5 too, ALSO worth it.
But if you’ve only got a fiver...NEW....FRONTIER.
DO IT NOW!
Buy it ( and read it). The late great Darwyn Cooke’s magnum opus. It’s incredible and possibly top 3 graphic novels ever created.
While you are threre...CRISIS is on for $5 too, ALSO worth it.
But if you’ve only got a fiver...NEW....FRONTIER.
DO IT NOW!
"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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Posted 21 December 2018 - 11:11 AM
QuickTidal, on 21 December 2018 - 03:07 AM, said:
For those who have still not read it, DC NEW FRONTIER is $5 on ComiXology. Do yourself a favour.
Buy it ( and read it). The late great Darwyn Cooke's magnum opus. It's incredible and possibly top 3 graphic novels ever created.
While you are threre...CRISIS is on for $5 too, ALSO worth it.
But if you've only got a fiver...NEW....FRONTIER.
DO IT NOW!
Buy it ( and read it). The late great Darwyn Cooke's magnum opus. It's incredible and possibly top 3 graphic novels ever created.
While you are threre...CRISIS is on for $5 too, ALSO worth it.
But if you've only got a fiver...NEW....FRONTIER.
DO IT NOW!
Sold.
