[McLovin]

Briar King, on 09 April 2014 - 02:08 AM, said:

I ll be curious to read your reaction on 4. I struggled through that one but then on my reread of series I enjoyed it SO much. Weird for me cause I came I came close to skipping that one then.

4 is my personal fave. The characterization of Leto II is amazing...thoroughly weird yet relatable at the same time.

Admittedly, I've yet to read 5 or 6. One day I will rectify that.

[Salt-Man Z]

I've read the 6 Dune books (the only Dune books) twice now, and God Emperor has always been my favorite. In all honesty, I think I like the second three better than the first three.

[QuickTidal]

Finished DUNE MESSIAH. Really entertaining, on the same level as the first. Some of it is a TAD too cerebral where Paul is concerned, but otherwise it flew by (short book).

[Serenity]

Finished Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds, which I really enjoyed, especially the first story. Now I'm about a hundred pages into David Gemmell's White Wolf.

[Abyss]

finally able to tear myself away from the Marvel Meth, felt like something semi-frivolous semi-sf'ish with a dose of old school fantasy... Lovegrove's AGE OF ZEUS has been gathering dust on the TRPFHAB long enuf.
Hoping it's more AGE OF ODIN and less AGE OF RA or VOODOO.

[McLovin]

Finished ILSE WITCH, onto ANTRAX.

Plus, still reading CHANGES.

[QuickTidal]

Briar King, on 11 April 2014 - 12:58 AM, said:

I have about 140 pgs till I'm done with Blood Song. Dirty Streets of Heaven is on my 360 now. I want Urban Fantasy since Skin Game is close now!

DIRTY STREETS pissed me off, and I was unsure if it was due to Tad Williams typical over-descriptive prose, or the noir detective angle executed poorly.

Either way, I only got 100 pages in before I gave up.

[Baco Xtath]

Dirty Streets of Heaven is one of my favorite reads/listens thus far this year. His humor is right up my alley and the prose was phenomenal. Likewise, that's the first negative thing I've heard about it. Happy Hour in Hell, not so much but that's just because listening to 15 hours of hell isn't fun, but the writing is still excellent.

Listening to the Fell Sword; love this series. It's a little tough to listen to because the POV hops around so much but if you don't mind being a little lost now and then, it's excellent.

[Tiste Simeon]

Prince of Thorns finished. Some issues with it, as mentioned in the other thread but overall, enjoyable. Onto King of Thorns now.

[Stalker]

I'm also on The Fell Sword by Miles Cameron. I'm enjoying it but progress is going slowly and strangely I think that is because I am reading a hard copy instead of on my ipad. I never thought I would like ereaders but they are fantastic, and convenient. The pricing just needs to be better. I'm not going to pay $11.99 for a kindle copy when the trade paperback is $12.99 (ex- The Fell Sword) and will look nice on a shelf. Anyway, consider me a convert who still enjoys collecting books too.


Next on the list after I finish will be Elizabeth Bear's Range of Ghosts. I've heard some great things about it and the cover art is wonderful. The final book of the first trilogy just released so I figured it would be time to give it a shot. I ordered a bargain hardcover copy off Amazon (bargain because of dings or problems with the book, though I've never actually found that to be the case) and scored a signed copy. Considering I bought it from Amazon, and not a third party on there, I'm not sure how they managed to do that but I was excited. Hopefully the praise is true.

[T77]

Finished A Path to Coldness of Heart by Glen Cook, the last book in the Dread Empire series. I thought it was great, as was the entire series, right up there with The Black Company and Instrumentalities. Cook continues to firmly plant himself on the top of my list of favorite authors. I've already started his latest Instrumentalities book, Working God's Mischief, and so far it is not disappointing.

[Rictus]

Hmm, I so wanted to like that series but A Shadow of All Night Falling was such a godsdamn slog; it took me months to finish it, and by then I really didn't give a damn about Varth and co. I loved the Black Company, though, so I might just give this another chance soon.

And back on topic, I'm halfway through Blood Song. It's not a bad book thus far, but I wish things got moving now. Reading about the brothers getting caned and having to run a great deal as punishment is all well and good, but significant events have yet to appear. Except for that random cryptic warning that killer dropped, at which point Vaelin decided to pretend he had no idea what she'd said.

And I'm about to take a peak at Red Seas Under Red Skies.

[Salt-Man Z]

Rictus, on 11 April 2014 - 06:28 PM, said:

Hmm, I so wanted to like that series but A Shadow of All Night Falling was such a godsdamn slog; it took me months to finish it, and by then I really didn't give a damn about Varth and co. I loved the Black Company, though, so I might just give this another chance soon.

If you want to try out more Glen Cook, there are only like a million different options. (I can recommend the Garrett, P.I. series, or the standalone Tower of Fear.)

[Ukjent]

Reading Tatter bannars now, looks okei.

[Slow Ben]

Finally finished reread of Way of King! Glad I did too, I'd forgotten quite a bit. The ole lady and the kid are out of town so my weekend will consist of me, my couch and Words of Radiance.

[yuna_anomander25]

Finally finished with Morgan's THE STEEL REMAINS,, this took quite a while,, as I got a new job,, a new hobby (photography),, new tablet which I'm using now to post,, and I'm reading bits of Redick's The Red Wolf Conspiracy,,
Deciding which book to read next,,

[Ukjent]

Done with Tatter banners, think I'll buy the follow up if it's one sale.

[Ukjent]

So you are praising Tad Williams, the guy who wrote the boring dragon stone chair where all the evil elves were singing people to death? I do not understand.

[Aptorian]

It's called a difference of opinion.

[amphibian]

Keep in mind that Apt has perhaps the most singular and bizarre collection of tastes, judgments and impulses that I've yet encountered in a human being.