[Mentalist]

Finished The Technician . Solid Asher book. Good stuff, and dovetails nicely with the Cormac novels, providing some closure to an unresolved plot thread or two, or rather, it builds up on them.

Next up. probably more "Les Miserables"

[amphibian]

polishgenius, on 03 June 2013 - 12:59 PM, said:

amphibian, on 03 June 2013 - 03:56 AM, said:

He made a very odd concept work (fantasy Western)

To be fair, it's not that odd. It was one of three just last year. They were less common before that, but The Dark Tower's been around for aaaaaaaages.

Bloody good book though, Red Country, even though I prefer The Heroes.

Dark Tower isn't that much of a Western until King really gets into Roland's childhood - which is about 1/2 a book.

I dunno what the other fantasy Westerns were.

[worry]

The Sound and the Fury was absolutely fantastic, kinda wish I'd read it in an academic setting just to get some outside perspective on it, but then again I'd also be pretty intimidated to speak on it so never mind.

On to the wild wubbulous world of Captain's Fury.

[polishgenius]

amphibian, on 03 June 2013 - 08:52 PM, said:

I dunno what the other fantasy Westerns were.

The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett - which is modern set and has kind of science-fictional overtones, but is definitely fantasy - and The Rise of Ransom City by Felix Gilman, which is amazing. Very, very different to Red Country though.

[Hound]

Just started reading 14 by Peter Clines. It's a LOST / The Twilight Zone kind of book and it's starting to get a little creepy now. Still enjoyable and am very curious how the mystery of the Kavach house will unravel.

[Overactive Imagination]

Started the DS9 relaunch books and it's not bad so far. I loved that show so much that even if the books all suck I'll still probably like them. Anyone else here a big DS9 fan?

[Abyss]

Finished Lovegrove's AGE OF VOODOO. Seriously weaker than AGE OF ODIN. Unless you're a completist, i can't say it's worth time or dollars.

Back to FRACTAL PRINCE.... Really enjoying it so far.

[QuickTidal]

Reading GRRM's existing Dunk & Egg short's. I can't believe I've never read these before!

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 04 June 2013 - 10:42 AM

[Morgoth]

Abyss, on 04 June 2013 - 06:25 AM, said:

Finished Lovegrove's AGE OF VOODOO. Seriously weaker than AGE OF ODIN. Unless you're a completist, i can't say it's worth time or dollars.

Back to FRACTAL PRINCE.... Really enjoying it so far.

I thought we told you to read it straight after finishing the first book? Were we perhaps being unclear? Was there something in the message you did not fully understand?

There will be consequences from this, Abyss.

[Ukjent]

Brian McCellan's Promise of Blood.

[Abyss]

Morgoth, on 04 June 2013 - 10:50 AM, said:

Abyss, on 04 June 2013 - 06:25 AM, said:

Finished Lovegrove's AGE OF VOODOO. Seriously weaker than AGE OF ODIN. Unless you're a completist, i can't say it's worth time or dollars.

Back to FRACTAL PRINCE.... Really enjoying it so far.

I thought we told you to read it straight after finishing the first book? Were we perhaps being unclear? Was there something in the message you did not fully understand?

There will be consequences from this, Abyss.

Don't make me gogolfuck you in the thinkymeatz Morg. It won't be pelligriniesque.

[worry]

QuickTidal, on 04 June 2013 - 10:41 AM, said:

Reading GRRM's existing Dunk & Egg short's. I can't believe I've never read these before!

Yah these are great. He's such a good short story writer in general, and these ones (particularly the first and third) are just fantastic additions to the world.

[Traveller]

Briar King, on 03 June 2013 - 04:40 AM, said:

Ive got BSC on my list 3 books from now then The Heros and hopefully by that time Red Country will be out in TPB cause its still gonna be 3 months or so at my current pace. Im only to the halfway mark on Clavell's Gai-Gin. Then Abbadons Gate, Promise of Blood, finish The Cold Commands(halfway through that when I put it down for Shogun after it captured me).

