[Gabriel Chase]

Currently reading Under the Dome by Stephen King:

[Abyss]

 Baco Xtath, on 05 April 2014 - 09:32 PM, said:

... 60 pages in Starfish. Watts' investigation into extreme personalities in extreme situations is mind-blowing. Loving it.

Loved loved loved that book.The rest of the trilo isn't quite as mindfuckingly brilliant, but worth the read because Watts at half strength is better than most at full.

[Tiste Simeon]

Have started Prince of Thorns. Not sure what to make of the writing style yet but am sticking with it. Jorg seems like a petulant brat right now...

[Serenity]

Just finished C J Cherryh's Faded Sun Trilogy. Very s-l-o-w but over all I really enjoyed it.

[Rictus]

Finished The Warrior Prophet by Bakker. Glorious thing, really. I can certainly understand when someone calls it boring, yet it never much bothered me that the Holy War wasn't going anywhere. The author's spoonfeeding bits and pieces of info about his world, and I think he's doing a pretty good job . And I'm definitely buying the next one - got to see what happens to old Achamian and Cnaiür. That ending, though. This book has the most disturbing epilogue I've ever read. (I know, I know, there's plenty more where that came from)

[Abyss]

Still trippin on the Marvel Meth for eyeballz time, but post this exchange...

 D, on 12 February 2014 - 10:56 PM, said:

 Abyss, on 12 February 2014 - 10:29 PM, said:

 Maybe Apt, on 12 February 2014 - 10:01 PM, said:

On a whim, instead of starting the next Ender book, I picked up the first book in Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, which I've had sitting on a shelf for 3 or 4 years now.

Some 60 pages in, if I had to sum up the experience with one word, it would be delightful.

I really love the way he describes the every day adventures of childhood as experienced by the protagonist Lyra. The strange world building and the cultural weirdness mixed with the recognizable is excellent as well.

Most interestingly he's thrown in a bunch of Danish references, namely certain place names and the armored bear people, which are given the Danish name "Panserbjørne".

Interesting... this has been siting in the TRPFHAB for ages.

It's been a long time since I read that trilogy but I really liked it. IIRC, some people were disappointed by the way it all wraps up, but the imaginative world and interplay between them has always IMO been the more important part of that series than the plot, anyways.

 worry, on 12 February 2014 - 10:44 PM, said:

Dang dude, it's awesome. Read it!

 Baco Xtath, on 12 February 2014 - 11:06 PM, said:

I read the Golden Compass before Christmas and really enjoyed it. I've got the following two on Kindle but I've yet to push on. And, yeah, delightful is a very apt word,....Apt.

.... started Pullman's HIS DARK MATERIALS trilo on audio. About 2 hrs into GOLDEN COMPASS... some of the facile 'children's book' elements - vague orphan in rich setting, is 'special', conveniently overhears evil plots, runs away, saved in the nick of time etc etc... - put me off initially, but it's picking up and i'm enjoying it steadily more.

[Puck]

About 100 pages into the first Acts of Caine book, no opinion so far, but shall keep reading.

[Ukjent]

Act of Caine is fucking awesome.

[Aptorian]

 Abyss, on 07 April 2014 - 01:58 PM, said:

.... started Pullman's HIS DARK MATERIALS trilo on audio. About 2 hrs into GOLDEN COMPASS... some of the facile 'children's book' elements - vague orphan in rich setting, is 'special', conveniently overhears evil plots, runs away, saved in the nick of time etc etc... - put me off initially, but it's picking up and i'm enjoying it steadily more.

Couple months later.

I finished The Subtle Knife. Hated it. The intriduction of "the real world" is no fun. Will is not a fun character and I want more Lyra and armored polar bears.

I am half way into The Amber Spyglass and I have to force myself to continue on.

It's a shame, I love every section that has Lyra in it, but I just don't like the rest of the cast. I love the plot, the concept of the trilogy, but I hate the way the story unfolds. I just don't give a shit about Will.

The first book was all Lyra and I loved it to bits. The later books feel like they are full of content that gets in the way of my enjoyment of Lyra's antics.

[worry]

That's strange. I've always found that where there's a Will, there's a way.

[Abyss]

 worry, on 07 April 2014 - 06:59 PM, said:

That's strange. I've always found that where there's a Will, there's a way.

now you're just trying too hard.

[polishgenius]

I found The Subtle Knife a weird read the first time because of precisely the same reasons as Apt, though I liked it in the end.

I absolutely loved The Amber Spyglass though. I know a lot of people didn't for some reason but I thought it was majorly brilliant.

[worry]

Harumph! On the contrary, I wasn't trying at all.

[Coco with marshmallows]

 worry, on 07 April 2014 - 07:29 PM, said:

Harumph! On the contrary, I wasn't trying at all.

And boy did it show.

[worry]

Woohoo! Another check mark in the success column then!

[QuickTidal]

Finally continuing my DUNE journey with DUNE MESSIAH.

[Abyss]

 worry, on 07 April 2014 - 10:35 PM, said:

Woohoo! Another check mark in the success column then!

You and Charlie Sheen need to have a conversation about winning.

[QuickTidal]

 Briar King, on 08 April 2014 - 01:45 AM, said:

 QuickTidal, on 07 April 2014 - 11:41 PM, said:

Finally continuing my DUNE journey with DUNE MESSIAH.

For the 1st time?

Yup.

It's been in my pile since I finished book 1, and I'm only now getting to it. So far it's interesting to jump 12 years forward. I'm most looking fwd to eventually meeting Leto II because he was a fave in the TV series. Though I think that happens in Book 3?

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 08 April 2014 - 10:56 AM

[McLovin]

Yep, the TV series just sort of blips past DUNE MESSIAH and goes straight to CHILDREN.

[QuickTidal]

The plan has always been to read the entire original series that Frank wrote. So yeah, I'll defo get there.