[Macros]

because I cant get my hands on anything new at the minute
re-reading the troy trilogy by Gemmell

[Mikkelinski]

Another vote for Lies of Locke Lamora. While some might call the ending a bit less than stellar (though I'd say that the book was enjoyable through and through) I found Assassin's Apprentice (and the rest of the trilogy) to be all building and no payoff. Haven't tried any of the other series from Hobb because people kept saying that this one was the best of them which put me off.

This post has been edited by Mikkelinski: 20 February 2013 - 10:00 PM

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It has one of my favorite "payoffs" of all time, in fact. I'd go so far as to call it courageous, in a genre (and era, third book was 1997) that so prized big dumb action finales. She's a master.

But I do still plan to read Locke Lamora too, maybe even this year.

[MTS]

While Lies is fun to read, I can think of few authors who can match Hobb for sheer emotionality. Guy Gavriel Kay is one.

 Mikkelinski, on 20 February 2013 - 10:00 PM, said:

Another vote for Lies of Locke Lamora. While some might call the ending a bit less than stellar (though I'd say that the book was enjoyable through and through) I found Assassin's Apprentice (and the rest of the trilogy) to be all building and no payoff. Haven't tried any of the other series from Hobb because people kept saying that this one was the best of them which put me off.

The sequel trilogy The Tawny Man I thought was just as good if not better, although if you didn't like the first you probably won't like the letter. It focuses on the Fool though, which instantly makes it awesome.

[yuna_anomander25]

hmm, its a tie between Assassin's and Lies, well, the best I could do right now is to split the load, I'll be reading Hobb's in the morning, if I'm not that much busy that is, and Lies in the evening before I sleep, and hopefully I could finish both before I could have my hands on Forge of Darkness, which will precede all of it, haha,

[worry]

That's the spirit!

[Overactive Imagination]

wind through the keyhole

[worry]

More like Wind Through the Peehole.

[worry]

I haven't read it yet. Heard good things though, can't wait!

[Overactive Imagination]

It's pretty dark tower-ish so far

[Mikkelinski]

In regards to Fitz and Locke Lamora, both are short enough to be consumed in rapid order so why not just do both? My problem with Fitz wasn't the lack of "big dumb action sequence" but that for all the buildup every plot was solved over three pages, the books never promised action so that didn't bother me, but I expected more meaningful resolutions and not just summaries of them.

The Fool was interesting though, so maybe I'll try those books. I've also heard that some people liked the books about the ships or whatnot, know anything about that?

As for what I am reading, Throne of The Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed and I'm finding it quite cool. It's easy entertainment, but I really like his premise and the setting (which I guess is what he's been praised for mostly). Plus, the whole Magic system is refreshing after too much of the "scientific" magic systems I've been reading recently.

[Ukjent]

Done with Retribution Falls now, and in spite of my former failure to read the book, I now found it pretty entertaining. Anyone who have read anything else by Chris Wooding that would recommend the braided path?

[Serenity]

I finished The Great Hunt yesterday. Don't think I'll be rushing out to buy the next book just yet.


Now starting Stephen Gallagher's The Kingdom of Bones.

[Overactive Imagination]

wind through the keyhole is kicking ass! roland's telling a story called ''wind through the keyhole'' and it's really good. it doesn't seem to involve roland at all, but it's moving at a fast pace so i'm enjoying it more than the story of roland's past in wizard and glass.

[Overactive Imagination]

There are two stories - one is of Roland's past where his dad sends him on a mission similar to the one in Wizard and Glass, and within that story Roland tells another story that he had heard himself as a child which does not involve him (and I'm not sure yet if it's a true story or a fairytale kind of thing.. gotta read and find out.) - actually it might involve him i don't know because i'm not done yet.

Really liking it so far. And it's pretty short - 300 page hardcover, and moves fast.. really good.

This post has been edited by Overactive Imagination: 21 February 2013 - 10:26 PM

[Use Of Weapons]

Finished my reread of Julian May's Galactic Milieu trilogy (as awesome as I remember, and not dated at all, though some of the post-Cold War situations need to be recast with America's current villainous nation-of-the-week). The depiction of psychic powers and their rise is streets ahead of all others. I retract my previous statement: not even Bester's _The Demolished Man_ and _The Stars My Destination_ rival these books in this respect.

So, back to reread of Brin's second uplift trilogy, conveniently repackaged in omnibus form as _Exiles_. It's been so long that I can't remember much of what happened in this trilogy apart from broad strokes, so there is some genuine peril for characters. But my reaction to much of the happenings on the sooner world of Jijo is as I remember it from reading the trilogy the first time:

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I dearly want to revisit the characters and situation from the first trilogy, notably the crew of the dolphin starship Streaker, and the humans of Earth and their few alien allies resisting enormous Galactic pressure to reveal their discovery of the Progenitors space fleet. The hints of the wider picture that people on Jijo get are maddeningly obscure and tantalising!

Also downloaded Ian Tregillis's _Bitter Seeds_ -- looking forward to this after recommendations on here. Will probably finish this over the weekend.

[Overactive Imagination]

i think i'm gonna start a reread of gardens of the moon tonight. pretty excited!!!

[Mentalist]

 Graablick, on 21 February 2013 - 11:09 AM, said:

Done with Retribution Falls now, and in spite of my former failure to read the book, I now found it pretty entertaining. Anyone who have read anything else by Chris Wooding that would recommend the braided path?

Braided Path was a great trilo, imo. Bonus points for having a pseudo Far Eastern setting that actually works.

Finshed "The Way of Kings".

I liked it, but I have some reservations. First off, I'll add that the only other things I read by Sanderson were the Mistborn trilogy (which I really liked throughout, and I adored the ending, probably one of the best series endings in fantasy, ever.) I have "The Alloy of Law" sitting on my desk, but i'm yet to read it.

So, that being said, "The Way of Kings". The scope is marvelous, and truly impressive. The magic system is, as always in Sanderson's books (from what I understand), robust, yet logical. The payoff in Part 5 where all those revelations are thrown at you in all plot lines are simply astounding. The world he built is intricate, and truly massive.

And yet, parts of the book just dragged. The payoff is great, but getting there really wasn't all the time. Sanderson occasionally uses really old tropes, and he plays them so true it starts to feel like a cliche.in particular, the

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scene where Kaladin is left in the Highstorm and survives it. THis strongly reminded me of the CIrcumfixioun of Kellhus in PoN 2. Which is a bad thing, since I hate Kellhus as a character.

. In other parts, the pacing just created too much of a cliffhanger--yes, I was turingin pages through Part 4 to figure out what happened to Shallan after the stuff in Part 3, and no matter how awesome the stuff with

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Kaladin and Dalinar, and the Tower

was, I was still reading through it impatiently, b/c Sanderson dropped me a mid-book cliffhanger early on.

Most of all, my worry is that, right now, I don't see enough stuff happenign to make it worth 10 books the size of "The Way of Kings" (which is over 1200 pages in MMPB). ther ewas a ton of cool foreshadowing in the epilogue and Part 5, I'm not sure if there's enough in these characters to make 10 books of plot.

As such, I like the book. But I have reservations for the series. I'll buy the next one, but Sanderson isn't a "must buy" for me just yet. then again, I took out the first 3 Malaz books from the librabry, but after finishing MoI I went out and bought all 7 that were out at the time, so we'll see.

[Ukjent]

Started with my first Terry Pratchett book today, the Long Earth, and I have to say that enjoy it. Maybe I shall give Discworld a try in the future.

[JPK]

The Daylight War. I'm about 250 pages in and loving it.