BK, As you've also read Shogun recently, I have a question. I read it years ago, and one of the scenes that really stood out first time was when Blackthorne visits his old crew about halfway through... and his reaction to them. It's just.. brilliantly done, and just as good on a re-read. Another scene I remember though is one describing a 'singing floor', (or nightingale floor) which may have included a failed assassination attempt? The only thing is, on my second read... it just wasn't there. I was waiting for it, and it just never happened. Am I thinking of something else? Either I'm mis-remembering, or it is missing from my kindle version I just read.

This post has been edited by Traveller: 04 June 2013 - 08:25 PM

[QuickTidal]

Finished up the first Dunk & Egg tale (awesome, had a blast with that), and picked up ABADDON'S GATE by James S. A. Corey at the store, so I'll probably read that and then go back for the other two Dunk & Egg's.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 04 June 2013 - 10:44 PM

[Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast]

Finished:

The Business -- it was ok by the end but I doubt I'd read it again. Somewhat below the regular Banks standard, in my opinion.

Reading:

Iron Council

This post has been edited by Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast: 05 June 2013 - 07:33 AM

[Tapper]

Finished Sapkowski's Blood of Elves, first book in the Witcher series (and only one of the two official translations, after that it's apparently fan's labour only). Good read, although it does drop you off into the story with a whole lot unexplained. The ending is equally abrupt. The in-between bits are very nice, however, although the PoV-switches betray fairly little of different characters. It's quite recognizable as a translation, but a pretty nice read nonetheless.

[Kruppe's snacky cakes]

111. The Eye Of The World graphic novel V1 by Chuck Dixon et al. - Good art and story. One thing kind of threw me. I always pictured Moraine as "little person" short, but in the graphic novel she appears "slightly shorter than normal woman" short. I will keep reading these as I find them in bargain books listings (sorry, not gonna pay $25 for a comic book). I have yet to start The Great Hunt (novel), but that's coming up soon in the to-read pile.

112. 100 Fiendish Little Frightmares edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz et al. - There are a bunch of these "100 little" books that came out in the mid-90s. I bought them all and have been reading them slowly (obviously) ever since. Eleven down...four more to go. These are all decent anthologies, but some of them include a lot of old (pre-70s) stories, so the writing styles can sometimes be very dry and uninteresting.

[Puck]

Tapper, on 05 June 2013 - 03:04 PM, said:

Finished Sapkowski's Blood of Elves, first book in the Witcher series (and only one of the two official translations, after that it's apparently fan's labour only). Good read, although it does drop you off into the story with a whole lot unexplained. The ending is equally abrupt. The in-between bits are very nice, however, although the PoV-switches betray fairly little of different characters. It's quite recognizable as a translation, but a pretty nice read nonetheless.

That's because it's actually the third book *sigh* Technically, Blood of Elves IS the first book of a series, but it is preceded by two short story collections, only the first of which has been officially translated. The second, though, which contains crucial stories that precede and directly influence the story of the main series, have been, for some unfathomable reason, left untranslated.. Blood of Elves follows directly after the last story in the second collection.

[Hound]

Hound, on 03 June 2013 - 10:25 PM, said:

Just started reading 14 by Peter Clines. It's a LOST / The Twilight Zone kind of book and it's starting to get a little creepy now. Still enjoyable and am very curious how the mystery of the Kavach house will unravel.

Aaaaaaannnd finished An excellent book!! Seriously, it's a really good story, sort of a cross between Lovecraft, Lost and The Twilight Zone. Different in style and tone from his other books (Ex-Heroes and Ex-Patriots), but Clines keeps steadily building the suspense which keeps you turning pages to know what will happen next. This is one of those books where the journey is more interesting than the destination (final) itself. Highly recommended!

[polishgenius]

I just finished a book called Turbulence, by Samit Basu. It's a superhero novel by a fella from India, and it's basically perfect and all of you should read it right now. Like seriously guys. It's like Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman got together but wrote a subcontinent-set superhero book instead of Good Omens. I loved it.